macOS Job Trends in the Midlands

Apple macOS (formerly Mac OS X)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands 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 250 187 227
Rank change year-on-year -63 +40 -73
Permanent jobs citing macOS 31 45 51
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.20% 0.81% 0.54%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.05% 7.06% 4.47%
Number of salaries quoted 24 43 33
10th Percentile £27,575 - £26,300
25th Percentile £31,063 £26,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,250 £29,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.66% -17.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £37,750 £37,500 £37,500
90th Percentile £47,500 - -
England median annual salary £38,500 £32,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year +18.46% -12.16% +5.71%

All Operating Systems
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 765 637 1,141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.88% 11.42% 12.13%
Number of salaries quoted 548 511 527
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,875 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £29,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £36,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.44% -8.75% -13.98%
75th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.76% -18.00% -4.76%

macOS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

macOS job vacancy trend in the Midlands

macOS
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing macOS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing macOS

macOS
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for macOS in the Midlands

macOS
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 macOS within the Midlands 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
West Midlands -46 16 £33,250 +15.65% 9
East Midlands -46 15 £38,750 +10.71% 5
macOS
England

macOS
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 10 (32.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (6.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Line 50
Cloud Services
1 20 (64.52%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (25.81%) Azure
2 8 (25.81%) Entra ID
3 3 (9.68%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (6.45%) Anthropic Claude
4 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (6.45%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (41.94%) DNS
2 7 (22.58%) DHCP
2 7 (22.58%) TCP/IP
2 7 (22.58%) VPN
3 5 (16.13%) Network Security
3 5 (16.13%) VoIP
4 4 (12.90%) Firewall
5 3 (9.68%) Internet
5 3 (9.68%) VLAN
6 2 (6.45%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (3.23%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) FileMaker
General
1 16 (51.61%) Social Skills
2 7 (22.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (9.68%) Aviation
3 3 (9.68%) Finance
3 3 (9.68%) Telecoms
4 2 (6.45%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
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 7 (22.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (22.58%) Support Technician
4 5 (16.13%) IT Support Technician
4 5 (16.13%) IT Technician
4 5 (16.13%) Senior
4 5 (16.13%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) 1st Line Support
5 3 (9.68%) 1st Line Support Technician
5 3 (9.68%) Audio Visual Technician
5 3 (9.68%) Lead
6 2 (6.45%) Desktop Support
6 2 (6.45%) Desktop Support Technician
6 2 (6.45%) Exchange Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) CSS
1 2 (6.45%) HTML
2 1 (3.23%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Driving Licence
2 3 (9.68%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (6.45%) AI Agents
3 2 (6.45%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (6.45%) Data Centre
3 2 (6.45%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (3.23%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 28 (90.32%) Windows
2 14 (45.16%) Linux
3 8 (25.81%) Windows Server
4 7 (22.58%) Apple iOS
5 3 (9.68%) Android
6 2 (6.45%) Unix
6 2 (6.45%) Windows 10
7 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 4 (12.90%) ITSM
5 3 (9.68%) AI
5 3 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (9.68%) Customer Service
5 3 (9.68%) User Experience
5 3 (9.68%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 2 (6.45%) Business Continuity
6 2 (6.45%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (6.45%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (6.45%) Generative AI
6 2 (6.45%) Network Management
6 2 (6.45%) Open Source
6 2 (6.45%) Patch Management
6 2 (6.45%) Project Delivery
6 2 (6.45%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (6.45%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (6.45%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.13%) PowerShell
2 3 (9.68%) Python
3 2 (6.45%) PHP
4 1 (3.23%) Bash
Qualifications
1 2 (6.45%) Azure Certification
1 2 (6.45%) Network+ Certification
1 2 (6.45%) SC Cleared
1 2 (6.45%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.23%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) Accessibility
1 2 (6.45%) ISO 14001
1 2 (6.45%) ISO 9001
2 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.23%) QA
2 1 (3.23%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (67.74%) Active Directory
2 12 (38.71%) Hyper-V
3 6 (19.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (6.45%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (3.23%) Docker
5 1 (3.23%) Firmware
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 20 (64.52%) Microsoft
2 9 (29.03%) Apple
3 6 (19.35%) VMware
4 2 (6.45%) Acronis
4 2 (6.45%) Adobe
4 2 (6.45%) Sage
4 2 (6.45%) ServiceNow
4 2 (6.45%) Veeam
5 1 (3.23%) HP
5 1 (3.23%) Xerox