Unix Support Contracts in England

Unix Support
UK > England

The median Unix Support daily rate in England is £563 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 536 651 772
Rank change year-on-year +115 +121 -158
Contract jobs requiring a Unix Support 12 17 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.032% 0.034% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.035% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 16 7
10th Percentile - - £337
25th Percentile £450 £600 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £688 £438
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +57.14% +2.94%
75th Percentile £594 £700 £508
90th Percentile £644 - £613
UK median daily rate £563 £688 £438
% change year-on-year -18.18% +57.14% +2.94%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,517 47,965 67,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.58% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,960 34,010 48,090
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,411 1,443 1,914
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.31 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.67 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.45 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%

Unix Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Unix Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Unix Support in England

Unix Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unix Support in England.

Daily rate trend for Unix Support in England

Unix Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Unix Support in England.

Hourly rate trend for Unix Support in England

Unix Support
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unix Support within the England region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +104 12 £563 -19.64%
Unix Support
UK

Unix Support Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Unix Support contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Unix Support in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Unix
1 12 (100.00%) Finance
2 10 (83.33%) Release Management
2 10 (83.33%) Windows
2 10 (83.33%) Python
2 10 (83.33%) Front Office
2 10 (83.33%) PowerShell
2 10 (83.33%) Proactive Monitoring
2 10 (83.33%) SQL
3 6 (50.00%) Data Sharing
3 6 (50.00%) Risk Management
4 5 (41.67%) Banking
4 5 (41.67%) Investment Banking
5 3 (25.00%) Retail Banking
6 2 (16.67%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (16.67%) Algorithmic Trading
6 2 (16.67%) Electronic Trading
6 2 (16.67%) Incident Management
6 2 (16.67%) Derivative
6 2 (16.67%) Change Management
6 2 (16.67%) Fidessa
6 2 (16.67%) Linux
6 2 (16.67%) High Availability
6 2 (16.67%) Capacity Management
6 2 (16.67%) Low Latency
6 2 (16.67%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (16.67%) FIX Connectivity

Unix Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Fidessa
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) FIX Connectivity
General
1 12 (100.00%) Finance
2 10 (83.33%) Front Office
3 5 (41.67%) Banking
3 5 (41.67%) Investment Banking
4 3 (25.00%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Unix
2 10 (83.33%) Windows
3 2 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Proactive Monitoring
1 10 (83.33%) Release Management
2 6 (50.00%) Data Sharing
2 6 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (16.67%) Algorithmic Trading
3 2 (16.67%) Capacity Management
3 2 (16.67%) Change Management
3 2 (16.67%) Electronic Trading
3 2 (16.67%) High Availability
3 2 (16.67%) Incident Management
3 2 (16.67%) Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 10 (83.33%) PowerShell
1 10 (83.33%) Python
1 10 (83.33%) SQL
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) ITRS Geneos