Contract Operating System Statistics in Manchester

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 26 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Windows	49	Down 18 places-18	£449	-4.77%	96 4.71%	29
Linux	68	Down 28 places-28	£475	-17.39%	64 3.14%	19
Windows Server	98	Down 27 places-27	£500	+5.26%	33 1.62%	12
Unix	101	Down 35 places-35	£450	-18.18%	30 1.47%
Android	102	Down 37 places-37	£505	+87.03%	29 1.42%	7
Windows 10	108	Down 36 places-36	£200	+11.11%	23 1.13%	2
Apple iOS	108	Down 33 places-33	£400	+1.78%	23 1.13%	6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux	113	Down 33 places-33	£475	-	18 0.88%	5
Solaris	118	New entry-	£435	-	13 0.64%
VMS	125	Down 48 places-48	£325	-	6 0.29%	1
zOS	127	Down 50 places-50	£600	+91.69%	4 0.20%
CentOS	127	New entry-	£480	-	4 0.20%	1
Windows Server 2016	128	Down 46 places-46	£500	-	3 0.15%	3
Windows Server 2019	128	Down 46 places-46	£500	-	3 0.15%	3
Windows Server 2012	128	New entry-	£400	-	3 0.15%
AIX	129	New entry-	£477	-	2 0.098%