Mac OS Job Trends in Edinburgh

Apple macOS
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Mac OS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 - 76
Rank change year-on-year - - +39
Permanent jobs citing Mac OS 5 0 32
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.49% - 3.13%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.88% - 16.41%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 22
10th Percentile - - £40,000
25th Percentile £24,500 - £54,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 - £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +100.00%
75th Percentile £25,500 - £80,000
90th Percentile £59,700 - -
Scotland median annual salary £25,000 £35,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% -50.00% +100.00%

All Operating Systems
Edinburgh

Mac OS falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 85 150 195
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 8.30% 12.73% 19.10%
Number of salaries quoted 40 73 144
10th Percentile £24,725 £33,800 £29,475
25th Percentile £28,438 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -42.73% -15.38% +16.59%
75th Percentile £46,125 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £78,790 £84,500 £91,934
Scotland median annual salary £35,000 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -35.19% +2.86% -

Mac OS
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Mac OS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Mac OS job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Mac OS
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Mac OS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Mac OS

Mac OS
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mac OS in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Mac OS in Edinburgh

Mac OS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
1 4 (80.00%) Entra ID
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (80.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) 1st Line Support
1 4 (80.00%) 1st Line Support Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Threat Hunter
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (20.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (20.00%) Forensic Analysis
1 1 (20.00%) Malware Reverse Engineering
1 1 (20.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (20.00%) Offensive Security
1 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (20.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (20.00%) SIEM
1 1 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CEH
1 1 (20.00%) GIAC
1 1 (20.00%) GREM
1 1 (20.00%) OSCP
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Incident Response Team
1 1 (20.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (20.00%) Splunk