Unix Contracts in Shropshire

Unix
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Shropshire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 20 3
Rank change year-on-year -5 -17 +6
Contract jobs citing Unix 7 9 87
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Shropshire 5.38% 6.72% 50.88%
As % of the Operating Systems category 43.75% 32.14% 89.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 70
10th Percentile £428 £470 £474
25th Percentile £455 £500 £533
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £518 £540
Median % change year-on-year -11.20% -4.07% +10.20%
75th Percentile £465 £536 -
90th Percentile £486 - £554
West Midlands median daily rate £468 £536 £540
% change year-on-year -12.78% -0.74% +10.20%

All Operating Systems
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 16 28 97
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 12.31% 20.90% 56.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 19 79
10th Percentile - £168 £420
25th Percentile £210 £230 £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £358 £540
Median % change year-on-year +28.49% -33.70% +9.09%
75th Percentile £476 £480 -
90th Percentile £534 £536 £558
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £425 £505
% change year-on-year -5.88% -15.84% +24.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £14.00 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.13 £22.50 £16.94
% change year-on-year -19.42% +32.86% +2.64%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Unix in Shropshire

Unix
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Daily rate trend for Unix in Shropshire

Unix
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Unix in Shropshire

Unix
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unix within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Telford -1 7 £460 -11.20%
Unix
West Midlands

Unix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Shropshire 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 (85.71%) Confluence
2 1 (14.29%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) JIRA
2 6 (85.71%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 6 (85.71%) Bitbucket
3 4 (57.14%) GitLab
4 2 (28.57%) CA Gen
5 1 (14.29%) Cucumber
5 1 (14.29%) Toad
General
1 2 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Data Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Lead
2 2 (28.57%) QA Leader
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Automation Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Gherkin
1 1 (14.29%) XML
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Data Transformation
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) Defect Management
2 2 (28.57%) Microservices
2 2 (28.57%) Scrum
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
2 2 (28.57%) Test Management
2 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
2 2 (28.57%) Time Management
2 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
3 1 (14.29%) BDD
3 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
3 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (14.29%) Pair Programming
3 1 (14.29%) Security Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
3 1 (14.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (57.14%) PL/SQL
2 4 (57.14%) Shell Script
3 2 (28.57%) COBOL
4 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) ISEB
1 3 (42.86%) ISTQB
2 2 (28.57%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 1 (14.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
2 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Atlassian
1 4 (57.14%) IBM
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) webMethods