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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 23 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -20 +4
Contract jobs citing Unix 8 7 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Telford 6.61% 5.74% 41.89%
As % of the Operating Systems category 66.67% 29.17% 86.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 23
10th Percentile £339 £470 £521
25th Percentile £379 £500 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £518 £540
Median % change year-on-year -11.20% -4.07% +9.09%
75th Percentile £465 £536 £553
90th Percentile - - £590
Shropshire median daily rate £460 £518 £540
% change year-on-year -11.20% -4.07% +9.09%

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 12 24 36
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Telford 9.92% 19.67% 48.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 18 27
10th Percentile £348 £244 £501
25th Percentile £402 £300 £533
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £358 £540
Median % change year-on-year +28.49% -33.70% +9.09%
75th Percentile £465 £490 £553
90th Percentile £538 £536 £592
Shropshire median daily rate £460 £350 £540
% change year-on-year +31.43% -35.19% +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
Daily Rate Histogram in Telford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unix in Telford over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram 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

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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 5 (62.50%) Confluence
2 2 (25.00%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 6 (75.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 6 (75.00%) Bitbucket
1 6 (75.00%) JIRA
2 5 (62.50%) GitLab
3 1 (12.50%) CA Gen
3 1 (12.50%) ClearCase
3 1 (12.50%) Git
3 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
3 1 (12.50%) Toad
General
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Data Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Automation Test Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Lead
2 1 (12.50%) QA Leader
2 1 (12.50%) Quality Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) SAP Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) SAP Test Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Software Tester
2 1 (12.50%) Test Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) XML
2 1 (12.50%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Data Transformation
2 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (12.50%) Defect Management
3 1 (12.50%) Issue Tracking
3 1 (12.50%) Microservices
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Regression Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Scrum
3 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (12.50%) Test Management
3 1 (12.50%) Time Management
3 1 (12.50%) Validation
3 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) SQL
2 4 (50.00%) PL/SQL
2 4 (50.00%) Shell Script
3 2 (25.00%) Java
4 1 (12.50%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) ISTQB
2 2 (25.00%) ISEB
2 2 (25.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (12.50%) AWS Certification
3 1 (12.50%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Atlassian
1 5 (62.50%) IBM
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) webMethods