Unix Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Unix
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Unix skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 34 -
Rank change year-on-year -15 - -
Contract jobs citing Unix 5 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 1.16% 1.23% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.87% 7.69% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £511 £368 -
25th Percentile £528 £431 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% - -
75th Percentile £603 £656 -
90th Percentile £624 £713 -
North East median daily rate £563 £375 -
% change year-on-year +50.00% - -

All Operating Systems
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 46 39 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 10.67% 16.05% 12.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 23 21
10th Percentile £103 £156 £131
25th Percentile £110 £216 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 £350 £195
Median % change year-on-year -48.57% +79.49% -64.55%
75th Percentile £292 £522 £425
90th Percentile £499 £615 £650
North East median daily rate £189 £350 £195
% change year-on-year -46.07% +79.49% -64.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £21.75 - £15.65
25th Percentile £22.50 - £15.88
Median hourly rate £25.00 - £17.50
75th Percentile £27.50 - £18.75
90th Percentile £28.25 - -
North East median hourly rate £25.00 £18.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year +33.33% +7.14% -22.22%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Unix relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Unix job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Unix
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Unix.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Unix

Unix
Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Unix.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Unix

Unix
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unix within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 2 February 2026. 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -14 5 £563 -25.00% 2
Unix
North East

Unix
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Mockito
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Java Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Senior
2 3 (60.00%) Senior Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Senior Java Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Lead
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) ActiveMQ
1 3 (60.00%) JAX-RS
1 3 (60.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (60.00%) Mac OS X
3 1 (20.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
1 4 (80.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (60.00%) BDD
2 3 (60.00%) Microservices
2 3 (60.00%) Pair Programming
2 3 (60.00%) Responsive Web Design
2 3 (60.00%) TDD
2 3 (60.00%) Web Design
2 3 (60.00%) Web Development
3 1 (20.00%) API Design
3 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) C
2 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (20.00%) ProC
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle