Unix Contract Job Trends in Coventry

Unix
West Midlands > Coventry

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Coventry requiring Unix skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Contract jobs citing Unix 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Coventry 0.37% - 0.55%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.63% - 2.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -36.00%
75th Percentile £638 - £425
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £444 £465 £514
% change year-on-year -4.52% -9.63% -4.81%

All Operating Systems
Coventry

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 Coventry.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 38 15 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Coventry 14.18% 16.67% 22.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 11 28
10th Percentile £291 £178 £183
25th Percentile £305 £189 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £384 £200 £413
Median % change year-on-year +92.19% -51.52% -21.43%
75th Percentile £439 - £541
90th Percentile £506 £295 £641
West Midlands median daily rate £449 £455 £400
% change year-on-year -1.35% +13.75% -20.00%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

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

Unix job vacancy trend in Coventry

Unix
Daily Rate Trend in Coventry

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing Unix

Unix
Hourly Rate Trend in Coventry

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing Unix

Unix
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Coventry 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) EDI
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft