AIX Contract Job Trends in England

IBM AIX
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring AIX skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 517 438 520
Rank change year-on-year -79 +82 +86
Contract jobs citing AIX 35 40 35
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.10% 0.16% 0.093%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.83% 1.11% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 28 14
10th Percentile - £359 -
25th Percentile £126 £393 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £411 £452 £498
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% -9.15% -9.55%
75th Percentile £443 £500 £552
90th Percentile £492 £662 £588
UK median daily rate £411 £471 £525
% change year-on-year -12.73% -10.24% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £20.95 - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - £51.25
Median hourly rate £22.50 - £52.50
75th Percentile £23.75 - £53.75
90th Percentile £24.05 - -
UK median hourly rate £22.50 - £52.50

All Operating Systems
England

AIX 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,205 3,605 5,387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.02% 14.20% 14.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,811 2,331 3,664
10th Percentile £180 £200 £179
25th Percentile £263 £313 £265
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £452
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.20% -12.24%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £465
% change year-on-year -5.26% +2.15% -9.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 306 119 358
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £19.25 £16.54
Median hourly rate £22.50 £41.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.12% +64.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £51.42 £67.25 £62.38
90th Percentile £68.00 £71.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £22.81 £29.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -21.34% +16.00% -9.09%

AIX
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

AIX job vacancy trend in England

AIX
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing AIX.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing AIX

AIX
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AIX in England over the 6 months to 24 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for AIX in England

AIX
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing AIX.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing AIX

AIX
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AIX within the England region over the 6 months to 24 February 2026. 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
North of England -61 13 £448 +23.45% 3
North West -22 12 £448 - 1
East of England -16 9 £127 -69.48% 1
London -43 7 £416 -42.62%
West Midlands -55 6 - -
Midlands -61 6 - -
Yorkshire -58 1 - - 2
AIX
UK

AIX
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (17.14%) CICS
2 2 (5.71%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (8.57%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Oracle 11i
Cloud Services
1 5 (14.29%) Azure
1 5 (14.29%) Azure API Management
2 2 (5.71%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 6 (17.14%) Firewall
2 5 (14.29%) HTTP
3 4 (11.43%) Kerberos
3 4 (11.43%) SSH
4 2 (5.71%) LAN
4 2 (5.71%) RS-232
4 2 (5.71%) TCP/IP
4 2 (5.71%) X.400
5 1 (2.86%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (2.86%) NAS
5 1 (2.86%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (34.29%) Oracle Database
2 8 (22.86%) SQL Server
3 7 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (17.14%) DataStage
4 6 (17.14%) DB2
5 3 (8.57%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Ant
1 3 (8.57%) JUnit
1 3 (8.57%) SoapUI
2 1 (2.86%) TestDirector
2 1 (2.86%) Toad
General
1 19 (54.29%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.86%) Finance
3 6 (17.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (17.14%) Influencing Skills
4 5 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (11.43%) Banking
5 4 (11.43%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (8.57%) Public Sector
7 2 (5.71%) Investment Banking
8 1 (2.86%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 11 (31.43%) Analyst
2 9 (25.71%) Technical Analyst
3 7 (20.00%) Support Analyst
3 7 (20.00%) Technical Support
3 7 (20.00%) Technical Support Analyst
4 6 (17.14%) Designer
4 6 (17.14%) Infrastructure Designer
4 6 (17.14%) Technical Specialist
5 5 (14.29%) Developer
6 4 (11.43%) Consultant
6 4 (11.43%) Management Consultant
7 2 (5.71%) Business Analyst
7 2 (5.71%) Integration Developer
7 2 (5.71%) Lead
7 2 (5.71%) Middleware Developer
7 2 (5.71%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
8 1 (2.86%) Backup Administrator
8 1 (2.86%) IBM Storage Administrator
8 1 (2.86%) SAN Storage Administrator
8 1 (2.86%) Storage and Backup Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (28.57%) Middleware
2 5 (14.29%) IBM Integration Bus
2 5 (14.29%) Kafka
2 5 (14.29%) SOAP
2 5 (14.29%) XML
3 4 (11.43%) LDAP
3 4 (11.43%) OAuth
3 4 (11.43%) SAML
4 2 (5.71%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 6 (17.14%) BYOD
2 6 (17.14%) Linux Command Line
2 6 (17.14%) Mainframe
2 6 (17.14%) VSAM
3 4 (11.43%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (5.71%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.71%) PMI
4 2 (5.71%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 1 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.86%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 28 (80.00%) Windows
2 25 (71.43%) Linux
3 17 (48.57%) Unix
4 12 (34.29%) Solaris
5 10 (28.57%) Windows Server
6 9 (25.71%) Windows 10
6 9 (25.71%) Windows 7
6 9 (25.71%) Windows Server 2003
7 7 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (5.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (5.71%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (28.57%) Roadmaps
2 9 (25.71%) Proactive Monitoring
3 6 (17.14%) Asset Management
3 6 (17.14%) Business Case
3 6 (17.14%) Design Patterns
3 6 (17.14%) Privileged Access Management
3 6 (17.14%) Process Improvement
3 6 (17.14%) RBAC
3 6 (17.14%) Virtual Environments
4 5 (14.29%) API Management
5 4 (11.43%) Agile
5 4 (11.43%) Data Protection
5 4 (11.43%) Key Management
6 3 (8.57%) Performance Tuning
6 3 (8.57%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (5.71%) API Integration
7 2 (5.71%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (5.71%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 2 (5.71%) Patch Management
7 2 (5.71%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 11 (31.43%) SQL
2 9 (25.71%) Bash
2 9 (25.71%) PowerShell
3 6 (17.14%) COBOL
4 5 (14.29%) Java
4 5 (14.29%) Korn
4 5 (14.29%) Perl
4 5 (14.29%) PL/SQL
5 3 (8.57%) Python
6 2 (5.71%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (11.43%) Degree
3 2 (5.71%) CAPM
3 2 (5.71%) CBAP
3 2 (5.71%) HNC
3 2 (5.71%) HND
3 2 (5.71%) MCSE
3 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 2 (5.71%) PMI Certification
3 2 (5.71%) PMP
3 2 (5.71%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (11.43%) NIST
1 4 (11.43%) SOC 2
2 2 (5.71%) PCI DSS
2 2 (5.71%) SEPA
System Software
1 6 (17.14%) Hyper-V
1 6 (17.14%) KVM
1 6 (17.14%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (11.43%) Active Directory
2 4 (11.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.86%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (17.14%) IBM BigFix
1 6 (17.14%) vCenter Server
2 2 (5.71%) Ansible
2 2 (5.71%) SCCM
2 2 (5.71%) SCOM
3 1 (2.86%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 25 (71.43%) IBM
2 14 (40.00%) Oracle
3 9 (25.71%) Citrix
3 9 (25.71%) VMware
4 7 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (11.43%) BeyondTrust
5 4 (11.43%) CyberArk
6 2 (5.71%) Red Hat
7 1 (2.86%) Brocade
7 1 (2.86%) Cisco
7 1 (2.86%) Perforce