Mac OS Job Trends in England

Apple macOS
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Mac OS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 421 397 432
Rank change year-on-year -24 +35 +135
Permanent jobs citing Mac OS 269 225 441
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.35% 0.60% 0.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.49% 3.72% 3.58%
Number of salaries quoted 238 161 400
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £23,500
25th Percentile £28,750 £28,250 £27,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,252 £35,000 £32,750
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% +6.87% -6.43%
75th Percentile £43,750 £46,000 £44,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £55,042
UK median annual salary £34,750 £35,000 £36,128
% change year-on-year -0.71% -3.12% +3.22%

All Operating Systems
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,896 6,043 12,333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.34% 16.20% 14.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3,674 4,051 10,070
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,225 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -14.29%

Mac OS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Mac OS job vacancy trend in England

Mac OS
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Mac OS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Mac OS

Mac OS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mac OS in England over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Mac OS in England

Mac OS
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mac OS within the England region over the 6 months to 19 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +48 114 £41,222 -2.43% 30
North of England -45 46 £31,500 -25.24% 12
South East -86 44 £32,500 -4.41% 22
Yorkshire -25 29 £33,500 -6.94% 7
Midlands -30 24 £32,500 +18.18% 14
South West -46 24 £31,000 +3.33% 13
North West -27 17 £31,000 -29.65% 5
East of England -39 15 £32,500 - 6
East Midlands -55 13 £32,500 +18.18% 4
West Midlands -16 11 £28,500 - 10
Mac OS
UK

Mac OS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 80 (29.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 62 (23.05%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.74%) CMS
3 2 (0.74%) WordPress
4 1 (0.37%) Apache
4 1 (0.37%) Confluence
Applications
1 21 (7.81%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (1.12%) SPSS
3 2 (0.74%) Avid Media Composer
3 2 (0.74%) Pro Tools
4 1 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.37%) Blender
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (2.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.12%) Line 50
3 1 (0.37%) Carpe Diem
Cloud Services
1 163 (60.59%) Microsoft 365
2 105 (39.03%) Azure
3 79 (29.37%) Entra ID
4 49 (18.22%) Google Workspace
5 33 (12.27%) AWS
6 23 (8.55%) OneDrive
7 20 (7.43%) SaaS
8 7 (2.60%) GCP
9 4 (1.49%) Dropbox
9 4 (1.49%) IaaS
9 4 (1.49%) Mimecast
9 4 (1.49%) PaaS
9 4 (1.49%) Viva Engage
10 2 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.37%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.37%) Google Play
11 1 (0.37%) Slack
11 1 (0.37%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 75 (27.88%) DNS
2 61 (22.68%) Wi-Fi
3 57 (21.19%) DHCP
4 52 (19.33%) TCP/IP
5 47 (17.47%) Firewall
6 46 (17.10%) VPN
7 44 (16.36%) LAN
7 44 (16.36%) VoIP
8 34 (12.64%) WAN
9 31 (11.52%) VLAN
10 7 (2.60%) Internet
10 7 (2.60%) Wireless
11 6 (2.23%) Remote Desktop
12 5 (1.86%) Cisco IOS
13 4 (1.49%) Network Security
13 4 (1.49%) SSL
14 3 (1.12%) Broadband
14 3 (1.12%) NAS
14 3 (1.12%) Wireshark
15 2 (0.74%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.72%) Tableau
2 3 (1.12%) FileMaker
2 3 (1.12%) MySQL
3 1 (0.37%) GIS
Development Applications
1 6 (2.23%) JIRA
2 2 (0.74%) Git
3 1 (0.37%) Android Studio
3 1 (0.37%) CMake
3 1 (0.37%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.37%) MSI
3 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.37%) Xcode
General
1 107 (39.78%) Social Skills
2 26 (9.67%) Finance
3 25 (9.29%) Legal
4 23 (8.55%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (6.32%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (4.83%) Retail
7 11 (4.09%) Advertising
7 11 (4.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (3.72%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.97%) Law
9 8 (2.97%) Publishing
9 8 (2.97%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.86%) Banking
10 5 (1.86%) Marketing
11 4 (1.49%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.12%) Games
13 2 (0.74%) Dutch Language
13 2 (0.74%) French Language
13 2 (0.74%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.74%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 142 (52.79%) IT Support
2 84 (31.23%) Support Engineer
3 79 (29.37%) IT Engineer
4 76 (28.25%) IT Support Engineer
5 46 (17.10%) 2nd Line Support
6 37 (13.75%) Support Technician
7 32 (11.90%) IT Support Technician
7 32 (11.90%) IT Technician
8 31 (11.52%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 30 (11.15%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 26 (9.67%) Analyst
11 20 (7.43%) Support Analyst
12 19 (7.06%) Senior
13 18 (6.69%) IT Analyst
14 17 (6.32%) IT Support Analyst
15 15 (5.58%) 1st/2nd Line Support
15 15 (5.58%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 15 (5.58%) Security Engineer
16 13 (4.83%) 3rd Line Support
17 12 (4.46%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.86%) CSS
1 5 (1.86%) HTML
2 4 (1.49%) .NET
3 3 (1.12%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.74%) JSON
4 2 (0.74%) Node.js
4 2 (0.74%) OpenID
4 2 (0.74%) Ruby on Rails
4 2 (0.74%) Web Services
5 1 (0.37%) Google Maps API
5 1 (0.37%) LDAP
5 1 (0.37%) OAuth
5 1 (0.37%) OpenGL
5 1 (0.37%) OpenSceneGraph
5 1 (0.37%) QML
5 1 (0.37%) Qt
5 1 (0.37%) REST
5 1 (0.37%) SAML
5 1 (0.37%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 1 (0.37%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 33 (12.27%) Onboarding
2 20 (7.43%) iPhone
2 20 (7.43%) Management Information System
3 18 (6.69%) Driving Licence
4 12 (4.46%) Video Conferencing
5 11 (4.09%) iPad
6 10 (3.72%) Hedge funds
7 9 (3.35%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (3.35%) Security Posture
8 6 (2.23%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.23%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.86%) CMDB
9 5 (1.86%) Insider Threat
10 4 (1.49%) Cyberattack
10 4 (1.49%) Digital Signage
10 4 (1.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (1.49%) Educational Technology
10 4 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.12%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 3 (1.12%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 246 (91.45%) Windows
2 67 (24.91%) Windows 10
3 62 (23.05%) Linux
4 56 (20.82%) Windows Server
5 41 (15.24%) Android
5 41 (15.24%) Apple iOS
6 22 (8.18%) Windows Server 2016
6 22 (8.18%) Windows Server 2019
7 21 (7.81%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (2.23%) Unix
9 2 (0.74%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (32.71%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (21.19%) Customer Service
3 44 (16.36%) Cybersecurity
4 39 (14.50%) ITIL
5 37 (13.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 35 (13.01%) Service Delivery
7 31 (11.52%) ITSM
8 24 (8.92%) Incident Response
9 19 (7.06%) Mentoring
10 18 (6.69%) Application Packaging
10 18 (6.69%) Computer Science
10 18 (6.69%) User Experience
11 17 (6.32%) Asset Management
11 17 (6.32%) Service Management
12 16 (5.95%) Identity Management
13 15 (5.58%) Cloud Security
13 15 (5.58%) CRM
13 15 (5.58%) Project Delivery
14 14 (5.20%) Actionable Insight
14 14 (5.20%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 52 (19.33%) PowerShell
2 28 (10.41%) Python
3 24 (8.92%) SQL
4 14 (5.20%) Bash
5 5 (1.86%) C++
5 5 (1.86%) Java
6 4 (1.49%) Kotlin
7 3 (1.12%) PHP
7 3 (1.12%) Shell Script
7 3 (1.12%) VBScript
8 2 (0.74%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.74%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.74%) Ruby
8 2 (0.74%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.37%) C
9 1 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.37%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 37 (13.75%) Degree
2 31 (11.52%) Microsoft Certification
3 18 (6.69%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 15 (5.58%) A+ Certification
5 14 (5.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (4.46%) CompTIA CySA+
6 12 (4.46%) DBS Check
7 11 (4.09%) CISA
7 11 (4.09%) CISSP
8 7 (2.60%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (2.60%) OSCP
9 5 (1.86%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (1.49%) CREST Certified
10 4 (1.49%) OSCE
11 3 (1.12%) CEH
11 3 (1.12%) GIAC
11 3 (1.12%) GREM
11 3 (1.12%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.74%) ACSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (5.95%) GDPR
3 14 (5.20%) Actionable Recommendations
3 14 (5.20%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (4.09%) NIST
5 6 (2.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (1.86%) ISO 14001
6 5 (1.86%) ISO 9001
7 4 (1.49%) EU AI Act
7 4 (1.49%) SLA
8 3 (1.12%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.37%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.37%) QA
System Software
1 120 (44.61%) Active Directory
2 34 (12.64%) Hyper-V
3 19 (7.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.23%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (2.23%) vSphere
5 5 (1.86%) Docker
6 2 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 68 (25.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 43 (15.99%) Jamf Pro
3 18 (6.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 10 (3.72%) SCCM
5 8 (2.97%) Nessus
6 7 (2.60%) vCenter Server
7 6 (2.23%) Autotask
8 5 (1.86%) Kubernetes
9 3 (1.12%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 3 (1.12%) QRadar
10 2 (0.74%) Podman
10 2 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.37%) Nagios
11 1 (0.37%) Terraform
11 1 (0.37%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 168 (62.45%) Microsoft
2 64 (23.79%) Apple
3 58 (21.56%) Google
4 20 (7.43%) VMware
5 18 (6.69%) Meraki
6 15 (5.58%) Cisco
7 10 (3.72%) Ubiquiti
8 9 (3.35%) Veeam
9 8 (2.97%) Logitech
9 8 (2.97%) Yealink
10 7 (2.60%) Adobe
11 6 (2.23%) Datto
11 6 (2.23%) Okta
12 5 (1.86%) HP
13 4 (1.49%) Citrix
13 4 (1.49%) ServiceNow
14 3 (1.12%) Acronis
14 3 (1.12%) Aruba
14 3 (1.12%) Splunk
14 3 (1.12%) Synology