Contract Operating System Statistics in Manchester

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Windows	51	Down 15 places-15	£450	-3.89%	96 4.67%	32
Linux	70	Down 23 places-23	£475	-17.39%	65 3.16%	18
Windows Server	102	Down 25 places-25	£500	+5.26%	33 1.61%	12
Android	104	Down 33 places-33	£510	+88.88%	31 1.51%	4
Unix	105	Down 33 places-33	£450	-18.18%	30 1.46%
Windows 10	112	Down 35 places-35	£200	+5.26%	23 1.12%	2
Apple iOS	112	Down 31 places-31	£400	+1.78%	23 1.12%	4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux	117	Down 31 places-31	£475	-	18 0.88%	3
Solaris	122	New entry-	£435	-	13 0.63%
VMS	129	Down 46 places-46	£325	-	6 0.29%
zOS	131	Down 48 places-48	£600	+91.69%	4 0.19%
CentOS	131	New entry-	£480	-	4 0.19%
Windows Server 2016	132	Down 44 places-44	£500	-	3 0.15%	2
Windows Server 2019	132	Down 44 places-44	£500	-	3 0.15%	2
Windows Server 2012	132	New entry-	£400	-	3 0.15%
AIX	133	New entry-	£477	-	2 0.097%