Mac OS Job Trends in the South East

Apple macOS
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Mac OS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 190 336
Rank change year-on-year -63 +146 -27
Permanent jobs citing Mac OS 46 83 63
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.32% 1.06% 0.35%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.24% 7.17% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 44 48 61
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,200 £20,645
25th Percentile £28,250 £28,188 £23,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £34,000 £29,761
Median % change year-on-year - +14.24% -13.29%
75th Percentile £39,500 £38,750 £37,500
90th Percentile £40,250 £47,580 £43,750
England median annual salary £36,375 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +11.92% - -7.14%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,084 1,158 2,824
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.47% 14.76% 15.72%
Number of salaries quoted 925 881 2,273
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +3.20%
75th Percentile £65,000 £51,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £71,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -14.29%

Mac OS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Mac OS job vacancy trend in the South East

Mac OS
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Mac OS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Mac OS

Mac OS
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mac OS in the South East over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Mac OS in the South East

Mac OS
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mac OS within the South East region over the 6 months to 8 June 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
Thames Valley -18 17 £36,250 +0.69% 7
Surrey -21 15 £37,500 +20.00% 2
East Sussex -5 12 £32,500 -27.33% 1
Oxfordshire -16 8 £34,000 -8.11% 7
Berkshire -2 6 £39,000 +14.71%
Buckinghamshire -25 3 £30,000 -20.00%
Hampshire -43 1 £60,000 +100.00% 4
Middlesex - 1 £37,500 -
Mac OS
England

Mac OS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 14 (30.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (19.57%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.35%) Confluence
4 1 (2.17%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 31 (67.39%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (47.83%) Azure
3 20 (43.48%) Entra ID
4 10 (21.74%) Google Workspace
5 7 (15.22%) SaaS
6 3 (6.52%) OneDrive
7 2 (4.35%) Power Automate
8 1 (2.17%) AWS
8 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (2.17%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 13 (28.26%) DNS
1 13 (28.26%) Firewall
1 13 (28.26%) VPN
2 11 (23.91%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (17.39%) LAN
3 8 (17.39%) WAN
4 7 (15.22%) DHCP
5 6 (13.04%) TCP/IP
5 6 (13.04%) VoIP
6 4 (8.70%) SSL
6 4 (8.70%) VLAN
7 1 (2.17%) DKIM
7 1 (2.17%) DMARC
7 1 (2.17%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 4 (8.70%) JIRA
General
1 24 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.87%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (6.52%) Manufacturing
3 3 (6.52%) Telecoms
4 2 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.17%) Health Technology
5 1 (2.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 40 (86.96%) IT Support
2 29 (63.04%) IT Engineer
2 29 (63.04%) IT Support Engineer
2 29 (63.04%) Support Engineer
3 7 (15.22%) IT Support Technician
3 7 (15.22%) IT Technician
3 7 (15.22%) Support Technician
4 5 (10.87%) Senior
4 5 (10.87%) Senior IT Support
5 4 (8.70%) Senior IT Engineer
5 4 (8.70%) Senior Support Engineer
6 1 (2.17%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 1 (2.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 1 (2.17%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 1 (2.17%) IT Analyst
6 1 (2.17%) IT Systems Administrator
6 1 (2.17%) Security Engineer
6 1 (2.17%) Senior IT Support Analyst
6 1 (2.17%) Support Analyst
6 1 (2.17%) Technical Services Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.17%) OpenID
1 1 (2.17%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.04%) iPhone
2 5 (10.87%) Driving Licence
3 3 (6.52%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (4.35%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.17%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.17%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 45 (97.83%) Windows
2 18 (39.13%) Windows Server
3 11 (23.91%) Android
4 9 (19.57%) Apple iOS
4 9 (19.57%) Linux
5 4 (8.70%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (6.52%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (41.30%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (28.26%) Customer Service
3 11 (23.91%) Project Delivery
4 10 (21.74%) Mobile Device Management
5 7 (15.22%) Coaching
5 7 (15.22%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (15.22%) Mentoring
5 7 (15.22%) Time Management
6 5 (10.87%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (10.87%) Software Deployment
7 4 (8.70%) Data Privacy
7 4 (8.70%) Kalman Filter
8 3 (6.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (6.52%) Identity Access Management
8 3 (6.52%) ITIL
8 3 (6.52%) Service Delivery
8 3 (6.52%) Service Management
8 3 (6.52%) User Experience
9 2 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 2 (4.35%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (17.39%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.17%) Bash
2 1 (2.17%) Python
2 1 (2.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (21.74%) DBS Check
2 8 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (8.70%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (8.70%) Degree
3 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 4 (8.70%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (2.17%) ACMT
4 1 (2.17%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 1 (2.17%) NIST
2 1 (2.17%) SLA
2 1 (2.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 26 (56.52%) Active Directory
2 10 (21.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (13.04%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (13.04%) vSphere
4 5 (10.87%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (34.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (28.26%) Jamf Pro
3 6 (13.04%) vCenter Server
4 3 (6.52%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (2.17%) Autotask
5 1 (2.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 36 (78.26%) Microsoft
2 15 (32.61%) Apple
3 10 (21.74%) Cisco
3 10 (21.74%) Google
3 10 (21.74%) VMware
4 6 (13.04%) Meraki
5 4 (8.70%) Datto
5 4 (8.70%) SonicWALL
5 4 (8.70%) Veeam
6 3 (6.52%) Okta
7 1 (2.17%) Atlassian
7 1 (2.17%) CrowdStrike