Unix Contracts in the South East

Unix
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Unix skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Unix over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 106 97
Rank change year-on-year +10 -9 +20
Contract jobs citing Unix 107 125 188
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.94% 2.14% 2.42%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.95% 10.30% 12.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 89 135
10th Percentile £280 £356 £350
25th Percentile £363 £475 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +15.79% -
75th Percentile £525 £623 £543
90th Percentile £563 £694 £625
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 3
10th Percentile £34.25 £56.44 £20.90
25th Percentile £38.75 £58.59 £36.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £64.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.78% -1.54% +51.16%
75th Percentile £58.13 £73.71 £75.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £74.48 £79.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -30.43% -11.54% +52.94%

All Operating Systems
South East

Unix is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 977 1,214 1,552
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.68% 20.83% 19.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 647 834 1,016
10th Percentile £200 £198 £150
25th Percentile £263 £263 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £666 £650
England median daily rate £463 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -9.76% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 69 109
10th Percentile £15.98 £18.08 £12.50
25th Percentile £17.69 £18.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +162.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.25 £67.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £70.75 £75.00 £64.50
England median hourly rate £22.00 £37.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -41.33% +74.42% +19.44%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Unix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Unix in the South East

Unix
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unix in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Unix in the South East

Unix
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unix in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Unix in the South East

Unix
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Unix in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Unix in the South East

Unix
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Unix in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Unix in the South East

Unix
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unix within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Thames Valley -10 45 £425 -21.30% 10
Berkshire -13 36 £400 -25.58% 4
Surrey +18 33 £450 -18.18% 6
Hampshire -11 19 £425 -23.60% 10
West Sussex +11 9 £475 -24.00% 1
Buckinghamshire +23 8 £450 -37.93% 2
Oxfordshire -4 1 - - 4
East Sussex - 1 £475 -
Unix
England

Unix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (3.74%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (3.74%) NetWeaver
2 2 (1.87%) Confluence
2 2 (1.87%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.93%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (3.74%) SAP IBP
2 3 (2.80%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.93%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.48%) Power Platform
2 6 (5.61%) Azure
3 5 (4.67%) IaaS
4 4 (3.74%) Azure Data Factory
4 4 (3.74%) Azure Functions
4 4 (3.74%) GitHub
4 4 (3.74%) Serverless
5 2 (1.87%) AWS
6 1 (0.93%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.93%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 21 (19.63%) SAN
2 20 (18.69%) Firewall
3 10 (9.35%) DNS
4 9 (8.41%) DHCP
4 9 (8.41%) TCP/IP
5 6 (5.61%) Fibre Channel
5 6 (5.61%) SSL
6 4 (3.74%) FTP
6 4 (3.74%) iSCSI
6 4 (3.74%) LAN
6 4 (3.74%) NAS
6 4 (3.74%) VLAN
6 4 (3.74%) VoIP
6 4 (3.74%) VPN
6 4 (3.74%) WAN
7 2 (1.87%) Ethernet
7 2 (1.87%) IPsec
7 2 (1.87%) ISDN
7 2 (1.87%) TACACS
7 2 (1.87%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (12.15%) Oracle Database
2 8 (7.48%) Power BI
3 7 (6.54%) MongoDB
3 7 (6.54%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (6.54%) SQL Server
4 6 (5.61%) RDBMS
4 6 (5.61%) Relational Database
5 5 (4.67%) MySQL
6 4 (3.74%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (3.74%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (3.74%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (3.74%) MS Access
6 4 (3.74%) Oracle Database 11g
6 4 (3.74%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (3.74%) SAP BW
6 4 (3.74%) SAP HANA
6 4 (3.74%) Tableau
7 1 (0.93%) GIS
7 1 (0.93%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 8 (7.48%) Git
1 8 (7.48%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (6.54%) GitLab
3 3 (2.80%) LoadRunner
4 2 (1.87%) JIRA
4 2 (1.87%) TestRail
5 1 (0.93%) Subversion
General
1 20 (18.69%) Social Skills
2 16 (14.95%) Finance
3 13 (12.15%) Telecoms
4 11 (10.28%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (8.41%) Billing
6 8 (7.48%) Marketing
6 8 (7.48%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (5.61%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (4.67%) Automotive
9 4 (3.74%) Legal
9 4 (3.74%) Public Sector
9 4 (3.74%) Retail
10 3 (2.80%) Front Office
10 3 (2.80%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (17.76%) Senior
2 12 (11.21%) Systems Engineer
3 11 (10.28%) Analyst
3 11 (10.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 11 (10.28%) Linux Engineer
4 10 (9.35%) Developer
5 8 (7.48%) Consultant
5 8 (7.48%) Data Centre Engineer
5 8 (7.48%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 7 (6.54%) Junior
6 7 (6.54%) Test Engineer
7 6 (5.61%) C Developer
7 6 (5.61%) DOORS Engineer
7 6 (5.61%) Integration Engineer
7 6 (5.61%) Platform Engineer
7 6 (5.61%) Senior Integration Engineer
7 6 (5.61%) Software Integration Engineer
7 6 (5.61%) Systems Integration Engineer
8 5 (4.67%) Break Fix Engineer
8 5 (4.67%) Data Centre Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.67%) XML
2 4 (3.74%) SAP Basis
2 4 (3.74%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (2.80%) .NET
4 2 (1.87%) HTML
5 1 (0.93%) Ajax
5 1 (0.93%) Anaconda
5 1 (0.93%) CSS
5 1 (0.93%) Flash
5 1 (0.93%) HTML5
5 1 (0.93%) jQuery
5 1 (0.93%) OpenLayers
5 1 (0.93%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.21%) Data Centre
2 10 (9.35%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (6.54%) Linux Command Line
3 7 (6.54%) Smart Meter
4 6 (5.61%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.74%) Driving Licence
5 4 (3.74%) e-Health
5 4 (3.74%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.80%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.87%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.87%) PKI
8 1 (0.93%) Clustering
8 1 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.93%) Digital TV
8 1 (0.93%) Grid Computing
8 1 (0.93%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.93%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.93%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 56 (52.34%) Linux
2 33 (30.84%) Windows
3 15 (14.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (6.54%) VMS
5 5 (4.67%) Solaris
6 3 (2.80%) Ubuntu
6 3 (2.80%) Windows Server
7 2 (1.87%) Windows 10
7 2 (1.87%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (1.87%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (23.36%) ITIL
2 13 (12.15%) Budgeting
3 12 (11.21%) Incident Management
3 12 (11.21%) Migration
3 12 (11.21%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (10.28%) Collaborative Working
4 11 (10.28%) Computer Science
4 11 (10.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 11 (10.28%) Scrum
4 11 (10.28%) Software Testing
4 11 (10.28%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (10.28%) Systems Engineering
4 11 (10.28%) Validation
5 10 (9.35%) Project Delivery
5 10 (9.35%) Requirements Analysis
5 10 (9.35%) Technical Leadership
6 9 (8.41%) Change Management
6 9 (8.41%) Performance Improvement
6 9 (8.41%) Performance Tuning
7 8 (7.48%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 38 (35.51%) SQL
2 21 (19.63%) Shell Script
3 12 (11.21%) Python
4 10 (9.35%) PL/SQL
4 10 (9.35%) PowerShell
5 8 (7.48%) Bash
5 8 (7.48%) C
5 8 (7.48%) ProC
6 5 (4.67%) Perl
7 3 (2.80%) C++
7 3 (2.80%) VB.NET
8 2 (1.87%) AWK
8 2 (1.87%) Bourne shell
8 2 (1.87%) Java
8 2 (1.87%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.87%) Korn
8 2 (1.87%) VBScript
9 1 (0.93%) Groovy
9 1 (0.93%) JCL
Qualifications
1 32 (29.91%) Degree
2 21 (19.63%) Security Cleared
3 15 (14.02%) SC Cleared
4 13 (12.15%) ITIL Certification
4 13 (12.15%) Master's Degree
5 7 (6.54%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (5.61%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (4.67%) CCNA
8 4 (3.74%) MCSE
8 4 (3.74%) SAP Certification
8 4 (3.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (2.80%) ISTQB
9 3 (2.80%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (1.87%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.87%) HNC
10 2 (1.87%) RHCE
10 2 (1.87%) RHCSA
10 2 (1.87%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (14.02%) SLA
2 8 (7.48%) PCI DSS
3 5 (4.67%) GDPR
3 5 (4.67%) ISO 9001
3 5 (4.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 4 (3.74%) Data Quality
5 3 (2.80%) QA
6 2 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.93%) HIPAA
System Software
1 15 (14.02%) vSphere
2 13 (12.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (10.28%) Active Directory
4 5 (4.67%) Firmware
4 5 (4.67%) Hyper-V
4 5 (4.67%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.80%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.87%) XenApp
7 1 (0.93%) Docker
7 1 (0.93%) NFS
7 1 (0.93%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.93%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 14 (13.08%) Ansible
2 10 (9.35%) Kubernetes
3 7 (6.54%) Packer
3 7 (6.54%) vRealize
4 5 (4.67%) IBM BigFix
4 5 (4.67%) Red Hat Satellite
4 5 (4.67%) Tivoli
5 4 (3.74%) Netcool
5 4 (3.74%) SCCM
6 3 (2.80%) WSUS
7 2 (1.87%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (1.87%) NetBackup
7 2 (1.87%) Oracle ZFS
7 2 (1.87%) Rancher
7 2 (1.87%) RSA Archer
7 2 (1.87%) SCOM
7 2 (1.87%) SolarWinds Orion
7 2 (1.87%) Tivoli Identity Manager
7 2 (1.87%) yum
8 1 (0.93%) Terraform
Vendors
1 41 (38.32%) Oracle
2 20 (18.69%) VMware
3 11 (10.28%) Microsoft
4 10 (9.35%) Dell
4 10 (9.35%) HP
5 9 (8.41%) Red Hat
6 8 (7.48%) SAP
6 8 (7.48%) Veritas
7 7 (6.54%) ServiceNow
8 6 (5.61%) IBM
8 6 (5.61%) Remedy
8 6 (5.61%) SolarWinds
9 5 (4.67%) Arqiva
10 4 (3.74%) Ab Initio
10 4 (3.74%) Alteryx
10 4 (3.74%) Informatica
11 3 (2.80%) Symantec
12 2 (1.87%) Cisco
12 2 (1.87%) Forcepoint
12 2 (1.87%) JDA