Unix Contracts in London

Unix
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 126 84
Rank change year-on-year -43 -42 +30
Contract jobs citing Unix 202 365 752
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.52% 2.07% 2.93%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.78% 17.23% 19.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 261 510
10th Percentile £363 £350 £413
25th Percentile £411 £431 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £575
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -2.17% -4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £694 £675
90th Percentile £738 £850 £740
England median daily rate £486 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -7.48% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 5
10th Percentile - £22.08 £46.75
25th Percentile - £22.13 £47.50
Median hourly rate - £23.05 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year - -68.21% -5.23%
75th Percentile - £23.80 £76.00
90th Percentile - - £80.65
England median hourly rate £54.75 £40.00 £61.30
% change year-on-year +36.88% -34.74% -19.88%

All Operating Systems
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,581 2,118 3,831
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.90% 12.02% 14.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,074 1,480 2,787
10th Percentile £247 £212 £213
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £629 £600 £666
90th Percentile £738 £738 £763
England median daily rate £463 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.53% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 68 60
10th Percentile £18.87 £15.19 £18.93
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.13 £22.75
Median hourly rate £24.00 £22.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -56.00% +109.12%
75th Percentile £25.25 £27.00 £64.63
90th Percentile £49.60 £60.00 £83.88
England median hourly rate £20.38 £25.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -18.50% -41.18% +93.18%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Unix in London

Unix
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Unix in London

Unix
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unix in London over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Unix in London

Unix
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Unix in London

Unix
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unix within the London region over the 6 months to 5 July 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
Central London +11 38 £575 -2.13% 72
West London +12 10 £409 +16.86% 11
East London +9 3 £415 -5.65% 2
South London -9 3 - - 2
Unix
England

Unix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 9 (4.46%) Confluence
2 5 (2.48%) Apache Spark
2 5 (2.48%) Oracle Workflow
2 5 (2.48%) SAS
3 4 (1.98%) Apache
3 4 (1.98%) WebSphere
4 3 (1.49%) JBoss
5 2 (0.99%) MQSeries
5 2 (0.99%) NetWeaver
5 2 (0.99%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.50%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.50%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.50%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.50%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.50%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.50%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (4.46%) MS Visio
2 7 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (2.48%) Oracle EBS
1 5 (2.48%) Oracle EBS R12
2 4 (1.98%) Oracle Assets
2 4 (1.98%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (1.49%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.99%) ION MarketView
4 2 (0.99%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.99%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.50%) Kondor
5 1 (0.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.50%) StreamServe
5 1 (0.50%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 38 (18.81%) Azure
2 37 (18.32%) AWS
3 15 (7.43%) GCP
4 12 (5.94%) GitHub
5 8 (3.96%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.48%) Amazon EC2
6 5 (2.48%) AWS Lambda
6 5 (2.48%) Serverless
7 4 (1.98%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (1.98%) Azure API Management
8 3 (1.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (1.49%) Amazon S3
8 3 (1.49%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (1.49%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.49%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (0.99%) Amazon Cognito
9 2 (0.99%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (0.99%) PaaS
9 2 (0.99%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.45%) Firewall
2 10 (4.95%) DNS
3 8 (3.96%) HTTP
3 8 (3.96%) TCP/IP
4 7 (3.47%) HTTPS
4 7 (3.47%) SSL
4 7 (3.47%) VPN
5 6 (2.97%) SAN
5 6 (2.97%) SSH
6 5 (2.48%) BGP
7 4 (1.98%) Cisco IOS
7 4 (1.98%) EIGRP
7 4 (1.98%) Internet
7 4 (1.98%) NAS
7 4 (1.98%) Network Security
7 4 (1.98%) OSPF
7 4 (1.98%) RIP
7 4 (1.98%) Spanning Tree
8 2 (0.99%) DHCP
8 2 (0.99%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.90%) Relational Database
2 11 (5.45%) Oracle Database
3 10 (4.95%) Big Data
3 10 (4.95%) SQL Server
4 9 (4.46%) KDB
4 9 (4.46%) MongoDB
4 9 (4.46%) RDBMS
5 8 (3.96%) DB2
6 6 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (2.97%) Metadata
6 6 (2.97%) Oracle Reports
6 6 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (2.48%) Base SAS
7 5 (2.48%) MySQL
7 5 (2.48%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 5 (2.48%) Redis
8 4 (1.98%) Hadoop
8 4 (1.98%) HPCC
8 4 (1.98%) MS Access
9 3 (1.49%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 36 (17.82%) Git
2 22 (10.89%) Jenkins
3 19 (9.41%) JIRA
4 14 (6.93%) Maven
5 13 (6.44%) GitLab
6 9 (4.46%) JUnit
6 9 (4.46%) Toad
7 8 (3.96%) Gradle
7 8 (3.96%) Sonatype Nexus
8 7 (3.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 7 (3.47%) SonarQube
9 6 (2.97%) IntelliJ
9 6 (2.97%) SoapUI
10 5 (2.48%) Oracle Forms
10 5 (2.48%) TeamCity
11 4 (1.98%) Ant
11 4 (1.98%) Bitbucket
11 4 (1.98%) QARun
11 4 (1.98%) Subversion
11 4 (1.98%) WinRunner
General
1 79 (39.11%) Finance
2 78 (38.61%) Social Skills
3 50 (24.75%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (20.30%) Banking
5 16 (7.92%) Front Office
6 14 (6.93%) Financial Institution
7 9 (4.46%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.98%) General Ledger
8 4 (1.98%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.49%) Back Office
9 3 (1.49%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.50%) Law
11 1 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.50%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.50%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 59 (29.21%) Developer
2 24 (11.88%) Senior
3 22 (10.89%) Java Developer
4 16 (7.92%) Architect
5 12 (5.94%) Azure Engineer
6 11 (5.45%) Analyst
6 11 (5.45%) DevOps Engineer
7 10 (4.95%) Applications Support
7 10 (4.95%) Infrastructure Architect
7 10 (4.95%) Linux Engineer
8 9 (4.46%) Administrator
8 9 (4.46%) C++ Developer
8 9 (4.46%) Java Engineer
9 7 (3.47%) Data Engineer
9 7 (3.47%) Lead
9 7 (3.47%) Senior Developer
10 6 (2.97%) AWS Architect
10 6 (2.97%) Consultant
10 6 (2.97%) Oracle Developer
10 6 (2.97%) Unix Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (10.89%) Middleware
2 17 (8.42%) XML
3 16 (7.92%) Spring
3 16 (7.92%) Web Services
4 12 (5.94%) AngularJS
4 12 (5.94%) Kafka
5 11 (5.45%) HTML
5 11 (5.45%) SOAP
6 10 (4.95%) J2EE
6 10 (4.95%) RESTful
7 9 (4.46%) Spring Boot
8 7 (3.47%) JSON
8 7 (3.47%) React
8 7 (3.47%) REST
9 5 (2.48%) Elastic Stack
9 5 (2.48%) HTML5
9 5 (2.48%) Rendezvous
10 4 (1.98%) 802.1X
10 4 (1.98%) Bootstrap
10 4 (1.98%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 13 (6.44%) Data Centre
3 12 (5.94%) Equities
4 11 (5.45%) Data Protection Act
5 10 (4.95%) Onboarding
6 9 (4.46%) Fixed Income
7 7 (3.47%) Algorithms
7 7 (3.47%) Data Structures
7 7 (3.47%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (2.97%) Private Cloud
9 5 (2.48%) Derivative
9 5 (2.48%) Distributed Architecture
9 5 (2.48%) Linux Command Line
9 5 (2.48%) Replication
9 5 (2.48%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 4 (1.98%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.98%) Distributed Applications
10 4 (1.98%) Enterprise Storage
10 4 (1.98%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.98%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 132 (65.35%) Linux
2 53 (26.24%) Windows
3 16 (7.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (3.96%) AIX
5 5 (2.48%) CentOS
6 4 (1.98%) CatOS
6 4 (1.98%) Windows Server
7 3 (1.49%) Solaris
7 3 (1.49%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.99%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.50%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.50%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (30.20%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (26.24%) Agile
3 42 (20.79%) DevOps
4 36 (17.82%) CI/CD
5 26 (12.87%) SDLC
6 20 (9.90%) Migration
7 18 (8.91%) Microservices
8 17 (8.42%) Containerisation
9 16 (7.92%) ITIL
9 16 (7.92%) Low Latency
10 15 (7.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (7.43%) Software Engineering
11 14 (6.93%) Deployment Automation
11 14 (6.93%) Test Automation
12 13 (6.44%) Configuration Management
12 13 (6.44%) High Availability
13 12 (5.94%) Analytical Thinking
13 12 (5.94%) Computer Science
13 12 (5.94%) Data Protection
13 12 (5.94%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 84 (41.58%) SQL
2 70 (34.65%) Python
3 58 (28.71%) Java
4 45 (22.28%) Shell Script
5 22 (10.89%) PL/SQL
6 21 (10.40%) C++
7 17 (8.42%) Bash
7 17 (8.42%) JavaScript
8 14 (6.93%) Perl
9 13 (6.44%) C
10 8 (3.96%) PowerShell
10 8 (3.96%) TypeScript
11 7 (3.47%) ActionScript
11 7 (3.47%) ActionScript 2.0
11 7 (3.47%) C#
12 5 (2.48%) Scala
13 4 (1.98%) Korn
14 3 (1.49%) Groovy
14 3 (1.49%) PROC SQL
14 3 (1.49%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 14 (6.93%) Degree
2 11 (5.45%) Security Cleared
3 9 (4.46%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.97%) CCNP
4 6 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.98%) CCSE
7 3 (1.49%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.49%) AWS Certified Developer
7 3 (1.49%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 3 (1.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (1.49%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
8 2 (0.99%) CCIE
8 2 (0.99%) OCA
8 2 (0.99%) OCP
8 2 (0.99%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.50%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.50%) RHCE
9 1 (0.50%) RHCSA
9 1 (0.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.46%) QA
2 4 (1.98%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.49%) SEPA
4 2 (0.99%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.99%) SLA
5 1 (0.50%) EMIR
5 1 (0.50%) GDPR
5 1 (0.50%) MiFID
5 1 (0.50%) NIST
5 1 (0.50%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 30 (14.85%) Docker
2 14 (6.93%) Active Directory
3 8 (3.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.98%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 3 (1.49%) vSphere
6 2 (0.99%) NFS
7 1 (0.50%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.50%) Samba
7 1 (0.50%) Veritas File System
7 1 (0.50%) Veritas Volume Manager
7 1 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 35 (17.33%) Kubernetes
2 27 (13.37%) Ansible
3 13 (6.44%) Terraform
4 12 (5.94%) Puppet
5 11 (5.45%) Progress Chef
6 6 (2.97%) ITRS Geneos
6 6 (2.97%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.49%) Grafana
8 2 (0.99%) BladeLogic
8 2 (0.99%) Control-M
9 1 (0.50%) Cobbler
9 1 (0.50%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.50%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.50%) Netcool
9 1 (0.50%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.50%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.50%) QRadar
9 1 (0.50%) Red Hat Satellite
9 1 (0.50%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.50%) yum
Vendors
1 53 (26.24%) Oracle
2 19 (9.41%) IBM
3 16 (7.92%) Splunk
4 14 (6.93%) Red Hat
5 12 (5.94%) VMware
6 10 (4.95%) Dynatrace
7 9 (4.46%) Microsoft
7 9 (4.46%) Veritas
8 8 (3.96%) Avaloq
8 8 (3.96%) Cisco
8 8 (3.96%) Sybase
9 7 (3.47%) ServiceNow
10 6 (2.97%) Google
10 6 (2.97%) IBM Sterling
11 5 (2.48%) Citrix
11 5 (2.48%) Informatica
11 5 (2.48%) Murex
11 5 (2.48%) TIBCO
12 4 (1.98%) CheckPoint
12 4 (1.98%) Juniper