Unix Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Unix
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring Unix skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 51 54
Rank change year-on-year -14 +3 -
Contract jobs citing Unix 4 1 7
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 0.54% 0.24% 1.19%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.67% 1.05% 4.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile - - £461
25th Percentile £625 £450 £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £675 £500 £559
90th Percentile - - £576
South West median daily rate £663 £750 £463
% change year-on-year -11.67% +62.16% -28.85%

All Operating Systems
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 60 95 145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 8.11% 22.95% 24.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 63 111
10th Percentile £379 £209 £205
25th Percentile £502 £308 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £533 £538
Median % change year-on-year +10.33% -0.93% +15.34%
75th Percentile £697 £600 £588
90th Percentile £747 £666 £675
South West median daily rate £550 £413 £525
% change year-on-year +33.33% -21.43% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 8 0
10th Percentile £17.25 - -
25th Percentile £18.88 - -
Median hourly rate £38.50 £12.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +208.00% - -
75th Percentile £41.61 £20.44 -
90th Percentile £41.71 £25.15 -
South West median hourly rate £37.50 £21.83 £70.00
% change year-on-year +71.82% -68.82% +11.11%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Unix job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Unix
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Unix

Unix
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Unix

Unix
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unix within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 13 October 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
Corsham - 3 £650 - 3
Salisbury - 1 - -
Unix
South West

Unix
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
1 1 (25.00%) SAN
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Capacity Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Linux Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Linux Systems Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Unix Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Unix Linux Systems Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Unix Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) AIX
3 1 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) Capacity Management
2 3 (75.00%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) ITSM
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Management
2 3 (75.00%) Planning and Forecasting
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) Service Design
2 3 (75.00%) Service Management
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Hardening
3 1 (25.00%) Server Building
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (25.00%) Docker
2 1 (25.00%) NFS
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (25.00%) Veritas Cluster Server
2 1 (25.00%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) BMC PATROL
1 3 (75.00%) BMC Performance Manager
1 3 (75.00%) Perfmon
2 1 (25.00%) Ansible
2 1 (25.00%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (25.00%) NetBackup
2 1 (25.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) AppDynamics
2 3 (75.00%) BMC
2 3 (75.00%) Splunk
3 1 (25.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (25.00%) Veritas