Unix Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Unix
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Unix skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 66 86
Rank change year-on-year -4 +20 -11
Contract jobs citing Unix 21 17 20
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 1.86% 1.49% 1.25%
As % of the Operating Systems category 17.21% 13.18% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 8 15
10th Percentile £318 £409 £416
25th Percentile £357 £497 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £588 £500
Median % change year-on-year -17.70% +17.50% -23.08%
75th Percentile £622 £666 £575
90th Percentile £653 £750 £693
North West median daily rate £468 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -12.96% +7.60% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £72.50
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
75th Percentile - - £77.50
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate - - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +35.14%

All Operating Systems
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 122 129 183
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 10.78% 11.29% 11.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 84 130
10th Percentile £170 £187 £206
25th Percentile £270 £309 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £393 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% - -23.08%
75th Percentile £612 £554 £536
90th Percentile £650 £600 £625
North West median daily rate £350 £400 £438
% change year-on-year -12.50% -8.57% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 18
10th Percentile £19.21 £15.74 £17.64
25th Percentile £19.72 £15.91 £17.72
Median hourly rate £20.73 £22.50 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year -7.87% -48.57% +10.76%
75th Percentile £21.46 £29.88 £71.56
90th Percentile - £31.45 £79.88
North West median hourly rate £18.87 £21.59 £21.50
% change year-on-year -12.60% +0.42% -11.34%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Unix relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Unix job vacancy trend in Manchester

Unix
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Unix

Unix
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unix in Manchester over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Unix in Manchester

Unix
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Unix

Unix
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (19.05%) Apache
1 4 (19.05%) WebSphere
2 2 (9.52%) Confluence
2 2 (9.52%) SharePoint
3 1 (4.76%) IIS
3 1 (4.76%) iPlanet
3 1 (4.76%) JBoss
3 1 (4.76%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Kondor
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Azure
1 3 (14.29%) GCP
1 3 (14.29%) IaaS
1 3 (14.29%) PaaS
1 3 (14.29%) SaaS
2 1 (4.76%) AWS
2 1 (4.76%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) Firewall
1 4 (19.05%) Network Security
2 3 (14.29%) HTTP
2 3 (14.29%) SAN
3 2 (9.52%) SSH
4 1 (4.76%) DNS
4 1 (4.76%) Kerberos
4 1 (4.76%) SSL
4 1 (4.76%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) MongoDB
2 1 (4.76%) NoSQL
2 1 (4.76%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) JIRA
1 2 (9.52%) Mockito
2 1 (4.76%) Bitbucket Server
2 1 (4.76%) CA Release Automation
2 1 (4.76%) Git
2 1 (4.76%) Jenkins
2 1 (4.76%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 10 (47.62%) Finance
2 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Banking
4 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (19.05%) Architect
1 4 (19.05%) Developer
1 4 (19.05%) Infrastructure Architect
1 4 (19.05%) Java Developer
2 3 (14.29%) Applications Support
3 2 (9.52%) Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Senior
4 1 (4.76%) Banking Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
4 1 (4.76%) IT Support
4 1 (4.76%) Lead
4 1 (4.76%) Lead Developer
4 1 (4.76%) Lead Java Developer
4 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared Java Developer
4 1 (4.76%) Security Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Developer
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Java Developer
4 1 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (14.29%) Middleware
2 2 (9.52%) ActiveMQ
2 2 (9.52%) JAX-RS
2 2 (9.52%) Kafka
2 2 (9.52%) LDAP
3 1 (4.76%) OAuth
3 1 (4.76%) OpenID
3 1 (4.76%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Legacy Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Private Cloud
1 3 (14.29%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 2 (9.52%) Tandem
3 1 (4.76%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (71.43%) Linux
2 8 (38.10%) Windows
3 3 (14.29%) Mac OS X
3 3 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Microservices
1 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (28.57%) Agile
2 6 (28.57%) Containerisation
2 6 (28.57%) ITIL
3 5 (23.81%) Change Management
3 5 (23.81%) Incident Management
3 5 (23.81%) Project Delivery
4 4 (19.05%) Test Automation
4 4 (19.05%) Web Development
5 3 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (14.29%) Cash Management
5 3 (14.29%) Mathematics
5 3 (14.29%) Pair Programming
5 3 (14.29%) Scrum
5 3 (14.29%) Service Delivery
5 3 (14.29%) Statistics
5 3 (14.29%) TDD
5 3 (14.29%) Visualisation
5 3 (14.29%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) Java
2 3 (14.29%) PHP
2 3 (14.29%) Python
2 3 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (4.76%) Groovy
3 1 (4.76%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (9.52%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) CISSP
3 1 (4.76%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (4.76%) MCSA
3 1 (4.76%) MCSE
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 4 (19.05%) Docker
2 3 (14.29%) Active Directory
3 1 (4.76%) Tivoli Directory Server
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) Grafana
1 3 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.76%) CA Single Sign-On
2 1 (4.76%) CA Wily
2 1 (4.76%) CASB
2 1 (4.76%) Nessus
2 1 (4.76%) Progress Chef
2 1 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (4.76%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) IBM
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 4 (19.05%) Oracle
3 3 (14.29%) Bloomberg
3 3 (14.29%) Citrix
3 3 (14.29%) F5
3 3 (14.29%) HP
3 3 (14.29%) VMware
4 2 (9.52%) Splunk
5 1 (4.76%) AppDynamics
5 1 (4.76%) Broadcom
5 1 (4.76%) CyberArk
5 1 (4.76%) Remedy
5 1 (4.76%) Tenable