Unix Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Unix
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Unix skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 74 92
Rank change year-on-year -32 +18 -6
Contract jobs citing Unix 15 25 22
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.83% 2.08% 1.32%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.49% 18.25% 12.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 19 6
10th Percentile £305 £352 £408
25th Percentile £392 £410 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +21.67% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - £615 £475
South East median daily rate £459 £387 £425
% change year-on-year +18.60% -8.94% -

All Operating Systems
Berkshire

Unix falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 158 137 173
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 8.70% 11.38% 10.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 93 106
10th Percentile £296 £203 £217
25th Percentile £407 £255 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £395 £441
Median % change year-on-year +16.46% -10.43% +7.56%
75th Percentile £573 £500 £608
90th Percentile £638 £585 £680
South East median daily rate £484 £436 £450
% change year-on-year +10.83% -3.06% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 3 4
10th Percentile £16.38 - -
25th Percentile £18.63 - £55.87
Median hourly rate £32.50 £18.87 £57.62
Median % change year-on-year +72.23% -67.25% +15.55%
75th Percentile £35.22 £22.01 £61.29
90th Percentile £69.07 £23.89 £66.33
South East median hourly rate £33.86 £18.87 £57.25
% change year-on-year +79.44% -67.04% +2.18%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Unix relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Unix job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Unix
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Unix.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Unix

Unix
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unix in Berkshire over the 6 months to 29 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Unix in Berkshire

Unix
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Unix.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Unix

Unix
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 Unix within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 29 September 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
Reading -18 11 £550 -26.67% 1
Windsor +2 1 £225 +1.12%
Slough -11 1 £325 -27.78% 1
Wokingham - 1 £392 -
Unix
South East

Unix
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (40.00%) OpenStack
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle Service Bus
2 1 (6.67%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (6.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 7 (46.67%) LTE
2 6 (40.00%) 5G
2 6 (40.00%) Diameter Protocol
2 6 (40.00%) Radio Access Network
2 6 (40.00%) VoLTE
2 6 (40.00%) VoWiFi
2 6 (40.00%) Wireshark
3 1 (6.67%) 2G
3 1 (6.67%) 3G
3 1 (6.67%) 4G
3 1 (6.67%) DAB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (40.00%) Oracle Database
2 5 (33.33%) Oracle Database 11g
3 4 (26.67%) Oracle Database 12c
4 3 (20.00%) Oracle Database 10g
5 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
6 1 (6.67%) Db2
6 1 (6.67%) MongoDB
6 1 (6.67%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (6.67%) Oracle8/8i Database
6 1 (6.67%) Oracle9i Database
6 1 (6.67%) SQLite
6 1 (6.67%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle Developer 2000
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle Forms
General
1 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) DBA
2 5 (33.33%) Oracle DBA
3 2 (13.33%) Administrator
3 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared DBA
3 2 (13.33%) SQL DBA
3 2 (13.33%) Support Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Applications Support
4 1 (6.67%) Applications Support Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Oracle Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared DBA
4 1 (6.67%) Senior
4 1 (6.67%) Senior DBA
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Oracle DBA
4 1 (6.67%) Support Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) Telecoms Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Telecoms Test Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Test Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Web Applications Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Web Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 13 (86.67%) Linux
2 1 (6.67%) Solaris
2 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) High Availability
2 6 (40.00%) Performance Tuning
2 6 (40.00%) Service Delivery
3 4 (26.67%) ITIL
4 3 (20.00%) Database Security
5 1 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (6.67%) Integration Testing
5 1 (6.67%) Mentoring
5 1 (6.67%) Problem Management
5 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (6.67%) Release Management
5 1 (6.67%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (6.67%) Security Hardening
5 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (6.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) Python
2 5 (33.33%) SQL
3 4 (26.67%) PL/SQL
4 3 (20.00%) Shell Script
5 1 (6.67%) Bash
5 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
5 1 (6.67%) Korn
5 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (6.67%) Degree
4 1 (6.67%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (46.67%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (26.67%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 7 (46.67%) Kubernetes
2 6 (40.00%) Oracle RMAN
3 3 (20.00%) Data Guard
4 1 (6.67%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) Oracle
2 6 (40.00%) BT
2 6 (40.00%) Ericsson
2 6 (40.00%) Huawei
2 6 (40.00%) Nokia
3 1 (6.67%) Remedy