Contract Operating System Statistics in the Midlands

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 3 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Windows	28	Down -16 places-16	£325	+21.49%	275 6.44%	105
Linux	59	Down -12 places-12	£513	+2.55%	155 3.63%	73
Unix	109	Down -18 places-18	£456	-0.92%	80 1.87%	19
Windows 10	115	Down -64 places-64	£190	-	73 1.71%	20
Windows Server	118	Down -27 places-27	£450	+12.50%	70 1.64%	38
Red Hat Enterprise Linux	168	Down -65 places-65	£537	-0.55%	20 0.47%	3
Apple iOS	171	Down -59 places-59	£313	-21.87%	17 0.40%	8
Android	176	Down -81 places-81	£625	+92.30%	12 0.28%	12
Windows Server 2016	178	Down -65 places-65	£450	+12.50%	10 0.23%	2
Mac OS	179	Down -73 places-73	£325	+12.06%	9 0.21%	14
VMS	181	Down -76 places-76	£413	-25.13%	7 0.16%	6
CentOS	182	Down -67 places-67	£537	-	6 0.14%	3
AIX	182	Down -74 places-74	£413	-9.14%	6 0.14%
Windows 7	182	Down -71 places-71	£200	-0.25%	6 0.14%	1
Ubuntu	183	Down -72 places-72	£539	+2.57%	5 0.12%	2
Windows Server 2012	183	Down -70 places-70	£433	-	5 0.12%	2
Embedded Linux	184	New entry-	£400	-	4 0.094%	6
Windows 8	184	New entry-	£200	-	4 0.094%
CatOS	184	New entry-	£340	-	4 0.094%
Windows Server 2019	184	Down -69 places-69	£450	+50.00%	4 0.094%	1
zOS	185	New entry-	£497	-	3 0.070%	1
Debian	186	Down -72 places-72	£400	-27.27%	2 0.047%	2
Solaris	186	New entry-	-	-	2 0.047%	5
Data ONTAP	186	New entry-	£595	-	2 0.047%
MVS	187	New entry-	£500	-	1 0.023%
VME	187	New entry-	-	-	1 0.023%
HPUX	187	New entry-	-	-	1 0.023%
Kali Linux	187	New entry-	£550	-	1 0.023%