Unix Contracts in England

Unix
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Unix skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Unix over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 144 88 114
Rank change year-on-year -56 +26 -15
Contract jobs citing Unix 615 1,344 1,715
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.67% 2.74% 2.45%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.26% 16.80% 15.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 427 951 1,126
10th Percentile £350 £413 £400
25th Percentile £420 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £653
90th Percentile £800 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £545 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -0.91% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 21 10
10th Percentile £22.08 £40.00 £36.65
25th Percentile £23.80 £51.25 £43.42
Median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% -11.54% +52.94%
75th Percentile - £73.71 £80.00
90th Percentile £66.25 £75.00 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £58.59 £65.00
% change year-on-year -31.73% -9.86% +42.86%

All Operating Systems
England

Unix is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,016 8,000 10,975
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.65% 16.33% 15.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,433 5,661 7,507
10th Percentile £185 £195 £174
25th Percentile £300 £325 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.29% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £468 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -7.43% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 363 385 544
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.56 £13.42
25th Percentile £14.95 £17.72 £15.93
Median hourly rate £22.00 £37.50 £22.14
Median % change year-on-year -41.33% +69.38% +24.59%
75th Percentile £60.80 £65.00 £51.71
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £38.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year -42.86% +67.39% +29.50%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Unix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Unix in England

Unix
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unix in England.

Daily rate trend for Unix in England

Unix
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unix in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Unix in England

Unix
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Unix in England.

Hourly rate trend for Unix in England

Unix
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Unix in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Unix in England

Unix
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unix within the England region over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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
London -33 360 £600 +2.13% 81
South East +9 112 £425 -22.73% 31
North of England -41 50 £470 -10.48% 20
Midlands -50 42 £536 -0.74% 16
West Midlands -31 41 £536 -0.74% 6
Yorkshire -11 24 £425 -25.27% 9
North West -18 23 £525 +5.84% 10
South West +7 21 £488 -11.36% 12
East of England -14 18 £463 +8.82% 25
North East -10 3 - - 1
South Coast - 3 £500 -
East Midlands -16 1 £500 -23.08% 10
Unix
UK

Unix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 30 (4.88%) nginx
2 21 (3.41%) Confluence
3 17 (2.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (2.28%) Apache
5 11 (1.79%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.79%) NetWeaver
6 10 (1.63%) JBoss
7 9 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (1.46%) Tomcat
8 8 (1.30%) IIS
9 5 (0.81%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.65%) MQSeries
11 3 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.49%) WebLogic
12 2 (0.33%) SharePoint
13 1 (0.16%) OpenEdge
13 1 (0.16%) Oracle Spatial
13 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Fuse
13 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 21 (3.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (1.95%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.16%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 15 (2.44%) ION MarketView
2 12 (1.95%) ION Anvil
3 11 (1.79%) SAP IBP
4 7 (1.14%) Temenos T24
5 4 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.49%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (0.49%) Oracle EBS R12
6 3 (0.49%) Oracle FAH
6 3 (0.49%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.49%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.49%) Shopify
7 2 (0.33%) Advent Geneva
7 2 (0.33%) BusinessWorks
7 2 (0.33%) Fidessa
7 2 (0.33%) Front Arena
8 1 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.16%) MFGPRO
Cloud Services
1 105 (17.07%) AWS
2 85 (13.82%) Azure
3 28 (4.55%) PaaS
4 27 (4.39%) GCP
5 20 (3.25%) Serverless
6 19 (3.09%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
7 15 (2.44%) GitHub
8 14 (2.28%) Power Platform
9 12 (1.95%) IaaS
10 10 (1.63%) Amazon EC2
10 10 (1.63%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (1.46%) Amazon S3
11 9 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (1.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 8 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (1.14%) Entra ID
14 6 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (0.98%) Azure Functions
14 6 (0.98%) SaaS
15 5 (0.81%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 65 (10.57%) Firewall
2 39 (6.34%) DNS
3 34 (5.53%) TCP/IP
4 32 (5.20%) SAN
5 27 (4.39%) DHCP
6 25 (4.07%) FTP
7 21 (3.41%) HTTP
8 20 (3.25%) LAN
8 20 (3.25%) Network Security
9 17 (2.76%) Intrusion Detection
10 16 (2.60%) WAN
11 15 (2.44%) VPN
11 15 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
12 13 (2.11%) FIX Connectivity
12 13 (2.11%) Internet
12 13 (2.11%) SSH
13 12 (1.95%) MPLS
14 9 (1.46%) SSL
15 8 (1.30%) IPsec
16 7 (1.14%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (8.62%) SQL Server
2 46 (7.48%) MongoDB
3 40 (6.50%) Relational Database
4 28 (4.55%) RDBMS
5 27 (4.39%) Oracle Database
6 24 (3.90%) Big Data
7 21 (3.41%) Hadoop
8 18 (2.93%) KDB
9 17 (2.76%) MySQL
9 17 (2.76%) PostgreSQL
10 15 (2.44%) NoSQL
11 14 (2.28%) Power BI
12 11 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
12 11 (1.79%) SAP BW
12 11 (1.79%) SAP HANA
13 10 (1.63%) Kdb+
14 9 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
14 9 (1.46%) DB2
15 8 (1.30%) Apache Hive
16 7 (1.14%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 62 (10.08%) Git
2 60 (9.76%) JIRA
3 43 (6.99%) Jenkins
4 26 (4.23%) GitLab
5 22 (3.58%) TeamCity
6 21 (3.41%) Cucumber
6 21 (3.41%) Mockito
7 13 (2.11%) Selenium
8 12 (1.95%) Bitbucket
9 11 (1.79%) Maven
10 10 (1.63%) Subversion
11 9 (1.46%) Artifactory
12 8 (1.30%) Gatling
12 8 (1.30%) JUnit
12 8 (1.30%) Rational DOORS
13 6 (0.98%) Sonatype Nexus
14 5 (0.81%) Ant
14 5 (0.81%) WebDriver
15 4 (0.65%) Oracle APEX
15 4 (0.65%) SonarQube
General
1 185 (30.08%) Finance
2 127 (20.65%) Social Skills
3 100 (16.26%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (14.47%) Banking
5 44 (7.15%) Public Sector
6 41 (6.67%) Front Office
7 37 (6.02%) Investment Banking
8 20 (3.25%) Telecoms
9 16 (2.60%) Marketing
10 14 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.79%) Retail
12 10 (1.63%) Billing
12 10 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (1.46%) Back Office
14 8 (1.30%) Aerospace
14 8 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (1.14%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.14%) Manufacturing
16 6 (0.98%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 150 (24.39%) Developer
2 61 (9.92%) Senior
3 44 (7.15%) Analyst
4 43 (6.99%) Java Developer
5 33 (5.37%) DevOps Engineer
6 31 (5.04%) Consultant
7 27 (4.39%) Lead
7 27 (4.39%) Linux Engineer
8 22 (3.58%) Architect
8 22 (3.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 22 (3.58%) Senior Developer
9 21 (3.41%) SQL Developer
10 19 (3.09%) Senior Java Developer
11 18 (2.93%) Applications Support
12 16 (2.60%) DBA
12 16 (2.60%) Full Stack Developer
12 16 (2.60%) Unix Engineer
13 15 (2.44%) Business Analyst
13 15 (2.44%) Systems Engineer
14 14 (2.28%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (6.99%) Kafka
2 42 (6.83%) XML
3 40 (6.50%) FIX Protocol
4 37 (6.02%) Spring
5 36 (5.85%) HTML
6 31 (5.04%) CSS
7 29 (4.72%) JSON
8 28 (4.55%) Middleware
9 22 (3.58%) Sass
9 22 (3.58%) Web Services
10 21 (3.41%) ActiveMQ
11 20 (3.25%) Laravel
11 20 (3.25%) LDAP
12 19 (3.09%) REST
13 17 (2.76%) JAX-RS
14 16 (2.60%) WebSockets
15 15 (2.44%) Apache NiFi
16 14 (2.28%) J2EE
17 13 (2.11%) Hibernate
18 12 (1.95%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 41 (6.67%) Data Centre
2 40 (6.50%) Management Information System
3 32 (5.20%) Fixed Income
3 32 (5.20%) Linux Command Line
4 27 (4.39%) Replication
5 24 (3.90%) Derivative
5 24 (3.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 22 (3.58%) Distributed Systems
7 19 (3.09%) Product Ownership
8 16 (2.60%) Algorithms
8 16 (2.60%) Equities
9 15 (2.44%) Onboarding
10 14 (2.28%) Public Cloud
10 14 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (2.11%) Cyber Defence
11 13 (2.11%) Distributed Applications
12 12 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
12 12 (1.95%) Data Structures
13 11 (1.79%) Virtual Team
14 10 (1.63%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 366 (59.51%) Linux
2 196 (31.87%) Windows
3 47 (7.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 26 (4.23%) Windows Server
5 23 (3.74%) Mac OS X
6 19 (3.09%) Android
6 19 (3.09%) Apple iOS
7 18 (2.93%) Solaris
8 12 (1.95%) VMS
9 6 (0.98%) AIX
10 4 (0.65%) CentOS
10 4 (0.65%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.65%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.49%) HPUX
11 3 (0.49%) Windows 2000
11 3 (0.49%) Windows XP
11 3 (0.49%) zOS
12 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.16%) OS/390
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (20.65%) Agile
2 79 (12.85%) Problem-Solving
3 78 (12.68%) DevOps
4 76 (12.36%) Test Automation
5 75 (12.20%) CI/CD
6 74 (12.03%) Migration
7 71 (11.54%) TDD
8 60 (9.76%) ITIL
9 57 (9.27%) Microservices
9 57 (9.27%) Scrum
10 53 (8.62%) Computer Science
11 45 (7.32%) Performance Tuning
12 42 (6.83%) Capacity Management
12 42 (6.83%) Data Modelling
13 40 (6.50%) Analytics
14 39 (6.34%) BDD
15 38 (6.18%) Risk Management
16 37 (6.02%) Disaster Recovery
17 36 (5.85%) ETL
18 35 (5.69%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 192 (31.22%) SQL
2 154 (25.04%) Python
3 151 (24.55%) Java
4 85 (13.82%) Shell Script
5 57 (9.27%) Perl
5 57 (9.27%) PowerShell
6 47 (7.64%) JavaScript
7 46 (7.48%) Bash
8 39 (6.34%) C#
9 32 (5.20%) PL/SQL
10 25 (4.07%) PHP
11 16 (2.60%) C++
11 16 (2.60%) Scala
12 14 (2.28%) C
12 14 (2.28%) T-SQL
13 11 (1.79%) Go
14 9 (1.46%) Bourne shell
14 9 (1.46%) Korn
15 8 (1.30%) ProC
16 6 (0.98%) AWK
Qualifications
1 103 (16.75%) Degree
1 103 (16.75%) Security Cleared
2 69 (11.22%) SC Cleared
3 24 (3.90%) DV Cleared
4 23 (3.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (3.09%) Master's Degree
6 13 (2.11%) ITIL Certification
7 10 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.30%) CCNA
8 8 (1.30%) ISTQB
8 8 (1.30%) SAP Certification
9 7 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.81%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.65%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.65%) MCSE
12 4 (0.65%) Numerate Degree
12 4 (0.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (0.49%) HNC
13 3 (0.49%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (6.67%) QA
2 27 (4.39%) SLA
3 14 (2.28%) Data Quality
4 13 (2.11%) Actionable Recommendations
5 12 (1.95%) Accessibility
6 11 (1.79%) NIST
7 10 (1.63%) PCI DSS
8 8 (1.30%) EMIR
8 8 (1.30%) MiFID
9 7 (1.14%) Dodd-Frank
9 7 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.81%) GDPR
10 5 (0.81%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 4 (0.65%) ISO 15022
12 2 (0.33%) HIPAA
System Software
1 54 (8.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 53 (8.62%) Active Directory
3 50 (8.13%) Docker
4 19 (3.09%) HDFS
5 17 (2.76%) Hyper-V
5 17 (2.76%) vSphere
6 15 (2.44%) NFS
7 13 (2.11%) Virtual Machines
7 13 (2.11%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (1.30%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (1.30%) VMware NSX
8 8 (1.30%) VMware Workstation
9 6 (0.98%) Firmware
10 5 (0.81%) Samba
11 4 (0.65%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 2 (0.33%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.33%) KVM
12 2 (0.33%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.33%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 2 (0.33%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 74 (12.03%) Ansible
2 73 (11.87%) Kubernetes
3 38 (6.18%) Terraform
4 32 (5.20%) SCCM
5 21 (3.41%) Puppet
6 15 (2.44%) Grafana
6 15 (2.44%) NetBackup
7 14 (2.28%) Prometheus
8 13 (2.11%) SCOM
9 10 (1.63%) Progress Chef
10 9 (1.46%) Netcool
11 8 (1.30%) Microsoft Clustering
11 8 (1.30%) Nagios
11 8 (1.30%) Packer
11 8 (1.30%) Red Hat Satellite
11 8 (1.30%) SCVMM
12 7 (1.14%) Tivoli
12 7 (1.14%) vCenter Server
12 7 (1.14%) vRealize
13 6 (0.98%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 123 (20.00%) Oracle
2 68 (11.06%) VMware
3 51 (8.29%) Microsoft
4 41 (6.67%) Red Hat
5 29 (4.72%) SAP
6 28 (4.55%) IBM
7 24 (3.90%) Dell
7 24 (3.90%) ION Trading
8 17 (2.76%) Google
9 16 (2.60%) Cisco
9 16 (2.60%) HP
9 16 (2.60%) Splunk
10 15 (2.44%) Bloomberg
10 15 (2.44%) Qualys
11 14 (2.28%) CyberArk
11 14 (2.28%) F5
11 14 (2.28%) ServiceNow
12 13 (2.11%) Isilon
12 13 (2.11%) Veritas
13 11 (1.79%) Tradeweb