Unix
Wales > South Wales
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 | 33 | 31 | 52 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | +21 | +16 |
| Contract jobs citing Unix | 1 | 9 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales | 0.41% | 2.68% | 1.16% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 2.78% | 18.00% | 6.98% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £555 | £442 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £608 | £467 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £167 | £685 | £506 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -75.61% | +35.31% | -4.48% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £713 | £559 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £729 | £599 |
| Wales median daily rate | £167 | £650 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | -74.30% | +33.33% | -9.72% |
All Operating Systems
South Wales
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 South Wales.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 36 | 50 | 86 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales | 14.75% | 14.88% | 16.57% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 24 | 39 | 69 |
| 10th Percentile | £178 | £197 | £141 |
| 25th Percentile | £194 | £354 | £185 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £365 | £540 | £470 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -32.41% | +14.89% | +6.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £438 | £634 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £515 | £703 | £626 |
| Wales median daily rate | £365 | £500 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | -27.00% | +17.65% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.38 | £12.67 | £19.32 |
| 25th Percentile | £28.13 | £13.31 | £21.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.50 | £14.36 | £47.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +161.14% | -69.77% | +2.70% |
| 75th Percentile | £41.25 | £31.18 | £50.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £49.38 | £41.27 | £55.25 |
| Wales median hourly rate | £37.50 | £14.36 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +161.14% | -58.97% | -1.75% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales
Job postings citing Unix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unix in South Wales.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Unix in South Wales.
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Contract Job Locations in South Wales
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 Wales 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff | +3 | 1 | £167 | -66.59% | |
| Unix Wales |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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: