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 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 48 49
Rank change year-on-year +4 +1 +10
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Unix 11 12 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 2.42% 1.80% 3.06%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.53% 8.22% 11.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 16
10th Percentile £425 - £269
25th Percentile £438 £325 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £350 £445
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -21.35% -12.57%
75th Percentile £525 £475 £500
90th Percentile - £555 £572
East of England median daily rate £500 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +25.00% -11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £42.39 - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £54.50 - -
75th Percentile £55.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £54.50 - -

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 129 146 203
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 28.35% 21.92% 26.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 77 153
10th Percentile £225 £296 £172
25th Percentile £450 £350 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £631
90th Percentile - £580 £700
East of England median daily rate £450 £460 £425
% change year-on-year -2.17% +8.24% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 25 17
10th Percentile £20.64 £57.50 £17.25
25th Percentile £41.25 £62.50 £24.73
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% +27.27%
75th Percentile £66.63 - £73.75
90th Percentile £67.00 - -
East of England median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £22.97
% change year-on-year -15.38% +183.04% -54.07%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Unix.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Unix

Unix
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Unix.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Unix

Unix
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Unix in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Unix in Hertfordshire

Unix
DemandTrendContract 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 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Watford +5 6 £500 +42.86%
Stevenage +9 5 - - 5
Unix
East of England

Unix
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 6 (54.55%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 6 (54.55%) SAP IBP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) SpaceWire
2 1 (9.09%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (54.55%) SAP BW
1 6 (54.55%) SAP HANA
General
1 3 (27.27%) Aerospace
2 1 (9.09%) Aviation
2 1 (9.09%) Avionics
2 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Administrator
2 3 (27.27%) Consultant
2 3 (27.27%) Electrical Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) SAP Administrator
2 3 (27.27%) SAP Basis Administrator
2 3 (27.27%) SAP Basis Consultant
2 3 (27.27%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (54.55%) SAP Basis
1 6 (54.55%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (27.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Incident Response
1 6 (54.55%) Performance Tuning
1 6 (54.55%) Problem Management
1 6 (54.55%) SAP Security
2 4 (36.36%) Data Acquisition
2 4 (36.36%) System Testing
2 4 (36.36%) TestOps
3 2 (18.18%) Functional Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Test Scripting
4 1 (9.09%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) Bash
1 5 (45.45%) C
1 5 (45.45%) Java
1 5 (45.45%) Python
1 5 (45.45%) Tcl
2 4 (36.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) SAP
2 2 (18.18%) EMC
3 1 (9.09%) Twitter