macOS Job Trends in the North West

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West 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 225 213 218
Rank change year-on-year -12 +5 -80
Permanent jobs citing macOS 37 26 20
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.29% 0.50% 0.27%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.02% 2.28% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 35 25 15
10th Percentile £27,950 £22,625 £32,200
25th Percentile £29,750 £23,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £25,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -37.50% -27.27%
75th Percentile £53,750 £29,000 £43,757
90th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £57,605
England median annual salary £38,500 £32,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year +18.46% -12.16% +5.71%

All Operating Systems
North West

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 North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 615 1,141 766
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 4.78% 21.93% 10.50%
Number of salaries quoted 452 310 384
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £29,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -17.65% -16.34%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £56,563
90th Percentile £65,000 £63,800 £67,968
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 North West

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

macOS job vacancy trend in the North West

macOS
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing macOS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing macOS

macOS
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for macOS in the North West

macOS
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing macOS within the North West 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
Manchester -31 27 £40,000 +60.00% 16
Cheshire +23 9 £31,500 - 2
Lancashire -4 1 £90,052 +253.14% 1
macOS
England

macOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 16 (43.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (27.03%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.70%) HCL Domino
3 1 (2.70%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 31 (83.78%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (59.46%) Entra ID
3 16 (43.24%) Azure
4 15 (40.54%) OneDrive
5 11 (29.73%) AWS
5 11 (29.73%) Viva Engage
6 7 (18.92%) Google Workspace
7 4 (10.81%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (10.81%) Mimecast
8 2 (5.41%) IaaS
8 2 (5.41%) PaaS
8 2 (5.41%) SaaS
9 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 16 (43.24%) Cisco IOS
1 16 (43.24%) LAN
1 16 (43.24%) VoIP
2 11 (29.73%) Remote Desktop
2 11 (29.73%) WLAN
3 10 (27.03%) DHCP
3 10 (27.03%) DNS
3 10 (27.03%) VLAN
3 10 (27.03%) VPN
4 5 (13.51%) Firewall
5 4 (10.81%) Internet
5 4 (10.81%) TCP/IP
5 4 (10.81%) Unified Communications
5 4 (10.81%) Wireless
6 3 (8.11%) FTP
7 1 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Power BI
General
1 9 (24.32%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.41%) Legal
3 2 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 21 (56.76%) IT Support
2 16 (43.24%) IT Support Technician
2 16 (43.24%) IT Technician
2 16 (43.24%) Support Technician
3 8 (21.62%) IT Manager
4 5 (13.51%) IT Support Manager
4 5 (13.51%) Support Manager
5 4 (10.81%) Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Security Analyst
6 3 (8.11%) Lead
7 2 (5.41%) AWS Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Deskside Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Deskside Support Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Junior Security Analyst
7 2 (5.41%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Windows Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (2.70%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (29.73%) iPad
1 11 (29.73%) iPhone
2 8 (21.62%) Driving Licence
3 6 (16.22%) Management Information System
3 6 (16.22%) Onboarding
4 5 (13.51%) Virtual Team
5 4 (10.81%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (10.81%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (5.41%) CMDB
6 2 (5.41%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (5.41%) Cyberattack
6 2 (5.41%) Cybercrime
6 2 (5.41%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 30 (81.08%) Windows
2 6 (16.22%) Linux
3 3 (8.11%) Windows Server
4 2 (5.41%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.70%) Android
5 1 (2.70%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (59.46%) ITIL
2 17 (45.95%) Customer Service
3 12 (32.43%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (32.43%) Mobile Device Management
4 11 (29.73%) Asset Management
4 11 (29.73%) ITSM
5 9 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (21.62%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (21.62%) Information Governance
6 8 (21.62%) IT Strategy
7 7 (18.92%) Data Protection
7 7 (18.92%) Incident Management
7 7 (18.92%) Service Delivery
8 6 (16.22%) Service Management
8 6 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (13.51%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
9 5 (13.51%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (13.51%) Migration
9 5 (13.51%) Technology Strategy
9 5 (13.51%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.51%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (27.03%) Degree
2 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (10.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (8.11%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (5.41%) A+ Certification
5 2 (5.41%) CEH
5 2 (5.41%) CompTIA CySA+
5 2 (5.41%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (5.41%) GCIH
5 2 (5.41%) SANS
5 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
5 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
5 2 (5.41%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (5.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (5.41%) GDPR
1 2 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (5.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (32.43%) Active Directory
2 3 (8.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.70%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (32.43%) Jamf Pro
2 10 (27.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (10.81%) Nessus
4 2 (5.41%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (56.76%) Microsoft
2 16 (43.24%) Cisco
3 11 (29.73%) HP
3 11 (29.73%) Meraki
3 11 (29.73%) ProCurve
4 9 (24.32%) Palo Alto
5 7 (18.92%) Atlassian
5 7 (18.92%) Google
6 5 (13.51%) Apple
6 5 (13.51%) Okta
7 4 (10.81%) VMware
8 3 (8.11%) Splunk