macOS Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Apple macOS (formerly Mac OS X)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 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 102 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing macOS 13 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.77% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 28.26% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median annual salary £37,500 £32,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% -12.16% -1.33%

All Operating Systems
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 46 20 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 2.73% 6.17% 9.16%
Number of salaries quoted 10 15 26
10th Percentile £33,000 £30,150 £26,950
25th Percentile £37,625 £31,313 £31,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £37,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.33% -28.57% +23.53%
75th Percentile £45,813 £38,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £49,232 £50,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.43% -17.00% -4.76%

macOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

macOS job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

macOS
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing macOS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing macOS

macOS
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing macOS within the Northern Ireland 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
County Antrim - 7 - - 4
County Down - 4 - -
County Armagh - 2 - - 1
macOS
UK

macOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 10 (76.92%) Entra ID
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Lead
2 2 (15.38%) Service Manager
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 10 (76.92%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (76.92%) Data Protection
2 10 (76.92%) Identity Management
2 10 (76.92%) Mobile Device Management
2 10 (76.92%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (76.92%) User Experience
2 10 (76.92%) Zero Trust
3 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (15.38%) Coaching
4 2 (15.38%) People Management
5 1 (7.69%) Agile
5 1 (7.69%) Customer Service
5 1 (7.69%) Inventory Management
5 1 (7.69%) Mathematics
Systems Management
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) VMware