Apple macOS
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Mac OS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Mac OS over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 443 463 591
Rank change year-on-year +20 +128 +31
Permanent jobs citing Mac OS 252 493 448
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.48% 0.50% 0.43%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.83% 3.49% 2.69%
Number of salaries quoted 183 430 267
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,000 £27,750 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £36,064 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.34% +3.04% -6.67%
75th Percentile £46,750 £47,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £60,283 £57,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,500 £32,500 £32,847
% change year-on-year -3.08% -1.05% -6.15%

All Operating Systems
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 6,583 14,121 16,635
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.62% 14.36% 15.99%
Number of salaries quoted 4,456 10,927 11,200
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,760 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,625 £80,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -1.18% -5.56% -

Mac OS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Mac OS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Mac OS in the UK

Mac OS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Mac OS.

Salary trend for Mac OS in the UK

Mac OS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mac OS over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Mac OS in the UK

Mac OS
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +29 240 £34,000 +4.62% 157
UK excluding London +62 185 £31,500 -3.08% 110
South East +132 83 £34,000 +7.94% 24
Work from Home +138 69 £37,500 -6.25% 99
London +29 62 £39,000 -9.30% 61
North of England +30 30 £40,000 +9.59% 24
Midlands +31 25 £27,500 -12.70% 18
East of England +30 22 £33,750 -3.57% 20
North West +13 20 £46,000 +15.00% 14
South West +85 18 £30,000 +3.45% 14
East Midlands +43 18 £27,500 -15.38% 10
Yorkshire +39 7 £37,000 +13.85% 7
West Midlands +27 7 £28,500 -5.00% 8
Wales +37 5 £22,500 -8.16% 10
Scotland +107 3 £75,000 +36.36% 3
North East +49 3 £25,000 -7.41% 3

Mac OS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 62 (24.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 47 (18.65%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.78%) IBM Domino
4 3 (1.19%) WordPress
5 2 (0.79%) IIS
6 1 (0.40%) Confluence
6 1 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.40%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 33 (13.10%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.78%) Chatbot
3 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.19%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.98%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (1.98%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 160 (63.49%) Microsoft 365
2 113 (44.84%) Azure
3 51 (20.24%) Entra ID
4 27 (10.71%) OneDrive
5 24 (9.52%) AWS
6 20 (7.94%) SaaS
7 14 (5.56%) Google Workspace
8 6 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (2.38%) Slack
9 4 (1.59%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (1.59%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.59%) Azure Key Vault
9 4 (1.59%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (1.59%) Cloudflare
9 4 (1.59%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.79%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.79%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.40%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 67 (26.59%) DNS
2 49 (19.44%) DHCP
3 46 (18.25%) Firewall
4 45 (17.86%) TCP/IP
5 42 (16.67%) VPN
6 41 (16.27%) LAN
7 30 (11.90%) WAN
8 23 (9.13%) VoIP
9 19 (7.54%) Wi-Fi
10 18 (7.14%) VLAN
11 15 (5.95%) Wireless
12 14 (5.56%) Remote Desktop
13 10 (3.97%) WLAN
14 9 (3.57%) Cisco IOS
15 6 (2.38%) Internet
15 6 (2.38%) SSL
16 5 (1.98%) IP Telephony
17 4 (1.59%) HTTPS
17 4 (1.59%) WebEx
18 3 (1.19%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.17%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.78%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.98%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.79%) Metadata
4 2 (0.79%) Power BI
4 2 (0.79%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 9 (3.57%) JIRA
2 4 (1.59%) Visual Studio
2 4 (1.59%) WiX
General
1 160 (63.49%) Social Skills
2 30 (11.90%) Finance
3 21 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (6.75%) Legal
5 13 (5.16%) Telecoms
6 11 (4.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (3.97%) Law
7 10 (3.97%) Retail
8 6 (2.38%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.40%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.40%) Local Government
11 1 (0.40%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.40%) Police
11 1 (0.40%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 67 (26.59%) IT Support
2 63 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 46 (18.25%) Analyst
4 40 (15.87%) IT Engineer
5 31 (12.30%) 2nd Line Support
6 29 (11.51%) IT Support Engineer
7 23 (9.13%) Support Analyst
7 23 (9.13%) Technical Support
8 18 (7.14%) 1st Line Support
9 16 (6.35%) Support Technician
10 15 (5.95%) Senior
11 12 (4.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 12 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (3.97%) Help Desk Support
12 10 (3.97%) IT Analyst
13 9 (3.57%) 2nd Line Support Technician
13 9 (3.57%) Service Analyst
14 8 (3.17%) Administrator
14 8 (3.17%) Developer
14 8 (3.17%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.38%) .NET
2 5 (1.98%) REST
3 4 (1.59%) .NET Framework
3 4 (1.59%) 802.1X
3 4 (1.59%) Blazor
3 4 (1.59%) COM
3 4 (1.59%) Entity Framework
3 4 (1.59%) LDAP
3 4 (1.59%) SOAP
4 1 (0.40%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.40%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.92%) Onboarding
2 22 (8.73%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (5.16%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.57%) Driving Licence
5 8 (3.17%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (2.78%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.98%) iPad
8 4 (1.59%) CCTV
8 4 (1.59%) iPhone
8 4 (1.59%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (1.59%) Wiki
9 3 (1.19%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.79%) Acoustics
10 2 (0.79%) CMDB
10 2 (0.79%) Learning Management System
10 2 (0.79%) Social Media
11 1 (0.40%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 213 (84.52%) Windows
2 64 (25.40%) Linux
3 53 (21.03%) Apple iOS
4 49 (19.44%) Windows 10
5 46 (18.25%) Windows Server
6 23 (9.13%) Android
7 8 (3.17%) Unix
8 7 (2.78%) Debian
8 7 (2.78%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (2.78%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (2.38%) CentOS
9 6 (2.38%) Ubuntu
10 5 (1.98%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.79%) VMS
11 2 (0.79%) Windows 8
11 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.40%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.40%) Solaris
12 1 (0.40%) Windows Vista
12 1 (0.40%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (48.81%) Customer Service
2 109 (43.25%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (21.03%) ITIL
4 44 (17.46%) ITSM
5 39 (15.48%) Cybersecurity
6 26 (10.32%) Continuous Improvement
6 26 (10.32%) Service Delivery
7 25 (9.92%) Problem Management
8 16 (6.35%) Migration
9 15 (5.95%) Mentoring
9 15 (5.95%) Root Cause Analysis
9 15 (5.95%) User Experience
10 14 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 14 (5.56%) Server Management
11 13 (5.16%) Asset Management
11 13 (5.16%) Mobile Device Management
12 12 (4.76%) Change Management
12 12 (4.76%) Computer Science
13 11 (4.37%) B2B
14 10 (3.97%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 44 (17.46%) PowerShell
2 23 (9.13%) Bash
3 12 (4.76%) SQL
4 11 (4.37%) Python
5 9 (3.57%) C++
6 8 (3.17%) C#
7 7 (2.78%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.98%) C
9 3 (1.19%) Go
9 3 (1.19%) Objective-C
10 2 (0.79%) Fortran
11 1 (0.40%) Java
11 1 (0.40%) VB
11 1 (0.40%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 36 (14.29%) Degree
2 32 (12.70%) Microsoft Certification
3 18 (7.14%) A+ Certification
4 12 (4.76%) MCP
4 12 (4.76%) MCSA
5 10 (3.97%) Azure Certification
5 10 (3.97%) DBS Check
5 10 (3.97%) Network+ Certification
6 9 (3.57%) MCSE
6 9 (3.57%) Security Cleared
7 7 (2.78%) SC Cleared
8 5 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.98%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.19%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (1.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.79%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.79%) PhD
11 1 (0.40%) CCNA
11 1 (0.40%) CCSP
11 1 (0.40%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.57%) SLA
2 8 (3.17%) GDPR
3 4 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.19%) PMO
5 2 (0.79%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.40%) NCSC
6 1 (0.40%) NIST
System Software
1 142 (56.35%) Active Directory
2 34 (13.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (11.90%) Hyper-V
4 21 (8.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (2.78%) vSphere
6 6 (2.38%) pfSense
7 5 (1.98%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (1.19%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.40%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.40%) Docker
10 1 (0.40%) LXC
10 1 (0.40%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.40%) RHEV
10 1 (0.40%) Samba
Systems Management
1 70 (27.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (5.16%) Jamf Pro
3 10 (3.97%) SCCM
4 7 (2.78%) PaperCut
5 5 (1.98%) vCenter Server
6 4 (1.59%) Terraform
7 3 (1.19%) Autotask
7 3 (1.19%) Graylog
8 2 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.79%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.40%) EnCase
9 1 (0.40%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.40%) FTK
9 1 (0.40%) Nessus
9 1 (0.40%) Norton AntiVirus
9 1 (0.40%) Puppet
Vendors
1 170 (67.46%) Microsoft
2 50 (19.84%) Apple
3 40 (15.87%) VMware
4 32 (12.70%) Cisco
5 13 (5.16%) Sophos
6 12 (4.76%) Google
7 10 (3.97%) ServiceNow
8 8 (3.17%) iManage
8 8 (3.17%) Meraki
8 8 (3.17%) Palo Alto
8 8 (3.17%) SAP
9 6 (2.38%) Okta
9 6 (2.38%) Ubiquiti
10 4 (1.59%) Aruba
10 4 (1.59%) Barracuda Networks
10 4 (1.59%) HP
10 4 (1.59%) N-able
10 4 (1.59%) Zscaler
11 3 (1.19%) SonicWALL
11 3 (1.19%) Veeam