Unix Contract Job Trends in Kent

Unix
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Unix skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Unix 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 0.81% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.86% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £331 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 - -
75th Percentile £344 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £410 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -3.53% - -13.53%

All Operating Systems
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 35 24 50
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 28.23% 12.44% 22.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 16 44
10th Percentile £153 £158 £200
25th Percentile £160 £168 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £333 £205 £211
Median % change year-on-year +62.20% -2.96% +0.60%
75th Percentile £375 £337 £383
90th Percentile £623 £469 £560
South East median daily rate £450 £450 £420
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £53.88
25th Percentile - - £54.06
Median hourly rate - £67.02 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year - +19.15% -
75th Percentile - - £59.69
90th Percentile - - £60.63
South East median hourly rate £18.87 £57.00 £56.00
% change year-on-year -66.89% +1.78% +229.41%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Unix in Kent

Unix
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Unix

Unix
Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Unix

Unix
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unix within the Kent region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
Maidstone - 1 £338 - 1
Unix
South East

Unix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript