Unix Contract Job Trends in Warrington

Unix
Cheshire > Warrington

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Warrington requiring Unix skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Unix 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Warrington 1.14% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.55% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £438 £374 £525
% change year-on-year +17.14% -28.86% +16.67%

All Operating Systems
Warrington

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 Warrington.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 22 15 19
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warrington 25.00% 23.44% 23.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 12 10
10th Percentile £352 £250 £160
25th Percentile £359 £297 £171
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £350 £238
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% +47.37% -32.14%
75th Percentile £450 £441 £334
90th Percentile £538 £488 £455
Cheshire median daily rate £362 £400 £495
% change year-on-year -9.53% -19.19% +41.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 - -
75th Percentile £16.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £16.00 £22.09 £17.72
% change year-on-year -27.57% +24.66% -57.30%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in Warrington

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

Unix job vacancy trend in Warrington

Unix
Daily Rate Trend in Warrington

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Unix.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Unix

Unix
Hourly Rate Trend in Warrington

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Unix.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Unix

Unix
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Maintenance
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle ZFS