Unix Administrator Contract Job Trends in Dunstable

Unix Administrator
Bedfordshire > Dunstable

The median Unix Administrator daily rate in Dunstable is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2026.

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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - 5
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Contract jobs requiring a Unix Administrator 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Dunstable 11.11% - 11.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.11% - 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £275 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - £375
75th Percentile £325 - £388
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £300 - £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate - - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate - - £52.50

All Contract IT Job Roles
Dunstable

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Dunstable. 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 Dunstable with a recognized job title 9 4 18
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 16
10th Percentile £344 £270 £295
25th Percentile £422 £300 £347
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £350 £385
Median % change year-on-year +38.57% -9.09% -21.03%
75th Percentile £589 £438 £538
90th Percentile £613 £490 -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £509 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -15.21% +20.00% +6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate - - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £68.21 £60.75 £31.80
% change year-on-year +12.28% +91.04% -50.12%

Unix Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Dunstable

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Unix Administrator' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Dunstable.

Unix Administrator job vacancy trend in Dunstable

Unix Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in Dunstable

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Unix Administrator job vacancies in Dunstable.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Unix Administrator job vacancies in Dunstable

Unix Administrator Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dunstable

For the 6 months to 2 May 2026, Unix Administrator 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 Dunstable region featuring Unix Administrator in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure

Unix Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dunstable 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:

Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) VMware