Senior Unix Technical Specialist Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Senior Unix Technical Specialist
South East > Berkshire

The median Senior Unix Technical Specialist daily rate in Berkshire is £352, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Unix Technical Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.068% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.074% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £352 - -
South East median daily rate £352 £495 -
% change year-on-year -28.89% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,346 1,334 1,615
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.01% 90.20% 94.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 911 762 992
10th Percentile £303 £263 £213
25th Percentile £413 £404 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £611
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £506 £501
% change year-on-year -1.23% +1.15% +0.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 33 72
10th Percentile £14.75 £20.70 £24.26
25th Percentile £18.97 £42.50 £48.40
Median hourly rate £43.96 £59.00 £61.45
Median % change year-on-year -25.50% -3.98% +96.63%
75th Percentile £87.94 £63.43 £67.75
90th Percentile £96.75 £65.62 £76.06
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £54.44
% change year-on-year -40.82% -21.94% +53.71%

Senior Unix Technical Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Unix Technical Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Senior Unix Technical Specialist job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Senior Unix Technical Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Unix Technical Specialist job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Unix Technical Specialist job vacancies in Berkshire

Senior Unix Technical Specialist
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Unix Technical Specialist within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 21 December 2025. 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
Slough - 1 £352 - 1
Senior Unix Technical Specialist
South East

Senior Unix Technical Specialist Skill Set
Top 4 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 21 December 2025, Senior Unix Technical Specialist 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 Berkshire region featuring Senior Unix Technical Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) GraphQL
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript

Senior Unix Technical Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) GraphQL
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript