Unix Administrator Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Unix Administrator
Scotland > Edinburgh

As of 7 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Unix Administrator daily rate in Edinburgh.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 69 -
Rank change year-on-year +6 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Unix Administrator 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.17% 0.15% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.16% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 543 624 893
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.80% 94.69% 95.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 326 542
10th Percentile £236 £210 £213
25th Percentile £413 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.06% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £644 £625
Scotland median daily rate £454 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +0.89% -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 25 17
10th Percentile £23.60 £17.10 £13.23
25th Percentile £30.50 £19.64 £17.72
Median hourly rate £60.00 £23.59 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +154.35% -32.60% +76.32%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.18 £60.00
90th Percentile - - £62.50
Scotland median hourly rate £24.62 £20.94 £19.50
% change year-on-year +17.57% +7.38% +10.05%

Unix Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Unix Administrator job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Unix Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

Unix Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Unix Administrator job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Unix Administrator job vacancies in Edinburgh

Unix Administrator Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 7 December 2025, 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 Edinburgh region featuring Unix Administrator in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Korn
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Unix

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Korn
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat