The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge requiring Unix skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Unix over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
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 Cambridge.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills
16
25
69
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge
14.04%
12.89%
23.47%
Number of daily rates quoted
12
17
45
10th Percentile
£313
£163
£143
25th Percentile
£388
£225
£150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£430
£310
£250
Median % change year-on-year
+38.71%
+24.00%
-47.37%
75th Percentile
£522
£535
£475
90th Percentile
£621
£638
£506
Cambridgeshire median daily rate
£428
£273
£363
% change year-on-year
+56.88%
-24.83%
-14.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted
0
6
9
10th Percentile
-
£55.00
£15.35
25th Percentile
-
£58.75
£17.47
Median hourly rate
-
£62.50
£52.50
Median % change year-on-year
-
+19.05%
+223.08%
75th Percentile
-
£66.63
£53.75
90th Percentile
-
£80.88
-
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate
-
£14.16
£14.59
% change year-on-year
-
-2.95%
+0.62%
Unix Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge
Job postings citing Unix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.
Unix Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unix in Cambridge.
Unix Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Unix in Cambridge.
Unix Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Unix also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cambridge region with a requirement for Unix.
Unix Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
