Unix Contract Job Trends in Slough

Unix
Berkshire > Slough

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Slough 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 12 13 14
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 +11
Contract jobs citing Unix 4 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Slough 7.27% 1.33% 3.26%
As % of the Operating Systems category 19.05% 9.09% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile £367 - -
25th Percentile £371 - £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £416 £404 £315
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +28.25% -5.48%
75th Percentile £440 - £330
90th Percentile £444 - £335
Berkshire median daily rate £434 £450 £400
% change year-on-year -3.67% +12.50% -3.96%

All Operating Systems
Slough

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 Slough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 21 11 21
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Slough 38.18% 14.67% 22.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 18
10th Percentile £129 £163 £305
25th Percentile £150 £188 £323
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 £322 £400
Median % change year-on-year +22.67% -19.50% +44.80%
75th Percentile £447 £513 £425
90th Percentile £496 £561 £489
Berkshire median daily rate £420 £404 £400
% change year-on-year +3.96% +1.00% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 1
10th Percentile £18.65 - -
25th Percentile £18.87 - £24.34
Median hourly rate £20.79 - £25.12
Median % change year-on-year - - +62.24%
75th Percentile - - £25.89
90th Percentile £21.06 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £20.79 £56.75 £55.28
% change year-on-year -63.36% +2.65% +0.51%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

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

Unix job vacancy trend in Slough

Unix
Daily Rate Trend in Slough

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Slough citing Unix

Unix
Hourly Rate Trend in Slough

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Slough citing Unix

Unix
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Slough 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) SAN
2 1 (25.00%) FCAPS
General
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
1 2 (50.00%) Front Office
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Data Centre Technician
1 3 (75.00%) Data Technician
2 1 (25.00%) Change Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Data Centre Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Data Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Systems Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Data Centre
1 3 (75.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Incident Management
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (50.00%) Business Continuity Management
2 2 (50.00%) Capacity Management
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (50.00%) Preventative Maintenance
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Network Management
3 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Server+ Certification
2 1 (25.00%) BC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Nokia