Unix
East of England > Essex
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex requiring Unix skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Unix over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 31 | 37 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +6 | -3 |
| Contract jobs citing Unix | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex | - | 0.47% | 0.40% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | - | 2.86% | 3.03% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| East of England median daily rate | £450 | £463 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.70% | +8.82% | -5.56% |
All Operating Systems
Essex
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 Essex.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 14 | 35 | 33 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex | 16.28% | 16.43% | 13.31% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 11 | 18 | 18 |
| 10th Percentile | £231 | £104 | £158 |
| 25th Percentile | £243 | £190 | £179 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £375 | £275 | £288 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +36.36% | -4.35% | -40.72% |
| 75th Percentile | £400 | £469 | £583 |
| 90th Percentile | £438 | £550 | £650 |
| East of England median daily rate | £420 | £350 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | +20.00% | -17.65% | +6.25% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £13.44 | £20.04 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.25 | £14.31 | £20.85 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.50 | £15.76 | £23.31 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +42.77% | -32.39% | -17.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £23.75 | £45.38 | £24.62 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £63.15 | - |
| East of England median hourly rate | £39.32 | £36.00 | £17.47 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.22% | +106.07% | -16.81% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Essex
Job postings citing Unix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Essex.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unix in Essex.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Unix in Essex.