macOS Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Apple macOS (formerly Mac OS X)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 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 180 167 168
Rank change year-on-year -13 +1 +23
Permanent jobs citing macOS 32 29 29
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.42% 0.76% 0.63%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.52% 8.33% 4.88%
Number of salaries quoted 30 20 16
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,563 £35,938 £28,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £37,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +7.14% -19.54%
75th Percentile £39,500 £38,750 £40,813
90th Percentile - £43,250 £60,000
South East median annual salary £36,250 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +7.14% +23.72%

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 491 348 594
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.51% 9.18% 12.96%
Number of salaries quoted 410 300 348
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £37,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -21.05% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £45,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £62,050 £78,750
South East median annual salary £45,000 £38,325 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.42% -23.35% +7.53%

macOS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

macOS job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

macOS
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing macOS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing macOS

macOS
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Salary histogram for macOS in the Thames Valley

macOS
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing macOS within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +19 17 £39,000 - 4
Oxfordshire -36 14 £31,250 -13.19% 4
Buckinghamshire -15 1 £30,000 -20.00% 3
macOS
South East

macOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 19 (59.38%) SharePoint
2 17 (53.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (9.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (12.50%) NetSuite
1 4 (12.50%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 30 (93.75%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (59.38%) Entra ID
3 14 (43.75%) Azure
4 11 (34.38%) Google Workspace
5 5 (15.63%) Power Automate
6 2 (6.25%) SaaS
7 1 (3.13%) AWS
7 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (3.13%) OneDrive
7 1 (3.13%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 13 (40.63%) DNS
2 12 (37.50%) DHCP
3 11 (34.38%) Firewall
3 11 (34.38%) SSL
3 11 (34.38%) VLAN
3 11 (34.38%) VoIP
3 11 (34.38%) VPN
3 11 (34.38%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (3.13%) DKIM
4 1 (3.13%) DMARC
4 1 (3.13%) LAN
4 1 (3.13%) Network Security
4 1 (3.13%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.13%) WAN
Development Applications
1 8 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 30 (93.75%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.63%) Advertising
3 4 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (81.25%) IT Engineer
1 26 (81.25%) IT Support
1 26 (81.25%) IT Support Engineer
1 26 (81.25%) Support Engineer
2 11 (34.38%) Senior
2 11 (34.38%) Senior IT Engineer
2 11 (34.38%) Senior IT Support
2 11 (34.38%) Senior Support Engineer
3 4 (12.50%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 4 (12.50%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
3 4 (12.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 4 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (3.13%) Administrator
4 1 (3.13%) IT Administrator
4 1 (3.13%) IT Systems Administrator
4 1 (3.13%) QA Engineer
4 1 (3.13%) Service Manager
4 1 (3.13%) Technical Manager
4 1 (3.13%) Technical Services Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) OpenID
1 1 (3.13%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (37.50%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 32 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (34.38%) Windows Server
3 9 (28.13%) Windows Server 2019
4 8 (25.00%) Linux
5 2 (6.25%) Apple iOS
6 1 (3.13%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (46.88%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (43.75%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (37.50%) Customer Service
4 11 (34.38%) Data Privacy
4 11 (34.38%) Disaster Recovery
4 11 (34.38%) Kalman Filter
4 11 (34.38%) Mobile Device Management
4 11 (34.38%) Project Delivery
5 7 (21.88%) ITIL
5 7 (21.88%) User Experience
6 6 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (18.75%) Identity Access Management
6 6 (18.75%) Service Management
7 5 (15.63%) Process Improvement
8 3 (9.38%) Migration
9 2 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
10 1 (3.13%) Agile
10 1 (3.13%) Asset Management
10 1 (3.13%) Penetration Testing
10 1 (3.13%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 8 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (6.25%) Bash
3 1 (3.13%) Python
3 1 (3.13%) Rust
Qualifications
1 11 (34.38%) CompTIA Security+
1 11 (34.38%) DBS Check
1 11 (34.38%) Degree
1 11 (34.38%) Microsoft Certification
1 11 (34.38%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (3.13%) ACMT
2 1 (3.13%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (34.38%) Cyber Essentials
1 11 (34.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 4 (12.50%) GDPR
3 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.13%) QA
3 1 (3.13%) SLA
3 1 (3.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 11 (34.38%) Hyper-V
2 11 (34.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (59.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (40.63%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (93.75%) Microsoft
2 17 (53.13%) Apple
3 12 (37.50%) Cisco
4 11 (34.38%) Datto
4 11 (34.38%) Google
4 11 (34.38%) SonicWALL
4 11 (34.38%) Veeam
4 11 (34.38%) VMware
5 6 (18.75%) Okta
6 1 (3.13%) Atlassian
6 1 (3.13%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (3.13%) Meraki