macOS Job Trends in Wales

Apple macOS (formerly Mac OS X)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales 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 130 - 77
Rank change year-on-year - - +15
Permanent jobs citing macOS 11 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.33% - 0.45%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.80% - 5.88%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £43,250 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £37,500 £32,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% -12.16% -1.33%

All Operating Systems
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 141 62 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 4.29% 7.20% 7.67%
Number of salaries quoted 110 48 44
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 -
25th Percentile £29,063 £34,750 £23,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,250 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.40% +45.65% -12.66%
75th Percentile £47,500 £62,500 £51,165
90th Percentile £62,625 £80,000 £55,637
UK median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.43% -17.00% -4.76%

macOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

macOS job vacancy trend in Wales

macOS
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing macOS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing macOS

macOS
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing macOS within the Wales 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
South Wales - 11 £45,000 - 1
macOS
UK

macOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
3 1 (9.09%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 9 (81.82%) Firewall
2 1 (9.09%) WAN
2 1 (9.09%) Wireless
General
1 8 (72.73%) Public Sector
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 8 (72.73%) 3rd Line Support
1 8 (72.73%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
1 8 (72.73%) IT Engineer
1 8 (72.73%) IT Support
1 8 (72.73%) IT Support Engineer
1 8 (72.73%) Support Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Incident Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) IT Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) IT Security Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) IT Technician
3 1 (9.09%) Security Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Security Incident Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Support Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Apple TV
1 1 (9.09%) iPad
1 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (9.09%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Root Cause Analysis
2 8 (72.73%) ITIL
2 8 (72.73%) Kalman Filter
2 8 (72.73%) Mentoring
2 8 (72.73%) Problem Management
2 8 (72.73%) Security Management
2 8 (72.73%) Technical Leadership
2 8 (72.73%) Web Filtering
3 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (18.18%) Customer Service
3 2 (18.18%) Incident Management
3 2 (18.18%) ITSM
3 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (9.09%) Identity Management
4 1 (9.09%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
4 1 (9.09%) Service Management
4 1 (9.09%) SIEM
4 1 (9.09%) Validation
4 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) SC Cleared
1 8 (72.73%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 9 (81.82%) Active Directory
2 8 (72.73%) Hyper-V
2 8 (72.73%) Virtual Desktop
2 8 (72.73%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (72.73%) Proxmox
1 8 (72.73%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (72.73%) VMware
3 1 (9.09%) Apple
3 1 (9.09%) Google