Apple macOS
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Mac OS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Mac OS over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 484 580 640
Rank change year-on-year +96 +60 +78
Permanent jobs citing Mac OS 472 441 769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.44% 0.48%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.38% 2.77% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 413 243 414
10th Percentile £23,500 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.41% -12.94%
75th Percentile £44,263 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £75,000 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £34,324 £34,000
% change year-on-year -5.31% +0.95% -6.21%

All Operating Systems
UK

Mac OS is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 13,973 15,925 30,406
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.99% 16.06% 18.92%
Number of salaries quoted 10,731 10,713 16,468
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -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 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Mac OS in the UK

Mac OS
Top 18 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 18 May 2024. 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 +103 426 £32,500 -7.14% 115
UK excluding London +45 335 £32,500 -5.31% 81
London +75 130 £43,000 +14.67% 48
Work from Home +11 101 £39,595 -20.81% 41
North of England +86 84 £36,500 +10.61% 21
South East -25 61 £29,761 -12.47% 20
Midlands +27 53 £31,000 +12.73% 12
South West -19 50 £29,000 -9.38% 21
East of England +33 48 £32,500 -2.46% 6
North West +28 41 £40,617 +16.05% 3
Yorkshire +88 37 £32,500 +4.84% 11
West Midlands +32 29 £30,000 +24.76% 6
East Midlands +8 24 £32,500 -43.48% 6
Scotland -73 17 £55,000 -26.67% 3
Wales +12 8 £24,500 -55.45% 3
Isle of Man - 8 £45,000 -
North East - 6 £27,000 - 7
Northern Ireland - 6 £37,500 -

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 (13.14%) SharePoint
2 56 (11.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 32 (6.78%) Confluence
4 5 (1.06%) WordPress
5 4 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.64%) CMS
Applications
1 111 (23.52%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.27%) Trello
4 5 (1.06%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.42%) InCopy
7 2 (0.42%) InDesign
8 1 (0.21%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 2 (0.42%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 232 (49.15%) Microsoft 365
2 137 (29.03%) Azure
3 63 (13.35%) AWS
4 46 (9.75%) Entra ID
5 38 (8.05%) Google Workspace
6 22 (4.66%) SaaS
7 18 (3.81%) OneDrive
8 10 (2.12%) Power Automate
9 9 (1.91%) Slack
10 8 (1.69%) WhatsApp
11 7 (1.48%) GCP
11 7 (1.48%) GitHub
11 7 (1.48%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (1.27%) Power Platform
12 6 (1.27%) Serverless
13 5 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
13 5 (1.06%) DigitalOcean
14 4 (0.85%) Dropbox
14 4 (0.85%) Google Drive
14 4 (0.85%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 101 (21.40%) Firewall
2 61 (12.92%) Wireless
3 60 (12.71%) LAN
4 56 (11.86%) Wi-Fi
5 52 (11.02%) DNS
6 43 (9.11%) WAN
7 42 (8.90%) VPN
8 37 (7.84%) Network Security
9 35 (7.42%) DHCP
10 30 (6.36%) TCP/IP
11 27 (5.72%) VoIP
12 26 (5.51%) Internet
13 15 (3.18%) NAS
13 15 (3.18%) PBX
14 14 (2.97%) VLAN
15 11 (2.33%) Broadband
16 7 (1.48%) IP Telephony
17 6 (1.27%) Remote Desktop
17 6 (1.27%) SAN
18 5 (1.06%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.18%) MySQL
1 15 (3.18%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (2.12%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.27%) Tableau
4 5 (1.06%) Power BI
5 3 (0.64%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.21%) ArangoDB
Development Applications
1 38 (8.05%) JIRA
2 17 (3.60%) Bitbucket
3 14 (2.97%) Jenkins
4 13 (2.75%) Git
5 11 (2.33%) CMake
6 8 (1.69%) Appium
6 8 (1.69%) UI Automator
7 7 (1.48%) CircleCI
8 6 (1.27%) AdminStudio
9 5 (1.06%) MSI
10 4 (0.85%) GCC
10 4 (0.85%) GDB
11 2 (0.42%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.42%) Xcode
12 1 (0.21%) Eclipse
12 1 (0.21%) GitLab
12 1 (0.21%) Gradle
12 1 (0.21%) JUnit
General
1 194 (41.10%) Social Skills
2 55 (11.65%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (6.57%) Finance
4 24 (5.08%) Games
5 21 (4.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 20 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (3.39%) Marketing
8 12 (2.54%) Retail
9 11 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.91%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.69%) Automotive
11 8 (1.69%) Electronics
12 7 (1.48%) Legal
12 7 (1.48%) Public Sector
12 7 (1.48%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.06%) Law
14 4 (0.85%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.64%) Banking
15 3 (0.64%) Multimedia
16 2 (0.42%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 145 (30.72%) Support Engineer
2 127 (26.91%) IT Support
3 80 (16.95%) IT Engineer
4 71 (15.04%) IT Support Engineer
5 61 (12.92%) Analyst
6 51 (10.81%) Senior
7 45 (9.53%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 44 (9.32%) IT Technician
9 41 (8.69%) 2nd Line Support
10 35 (7.42%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 31 (6.57%) Desktop Engineer
11 31 (6.57%) Desktop Support
12 29 (6.14%) Support Analyst
13 27 (5.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 26 (5.51%) Technical Support
15 24 (5.08%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 24 (5.08%) Field Engineer
15 24 (5.08%) Systems Engineer
16 22 (4.66%) IT Analyst
16 22 (4.66%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.69%) .NET
1 8 (1.69%) Software Packaging
2 7 (1.48%) CSS
2 7 (1.48%) HTML
3 4 (0.85%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 4 (0.85%) OpenGL
4 2 (0.42%) EDI
4 2 (0.42%) SAML
4 2 (0.42%) Spring
5 1 (0.21%) BREW
5 1 (0.21%) Laravel
5 1 (0.21%) LDAP
5 1 (0.21%) OAuth
5 1 (0.21%) Ruby on Rails
5 1 (0.21%) Web Services
5 1 (0.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 67 (14.19%) Onboarding
2 23 (4.87%) Driving Licence
3 19 (4.03%) Video Conferencing
4 17 (3.60%) Social Media
5 16 (3.39%) Smartphone
6 14 (2.97%) Cloud Native
6 14 (2.97%) Public Cloud
7 12 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (2.33%) CCTV
8 11 (2.33%) Management Information System
9 8 (1.69%) Video\Live Streaming
10 7 (1.48%) BYOD
10 7 (1.48%) Clustering
10 7 (1.48%) EPoS
10 7 (1.48%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.27%) Algorithms
11 6 (1.27%) CMDB
11 6 (1.27%) Life Science
11 6 (1.27%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.06%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 418 (88.56%) Windows
2 105 (22.25%) Windows 10
3 101 (21.40%) Linux
4 88 (18.64%) Apple iOS
5 81 (17.16%) Windows Server
6 58 (12.29%) Android
7 19 (4.03%) Unix
8 16 (3.39%) Windows Server 2019
9 15 (3.18%) Windows Server 2016
10 13 (2.75%) Windows Server 2012
11 12 (2.54%) Mac OS X
12 9 (1.91%) CentOS
13 4 (0.85%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.64%) VMS
15 2 (0.42%) Windows 7
15 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.42%) Windows Vista
16 1 (0.21%) Debian
16 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.21%) Scientific Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (30.72%) Problem-Solving
2 126 (26.69%) Customer Service
3 63 (13.35%) Cybersecurity
4 60 (12.71%) Computer Science
5 52 (11.02%) Mobile Device Management
6 51 (10.81%) ITIL
7 41 (8.69%) Service Management
8 36 (7.63%) Asset Management
9 32 (6.78%) Software Engineering
10 30 (6.36%) ITSM
10 30 (6.36%) Project Management
11 29 (6.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 29 (6.14%) Time Management
11 29 (6.14%) User Experience
12 28 (5.93%) Mentoring
13 25 (5.30%) Agile
13 25 (5.30%) Data Protection
14 24 (5.08%) Fintech
15 19 (4.03%) Project Delivery
15 19 (4.03%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 64 (13.56%) PowerShell
2 40 (8.47%) Bash
3 14 (2.97%) C#
4 13 (2.75%) C++
5 11 (2.33%) Python
6 10 (2.12%) SQL
7 9 (1.91%) Java
8 8 (1.69%) Objective-C
9 5 (1.06%) C
10 4 (0.85%) Go
10 4 (0.85%) PHP
11 3 (0.64%) JavaScript
12 2 (0.42%) Bicep
12 2 (0.42%) Perl
13 1 (0.21%) Ruby
13 1 (0.21%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.21%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 130 (27.54%) Degree
2 52 (11.02%) Microsoft Certification
3 49 (10.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 44 (9.32%) DBS Check
5 36 (7.63%) A+ Certification
6 29 (6.14%) MCP
7 26 (5.51%) Cisco Certification
8 24 (5.08%) CCNA
9 11 (2.33%) MCSE
10 7 (1.48%) Security Cleared
11 6 (1.27%) Network+ Certification
12 5 (1.06%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 2 (0.42%) CCNP
14 2 (0.42%) CISSP
14 2 (0.42%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.42%) HNC
14 2 (0.42%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (4.66%) Cyber Essentials
2 22 (4.66%) GDPR
3 17 (3.60%) SLA
4 12 (2.54%) SOC 2
5 8 (1.69%) QA
6 6 (1.27%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.21%) NCSC
7 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 217 (45.97%) Active Directory
2 62 (13.14%) Hyper-V
3 51 (10.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (4.66%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (1.48%) Docker
5 7 (1.48%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.21%) NFS
7 1 (0.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 57 (12.08%) Jamf Pro
2 49 (10.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 42 (8.90%) SCCM
4 17 (3.60%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (1.69%) Autotask
6 7 (1.48%) Failover Clustering
7 5 (1.06%) AirWatch
7 5 (1.06%) Kubernetes
8 4 (0.85%) PaperCut
8 4 (0.85%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.64%) Terraform
10 2 (0.42%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 1 (0.21%) SCDPM
11 1 (0.21%) WMI
11 1 (0.21%) WSUS
Vendors
1 263 (55.72%) Microsoft
2 83 (17.58%) VMware
3 80 (16.95%) Apple
4 52 (11.02%) Google
5 32 (6.78%) Cisco
6 26 (5.51%) Atlassian
7 22 (4.66%) Citrix
7 22 (4.66%) Palo Alto
8 17 (3.60%) Adobe
8 17 (3.60%) Veeam
9 14 (2.97%) Dell
10 13 (2.75%) Meraki
11 12 (2.54%) ConnectWise
12 10 (2.12%) Datto
13 8 (1.69%) Aruba
13 8 (1.69%) Okta
13 8 (1.69%) Salesforce
14 7 (1.48%) Draytek
14 7 (1.48%) Remedy
14 7 (1.48%) Sophos