Unix Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Unix
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Unix skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 33 -
Rank change year-on-year -14 - -
Contract jobs citing Unix 5 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.26% 0.91% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.36% 5.41% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £511 - -
25th Percentile £528 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £750 -
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% - -
75th Percentile £603 - -
90th Percentile £624 - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £563 £550 -
% change year-on-year +2.27% - -

All Operating Systems
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 44 37 21
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 11.11% 16.82% 11.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 21 15
10th Percentile £103 £150 £131
25th Percentile £110 £213 £147
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £178 £350 £200
Median % change year-on-year -49.29% +75.00% -69.23%
75th Percentile £322 £538 £488
90th Percentile £504 £625 £650
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £180 £350 £195
% change year-on-year -48.57% +79.49% -64.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £21.75 - £15.65
25th Percentile £22.50 - £15.88
Median hourly rate £25.00 - £17.50
75th Percentile £27.50 - £18.75
90th Percentile £28.25 - -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £25.00 - £17.50

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Unix job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Unix
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Unix.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Unix

Unix
Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Unix.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Unix

Unix
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Mockito
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Java Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Senior
2 3 (60.00%) Senior Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Senior Java Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Lead
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) ActiveMQ
1 3 (60.00%) JAX-RS
1 3 (60.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (60.00%) Mac OS X
3 1 (20.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
1 4 (80.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (60.00%) BDD
2 3 (60.00%) Microservices
2 3 (60.00%) Pair Programming
2 3 (60.00%) Responsive Web Design
2 3 (60.00%) TDD
2 3 (60.00%) Web Design
2 3 (60.00%) Web Development
3 1 (20.00%) API Design
3 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) C
2 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (20.00%) ProC
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle