Unix Contracts in Surrey

Unix
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey 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 35 24 44
Rank change year-on-year -11 +20 +11
Contract jobs citing Unix 4 33 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 1.34% 5.62% 3.69%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.02% 34.38% 16.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 28 19
10th Percentile - £350 £495
25th Percentile £438 £396 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £513 £563 £600
90th Percentile - - £694
South East median daily rate £494 £425 £550
% change year-on-year +16.18% -22.73% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £47.75 -
South East median hourly rate - £47.50 £64.00
% change year-on-year - -25.78% -1.54%

All Operating Systems
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 57 96 152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 19.13% 16.35% 22.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 73 111
10th Percentile £195 £164 £161
25th Percentile £218 £320 £194
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £310
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +37.10% -14.48%
75th Percentile £525 £563 £568
90th Percentile £533 £650 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 6
10th Percentile £23.00 £16.25 £17.92
25th Percentile £26.50 £23.75 £18.59
Median hourly rate £28.00 £50.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.00% +42.86% -19.80%
75th Percentile - £73.75 £55.63
90th Percentile £30.30 £80.00 £61.25
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £53.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -10.38% +165.00%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for Unix in Surrey

Unix
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Daily rate trend for Unix in Surrey

Unix
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Hourly rate trend for Unix in Surrey

Unix
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unix within the Surrey 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
Reigate +2 2 £475 -9.52%
Staines - 2 - -
Unix
South East

Unix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Jenkins
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Pensions Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Linux Command Line
1 2 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) API Design
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Microservices
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) GMP