Contract Operating System Statistics in London

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 24 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Windows	48	Down -13 places-13	£425	+1.19%	918 4.58%	232
Linux	89	Down -39 places-39	£545	-5.21%	654 3.26%	165
Windows Server	232	No change0	£475	-5.00%	222 1.11%	70
Unix	245	Down -66 places-66	£550	+7.31%	207 1.03%	37
Apple iOS	280	Down -38 places-38	£411	+2.75%	168 0.84%	45
Android	288	Down -83 places-83	£475	+11.76%	158 0.79%	51
Windows 10	317	Down -99 places-99	£239	-4.59%	128 0.64%	31
Mac OS	325	Down -38 places-38	£222	-44.62%	120 0.60%	36
Red Hat Enterprise Linux	337	Down -31 places-31	£500	-9.09%	108 0.54%	18
Ubuntu	394	Down -47 places-47	£500	+8.10%	51 0.25%	7
VMS	397	Down -63 places-63	£475	+7.04%	48 0.24%	17
zOS	417	Down -64 places-64	£438	-12.50%	28 0.14%	4
Windows Server 2019	421	Down -59 places-59	£450	-	24 0.12%	11
Solaris	426	Down -66 places-66	£525	+14.75%	19 0.095%	5
Windows Server 2016	427	Down -70 places-70	£450	+16.12%	18 0.090%	9
Windows Server 2008	431	Down -67 places-67	£525	+36.80%	14 0.070%	3
Windows Server 2012	432	Down -67 places-67	£475	-7.76%	13 0.065%	3
Windows 7	433	Down -84 places-84	£269	+7.50%	12 0.060%	1
AIX	436	Down -81 places-81	£575	+38.56%	9 0.045%	2
Amazon Linux	437	Down -77 places-77	£500	-9.09%	8 0.040%	1
SUSE	438	Down -71 places-71	£500	-	7 0.035%
Oracle Linux	441	Down -75 places-75	£494	-	4 0.020%
Windows Server 2003	441	Down -75 places-75	£625	+13.63%	4 0.020%
Alpine Linux	441	New entry-	£310	-	4 0.020%
Embedded Linux	441	New entry-	£600	-	4 0.020%	3
CentOS	441	Down -96 places-96	£550	+2.32%	4 0.020%	6