Unix Contract Job Trends in the South East

Unix
England > South East

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 95 84
Rank change year-on-year -14 -11 +12
Contract jobs citing Unix 106 57 117
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.76% 1.93% 2.07%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.97% 10.80% 11.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 39 80
10th Percentile - £384 £280
25th Percentile £204 £450 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £392 £550 £425
Median % change year-on-year -28.73% +29.41% -22.02%
75th Percentile £469 £600 £482
90th Percentile £563 - £563
England median daily rate £469 £475 £536
% change year-on-year -1.26% -11.38% -4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 3
10th Percentile £25.94 - -
25th Percentile £39.83 - £26.25
Median hourly rate £47.54 - £27.50
75th Percentile £53.75 - £38.75
90th Percentile £54.88 - £44.75
England median hourly rate £52.50 £55.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -4.55% +37.50% -31.73%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 759 528 1,005
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 12.62% 17.89% 17.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 509 378 657
10th Percentile £204 £200 £204
25th Percentile £325 £325 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +3.16% +2.15%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £661 £666
England median daily rate £455 £465 £475
% change year-on-year -2.15% -2.11% -5.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 36 58
10th Percentile £15.80 £14.20 £15.96
25th Percentile £20.50 £16.95 £18.00
Median hourly rate £42.71 £20.95 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +103.84% -55.89% -15.56%
75th Percentile £53.75 £30.94 £63.44
90th Percentile £60.00 £59.44 £74.13
England median hourly rate £35.22 £20.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +76.10% -11.11% -47.06%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Unix job vacancy trend in the South East

Unix
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Unix.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Unix

Unix
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unix in the South East over the 6 months to 6 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Unix in the South East

Unix
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Unix.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Unix

Unix
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Unix in the South East over the 6 months to 6 June 2026.

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 6 June 2026. 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 -12 63 £392 -12.89% 11
Berkshire -22 34 £392 -12.89% 6
Oxfordshire -4 28 £490 -10.95% 5
Surrey -4 21 £208 -56.32% 2
West Sussex -7 16 £459 -16.55%
Hampshire -28 4 £525 +5.00%
Buckinghamshire -44 1 £410 +9.33%
East Sussex - 1 £459 -
Middlesex - 1 £198 -
Unix
England

Unix
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (5.66%) OpenStack
2 5 (4.72%) Confluence
2 5 (4.72%) SAS
3 4 (3.77%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.89%) IBM HTTP Server
4 2 (1.89%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 2 (1.89%) WebSphere
4 2 (1.89%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (1.89%) WebSphere Portal
5 1 (0.94%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.94%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 19 (17.92%) Entra ID
2 16 (15.09%) Azure
3 15 (14.15%) AWS
4 12 (11.32%) GCP
5 9 (8.49%) SaaS
6 7 (6.60%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (5.66%) IaaS
7 6 (5.66%) PaaS
8 5 (4.72%) Sauce Labs
9 4 (3.77%) Amazon S3
9 4 (3.77%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (3.77%) OpenShift
9 4 (3.77%) Power Platform
9 4 (3.77%) Serverless
9 4 (3.77%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.94%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.55%) Wireshark
2 7 (6.60%) SSH
3 6 (5.66%) 5G
3 6 (5.66%) Diameter Protocol
3 6 (5.66%) LTE
3 6 (5.66%) Radio Access Network
3 6 (5.66%) VoLTE
3 6 (5.66%) VoWiFi
4 4 (3.77%) HTTP
5 2 (1.89%) DNS
5 2 (1.89%) Firewall
5 2 (1.89%) FTP
5 2 (1.89%) SSL
5 2 (1.89%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (31.13%) SQL Server
2 18 (16.98%) MySQL
2 18 (16.98%) Relational Database
3 13 (12.26%) Oracle Database
4 9 (8.49%) Oracle Database 12c
5 4 (3.77%) Apache Cassandra
5 4 (3.77%) Big Data
5 4 (3.77%) Couchbase
5 4 (3.77%) Data Lake
5 4 (3.77%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (3.77%) DynamoDB
5 4 (3.77%) NoSQL
5 4 (3.77%) Oracle Database 11g
5 4 (3.77%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (3.77%) Power BI
6 2 (1.89%) DataStage
6 2 (1.89%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.94%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.94%) Oracle Database 10g
7 1 (0.94%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 9 (8.49%) GitLab
1 9 (8.49%) JIRA
2 6 (5.66%) Jenkins
3 5 (4.72%) Android Studio
3 5 (4.72%) Browser DevTools
3 5 (4.72%) Eclipse
3 5 (4.72%) Xcode
4 4 (3.77%) Artifactory
4 4 (3.77%) Git
4 4 (3.77%) JUnit
5 2 (1.89%) Introscope
6 1 (0.94%) Oracle Developer 2000
6 1 (0.94%) Oracle Forms
General
1 31 (29.25%) Social Skills
2 19 (17.92%) Public Sector
3 15 (14.15%) Documentation Skills
4 8 (7.55%) Finance
5 7 (6.60%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.77%) Advertising
6 4 (3.77%) Banking
6 4 (3.77%) Military
7 1 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.94%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 27 (25.47%) Support Engineer
2 21 (19.81%) Technical Support
3 15 (14.15%) DBA
3 15 (14.15%) Technical Engineer
3 15 (14.15%) Technical Support Engineer
4 13 (12.26%) Oracle DBA
5 9 (8.49%) Developer
5 9 (8.49%) Senior
6 7 (6.60%) Security Specialist
7 6 (5.66%) Analyst
7 6 (5.66%) Cybersecurity Specialist
8 5 (4.72%) Pensions Analyst
8 5 (4.72%) UX Engineer
9 4 (3.77%) Data Engineer
9 4 (3.77%) Database Engineer
9 4 (3.77%) Java Developer
9 4 (3.77%) Oracle Database Engineer
10 3 (2.83%) Administrator
10 3 (2.83%) Java Engineer
10 3 (2.83%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (12.26%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 9 (8.49%) CSS
3 8 (7.55%) Spring
3 8 (7.55%) Spring Boot
4 6 (5.66%) Kafka
5 5 (4.72%) Ajax
5 5 (4.72%) AngularJS
5 5 (4.72%) GraphQL
5 5 (4.72%) React
6 4 (3.77%) Hibernate
6 4 (3.77%) HTML
6 4 (3.77%) JPA
6 4 (3.77%) jQuery
6 4 (3.77%) Spring MVC
7 3 (2.83%) LDAP
7 3 (2.83%) Web Services
8 2 (1.89%) JDBC
8 2 (1.89%) JMS
8 2 (1.89%) SOAP
8 2 (1.89%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 22 (20.75%) Onboarding
2 8 (7.55%) Management Information System
3 7 (6.60%) Operational Technology
4 6 (5.66%) SCADA
5 5 (4.72%) Cyber Defence
5 5 (4.72%) Linux Command Line
5 5 (4.72%) Mobile App
6 4 (3.77%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.89%) Clustering
7 2 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.94%) CMDB
8 1 (0.94%) Life Science
8 1 (0.94%) Replication
8 1 (0.94%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 66 (62.26%) Linux
2 50 (47.17%) Windows
3 17 (16.04%) Windows Server
4 5 (4.72%) Android
5 2 (1.89%) Oracle Linux
5 2 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.89%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.94%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (27.36%) SIEM
2 24 (22.64%) Computer Science
3 22 (20.75%) ITSM
4 20 (18.87%) Change Control
4 20 (18.87%) Runbook
5 19 (17.92%) ITIL
6 17 (16.04%) Cybersecurity
6 17 (16.04%) High Availability
6 17 (16.04%) Privileged Access Management
7 16 (15.09%) CI/CD
7 16 (15.09%) OO
7 16 (15.09%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (13.21%) OOP
9 13 (12.26%) Release Management
10 12 (11.32%) Information Security
11 10 (9.43%) Root Cause Analysis
12 9 (8.49%) Process Improvement
12 9 (8.49%) Security Monitoring
12 9 (8.49%) Test Automation
13 8 (7.55%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 51 (48.11%) Python
2 38 (35.85%) SQL
3 24 (22.64%) Java
4 22 (20.75%) JavaScript
4 22 (20.75%) PowerShell
4 22 (20.75%) Shell Script
5 16 (15.09%) Perl
6 13 (12.26%) Korn
6 13 (12.26%) PL/SQL
7 3 (2.83%) Bash
8 2 (1.89%) Jython
Qualifications
1 46 (43.40%) Security Cleared
2 35 (33.02%) SC Cleared
3 33 (31.13%) Degree
4 13 (12.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (7.55%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (5.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 6 (5.66%) CESG Certified Professional
6 6 (5.66%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (5.66%) CISM
6 6 (5.66%) CISSP
6 6 (5.66%) CRISC
6 6 (5.66%) GIAC
7 5 (4.72%) SANS
8 4 (3.77%) DV Cleared
8 4 (3.77%) GSEC
8 4 (3.77%) SSCP
9 1 (0.94%) CCSP
9 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.94%) OCP
9 1 (0.94%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (26.42%) NIST
2 27 (25.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (6.60%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (5.66%) ISO 31000
4 6 (5.66%) SLA
5 2 (1.89%) NCSC
6 1 (0.94%) GMP
6 1 (0.94%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.94%) QA
System Software
1 26 (24.53%) Active Directory
2 14 (13.21%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (1.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (16.98%) Oracle RMAN
2 13 (12.26%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 10 (9.43%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.83%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.89%) Ansible
5 2 (1.89%) CA Wily
5 2 (1.89%) Data Guard
5 2 (1.89%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 59 (55.66%) Oracle
2 21 (19.81%) BeyondTrust
3 19 (17.92%) CyberArk
4 13 (12.26%) Microsoft
5 6 (5.66%) BT
5 6 (5.66%) Ericsson
5 6 (5.66%) Huawei
5 6 (5.66%) Nokia
5 6 (5.66%) Splunk
5 6 (5.66%) Talend
6 5 (4.72%) Google
7 4 (3.77%) Ab Initio
7 4 (3.77%) Denodo
7 4 (3.77%) IBM
7 4 (3.77%) Teradata
8 3 (2.83%) Informatica
8 3 (2.83%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.89%) AppDynamics
9 2 (1.89%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.94%) Okta