Contract Operating System Statistics in Manchester

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 27 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Windows	46	Down 14 places-14	£449	-4.77%	96 4.69%	32
Linux	63	Down 22 places-22	£475	-17.39%	65 3.17%	17
Windows Server	93	Down 21 places-21	£500	+5.26%	33 1.61%	14
Unix	96	Down 29 places-29	£450	-18.18%	30 1.46%
Android	96	Down 30 places-30	£505	+87.03%	30 1.46%	7
Apple iOS	103	Down 27 places-27	£400	+1.78%	23 1.12%	6
Windows 10	103	Down 30 places-30	£200	+11.11%	23 1.12%	2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux	108	Down 27 places-27	£475	-	18 0.88%	3
Solaris	113	New entry-	£435	-	13 0.63%
VMS	120	Down 42 places-42	£325	-	6 0.29%
zOS	122	Down 44 places-44	£600	+91.69%	4 0.20%
CentOS	122	New entry-	£480	-	4 0.20%
Windows Server 2016	123	Down 40 places-40	£500	-	3 0.15%	3
Windows Server 2019	123	Down 40 places-40	£500	-	3 0.15%	3
Windows Server 2012	123	New entry-	£400	-	3 0.15%
AIX	124	New entry-	£477	-	2 0.098%