macOS Job Trends in the West Midlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands 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 200 154 175
Rank change year-on-year -46 +21 -16
Permanent jobs citing macOS 16 13 35
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.18% 0.40% 0.62%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.99% 3.40% 5.25%
Number of salaries quoted 14 12 25
10th Percentile £28,575 - £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,250 £28,750 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.65% -17.86% +23.33%
75th Percentile £33,875 £29,500 £37,500
90th Percentile £35,000 £37,825 £39,000
England median annual salary £38,500 £32,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year +18.46% -12.16% +5.71%

All Operating Systems
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 401 382 667
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.48% 11.86% 11.82%
Number of salaries quoted 295 309 292
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,375 £26,825
25th Percentile £32,625 £30,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £39,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.26% -13.33% -
75th Percentile £56,750 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £73,750 £72,500
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 West Midlands

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

macOS job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

macOS
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing macOS

macOS
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for macOS in the West Midlands

macOS
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing macOS within the West Midlands 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
Warwickshire -11 7 £33,250 - 1
Herefordshire - 3 £28,500 - 1
Birmingham -35 2 £32,500 -15.58% 4
Staffordshire +1 1 £52,500 +40.00%
Worcestershire -28 1 £32,500 +12.07%
Coventry - 1 - - 1
Solihull - 1 - -
macOS
England

macOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Line 50
Cloud Services
1 10 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (18.75%) Entra ID
3 1 (6.25%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (50.00%) DNS
2 7 (43.75%) DHCP
2 7 (43.75%) TCP/IP
2 7 (43.75%) VPN
3 3 (18.75%) VLAN
4 2 (12.50%) Firewall
4 2 (12.50%) Network Security
4 2 (12.50%) VoIP
4 2 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (6.25%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) FileMaker
General
1 14 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (68.75%) IT Support
2 8 (50.00%) IT Engineer
2 8 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 8 (50.00%) Support Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Lead
4 2 (12.50%) IT Support Technician
4 2 (12.50%) IT Technician
4 2 (12.50%) Support Technician
4 2 (12.50%) Team Leader
5 1 (6.25%) Administrator
5 1 (6.25%) Field Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Field Service Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Linux Administrator
5 1 (6.25%) Linux Systems Administrator
5 1 (6.25%) Photocopier Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) CSS
1 2 (12.50%) HTML
2 1 (6.25%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (6.25%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (56.25%) Linux
3 5 (31.25%) Apple iOS
4 3 (18.75%) Android
5 2 (12.50%) Unix
5 2 (12.50%) Windows 10
6 1 (6.25%) Ubuntu
6 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (25.00%) ITSM
3 2 (12.50%) Network Management
3 2 (12.50%) Open Source
3 2 (12.50%) Service Management
4 1 (6.25%) Break/Fix
4 1 (6.25%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (6.25%) Deployment Automation
4 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (6.25%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (6.25%) Machine Learning
4 1 (6.25%) Presales
4 1 (6.25%) Preventative Maintenance
4 1 (6.25%) Runbook
4 1 (6.25%) Server Management
4 1 (6.25%) Service Delivery
4 1 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (6.25%) User Experience
4 1 (6.25%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) Python
2 2 (12.50%) PHP
3 1 (6.25%) Bash
3 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Network+ Certification
1 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) ISO 14001
1 2 (12.50%) ISO 9001
2 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.25%) QA
2 1 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (68.75%) Active Directory
2 7 (43.75%) Hyper-V
3 6 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (6.25%) Docker
4 1 (6.25%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) SCCM
1 2 (12.50%) WSUS
2 1 (6.25%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (6.25%) Podman
Vendors
1 11 (68.75%) Microsoft
2 6 (37.50%) VMware
3 4 (25.00%) Apple
4 2 (12.50%) Adobe
4 2 (12.50%) Sage
4 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow
5 1 (6.25%) HP
5 1 (6.25%) Xerox