Unix Contracts in Telford

Unix
Shropshire > Telford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Telford 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 21 3
Rank change year-on-year -1 -18 +6
Contract jobs citing Unix 7 7 83
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Telford 6.48% 5.98% 53.55%
As % of the Operating Systems category 70.00% 35.00% 93.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 68
10th Percentile £428 £470 £485
25th Percentile £455 £500 £537
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £518 £540
Median % change year-on-year -11.20% -4.07% +10.20%
75th Percentile £465 £536 -
90th Percentile £486 - £555
Shropshire median daily rate £460 £518 £540
% change year-on-year -11.20% -4.07% +10.20%

All Operating Systems
Telford

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 Telford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 10 20 89
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Telford 9.26% 17.09% 57.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 14 73
10th Percentile £439 £179 £464
25th Percentile £455 £341 £533
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £374 £540
Median % change year-on-year +22.99% -30.74% +9.09%
75th Percentile £515 £500 -
90th Percentile £538 £536 £560
Shropshire median daily rate £460 £358 £540
% change year-on-year +28.49% -33.70% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £14.00 -
Shropshire median hourly rate - £14.00 -

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

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

Job vacancy trend for Unix in Telford

Unix
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Telford

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

Daily rate trend for Unix in Telford

Unix
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Telford

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

Hourly rate trend for Unix in Telford

Unix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Telford 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 6 (85.71%) Confluence
2 1 (14.29%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) JIRA
2 6 (85.71%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 6 (85.71%) Bitbucket
3 4 (57.14%) GitLab
4 2 (28.57%) CA Gen
5 1 (14.29%) Cucumber
5 1 (14.29%) Toad
General
1 2 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Data Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Lead
2 2 (28.57%) QA Leader
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Automation Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Gherkin
1 1 (14.29%) XML
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Data Transformation
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) Defect Management
2 2 (28.57%) Microservices
2 2 (28.57%) Scrum
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
2 2 (28.57%) Test Management
2 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
2 2 (28.57%) Time Management
2 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
3 1 (14.29%) BDD
3 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
3 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (14.29%) Pair Programming
3 1 (14.29%) Security Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
3 1 (14.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (57.14%) PL/SQL
2 4 (57.14%) Shell Script
3 2 (28.57%) COBOL
4 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) ISEB
1 3 (42.86%) ISTQB
2 2 (28.57%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 1 (14.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
2 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Atlassian
1 4 (57.14%) IBM
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) webMethods