Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) UK> UK excluding London
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring POSIX skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited POSIX 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
329
392
433
Rank change year-on-year
+63
+41
-
Contract jobs citing POSIX
7
7
29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London
POSIX falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the UK excluding London.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills
2,378
3,296
4,407
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London
18.63%
15.87%
18.31%
Number of daily rates quoted
1,644
2,154
3,299
10th Percentile
£350
£324
£357
25th Percentile
£406
£406
£425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£490
£500
£500
Median % change year-on-year
-2.00%
-
-
75th Percentile
£575
£600
£600
90th Percentile
£656
£688
£688
UK median daily rate
£525
£530
£550
% change year-on-year
-0.94%
-3.64%
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
83
198
91
10th Percentile
£30.98
£21.59
£22.50
25th Percentile
£56.25
£43.00
£50.00
Median hourly rate
£65.00
£47.50
£64.00
Median % change year-on-year
+36.84%
-25.78%
+30.61%
75th Percentile
£68.75
£65.00
£74.13
90th Percentile
£81.95
£75.00
£78.00
UK median hourly rate
£65.00
£46.18
£65.00
% change year-on-year
+40.75%
-28.95%
+32.65%
POSIX Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Job postings citing POSIX as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
POSIX Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing POSIX in the UK excluding London.
POSIX Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing POSIX in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
POSIX Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing POSIX in the UK excluding London.
POSIX Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing POSIX within the UK excluding London 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
POSIX Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing POSIX also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region with a requirement for POSIX.
POSIX Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:
