Mac OS Job Trends in the Midlands

Apple macOS
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Mac OS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 202 242
Rank change year-on-year -51 +40 -79
Permanent jobs citing Mac OS 31 38 32
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.20% 0.67% 0.33%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.02% 5.52% 2.77%
Number of salaries quoted 26 36 16
10th Percentile £27,625 - £26,250
25th Percentile £30,688 £26,250 £26,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,250 £28,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -5.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £43,250 £37,500 £35,000
90th Percentile £47,500 - £40,000
England median annual salary £38,500 £33,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% -12.00% +7.14%

All Operating Systems
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 771 688 1,154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.88% 12.18% 11.99%
Number of salaries quoted 558 539 546
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,975 £26,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £29,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £36,925 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.10% -7.69% -11.60%
75th Percentile £50,000 £51,875 £55,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £73,750 £69,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £41,355 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.81% -17.29% -4.76%

Mac OS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Mac OS job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Mac OS
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Mac OS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Mac OS

Mac OS
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mac OS in the Midlands over the 6 months to 4 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Mac OS in the Midlands

Mac OS
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mac OS within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 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
West Midlands -35 16 £33,250 +16.67% 18
East Midlands -56 15 £45,000 +63.64% 7
Mac OS
England

Mac OS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 11 (35.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (6.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Line 50
Cloud Services
1 20 (64.52%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (29.03%) Entra ID
3 8 (25.81%) Azure
4 4 (12.90%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (6.45%) OneDrive
6 1 (3.23%) Anthropic Claude
6 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 12 (38.71%) DNS
2 7 (22.58%) VPN
3 6 (19.35%) DHCP
3 6 (19.35%) Network Security
3 6 (19.35%) TCP/IP
3 6 (19.35%) VoIP
4 3 (9.68%) Internet
4 3 (9.68%) VLAN
5 2 (6.45%) Firewall
5 2 (6.45%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (3.23%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.68%) FileMaker
General
1 17 (54.84%) Social Skills
2 7 (22.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (9.68%) Aviation
3 3 (9.68%) Telecoms
4 2 (6.45%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Finance
Job Titles
1 17 (54.84%) IT Support
2 11 (35.48%) IT Engineer
2 11 (35.48%) IT Support Engineer
2 11 (35.48%) Support Engineer
3 8 (25.81%) Support Technician
4 7 (22.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (19.35%) IT Support Technician
5 6 (19.35%) IT Technician
5 6 (19.35%) Senior
5 6 (19.35%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (9.68%) 1st Line Support
6 3 (9.68%) 1st Line Support Technician
6 3 (9.68%) Audio Visual Technician
6 3 (9.68%) Lead
7 2 (6.45%) Desktop Support
7 2 (6.45%) Desktop Support Technician
7 2 (6.45%) Exchange Engineer
7 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Engineer
7 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (6.45%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.68%) CSS
1 3 (9.68%) HTML
2 1 (3.23%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Driving Licence
2 3 (9.68%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (6.45%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (6.45%) Data Centre
3 2 (6.45%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (3.23%) AI Agents
4 1 (3.23%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 27 (87.10%) Windows
2 15 (48.39%) Linux
3 6 (19.35%) Apple iOS
3 6 (19.35%) Windows Server
4 3 (9.68%) Android
4 3 (9.68%) Unix
5 2 (6.45%) Windows 10
6 1 (3.23%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (38.71%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (25.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 6 (19.35%) Asset Management
4 5 (16.13%) ITSM
5 3 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (9.68%) Customer Service
5 3 (9.68%) Network Management
5 3 (9.68%) Open Source
5 3 (9.68%) Service Management
5 3 (9.68%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 2 (6.45%) AI
6 2 (6.45%) Business Continuity
6 2 (6.45%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (6.45%) Patch Management
6 2 (6.45%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (6.45%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (6.45%) Ticket Management
6 2 (6.45%) User Experience
7 1 (3.23%) Service Delivery
7 1 (3.23%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.90%) PowerShell
1 4 (12.90%) Python
2 3 (9.68%) PHP
3 1 (3.23%) Bash
Qualifications
1 2 (6.45%) SC Cleared
1 2 (6.45%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.23%) A+ Certification
2 1 (3.23%) Azure Certification
2 1 (3.23%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) ISO 14001
1 3 (9.68%) ISO 9001
2 1 (3.23%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.23%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (67.74%) Active Directory
2 11 (35.48%) Hyper-V
3 6 (19.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (3.23%) Docker
4 1 (3.23%) Firmware
4 1 (3.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (25.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.45%) SCCM
2 2 (6.45%) WSUS
3 1 (3.23%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (3.23%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.23%) Podman
Vendors
1 19 (61.29%) Microsoft
2 10 (32.26%) Apple
3 6 (19.35%) VMware
4 3 (9.68%) Adobe
4 3 (9.68%) Sage
5 2 (6.45%) Acronis
5 2 (6.45%) ServiceNow
5 2 (6.45%) Veeam
6 1 (3.23%) HP
6 1 (3.23%) Xerox