Mac OS Job Trends in the South West

Apple macOS
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Mac OS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 180 204
Rank change year-on-year +27 +24 +55
Permanent jobs citing Mac OS 31 20 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.62% 0.46% 0.37%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.68% 2.37% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 31 6 14
10th Percentile £24,750 £25,412 £28,000
25th Percentile £27,062 £26,500 £28,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £35,750 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.88% -4.67% -33.66%
75th Percentile £37,500 £52,688 £50,938
90th Percentile £48,750 £55,129 £56,250
England median annual salary £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
% change year-on-year -13.33% -3.23% -3.13%

All Operating Systems
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 546 843 916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 10.90% 19.44% 20.98%
Number of salaries quoted 312 531 730
10th Percentile £26,500 £10,258 £28,290
25th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £40,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% -18.37% +8.89%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £43,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.00% - -4.76%

Mac OS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Mac OS job vacancy trend in the South West

Mac OS
Salary Trend in the South West

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

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

Mac OS
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mac OS in the South West over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Mac OS in the South West

Mac OS
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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
Dorset +15 11 £25,500 - 1
Bristol +21 10 £41,250 +19.87% 1
Wiltshire +10 6 £29,000 +7.41%
Devon +4 2 £29,000 -
Somerset -13 2 £28,521 -47.82% 2
Mac OS
England

Mac OS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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 12 (38.71%) SharePoint
2 10 (32.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (19.35%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 25 (80.65%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (45.16%) Azure
3 7 (22.58%) Entra ID
3 7 (22.58%) OneDrive
4 4 (12.90%) Google Workspace
5 1 (3.23%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (54.84%) VoIP
2 14 (45.16%) DNS
3 11 (35.48%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (29.03%) DHCP
5 6 (19.35%) Cisco IOS
5 6 (19.35%) Firewall
5 6 (19.35%) IPsec
5 6 (19.35%) LAN
5 6 (19.35%) VLAN
5 6 (19.35%) VPN
5 6 (19.35%) WAN
5 6 (19.35%) Wireless
6 2 (6.45%) Broadband
6 2 (6.45%) Internet
6 2 (6.45%) NAS
7 1 (3.23%) TCP/IP
7 1 (3.23%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (19.35%) Amazon RDS
1 6 (19.35%) SQL Server
2 3 (9.68%) MySQL
General
1 21 (67.74%) Social Skills
2 11 (35.48%) Telecoms
3 8 (25.81%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (22.58%) Advertising
4 7 (22.58%) Manufacturing
5 6 (19.35%) Finance
6 5 (16.13%) Electronics
6 5 (16.13%) Marketing
6 5 (16.13%) Public Sector
7 4 (12.90%) Dutch Language
7 4 (12.90%) French Language
7 4 (12.90%) Spanish Language
8 2 (6.45%) Retail
9 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (41.94%) 2nd Line Support
1 13 (41.94%) IT Support
2 11 (35.48%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 11 (35.48%) Support Engineer
3 10 (32.26%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 10 (32.26%) IT Engineer
3 10 (32.26%) IT Support Engineer
4 8 (25.81%) Support Technician
5 6 (19.35%) 1st Line Support
5 6 (19.35%) Senior
5 6 (19.35%) Senior IT Engineer
5 6 (19.35%) Senior IT Support
5 6 (19.35%) Senior Support Engineer
6 5 (16.13%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
6 5 (16.13%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
6 5 (16.13%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 5 (16.13%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 5 (16.13%) ICT Support
6 5 (16.13%) ICT Support Technician
6 5 (16.13%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.81%) Driving Licence
2 6 (19.35%) Clustering
3 4 (12.90%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.23%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.23%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 31 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (45.16%) Linux
3 12 (38.71%) Windows Server
4 7 (22.58%) Windows 10
5 5 (16.13%) Android
5 5 (16.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (45.16%) Customer Service
1 14 (45.16%) ITIL
2 13 (41.94%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (35.48%) Disaster Recovery
4 9 (29.03%) Mentoring
5 8 (25.81%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 7 (22.58%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (22.58%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (22.58%) Service Delivery
6 7 (22.58%) Ticket Management
7 6 (19.35%) Coaching
7 6 (19.35%) Collaborative Culture
7 6 (19.35%) Containerisation
7 6 (19.35%) IT Strategy
7 6 (19.35%) Migration
7 6 (19.35%) Server Building
7 6 (19.35%) Server Management
8 5 (16.13%) Asset Management
8 5 (16.13%) Cloud Security
8 5 (16.13%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 13 (41.94%) PowerShell
2 3 (9.68%) SQL
3 1 (3.23%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (29.03%) MCP
2 6 (19.35%) ACMT
2 6 (19.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 5 (16.13%) A+ Certification
4 4 (12.90%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (12.90%) Degree
4 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (9.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (6.45%) DBS Check
7 1 (3.23%) AWS Certification
7 1 (3.23%) Azure Certification
7 1 (3.23%) CEH
7 1 (3.23%) GIAC
7 1 (3.23%) GREM
7 1 (3.23%) OSCP
7 1 (3.23%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (19.35%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (6.45%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (61.29%) Hyper-V
1 19 (61.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (41.94%) Active Directory
3 6 (19.35%) Docker
3 6 (19.35%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (35.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (19.35%) Autotask
2 6 (19.35%) Kubernetes
2 6 (19.35%) vCenter Server
3 1 (3.23%) Computer Incident Response Team
3 1 (3.23%) QRadar
Vendors
1 27 (87.10%) Microsoft
2 19 (61.29%) VMware
3 9 (29.03%) Apple
4 8 (25.81%) Datto
4 8 (25.81%) Veeam
5 6 (19.35%) Cisco
5 6 (19.35%) Oracle
5 6 (19.35%) Sophos
6 5 (16.13%) SAP
7 1 (3.23%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (3.23%) Splunk