Contract Operating System Statistics in Manchester

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 24 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Windows	49	Down 15 places-15	£449	-4.77%	96 4.68%	90
Linux	66	Down 22 places-22	£475	-17.39%	65 3.17%	86
Windows Server	97	Down 22 places-22	£500	+5.26%	33 1.61%	27
Unix	98	Down 28 places-28	£435	-20.90%	32 1.56%	9
Android	101	Down 33 places-33	£505	+87.73%	29 1.41%	31
Windows 10	107	Down 31 places-31	£200	+11.11%	23 1.12%	5
Apple iOS	107	Down 29 places-29	£400	+2.49%	23 1.12%	35
Red Hat Enterprise Linux	112	Down 28 places-28	£475	-	18 0.88%	9
Solaris	117	New entry-	£435	-	13 0.63%
VMS	124	Down 42 places-42	£325	-	6 0.29%	2
zOS	126	Down 45 places-45	£600	+91.69%	4 0.19%
CentOS	126	New entry-	£480	-	4 0.19%	1
Windows Server 2012	127	New entry-	£400	-	3 0.15%
Windows Server 2016	127	Down 41 places-41	£500	-	3 0.15%	3
Windows Server 2019	127	Down 41 places-41	£500	-	3 0.15%	3
AIX	128	New entry-	£477	-	2 0.097%