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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 241 256 259
Rank change year-on-year +15 +3 +53
Permanent jobs citing Mac OS 29 50 36
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.28% 0.56% 0.41%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.20% 3.39% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 24 30 32
10th Percentile £26,063 £27,500 £23,750
25th Percentile £26,500 £28,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £35,000 £28,290
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +23.72% -19.17%
75th Percentile £40,958 £48,750 £35,750
90th Percentile £61,197 £60,000 £43,750
England median annual salary £32,500 £42,134 £40,000
% change year-on-year -22.87% +5.34% -

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 906 1,475 1,590
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 8.73% 16.43% 18.06%
Number of salaries quoted 743 890 1,365
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,613 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,750 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £71,000
England median annual salary £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% - -4.76%

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 14 January 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 14 January 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
East Sussex - 8 £29,000 - 4
Oxfordshire +22 7 £36,000 +22.03% 4
Thames Valley -9 7 £36,000 -4.00% 11
Hampshire +31 4 £26,000 -20.00% 4
Surrey +2 4 £66,250 - 4
Kent -15 4 £35,500 -35.45% 2
West Sussex +2 1 £26,750 -12.30% 2
Middlesex - 1 £37,500 - 1
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 3 (10.34%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.90%) CMS
2 2 (6.90%) Confluence
2 2 (6.90%) WordPress
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (20.69%) Azure
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (17.24%) Mimecast
3 2 (6.90%) Google Play
3 2 (6.90%) TestFlight
4 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.45%) OneDrive
4 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (27.59%) Firewall
2 7 (24.14%) DHCP
2 7 (24.14%) DNS
2 7 (24.14%) LAN
2 7 (24.14%) VPN
2 7 (24.14%) WAN
2 7 (24.14%) Wireless
3 6 (20.69%) VLAN
4 2 (6.90%) Ethernet
4 2 (6.90%) MPLS
4 2 (6.90%) SSL
4 2 (6.90%) TCP/IP
5 1 (3.45%) Network Security
5 1 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) GIS
Development Applications
1 8 (27.59%) JIRA
2 2 (6.90%) Android Studio
2 2 (6.90%) CMake
2 2 (6.90%) Git
2 2 (6.90%) Jenkins
2 2 (6.90%) Visual Studio
2 2 (6.90%) Xcode
General
1 9 (31.03%) Manufacturing
1 9 (31.03%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.90%) Aviation
3 2 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (6.90%) Publishing
3 2 (6.90%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 10 (34.48%) IT Support
2 6 (20.69%) Junior
2 6 (20.69%) Support Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) 3rd Line Support
4 4 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 4 (13.79%) Infrastructure Support
4 4 (13.79%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
4 4 (13.79%) Support Specialist
5 2 (6.90%) 1st Line Technical Support
5 2 (6.90%) Android Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Head of IT
5 2 (6.90%) iOS Android Developer
5 2 (6.90%) iOS Developer
5 2 (6.90%) IT Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Mobile Applications Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Mobile Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (13.79%) LDAP
2 2 (6.90%) .NET
2 2 (6.90%) Google Maps API
2 2 (6.90%) OpenGL
2 2 (6.90%) OpenSceneGraph
2 2 (6.90%) QML
2 2 (6.90%) Qt
2 2 (6.90%) Qt Quick
2 2 (6.90%) Vulkan
2 2 (6.90%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.90%) 3D Graphics
2 2 (6.90%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (6.90%) Fibre Optics
2 2 (6.90%) Mobile App
2 2 (6.90%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 27 (93.10%) Windows
2 17 (58.62%) Android
3 12 (41.38%) Apple iOS
4 8 (27.59%) Linux
5 3 (10.34%) Windows 10
5 3 (10.34%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (48.28%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (27.59%) Customer Service
3 6 (20.69%) ITIL
3 6 (20.69%) ITSM
4 4 (13.79%) Computer Science
4 4 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (13.79%) Project Management
4 4 (13.79%) Server Management
5 3 (10.34%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (6.90%) Android Development
6 2 (6.90%) Batch Scripting
6 2 (6.90%) Computer Security
6 2 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (6.90%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (6.90%) Cross-Platform Development
6 2 (6.90%) Decision-Making
6 2 (6.90%) Filmmaking
6 2 (6.90%) iOS Development
6 2 (6.90%) Network Management
6 2 (6.90%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.79%) PowerShell
2 2 (6.90%) Bash
2 2 (6.90%) C
2 2 (6.90%) C++
2 2 (6.90%) Java
2 2 (6.90%) Objective-C
2 2 (6.90%) SQL
2 2 (6.90%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (27.59%) Degree
2 6 (20.69%) MCP
2 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (13.79%) DBS Check
4 3 (10.34%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (41.38%) Active Directory
2 8 (27.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (3.45%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (3.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (17.24%) vCenter Server
3 4 (13.79%) Nagios
3 4 (13.79%) SCCM
3 4 (13.79%) ZABBIX
4 3 (10.34%) Prometheus
5 1 (3.45%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 23 (79.31%) Microsoft
2 9 (31.03%) Apple
3 8 (27.59%) VMware
4 6 (20.69%) ServiceNow
5 5 (17.24%) Barracuda Networks
5 5 (17.24%) Dell
5 5 (17.24%) HP
5 5 (17.24%) Sophos
5 5 (17.24%) Ubiquiti
6 4 (13.79%) Fortinet
7 2 (6.90%) ESRI
7 2 (6.90%) Google
7 2 (6.90%) Mapbox
7 2 (6.90%) Xamarin