Unix Contracts in Hertfordshire

Unix
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 63 43
Rank change year-on-year +29 -20 +19
Contract jobs citing Unix 11 10 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 3.43% 1.20% 3.82%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.67% 9.43% 13.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 25
10th Percentile £320 - £360
25th Percentile £425 £325 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £350 £425
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -17.65% -10.53%
75th Percentile £475 £375 £438
90th Percentile - £475 £674
East of England median daily rate £450 £350 £425
% change year-on-year +28.57% -17.65% -2.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £40.91 - -
25th Percentile £47.56 £55.00 -
Median hourly rate £53.75 £60.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% - -
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £53.75 £56.25 £52.50
% change year-on-year -4.44% +7.14% -19.23%

All Operating Systems
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 75 106 234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 23.36% 12.71% 28.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 64 183
10th Percentile £300 £259 £186
25th Percentile £444 £313 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £557 £622 £650
90th Percentile £588 £683 £738
East of England median daily rate £383 £350 £425
% change year-on-year +9.29% -17.65% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 15 16
10th Percentile £16.95 £53.50 £16.56
25th Percentile £22.65 £58.75 £41.01
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £67.25 £65.00 £73.94
90th Percentile £87.50 - £74.50
East of England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.18 £17.75
% change year-on-year +108.50% +41.86% -12.99%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings citing Unix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Unix in Hertfordshire

Unix
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unix in Hertfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Unix in Hertfordshire

Unix
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unix in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Unix in Hertfordshire

Unix
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Unix in Hertfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Unix in Hertfordshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Unix in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Unix in Hertfordshire

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Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unix within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Stevenage +35 6 - - 6
Watford +8 5 £450 +28.57% 1
Unix
East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (36.36%) NetWeaver
2 2 (18.18%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 4 (36.36%) SAP IBP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) SpaceWire
2 1 (9.09%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) SAP BW
1 4 (36.36%) SAP HANA
2 2 (18.18%) DB2
General
1 2 (18.18%) Aerospace
1 2 (18.18%) Law
2 1 (9.09%) Aviation
2 1 (9.09%) Avionics
2 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Consultant
1 4 (36.36%) SAP Basis Consultant
1 4 (36.36%) SAP Consultant
2 3 (27.27%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Electrical Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Information Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Information Systems Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Solutions Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Unix Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (36.36%) SAP Basis
1 4 (36.36%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 8 (72.73%) Linux
2 5 (45.45%) Windows
3 2 (18.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Incident Response
1 4 (36.36%) Performance Tuning
1 4 (36.36%) Problem Management
1 4 (36.36%) SAP Security
2 3 (27.27%) Data Acquisition
2 3 (27.27%) System Testing
2 3 (27.27%) TestOps
2 3 (27.27%) Validation
3 2 (18.18%) Functional Testing
3 2 (18.18%) Information Management
3 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (18.18%) Systems Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Feasibility Study
4 1 (9.09%) Software Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) Bash
1 4 (36.36%) C
1 4 (36.36%) Java
1 4 (36.36%) Python
1 4 (36.36%) Tcl
2 3 (27.27%) VBA
3 2 (18.18%) SQL
4 1 (9.09%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
1 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
1 2 (18.18%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) SAP
2 2 (18.18%) EMC
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle
3 1 (9.09%) Twitter