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 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 142 232
Rank change year-on-year -41 +90 -9
Permanent jobs citing Mac OS 25 20 50
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.32% 0.74% 0.56%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.69% 4.35% 3.23%
Number of salaries quoted 25 16 48
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,250 -
25th Percentile £28,000 - £23,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £30,000 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +3.45% -9.38%
75th Percentile £37,500 - £38,188
90th Percentile £48,750 £50,375 £44,875
England median annual salary £34,500 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +1.47% +4.62% -7.14%

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 533 460 1,547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 6.92% 17.06% 17.24%
Number of salaries quoted 347 313 1,239
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,100 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £60,918
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%

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 12 May 2026.

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 12 May 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
Somerset -19 10 £30,521 -44.16%
Dorset -23 5 £35,000 +16.67%
Devon -21 4 £46,500 - 5
Wiltshire -10 3 £47,500 +75.93% 2
Gloucestershire -23 2 £27,000 - 1
Bristol -22 1 £29,500 -33.71%
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 14 (56.00%) SharePoint
2 13 (52.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 2 (8.00%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 19 (76.00%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (64.00%) Azure
2 16 (64.00%) Entra ID
3 7 (28.00%) OneDrive
4 2 (8.00%) IaaS
4 2 (8.00%) PaaS
4 2 (8.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (56.00%) Wi-Fi
2 9 (36.00%) DNS
3 5 (20.00%) VoIP
4 4 (16.00%) DHCP
4 4 (16.00%) Firewall
4 4 (16.00%) TCP/IP
4 4 (16.00%) VLAN
5 1 (4.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) MySQL
General
1 6 (24.00%) Advertising
2 5 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Retail
4 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (48.00%) IT Support
1 12 (48.00%) Support Technician
2 9 (36.00%) IT Technician
3 7 (28.00%) IT Support Technician
4 5 (20.00%) Field Engineer
4 5 (20.00%) Field Support Engineer
4 5 (20.00%) ICT Support
4 5 (20.00%) ICT Support Technician
4 5 (20.00%) ICT Technician
4 5 (20.00%) IT Engineer
4 5 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (20.00%) Support Engineer
5 3 (12.00%) IT Manager
6 2 (8.00%) Developer
6 2 (8.00%) Senior
6 2 (8.00%) Senior Developer
7 1 (4.00%) 2nd Line Support
7 1 (4.00%) Audio Visual Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 7 (28.00%) Driving Licence
1 7 (28.00%) Onboarding
2 4 (16.00%) Digital Signage
2 4 (16.00%) Educational Technology
3 2 (8.00%) Mobile App
3 2 (8.00%) Vector Graphics
4 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 25 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (44.00%) Windows 10
3 9 (36.00%) Android
4 7 (28.00%) Apple iOS
5 6 (24.00%) Windows Server
6 1 (4.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (36.00%) Cloud Security
3 5 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 5 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 5 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (20.00%) ITIL
4 4 (16.00%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (16.00%) Email Filtering
4 4 (16.00%) Identity Management
4 4 (16.00%) Kalman Filter
4 4 (16.00%) Server Management
4 4 (16.00%) Time Management
4 4 (16.00%) Web Filtering
5 3 (12.00%) Data Protection
5 3 (12.00%) Infrastructure Management
5 3 (12.00%) IT Governance
5 3 (12.00%) IT Strategy
5 3 (12.00%) Service Management
5 3 (12.00%) Ticket Management
6 2 (8.00%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (8.00%) C#
2 2 (8.00%) C++
3 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
2 3 (12.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (8.00%) A+ Certification
3 2 (8.00%) Degree
4 1 (4.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (16.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (12.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 17 (68.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (20.00%) Hyper-V
2 5 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (64.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (76.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (28.00%) Apple
3 5 (20.00%) Ubiquiti
3 5 (20.00%) VMware
4 4 (16.00%) Veeam
5 2 (8.00%) Adobe