macOS Job Trends in Manchester

Apple macOS (formerly Mac OS X)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring macOS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 142 170
Rank change year-on-year -31 +28 -40
Permanent jobs citing macOS 27 10 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.35% 0.42% 0.23%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.04% 2.59% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 26 10 8
10th Percentile £27,250 £24,875 £36,200
25th Percentile £32,000 - £39,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £25,000 £42,882
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -41.70% -22.03%
75th Percentile £56,563 £28,063 £49,822
90th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £66,500
North West median annual salary £37,500 £25,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +50.00% -37.50% -27.27%

All Operating Systems
Manchester

macOS 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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 336 386 469
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.39% 16.37% 12.03%
Number of salaries quoted 223 209 223
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £26,550
25th Percentile £32,625 £31,250 £35,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £37,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.38% -26.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
North West median annual salary £40,000 £35,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -17.65% -16.34%

macOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing macOS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

macOS job vacancy trend in Manchester

macOS
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing macOS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing macOS

macOS
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing macOS in Manchester over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Salary histogram for macOS in Manchester

macOS
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing macOS within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 11 October 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
Salford - 4 £27,500 -
Altrincham - 3 £40,000 -
Bury - 1 £32,000 -
macOS
North West

macOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 10 (37.04%) SharePoint
2 8 (29.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (3.70%) HCL Domino
3 1 (3.70%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (85.19%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (48.15%) Entra ID
3 11 (40.74%) AWS
4 8 (29.63%) Azure
5 7 (25.93%) Google Workspace
5 7 (25.93%) OneDrive
6 4 (14.81%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (14.81%) Mimecast
7 3 (11.11%) Viva Engage
8 2 (7.41%) IaaS
8 2 (7.41%) PaaS
8 2 (7.41%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (37.04%) DHCP
1 10 (37.04%) DNS
1 10 (37.04%) VLAN
1 10 (37.04%) VPN
2 8 (29.63%) Cisco IOS
2 8 (29.63%) LAN
2 8 (29.63%) VoIP
3 5 (18.52%) Firewall
4 4 (14.81%) Internet
4 4 (14.81%) TCP/IP
4 4 (14.81%) Unified Communications
4 4 (14.81%) Wireless
5 3 (11.11%) FTP
5 3 (11.11%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (11.11%) WLAN
6 1 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
General
1 9 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Legal
3 2 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (48.15%) IT Support
2 8 (29.63%) IT Manager
2 8 (29.63%) IT Support Technician
2 8 (29.63%) IT Technician
2 8 (29.63%) Support Technician
3 5 (18.52%) IT Support Manager
3 5 (18.52%) Support Manager
4 4 (14.81%) Analyst
4 4 (14.81%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 4 (14.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (14.81%) Security Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) AWS Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Deskside Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Deskside Support Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 2 (7.41%) Junior Security Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Senior
5 2 (7.41%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 8 (29.63%) Driving Licence
2 6 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 6 (22.22%) Onboarding
3 5 (18.52%) Virtual Team
4 4 (14.81%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (14.81%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (11.11%) iPad
5 3 (11.11%) iPhone
6 2 (7.41%) CMDB
6 2 (7.41%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (7.41%) Cyberattack
6 2 (7.41%) Cybercrime
6 2 (7.41%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 20 (74.07%) Windows
2 5 (18.52%) Linux
3 3 (11.11%) Windows Server
4 2 (7.41%) Windows 10
5 1 (3.70%) Android
5 1 (3.70%) Apple iOS
5 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (51.85%) ITIL
2 11 (40.74%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (40.74%) ITSM
3 9 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 9 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (29.63%) Information Governance
4 8 (29.63%) IT Strategy
5 7 (25.93%) Incident Management
5 7 (25.93%) Service Delivery
6 6 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (22.22%) Data Protection
6 6 (22.22%) Service Management
7 5 (18.52%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
7 5 (18.52%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (18.52%) Migration
7 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (18.52%) Technology Strategy
7 5 (18.52%) Technology Transformation
8 4 (14.81%) Project Delivery
8 4 (14.81%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (37.04%) Degree
2 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (14.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (7.41%) A+ Certification
5 2 (7.41%) CEH
5 2 (7.41%) CompTIA CySA+
5 2 (7.41%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (7.41%) GCIH
5 2 (7.41%) SANS
5 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
5 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
5 2 (7.41%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (7.41%) GDPR
1 2 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (7.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (14.81%) Active Directory
2 3 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.70%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (44.44%) Jamf Pro
2 9 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (14.81%) Nessus
4 2 (7.41%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (74.07%) Microsoft
2 9 (33.33%) Palo Alto
3 8 (29.63%) Cisco
4 7 (25.93%) Atlassian
4 7 (25.93%) Google
5 5 (18.52%) Apple
5 5 (18.52%) Okta
6 4 (14.81%) VMware
7 3 (11.11%) HP
7 3 (11.11%) Meraki
7 3 (11.11%) ProCurve
8 2 (7.41%) Splunk