Hybrid/Remote macOS Job Trends

Apple macOS (formerly Mac OS X)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work 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 357 341 375
Rank change year-on-year -16 +34 -41
Permanent jobs citing macOS 100 79 100
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.40% 0.48% 0.46%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.40% 4.36% 3.49%
Number of salaries quoted 73 62 60
10th Percentile £30,100 £29,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £30,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £34,056 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.05% -7.96% -47.14%
75th Percentile £58,750 £40,312 £47,500
90th Percentile £105,513 £65,000 £57,625
UK median annual salary £37,500 £32,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% -12.16% -1.33%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

macOS falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,563 1,812 2,868
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.28% 10.90% 13.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,212 969 1,701
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £33,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -6.25%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.43% -17.00% -4.76%

macOS
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing macOS and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

macOS job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

macOS
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing macOS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing macOS

macOS
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing macOS over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

macOS salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

macOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 35 (35.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (27.00%) SharePoint
3 7 (7.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (4.00%) NetSuite
1 4 (4.00%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 77 (77.00%) Microsoft 365
2 44 (44.00%) Entra ID
3 37 (37.00%) Azure
4 14 (14.00%) Google Workspace
5 13 (13.00%) SaaS
6 9 (9.00%) AWS
7 8 (8.00%) OneDrive
8 6 (6.00%) GCP
8 6 (6.00%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (5.00%) Power Platform
10 4 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (3.00%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (3.00%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (3.00%) n8n
11 3 (3.00%) Power Automate
12 2 (2.00%) Anthropic Claude
12 2 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (2.00%) Slack
13 1 (1.00%) Azure Logic Apps
13 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Priva
Communications & Networking
1 26 (26.00%) DNS
2 20 (20.00%) VPN
3 16 (16.00%) DHCP
3 16 (16.00%) TCP/IP
4 12 (12.00%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (9.00%) LAN
6 8 (8.00%) Firewall
7 7 (7.00%) WAN
8 5 (5.00%) VLAN
8 5 (5.00%) VoIP
9 4 (4.00%) Network Security
10 3 (3.00%) IPsec
10 3 (3.00%) NetScaler
10 3 (3.00%) SSL
10 3 (3.00%) Wireless
11 2 (2.00%) Internet
11 2 (2.00%) WireGuard
12 1 (1.00%) DKIM
12 1 (1.00%) DMARC
12 1 (1.00%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.00%) SQLite
2 2 (2.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (15.00%) JIRA
General
1 65 (65.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (13.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 12 (12.00%) Advertising
4 11 (11.00%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (11.00%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (10.00%) Finance
5 10 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (8.00%) Retail
7 6 (6.00%) Banking
7 6 (6.00%) Law
8 3 (3.00%) Korean Language
9 2 (2.00%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 45 (45.00%) IT Support
2 44 (44.00%) IT Engineer
3 40 (40.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 40 (40.00%) Support Engineer
4 24 (24.00%) 2nd Line Support
5 23 (23.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 22 (22.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 7 (7.00%) Architect
7 7 (7.00%) Senior
7 7 (7.00%) Service Manager
8 6 (6.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 6 (6.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
8 6 (6.00%) Analyst
8 6 (6.00%) Information Analyst
8 6 (6.00%) Information Security Analyst
8 6 (6.00%) Security Analyst
9 5 (5.00%) 1st Line Support
9 5 (5.00%) Field Engineer
9 5 (5.00%) Field Support Engineer
9 5 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.00%) Electron
1 4 (4.00%) React
1 4 (4.00%) WebSockets
2 2 (2.00%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (2.00%) Middleware
2 2 (2.00%) OpenID
2 2 (2.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (19.00%) Driving Licence
2 8 (8.00%) Onboarding
3 5 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (4.00%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (4.00%) iPad
4 4 (4.00%) Security Posture
5 3 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.00%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (2.00%) AI Agents
6 2 (2.00%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (2.00%) Distributed Computing
6 2 (2.00%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.00%) Virtual Reality
7 1 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.00%) iPhone
7 1 (1.00%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.00%) PKI
7 1 (1.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 93 (93.00%) Windows
2 15 (15.00%) Linux
3 14 (14.00%) Windows Server
4 13 (13.00%) Apple iOS
5 4 (4.00%) Android
6 3 (3.00%) Windows 10
7 2 (2.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (43.00%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 25 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 19 (19.00%) AI
4 19 (19.00%) Customer Service
5 15 (15.00%) ITIL
6 14 (14.00%) Incident Response
7 12 (12.00%) Fintech
7 12 (12.00%) ITSM
8 11 (11.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 10 (10.00%) Collaborative Culture
9 10 (10.00%) Service Delivery
9 10 (10.00%) Service Management
10 9 (9.00%) Coaching
10 9 (9.00%) Disaster Recovery
10 9 (9.00%) Identity Access Management
11 8 (8.00%) Software Engineering
11 8 (8.00%) Task Automation
11 8 (8.00%) User Experience
11 8 (8.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 14 (14.00%) PowerShell
2 12 (12.00%) Python
3 10 (10.00%) Bash
4 6 (6.00%) Go
5 4 (4.00%) C++
5 4 (4.00%) JavaScript
5 4 (4.00%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.00%) SQL
7 1 (1.00%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 6 (6.00%) GCFA
1 6 (6.00%) GIAC
2 5 (5.00%) Azure Certification
2 5 (5.00%) Degree
3 4 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.00%) AWS Certification
4 2 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (2.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.00%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.00%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.00%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.00%) SLA
2 5 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (5.00%) GDPR
3 2 (2.00%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.00%) QA
4 1 (1.00%) SOC 2
System Software
1 33 (33.00%) Active Directory
2 11 (11.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (10.00%) Hyper-V
4 6 (6.00%) Docker
5 3 (3.00%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 29 (29.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (10.00%) Jamf Pro
3 6 (6.00%) Kubernetes
4 5 (5.00%) SCCM
5 4 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (2.00%) Podman
7 1 (1.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 77 (77.00%) Microsoft
2 20 (20.00%) Google
3 18 (18.00%) VMware
4 14 (14.00%) Apple
5 8 (8.00%) Ubiquiti
6 7 (7.00%) Okta
6 7 (7.00%) ServiceNow
7 6 (6.00%) Splunk
8 5 (5.00%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (4.00%) Citrix
10 3 (3.00%) Cisco
10 3 (3.00%) Freshdesk
10 3 (3.00%) Zscaler
11 2 (2.00%) Acronis
11 2 (2.00%) Meraki
11 2 (2.00%) Veeam
12 1 (1.00%) Atlassian
12 1 (1.00%) ConnectWise