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 26 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 521 445 511
Rank change year-on-year -76 +66 +109
Contract jobs citing AIX 28 34 32
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.087% 0.13% 0.085%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.68% 0.91% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 19 15
10th Percentile - £359 £383
25th Percentile £126 £392 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £450 £495
Median % change year-on-year -9.44% -9.09% -10.00%
75th Percentile £450 £519 £538
90th Percentile £520 £660 £583
UK median daily rate £408 £468 £498
% change year-on-year -12.83% -6.03% -5.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.75 - £51.25
Median hourly rate £23.50 - £52.50
75th Percentile £24.25 - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £23.50 - £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 4,136 3,727 5,508
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.82% 14.09% 14.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,771 2,344 3,788
10th Percentile £173 £200 £178
25th Percentile £263 £313 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £466
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +1.93% -9.51%
75th Percentile £568 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £470
% change year-on-year -5.26% +1.06% -8.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 125 336
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.35 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.91 £20.30 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.54 £53.00 £29.75
Median % change year-on-year -55.59% +78.15% +15.71%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.25 £63.75
90th Percentile £68.00 £72.75 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £34.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -27.54% +15.00% +17.12%

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 26 January 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 26 January 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
East of England -7 10 £127 -69.48% 1
London -1 9 £416 +6.67% 1
Midlands -40 9 £450 +15.09%
West Midlands - 8 £450 -
East Midlands -29 1 £450 +15.09%
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 1 (3.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (7.14%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Oracle 11i
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.86%) Azure
1 5 (17.86%) Azure API Management
2 1 (3.57%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 6 (21.43%) SSH
2 5 (17.86%) HTTP
3 4 (14.29%) Kerberos
4 1 (3.57%) LAN
4 1 (3.57%) RS-232
4 1 (3.57%) SAN
4 1 (3.57%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.57%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (42.86%) Oracle Database
2 9 (32.14%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (10.71%) Oracle Database 10g
4 2 (7.14%) DB2
5 1 (3.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Ant
1 3 (10.71%) JUnit
1 3 (10.71%) SoapUI
2 1 (3.57%) TestDirector
2 1 (3.57%) Toad
General
1 12 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Banking
3 4 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (10.71%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (10.71%) Finance
5 2 (7.14%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (39.29%) Analyst
2 10 (35.71%) Technical Analyst
3 9 (32.14%) Support Analyst
3 9 (32.14%) Technical Support
3 9 (32.14%) Technical Support Analyst
4 6 (21.43%) Consultant
5 5 (17.86%) Developer
5 5 (17.86%) Management Consultant
6 2 (7.14%) Administrator
6 2 (7.14%) DB2 Administrator
6 2 (7.14%) Integration Developer
6 2 (7.14%) IT Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) IT Support
6 2 (7.14%) IT Support Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) Lead
6 2 (7.14%) Middleware Developer
7 1 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 1 (3.57%) DB2 DBA
7 1 (3.57%) Linux Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (21.43%) LDAP
2 5 (17.86%) IBM Integration Bus
2 5 (17.86%) Kafka
2 5 (17.86%) SOAP
2 5 (17.86%) XML
3 4 (14.29%) Middleware
3 4 (14.29%) OAuth
3 4 (14.29%) SAML
4 2 (7.14%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.14%) Replication
2 2 (7.14%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.57%) HP Storage
3 1 (3.57%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 25 (89.29%) Windows
2 18 (64.29%) Linux
3 10 (35.71%) Windows 10
3 10 (35.71%) Windows 7
3 10 (35.71%) Windows Server 2003
4 9 (32.14%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (28.57%) Solaris
6 5 (17.86%) Unix
7 3 (10.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (10.71%) Windows Server
8 2 (7.14%) VMS
9 1 (3.57%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) Proactive Monitoring
2 7 (25.00%) RBAC
3 6 (21.43%) Key Management
4 5 (17.86%) API Management
4 5 (17.86%) Privileged Access Management
4 5 (17.86%) Roadmaps
5 4 (14.29%) Data Protection
5 4 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
5 4 (14.29%) Task Automation
6 3 (10.71%) Agile
6 3 (10.71%) ITIL
6 3 (10.71%) Strategic Planning
7 2 (7.14%) API Integration
7 2 (7.14%) Business Analysis
7 2 (7.14%) Change Management
7 2 (7.14%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 2 (7.14%) Migration
7 2 (7.14%) Patch Management
7 2 (7.14%) Performance Management
7 2 (7.14%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.86%) Java
1 5 (17.86%) Korn
1 5 (17.86%) Perl
1 5 (17.86%) PL/SQL
1 5 (17.86%) SQL
2 4 (14.29%) Shell Script
3 2 (7.14%) Bash
3 2 (7.14%) PowerShell
3 2 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.14%) Degree
3 1 (3.57%) CAPM
3 1 (3.57%) CBAP
3 1 (3.57%) HNC
3 1 (3.57%) HND
3 1 (3.57%) MCP
3 1 (3.57%) MCSE
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.57%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.57%) PMP
3 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (10.71%) NIST
1 3 (10.71%) SOC 2
2 2 (7.14%) PCI DSS
2 2 (7.14%) SEPA
System Software
1 6 (21.43%) Active Directory
2 3 (10.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) Ansible
1 2 (7.14%) SCCM
1 2 (7.14%) SCOM
2 1 (3.57%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 15 (53.57%) Oracle
2 13 (46.43%) IBM
3 10 (35.71%) Citrix
4 7 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 6 (21.43%) BeyondTrust
5 6 (21.43%) CyberArk
6 3 (10.71%) Red Hat
6 3 (10.71%) VMware
7 1 (3.57%) Brocade
7 1 (3.57%) EMC
7 1 (3.57%) HP
7 1 (3.57%) NetApp
7 1 (3.57%) Perforce
7 1 (3.57%) Veritas