Mac OS Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Apple macOS
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Mac OS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 425 401
Rank change year-on-year +93 -24 +94
Permanent jobs citing Mac OS 180 141 176
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.42% 0.39% 0.51%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.42% 2.55% 3.15%
Number of salaries quoted 149 73 148
10th Percentile £24,750 £25,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £26,000 £27,500 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £37,500 £48,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £48,750 £55,206 £74,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £42,134 £40,000
% change year-on-year -22.87% +5.34% -

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,322 5,527 5,581
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.83% 15.39% 16.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2,438 2,920 4,579
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,750 £46,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.93% +2.22% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%

Mac OS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Mac OS job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Mac OS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Mac OS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Mac OS

Mac OS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mac OS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Mac OS in the UK excluding London

Mac OS
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mac OS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
North of England +44 59 £26,500 -26.39% 18
East of England +45 38 £32,500 -7.14% 23
South West +21 29 £29,000 -18.88% 4
South East +15 29 £36,000 +2.86% 40
Yorkshire +8 28 £30,000 +20.00% 9
North West +29 23 £26,000 -38.29% 6
Midlands +21 19 £27,000 -10.00% 12
West Midlands +19 10 £28,000 -6.67% 4
East Midlands -6 9 £27,000 -1.82% 8
North East +18 8 - - 4
Scotland +5 5 £25,000 -28.57% 3
Wales +8 1 £45,000 - 4
Mac OS
UK

Mac OS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 37 (20.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (18.33%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.78%) IIS
4 3 (1.67%) Confluence
5 2 (1.11%) CMS
5 2 (1.11%) WordPress
6 1 (0.56%) Tomcat
Applications
1 29 (16.11%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.56%) Blender
Business Applications
1 10 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 114 (63.33%) Microsoft 365
2 64 (35.56%) Azure
3 38 (21.11%) Entra ID
4 20 (11.11%) OneDrive
5 10 (5.56%) Google Workspace
6 7 (3.89%) Power Platform
7 6 (3.33%) AWS
7 6 (3.33%) SaaS
8 5 (2.78%) Mimecast
9 4 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.67%) IaaS
10 3 (1.67%) PaaS
11 2 (1.11%) Google Play
11 2 (1.11%) TestFlight
11 2 (1.11%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 58 (32.22%) DNS
2 45 (25.00%) DHCP
3 36 (20.00%) VPN
4 33 (18.33%) Firewall
5 32 (17.78%) VoIP
5 32 (17.78%) Wi-Fi
6 24 (13.33%) TCP/IP
7 22 (12.22%) LAN
7 22 (12.22%) WAN
8 15 (8.33%) Wireless
9 12 (6.67%) VLAN
10 5 (2.78%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (2.22%) IPsec
12 3 (1.67%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (1.67%) Wireshark
13 2 (1.11%) Broadband
13 2 (1.11%) Ethernet
13 2 (1.11%) Internet
13 2 (1.11%) NAS
13 2 (1.11%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.22%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.33%) Power BI
3 4 (2.22%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.67%) MySQL
5 2 (1.11%) GIS
Development Applications
1 11 (6.11%) JIRA
2 2 (1.11%) Android Studio
2 2 (1.11%) CMake
2 2 (1.11%) Git
2 2 (1.11%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.11%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.11%) Xcode
General
1 70 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 24 (13.33%) Manufacturing
3 16 (8.89%) Advertising
4 13 (7.22%) Organisational Skills
4 13 (7.22%) Telecoms
5 12 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (6.67%) Marketing
6 7 (3.89%) Finance
7 5 (2.78%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.22%) Dutch Language
8 4 (2.22%) Electronics
8 4 (2.22%) French Language
8 4 (2.22%) Spanish Language
9 2 (1.11%) Aviation
9 2 (1.11%) Legal
9 2 (1.11%) Publishing
9 2 (1.11%) Retail
10 1 (0.56%) Games
10 1 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 71 (39.44%) IT Support
2 42 (23.33%) Support Engineer
3 38 (21.11%) 1st Line Support
4 31 (17.22%) Analyst
5 29 (16.11%) Support Analyst
6 27 (15.00%) IT Engineer
6 27 (15.00%) IT Support Engineer
7 26 (14.44%) 2nd Line Support
8 19 (10.56%) IT Analyst
8 19 (10.56%) Support Specialist
9 17 (9.44%) IT Support Analyst
10 16 (8.89%) 1st Line Support Analyst
10 16 (8.89%) Support Technician
10 16 (8.89%) Technical Support
11 15 (8.33%) IT Support Specialist
12 14 (7.78%) 1st/2nd Line Support
13 12 (6.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 11 (6.11%) Junior
15 10 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 10 (5.56%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.00%) .NET
2 4 (2.22%) LDAP
3 2 (1.11%) Google Maps API
3 2 (1.11%) OpenGL
3 2 (1.11%) OpenSceneGraph
3 2 (1.11%) QML
3 2 (1.11%) Qt
3 2 (1.11%) Qt Quick
3 2 (1.11%) Vulkan
3 2 (1.11%) Web Services
4 1 (0.56%) JSON
4 1 (0.56%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 1 (0.56%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (13.33%) Onboarding
2 18 (10.00%) Driving Licence
3 9 (5.00%) iPad
4 8 (4.44%) LIMS
5 7 (3.89%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.22%) Clustering
6 4 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.22%) Security Posture
6 4 (2.22%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 3 (1.67%) CMDB
7 3 (1.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 3 (1.67%) iPhone
7 3 (1.67%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.11%) 3D Graphics
8 2 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.11%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (1.11%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.11%) Robotics
8 2 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.56%) Acoustics
Operating Systems
1 175 (97.22%) Windows
2 41 (22.78%) Windows Server
3 40 (22.22%) Linux
4 37 (20.56%) Android
4 37 (20.56%) Windows 10
5 34 (18.89%) Apple iOS
6 17 (9.44%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (3.33%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (42.22%) Customer Service
2 56 (31.11%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (24.44%) ITIL
4 37 (20.56%) Cybersecurity
5 30 (16.67%) ITSM
6 24 (13.33%) Computer Science
7 19 (10.56%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (8.89%) Disaster Recovery
9 14 (7.78%) Service Management
10 13 (7.22%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 13 (7.22%) Server Management
11 12 (6.67%) Preventative Maintenance
11 12 (6.67%) Process Improvement
11 12 (6.67%) Service Delivery
12 11 (6.11%) Collaborative Culture
12 11 (6.11%) Inventory Management
12 11 (6.11%) Migration
12 11 (6.11%) Mobile Device Management
13 10 (5.56%) Cloud Security
13 10 (5.56%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 30 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 27 (15.00%) SQL
3 10 (5.56%) Python
4 8 (4.44%) VBScript
5 7 (3.89%) PL/SQL
6 5 (2.78%) Bash
7 4 (2.22%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.67%) Java
9 2 (1.11%) C
9 2 (1.11%) C++
9 2 (1.11%) Objective-C
9 2 (1.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (20.56%) Degree
2 26 (14.44%) Microsoft Certification
3 18 (10.00%) MCP
4 11 (6.11%) A+ Certification
5 10 (5.56%) DBS Check
6 9 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (4.44%) HNC
7 8 (4.44%) HND
8 4 (2.22%) ACMT
8 4 (2.22%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (2.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (1.67%) CEH
9 3 (1.67%) GIAC
9 3 (1.67%) GREM
9 3 (1.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (1.67%) OSCP
10 2 (1.11%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.11%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.11%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (2.78%) GDPR
3 4 (2.22%) SLA
4 3 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 87 (48.33%) Active Directory
2 35 (19.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (12.78%) Hyper-V
4 12 (6.67%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (2.78%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (2.22%) Docker
7 1 (0.56%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 54 (30.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (6.11%) SCCM
3 9 (5.00%) vCenter Server
4 8 (4.44%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (2.22%) Autotask
5 4 (2.22%) Kubernetes
5 4 (2.22%) Nagios
5 4 (2.22%) ZABBIX
6 3 (1.67%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 3 (1.67%) Nessus
6 3 (1.67%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.67%) QRadar
7 1 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.56%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 127 (70.56%) Microsoft
2 40 (22.22%) Apple
3 36 (20.00%) VMware
4 13 (7.22%) Datto
4 13 (7.22%) Veeam
5 12 (6.67%) ServiceNow
6 9 (5.00%) Mitel
6 9 (5.00%) Sophos
7 8 (4.44%) Google
8 7 (3.89%) Freshdesk
9 5 (2.78%) Barracuda Networks
9 5 (2.78%) Cisco
9 5 (2.78%) Dell
9 5 (2.78%) HP
9 5 (2.78%) Ubiquiti
10 4 (2.22%) Fortinet
10 4 (2.22%) Oracle
10 4 (2.22%) Samsung
10 4 (2.22%) SAP
11 3 (1.67%) CrowdStrike