Unix Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Unix
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring Unix skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 30 36
Rank change year-on-year +6 +6 -
Contract jobs citing Unix 3 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 2.16% 1.01% 2.37%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.64% 14.29% 62.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £456 - -
25th Percentile £457 - £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 - £471
75th Percentile £459 - £471
90th Percentile £460 - £474
North West median daily rate £463 £571 £498
% change year-on-year -18.99% +14.82% -17.08%

All Operating Systems
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 22 14 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 15.83% 7.07% 3.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 1 7
10th Percentile £210 - £299
25th Percentile £358 - £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £110 £470
Median % change year-on-year +314.55% -76.60% +10.07%
75th Percentile £476 - £471
90th Percentile £595 - £473
North West median daily rate £358 £400 £438
% change year-on-year -10.50% -8.57% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £80.59 -
North West median hourly rate £20.73 £22.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -5.77% +2.33% -18.36%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Unix job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Unix
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Unix

Unix
Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Unix

Unix
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unix within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 19 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
Barrow-in-Furness +5 3 £458 - 6
Unix
North West

Unix
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Unix Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) High Availability
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle