Unix Contracts in Stevenage

Unix
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage 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 22 57 27
Rank change year-on-year +35 -30 +9
Contract jobs citing Unix 6 1 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 4.80% 0.22% 7.48%
As % of the Operating Systems category 18.75% 1.79% 25.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 16
10th Percentile - - £339
25th Percentile - - £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £394
75th Percentile - - £672
90th Percentile - - £676
Hertfordshire median daily rate £450 £350 £425
% change year-on-year +28.57% -17.65% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £40.91 - -
25th Percentile £47.56 - -
Median hourly rate £53.75 - -
75th Percentile £55.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £53.75 £60.00 -
% change year-on-year -10.42% - -

All Operating Systems
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 32 56 87
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 25.60% 12.23% 29.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 24 50
10th Percentile £410 £267 £235
25th Percentile - £321 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £400
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +37.50% +29.03%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £538
90th Percentile £530 £650 £618
Hertfordshire median daily rate £500 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 14 12
10th Percentile £52.00 £54.00 £49.88
25th Percentile £55.00 - £63.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £73.75 £65.00 £74.50
90th Percentile £87.50 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +18.18%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Job vacancy trend for Unix in Stevenage

Unix
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Daily rate trend for Unix in Stevenage

Unix
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Hourly rate trend for Unix in Stevenage

Unix
Hourly Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Unix in Stevenage over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Unix in Stevenage

Unix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage 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 2 (33.33%) WebSphere
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) SpaceWire
2 1 (16.67%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) DB2
General
1 2 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 2 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (16.67%) Aviation
2 1 (16.67%) Avionics
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Electrical Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Information Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Information Systems Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Solutions Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Linux
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Data Acquisition
1 3 (50.00%) System Testing
1 3 (50.00%) TestOps
1 3 (50.00%) Validation
2 2 (33.33%) Functional Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Information Management
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) Bash
1 4 (66.67%) C
1 4 (66.67%) Java
1 4 (66.67%) Python
1 4 (66.67%) Tcl
2 3 (50.00%) VBA
3 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) EMC
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Twitter