Unix Administrator Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Unix Administrator
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median Unix Administrator daily rate in Bedfordshire is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 - 34
Rank change year-on-year - - -3
Contract jobs requiring a Unix Administrator 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 0.29% - 0.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% - 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £275 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - £375
75th Percentile £325 - £388
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £300 - £375
% change year-on-year - - -11.76%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Bedfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bedfordshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Bedfordshire with a recognized job title 309 134 217
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.15% 85.35% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 74 127
10th Percentile £386 £266 £263
25th Percentile £413 £500 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £600 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.21% +20.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £600 £684 £560
90th Percentile £644 £700 £625
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 16 32
10th Percentile £27.38 £20.26 £15.30
25th Percentile £53.02 £27.71 £15.39
Median hourly rate £68.21 £60.75 £31.80
Median % change year-on-year +12.28% +91.04% -50.12%
75th Percentile £75.00 £82.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £88.00 £65.75
East of England median hourly rate £30.29 £49.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year -38.37% +14.29% +30.30%

Unix Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Unix Administrator' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Unix Administrator job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Unix Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Unix Administrator job vacancies in Bedfordshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Unix Administrator job vacancies in Bedfordshire

Unix Administrator
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unix Administrator within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 3 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Dunstable - 1 £300 - 1
Unix Administrator
East of England

Unix Administrator Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire

For the 6 months to 3 May 2026, Unix Administrator contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bedfordshire region featuring Unix Administrator in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure

Unix Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) VMware