macOS Job Trends in the South West

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West 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 195 137 202
Rank change year-on-year -58 +65 -29
Permanent jobs citing macOS 45 31 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.43% 0.87% 0.33%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.95% 6.02% 2.00%
Number of salaries quoted 33 26 9
10th Percentile £27,750 £24,750 £25,865
25th Percentile £35,000 £25,769 £30,279
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £29,500 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.51% -14.49% +5.42%
75th Percentile £48,750 £31,924 £38,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £48,750 £42,850
England median annual salary £38,500 £32,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year +18.46% -12.16% +5.71%

All Operating Systems
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 756 515 1,098
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 7.17% 14.41% 16.30%
Number of salaries quoted 458 301 688
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,000 £10,258
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.14% -17.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £50,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £71,250 £77,500
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 West

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

macOS job vacancy trend in the South West

macOS
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing macOS

macOS
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for macOS in the South West

macOS
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 macOS within the South West 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
Gloucestershire -53 17 £28,500 - 7
Devon -10 13 £38,500 +32.76% 3
Somerset - 8 £38,500 - 4
Bristol -44 3 £47,500 +11.76% 3
Dorset -18 2 £35,000 +18.64%
Wiltshire -21 2 £47,500 +75.93% 2
macOS
England

macOS
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 25 (55.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 3 (6.67%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 31 (68.89%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (55.56%) Entra ID
3 17 (37.78%) Azure
4 2 (4.44%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (4.44%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (28.89%) VPN
2 12 (26.67%) Wi-Fi
3 10 (22.22%) Wireless
4 7 (15.56%) DHCP
4 7 (15.56%) DNS
4 7 (15.56%) TCP/IP
5 3 (6.67%) Firewall
5 3 (6.67%) LAN
5 3 (6.67%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (4.44%) JIRA
General
1 15 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 13 (28.89%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (24.44%) Advertising
4 6 (13.33%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (57.78%) IT Support
2 22 (48.89%) IT Engineer
2 22 (48.89%) IT Support Engineer
2 22 (48.89%) Support Engineer
3 11 (24.44%) Field Engineer
3 11 (24.44%) Field Support Engineer
4 10 (22.22%) Senior
5 6 (13.33%) Developer
5 6 (13.33%) Senior Developer
6 4 (8.89%) IT Manager
6 4 (8.89%) Software Engineer
7 3 (6.67%) IT Technician
8 2 (4.44%) Apple Mac Artworker
8 2 (4.44%) Artworker
8 2 (4.44%) IT Analyst
8 2 (4.44%) IT Support Manager
8 2 (4.44%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (4.44%) Senior IT Support
8 2 (4.44%) Senior IT Support Analyst
8 2 (4.44%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.33%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 18 (40.00%) Driving Licence
2 11 (24.44%) Onboarding
3 6 (13.33%) Mobile App
3 6 (13.33%) Vector Graphics
4 3 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (4.44%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (4.44%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.22%) Apple TV
6 1 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 43 (95.56%) Windows
2 18 (40.00%) Apple iOS
3 15 (33.33%) Android
4 7 (15.56%) Linux
5 4 (8.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (31.11%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (31.11%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 9 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 9 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 8 (17.78%) ITIL
5 6 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (11.11%) ERP
7 4 (8.89%) Software Engineering
7 4 (8.89%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (6.67%) AI
8 3 (6.67%) Computer Science
8 3 (6.67%) Proactive Management
8 3 (6.67%) Problem Management
8 3 (6.67%) Resource Management
8 3 (6.67%) Security Management
8 3 (6.67%) Security Operations
8 3 (6.67%) Service Management
8 3 (6.67%) Ticket Management
9 2 (4.44%) Customer-Centricity
Programming Languages
1 10 (22.22%) C++
2 6 (13.33%) C#
3 4 (8.89%) C
4 2 (4.44%) PowerShell
4 2 (4.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (13.33%) Degree
2 3 (6.67%) A+ Certification
2 3 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (31.11%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (8.89%) GDPR
3 3 (6.67%) NCSC
3 3 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (57.78%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.22%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (53.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 31 (68.89%) Microsoft
2 11 (24.44%) Ubiquiti
3 7 (15.56%) Apple
4 5 (11.11%) Adobe
5 4 (8.89%) Cisco
5 4 (8.89%) Meraki
6 2 (4.44%) Freshdesk
7 1 (2.22%) VMware