Unix Contracts in the UK excluding London

Unix
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Unix skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Unix over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 148 87 103
Rank change year-on-year -61 +16 -8
Contract jobs citing Unix 316 653 747
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.54% 2.78% 2.46%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.79% 14.46% 12.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 460 458
10th Percentile £324 £381 £360
25th Percentile £398 £468 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £540 £495
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% +9.09% +15.25%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £550
90th Percentile £638 £716 £625
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 21 8
10th Percentile - £40.00 £30.84
25th Percentile - £51.25 £41.76
Median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £56.19
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +2.34% +32.21%
75th Percentile £52.50 £65.75 £83.13
90th Percentile £69.38 £68.75 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £58.59 £65.00
% change year-on-year -31.73% -9.86% +42.86%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

Unix is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,227 4,516 5,850
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.75% 19.25% 19.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,150 3,132 3,814
10th Percentile £175 £163 £150
25th Percentile £258 £250 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £538
90th Percentile £675 £676 £638
UK median daily rate £468 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -8.24% +2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 335 454
10th Percentile £12.25 £13.29 £12.60
25th Percentile £14.27 £17.27 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £29.30 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.21% +46.50% +21.21%
75th Percentile £62.00 £60.66 £48.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.74 £63.38
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £38.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year -42.86% +67.39% +29.58%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Unix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Unix in the UK excluding London

Unix
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unix in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Unix in the UK excluding London

Unix
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unix in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Unix in the UK excluding London

Unix
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Unix in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Unix in the UK excluding London

Unix
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Unix in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Unix in the UK excluding London

Unix
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unix within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +6 105 £425 -22.73% 32
Scotland -16 69 £525 -4.55% 14
North of England -43 50 £470 -10.48% 18
Midlands -43 42 £536 -0.74% 15
West Midlands -31 41 £536 -0.74% 6
North West -21 24 £523 +4.76% 8
Yorkshire -12 23 £425 -25.27% 9
South West +4 21 £488 -11.36% 10
East of England -21 18 £463 +8.82% 24
Wales +16 8 £685 +30.48%
North East -13 3 - - 1
South Coast - 3 £500 -
Northern Ireland +2 1 £500 -23.08% 2
East Midlands -15 1 £500 -23.08% 9
Unix
UK

Unix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 12 (3.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (2.85%) NetWeaver
3 8 (2.53%) Apache
4 7 (2.22%) Confluence
5 6 (1.90%) Apache Spark
5 6 (1.90%) SAS
6 5 (1.58%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (1.58%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.95%) JBoss
7 3 (0.95%) nginx
8 2 (0.63%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.63%) WildFly
9 1 (0.32%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.32%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.32%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.32%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (2.85%) SAP IBP
2 4 (1.27%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.95%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (0.95%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (0.95%) Oracle FAH
3 3 (0.95%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (0.95%) Oracle General Ledger
3 3 (0.95%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.95%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.95%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.32%) Magento
4 1 (0.32%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.32%) MFGPRO
4 1 (0.32%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.32%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 43 (13.61%) AWS
2 39 (12.34%) Azure
3 20 (6.33%) OpenShift
4 11 (3.48%) GCP
4 11 (3.48%) Power Platform
5 9 (2.85%) IaaS
6 8 (2.53%) Amazon S3
7 7 (2.22%) Amazon EC2
7 7 (2.22%) Serverless
8 6 (1.90%) Amazon EKS
9 5 (1.58%) GitHub
10 4 (1.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (1.27%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (1.27%) Azure Functions
10 4 (1.27%) PaaS
10 4 (1.27%) SaaS
11 3 (0.95%) Amazon SQS
11 3 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (0.95%) Snowflake
12 2 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 38 (12.03%) SAN
2 34 (10.76%) Firewall
3 27 (8.54%) DNS
4 24 (7.59%) DHCP
4 24 (7.59%) TCP/IP
5 17 (5.38%) LAN
6 15 (4.75%) WAN
7 14 (4.43%) Network Security
8 13 (4.11%) Intrusion Detection
9 11 (3.48%) Fibre Channel
10 10 (3.16%) HTTP
11 9 (2.85%) iSCSI
11 9 (2.85%) MPLS
12 8 (2.53%) NAS
12 8 (2.53%) SSL
12 8 (2.53%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (1.90%) FTP
13 6 (1.90%) VPN
14 5 (1.58%) VLAN
15 4 (1.27%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (8.86%) Oracle Database
2 21 (6.65%) MongoDB
3 19 (6.01%) Big Data
4 18 (5.70%) Relational Database
4 18 (5.70%) SQL Server
5 11 (3.48%) Oracle Reports
6 10 (3.16%) Oracle Database 11g
6 10 (3.16%) Power BI
7 9 (2.85%) MySQL
7 9 (2.85%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (2.85%) SAP BW
7 9 (2.85%) SAP HANA
8 8 (2.53%) Oracle Database 12c
8 8 (2.53%) RDBMS
9 6 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (1.90%) DB2
10 5 (1.58%) BusinessObjects
10 5 (1.58%) Metadata
10 5 (1.58%) NoSQL
10 5 (1.58%) Oracle8/8i Database
Development Applications
1 42 (13.29%) Git
2 33 (10.44%) Jenkins
3 23 (7.28%) JIRA
4 16 (5.06%) GitLab
5 9 (2.85%) Maven
6 7 (2.22%) Rational DOORS
6 7 (2.22%) Subversion
7 6 (1.90%) Gradle
8 4 (1.27%) Ant
8 4 (1.27%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.27%) Gatling
8 4 (1.27%) JMeter
8 4 (1.27%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (1.27%) Selenium
8 4 (1.27%) WebDriver
9 3 (0.95%) JUnit
9 3 (0.95%) TestRail
9 3 (0.95%) Toad
10 2 (0.63%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.63%) CircleCI
General
1 72 (22.78%) Social Skills
2 57 (18.04%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (13.92%) Finance
4 24 (7.59%) Banking
4 24 (7.59%) Public Sector
5 14 (4.43%) Telecoms
6 9 (2.85%) Billing
7 8 (2.53%) Aerospace
7 8 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (2.53%) Investment Banking
7 8 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.22%) Marketing
8 7 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (1.90%) Automotive
10 5 (1.58%) Retail
11 4 (1.27%) Law
11 4 (1.27%) Legal
12 3 (0.95%) Front Office
12 3 (0.95%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 59 (18.67%) Developer
2 35 (11.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 35 (11.08%) Linux Engineer
3 30 (9.49%) Senior
4 24 (7.59%) Analyst
5 19 (6.01%) Java Developer
6 18 (5.70%) Unix Engineer
7 15 (4.75%) Systems Engineer
7 15 (4.75%) Unix Linux Engineer
8 14 (4.43%) Consultant
8 14 (4.43%) DevOps Engineer
9 13 (4.11%) DBA
9 13 (4.11%) Platform Engineer
9 13 (4.11%) Security Engineer
10 12 (3.80%) Test Engineer
11 11 (3.48%) SQL Developer
12 10 (3.16%) Architect
12 10 (3.16%) Python Engineer
13 9 (2.85%) Lead
13 9 (2.85%) Linux Scripter
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.43%) Apache NiFi
1 14 (4.43%) Spring
2 13 (4.11%) XML
3 11 (3.48%) Middleware
4 10 (3.16%) REST
5 9 (2.85%) Kafka
5 9 (2.85%) SAP Basis
5 9 (2.85%) SAP Fiori
6 6 (1.90%) .NET
6 6 (1.90%) ActiveMQ
6 6 (1.90%) Flash
6 6 (1.90%) HTML
6 6 (1.90%) RESTful
7 5 (1.58%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.58%) CSS
7 5 (1.58%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 5 (1.58%) POSIX
7 5 (1.58%) Web Services
8 4 (1.27%) XSLT
8 4 (1.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.54%) Data Centre
2 20 (6.33%) Management Information System
3 15 (4.75%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (4.43%) Client/Server
5 13 (4.11%) Cyber Defence
5 13 (4.11%) Distributed Applications
6 11 (3.48%) Data Structures
7 10 (3.16%) Algorithms
7 10 (3.16%) Linux Command Line
7 10 (3.16%) Virtual Team
8 9 (2.85%) Clustering
8 9 (2.85%) Product Ownership
9 8 (2.53%) Replication
10 7 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (2.22%) Onboarding
10 7 (2.22%) Smart Meter
11 6 (1.90%) Cloud Native
12 5 (1.58%) Driving Licence
12 5 (1.58%) SCADA
13 4 (1.27%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 186 (58.86%) Linux
2 112 (35.44%) Windows
3 36 (11.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 25 (7.91%) Windows Server
5 15 (4.75%) VMS
6 14 (4.43%) Solaris
7 13 (4.11%) Android
7 13 (4.11%) Apple iOS
8 6 (1.90%) Data ONTAP
8 6 (1.90%) Mac OS X
9 5 (1.58%) Mac OS
10 4 (1.27%) AIX
10 4 (1.27%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.95%) HPUX
11 3 (0.95%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.95%) Windows 2000
11 3 (0.95%) Windows XP
12 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.63%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (18.35%) Agile
2 47 (14.87%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (14.56%) Migration
4 39 (12.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 38 (12.03%) CI/CD
6 37 (11.71%) Performance Tuning
7 36 (11.39%) ITIL
8 32 (10.13%) Computer Science
8 32 (10.13%) DevOps
8 32 (10.13%) Scrum
9 31 (9.81%) Cybersecurity
10 26 (8.23%) Capacity Planning
11 24 (7.59%) OO
12 23 (7.28%) Software Testing
13 22 (6.96%) Data Migration
13 22 (6.96%) Infrastructure as Code
14 20 (6.33%) Data Protection
14 20 (6.33%) SIEM
15 18 (5.70%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 18 (5.70%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 81 (25.63%) SQL
2 73 (23.10%) Python
3 60 (18.99%) Shell Script
4 56 (17.72%) Java
5 39 (12.34%) Bash
6 32 (10.13%) Perl
7 30 (9.49%) PowerShell
8 29 (9.18%) PL/SQL
9 15 (4.75%) C
10 11 (3.48%) Groovy
10 11 (3.48%) Scala
11 9 (2.85%) Bourne shell
11 9 (2.85%) Korn
12 8 (2.53%) C#
12 8 (2.53%) ProC
12 8 (2.53%) Ruby
13 7 (2.22%) C++
14 6 (1.90%) JavaScript
15 4 (1.27%) PHP
15 4 (1.27%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 61 (19.30%) Degree
1 61 (19.30%) Security Cleared
2 30 (9.49%) SC Cleared
3 24 (7.59%) DV Cleared
4 14 (4.43%) Master's Degree
5 12 (3.80%) ITIL Certification
6 9 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (2.53%) SAP Certification
8 7 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.90%) CCNA
9 6 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.27%) ISTQB
11 4 (1.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 4 (1.27%) MCSE
11 4 (1.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (0.95%) HNC
12 3 (0.95%) RHCE
13 2 (0.63%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.63%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.75%) SLA
2 13 (4.11%) Actionable Recommendations
3 7 (2.22%) NIST
3 7 (2.22%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.58%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.58%) GDPR
4 5 (1.58%) ISO 9001
4 5 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 5 (1.58%) QA
5 4 (1.27%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.32%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.32%) NCSC
System Software
1 37 (11.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (6.96%) Active Directory
3 21 (6.65%) Docker
4 17 (5.38%) vSphere
5 13 (4.11%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (2.85%) Virtual Servers
7 8 (2.53%) Hyper-V
7 8 (2.53%) Oracle RAC
7 8 (2.53%) VMware NSX
7 8 (2.53%) VMware Workstation
8 7 (2.22%) NFS
9 5 (1.58%) Firmware
9 5 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (1.27%) GPFS
11 2 (0.63%) HDFS
11 2 (0.63%) XenApp
12 1 (0.32%) Samba
12 1 (0.32%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 39 (12.34%) Ansible
2 35 (11.08%) Kubernetes
3 26 (8.23%) SCCM
4 21 (6.65%) Terraform
5 17 (5.38%) NetBackup
6 8 (2.53%) Microsoft Clustering
6 8 (2.53%) Nagios
6 8 (2.53%) Oracle RMAN
6 8 (2.53%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.53%) Red Hat Satellite
7 7 (2.22%) Data Guard
7 7 (2.22%) Packer
7 7 (2.22%) vCenter Server
7 7 (2.22%) vRealize
8 6 (1.90%) Grafana
9 5 (1.58%) IBM BigFix
9 5 (1.58%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.58%) Rancher
9 5 (1.58%) SCOM
9 5 (1.58%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 82 (25.95%) Oracle
2 47 (14.87%) VMware
3 24 (7.59%) Red Hat
4 18 (5.70%) IBM
4 18 (5.70%) Microsoft
4 18 (5.70%) Veritas
5 16 (5.06%) Dell
5 16 (5.06%) HP
6 15 (4.75%) NetApp
7 13 (4.11%) SAP
8 9 (2.85%) Google
9 8 (2.53%) BMC
9 8 (2.53%) Hitachi
9 8 (2.53%) ServiceNow
9 8 (2.53%) Splunk
9 8 (2.53%) Veeam
10 7 (2.22%) Brocade
11 6 (1.90%) EMC
11 6 (1.90%) Remedy
12 5 (1.58%) Informatica