macOS Job Trends in the South East

Apple macOS (formerly Mac OS X)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East 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 292 255 286
Rank change year-on-year -37 +31 -26
Permanent jobs citing macOS 51 41 47
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.27% 0.46% 0.38%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.97% 3.52% 2.44%
Number of salaries quoted 47 24 23
10th Percentile £26,250 - £25,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £28,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £37,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +7.14% +23.72%
75th Percentile £39,500 £39,875 £49,125
90th Percentile £41,000 £43,250 £58,000
England median annual salary £38,500 £32,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year +18.46% -12.16% +5.71%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,284 1,166 1,926
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.78% 13.05% 15.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,067 950 1,152
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £29,813
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £38,325 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.42% -23.35% +7.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £48,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £82,500
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 South East

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

macOS job vacancy trend in the South East

macOS
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing macOS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing macOS

macOS
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for macOS in the South East

macOS
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 macOS within the South East 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
Thames Valley -13 32 £36,250 -3.33% 11
Berkshire +19 17 £39,000 - 4
Oxfordshire -36 14 £31,250 -13.19% 4
Surrey -29 7 £35,000 -63.16% 7
Hampshire -42 6 £37,500 -8.54% 2
Kent -17 3 £25,500 - 1
East Sussex - 3 £29,500 - 1
Buckinghamshire -15 1 £30,000 -20.00% 3
macOS
England

macOS
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 26 (50.98%) SharePoint
2 24 (47.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (7.84%) NetSuite
1 4 (7.84%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 48 (94.12%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (52.94%) Entra ID
3 24 (47.06%) Azure
4 12 (23.53%) Google Workspace
5 8 (15.69%) OneDrive
6 5 (9.80%) Power Automate
7 2 (3.92%) SaaS
8 1 (1.96%) AWS
8 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.96%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 23 (45.10%) DNS
2 22 (43.14%) DHCP
3 18 (35.29%) VPN
4 16 (31.37%) VoIP
5 15 (29.41%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (21.57%) Firewall
6 11 (21.57%) SSL
6 11 (21.57%) VLAN
7 8 (15.69%) TCP/IP
8 3 (5.88%) LAN
8 3 (5.88%) WAN
9 1 (1.96%) DKIM
9 1 (1.96%) DMARC
9 1 (1.96%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 10 (19.61%) JIRA
General
1 40 (78.43%) Social Skills
2 5 (9.80%) Advertising
3 4 (7.84%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (5.88%) Retail
5 1 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.96%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 36 (70.59%) Support Engineer
2 35 (68.63%) IT Support
3 30 (58.82%) IT Engineer
3 30 (58.82%) IT Support Engineer
4 12 (23.53%) Senior
4 12 (23.53%) Senior IT Support
5 11 (21.57%) Senior IT Engineer
5 11 (21.57%) Senior Support Engineer
6 6 (11.76%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 6 (11.76%) 2nd Line Support
6 6 (11.76%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) 1st Line Support
7 4 (7.84%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 4 (7.84%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
8 3 (5.88%) IT Analyst
8 3 (5.88%) IT Support Analyst
8 3 (5.88%) Support Analyst
8 3 (5.88%) Technical Engineer
8 3 (5.88%) Technical Support
8 3 (5.88%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.96%) OpenID
1 1 (1.96%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (27.45%) Driving Licence
2 2 (3.92%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.96%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 50 (98.04%) Windows
2 18 (35.29%) Windows Server
3 11 (21.57%) Linux
4 9 (17.65%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (3.92%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.96%) Android
6 1 (1.96%) CentOS
6 1 (1.96%) Ubuntu
6 1 (1.96%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (43.14%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (37.25%) Customer Service
3 14 (27.45%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (21.57%) Data Privacy
4 11 (21.57%) Disaster Recovery
4 11 (21.57%) Kalman Filter
4 11 (21.57%) Mobile Device Management
4 11 (21.57%) Project Delivery
5 9 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (17.65%) ITIL
6 7 (13.73%) Service Management
6 7 (13.73%) User Experience
7 6 (11.76%) Identity Access Management
8 5 (9.80%) Process Improvement
9 4 (7.84%) ITSM
9 4 (7.84%) Service Delivery
10 3 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 3 (5.88%) Migration
10 3 (5.88%) People Management
11 2 (3.92%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 9 (17.65%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.92%) Bash
3 1 (1.96%) Python
3 1 (1.96%) Rust
Qualifications
1 16 (31.37%) DBS Check
2 12 (23.53%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (21.57%) CompTIA Security+
3 11 (21.57%) Degree
3 11 (21.57%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (3.92%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.92%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.96%) ACMT
5 1 (1.96%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.96%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (21.57%) Cyber Essentials
1 11 (21.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 4 (7.84%) GDPR
3 3 (5.88%) QA
4 1 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (1.96%) NIST
4 1 (1.96%) SLA
4 1 (1.96%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (49.02%) Active Directory
2 12 (23.53%) Hyper-V
2 12 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 27 (52.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (31.37%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (3.92%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.96%) Autotask
4 1 (1.96%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 48 (94.12%) Microsoft
2 20 (39.22%) Apple
3 12 (23.53%) Cisco
3 12 (23.53%) Google
3 12 (23.53%) VMware
4 11 (21.57%) Datto
4 11 (21.57%) SonicWALL
4 11 (21.57%) Veeam
5 6 (11.76%) Okta
6 2 (3.92%) Atlassian
6 2 (3.92%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.96%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (1.96%) Meraki