Unix Contracts in the UK excluding London

Unix
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Unix skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Unix over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 139 91 100
Rank change year-on-year -48 +9 -12
Contract jobs citing Unix 344 601 807
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.61% 2.65% 2.66%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.14% 14.06% 13.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 422 504
10th Percentile £324 £381 £360
25th Percentile £379 £456 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £540 £495
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £563 £625 £563
90th Percentile £634 £700 £639
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 18 7
10th Percentile £31.75 £51.25 £41.32
25th Percentile - £53.75 £52.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £58.59 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.73% -26.76% +88.24%
75th Percentile £51.25 £66.42 £83.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.10 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £60.55 £66.00
% change year-on-year -33.94% -8.26% +32.00%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,391 4,276 5,788
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.90% 18.84% 19.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,208 2,930 3,824
10th Percentile £176 £165 £150
25th Percentile £275 £250 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +8.82% +6.25%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £540
90th Percentile £672 £675 £638
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 307 426
10th Percentile £12.25 £13.29 £12.57
25th Percentile £15.25 £17.70 £15.05
Median hourly rate £24.18 £40.59 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.43% +102.95% +17.65%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £49.43
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £46.75 £22.25
% change year-on-year -50.80% +110.11% +27.14%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Unix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Unix in the UK excluding London

Unix
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unix in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Unix in the UK excluding London

Unix
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unix in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Unix in the UK excluding London

Unix
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Unix in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Unix in the UK excluding London

Unix
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Unix in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Unix in the UK excluding London

Unix
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 Unix within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
South East -1 115 £425 -19.05% 36
Scotland +5 67 £383 -29.82% 11
North of England -45 64 £500 -5.66% 13
Midlands -36 47 £536 -2.55% 15
West Midlands -12 46 £536 -0.74% 11
North West -18 33 £528 +5.60% 6
Yorkshire -19 26 £425 -29.17% 6
South West +2 24 £450 -21.12% 18
East of England -24 19 £450 +5.88% 15
Wales +12 6 £593 +12.86% 5
North East -11 5 - - 1
South Coast - 3 £500 -
East Midlands -32 1 £500 -23.08% 4
Unix
UK

Unix
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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (6.10%) Confluence
2 12 (3.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.91%) NetWeaver
4 8 (2.33%) Apache
4 8 (2.33%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.45%) Oracle Workflow
5 5 (1.45%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.87%) JBoss
6 3 (0.87%) nginx
7 2 (0.58%) StreamWeaver
7 2 (0.58%) WildFly
8 1 (0.29%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.29%) SAS
8 1 (0.29%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.58%) EngageOne
3 1 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.29%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (2.91%) SAP IBP
2 4 (1.16%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.87%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.87%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (0.87%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (0.87%) Oracle FAH
3 3 (0.87%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (0.87%) Oracle General Ledger
3 3 (0.87%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.87%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.29%) Magento
5 1 (0.29%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.29%) MFGPRO
5 1 (0.29%) Sage 50
5 1 (0.29%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 54 (15.70%) AWS
2 43 (12.50%) Azure
3 16 (4.65%) OpenShift
4 12 (3.49%) Power Platform
5 11 (3.20%) GCP
6 10 (2.91%) Amazon S3
7 7 (2.03%) IaaS
8 6 (1.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 6 (1.74%) Amazon EKS
8 6 (1.74%) GitHub
9 5 (1.45%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (1.45%) Serverless
10 4 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (1.16%) Azure Functions
10 4 (1.16%) PaaS
11 3 (0.87%) SaaS
11 3 (0.87%) Snowflake
12 2 (0.58%) Anthos
12 2 (0.58%) Datadog
12 2 (0.58%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 34 (9.88%) Firewall
2 31 (9.01%) SAN
3 27 (7.85%) DNS
4 24 (6.98%) DHCP
5 21 (6.10%) TCP/IP
6 16 (4.65%) Intrusion Detection
6 16 (4.65%) Network Security
7 15 (4.36%) LAN
8 13 (3.78%) WAN
9 9 (2.62%) MPLS
10 8 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (1.74%) Fibre Channel
11 6 (1.74%) HTTP
11 6 (1.74%) NAS
12 5 (1.45%) FTP
12 5 (1.45%) SSL
12 5 (1.45%) VLAN
12 5 (1.45%) VPN
13 4 (1.16%) iSCSI
13 4 (1.16%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (9.59%) Oracle Database
2 24 (6.98%) Big Data
3 21 (6.10%) MongoDB
4 20 (5.81%) SQL Server
5 14 (4.07%) Relational Database
6 13 (3.78%) Oracle Reports
7 12 (3.49%) MySQL
8 11 (3.20%) Power BI
9 10 (2.91%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (2.91%) SAP BW
9 10 (2.91%) SAP HANA
10 9 (2.62%) PostgreSQL
11 8 (2.33%) Apache Hive
11 8 (2.33%) Impala
12 7 (2.03%) Oracle Database 11g
12 7 (2.03%) Oracle Database 12c
12 7 (2.03%) RDBMS
13 6 (1.74%) Amazon Athena
13 6 (1.74%) Spark SQL
14 5 (1.45%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 39 (11.34%) JIRA
2 35 (10.17%) Git
3 25 (7.27%) Jenkins
4 15 (4.36%) GitLab
5 12 (3.49%) Bitbucket
6 11 (3.20%) Maven
7 7 (2.03%) Rational DOORS
8 6 (1.74%) Gradle
8 6 (1.74%) Subversion
9 4 (1.16%) Ant
9 4 (1.16%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.16%) Gatling
9 4 (1.16%) JMeter
9 4 (1.16%) Selenium
9 4 (1.16%) TestRail
9 4 (1.16%) WebDriver
10 3 (0.87%) JUnit
10 3 (0.87%) Mockito
10 3 (0.87%) Toad
11 2 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
General
1 66 (19.19%) Analytical Skills
2 62 (18.02%) Social Skills
3 60 (17.44%) Finance
4 28 (8.14%) Public Sector
5 26 (7.56%) Banking
6 14 (4.07%) Telecoms
7 10 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.62%) Aerospace
8 9 (2.62%) Billing
9 7 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.03%) Marketing
9 7 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.03%) Retail
10 6 (1.74%) Automotive
10 6 (1.74%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.16%) Legal
11 4 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.87%) Front Office
12 3 (0.87%) Local Government
13 2 (0.58%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 75 (21.80%) Developer
2 32 (9.30%) Senior
3 28 (8.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 28 (8.14%) Linux Engineer
4 26 (7.56%) Analyst
5 20 (5.81%) Unix Engineer
6 19 (5.52%) DevOps Engineer
6 19 (5.52%) Java Developer
7 18 (5.23%) Consultant
8 16 (4.65%) Unix Linux Engineer
9 15 (4.36%) Systems Engineer
10 14 (4.07%) Junior
10 14 (4.07%) Platform Engineer
10 14 (4.07%) SQL Developer
11 13 (3.78%) Applications Support
11 13 (3.78%) Lead
11 13 (3.78%) Security Engineer
12 12 (3.49%) Applications Specialist
12 12 (3.49%) Support Specialist
12 12 (3.49%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.94%) Apache NiFi
1 17 (4.94%) XML
2 16 (4.65%) Spring
3 12 (3.49%) HTML
3 12 (3.49%) Kafka
3 12 (3.49%) Middleware
4 10 (2.91%) SAP Basis
4 10 (2.91%) SAP Fiori
5 9 (2.62%) .NET
6 7 (2.03%) ActiveMQ
7 6 (1.74%) JSP
7 6 (1.74%) REST
7 6 (1.74%) RESTful
7 6 (1.74%) Web Services
8 5 (1.45%) CSS
8 5 (1.45%) JSON
8 5 (1.45%) Oracle GoldenGate
9 4 (1.16%) J2EE
9 4 (1.16%) XSLT
9 4 (1.16%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.85%) Data Centre
2 24 (6.98%) Management Information System
3 16 (4.65%) Cyber Defence
3 16 (4.65%) Distributed Applications
4 15 (4.36%) Distributed Systems
5 13 (3.78%) Data Structures
5 13 (3.78%) Linux Command Line
6 11 (3.20%) Driving Licence
7 10 (2.91%) Algorithms
7 10 (2.91%) Clustering
7 10 (2.91%) Virtual Team
8 9 (2.62%) Client/Server
8 9 (2.62%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (2.33%) Replication
10 7 (2.03%) Product Ownership
10 7 (2.03%) Smart Meter
11 6 (1.74%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.74%) Onboarding
12 5 (1.45%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 192 (55.81%) Linux
2 121 (35.17%) Windows
3 29 (8.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 17 (4.94%) Solaris
4 17 (4.94%) Windows Server
5 16 (4.65%) Android
5 16 (4.65%) Apple iOS
6 14 (4.07%) VMS
7 7 (2.03%) Mac OS X
8 5 (1.45%) Mac OS
9 4 (1.16%) AIX
10 3 (0.87%) HPUX
10 3 (0.87%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.87%) Windows 2000
10 3 (0.87%) Windows XP
11 2 (0.58%) Data ONTAP
11 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.58%) zOS
12 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (20.06%) Agile
2 49 (14.24%) Migration
2 49 (14.24%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (13.37%) Computer Science
4 44 (12.79%) Cybersecurity
5 40 (11.63%) Performance Tuning
6 38 (11.05%) ITIL
7 37 (10.76%) DevOps
8 36 (10.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 32 (9.30%) Scrum
10 31 (9.01%) CI/CD
11 26 (7.56%) Capacity Planning
11 26 (7.56%) Change Management
11 26 (7.56%) Test Automation
12 23 (6.69%) Data Migration
12 23 (6.69%) SIEM
13 22 (6.40%) Containerisation
13 22 (6.40%) OO
14 21 (6.10%) Analytics
14 21 (6.10%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 96 (27.91%) SQL
2 76 (22.09%) Shell Script
3 58 (16.86%) Python
4 51 (14.83%) Java
5 42 (12.21%) PL/SQL
6 35 (10.17%) Bash
7 30 (8.72%) PowerShell
8 25 (7.27%) Perl
9 16 (4.65%) C
10 12 (3.49%) Groovy
11 10 (2.91%) C++
11 10 (2.91%) Scala
12 9 (2.62%) Bourne shell
12 9 (2.62%) JavaScript
12 9 (2.62%) Korn
13 8 (2.33%) C#
13 8 (2.33%) ProC
14 6 (1.74%) Ruby
15 4 (1.16%) SystemVerilog
15 4 (1.16%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 77 (22.38%) Degree
2 74 (21.51%) Security Cleared
3 32 (9.30%) SC Cleared
4 27 (7.85%) DV Cleared
5 15 (4.36%) Master's Degree
6 14 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (3.78%) ITIL Certification
8 8 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (2.33%) SAP Certification
9 7 (2.03%) CCNA
9 7 (2.03%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.45%) MCSE
12 4 (1.16%) HNC
12 4 (1.16%) ISTQB
12 4 (1.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (1.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (0.87%) RHCE
14 2 (0.58%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.58%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.65%) Actionable Recommendations
2 15 (4.36%) SLA
3 7 (2.03%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.03%) NIST
3 7 (2.03%) PCI DSS
4 6 (1.74%) ISO 9001
4 6 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 5 (1.45%) GDPR
6 4 (1.16%) QA
7 3 (0.87%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.29%) NCSC
System Software
1 38 (11.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 35 (10.17%) Docker
3 23 (6.69%) Active Directory
4 16 (4.65%) VMware ESXi
4 16 (4.65%) vSphere
5 10 (2.91%) Hyper-V
6 8 (2.33%) Virtual Servers
6 8 (2.33%) VMware NSX
6 8 (2.33%) VMware Workstation
7 6 (1.74%) Oracle RAC
8 5 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (1.16%) Firmware
10 2 (0.58%) HDFS
10 2 (0.58%) NFS
10 2 (0.58%) XenApp
11 1 (0.29%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 40 (11.63%) Ansible
2 38 (11.05%) Kubernetes
3 26 (7.56%) SCCM
4 21 (6.10%) Terraform
5 14 (4.07%) NetBackup
6 12 (3.49%) Netcool
7 10 (2.91%) Red Hat Satellite
8 9 (2.62%) Nagios
8 9 (2.62%) Prometheus
9 8 (2.33%) Microsoft Clustering
10 7 (2.03%) Grafana
10 7 (2.03%) Rancher
10 7 (2.03%) SCOM
10 7 (2.03%) Tivoli Identity Manager
10 7 (2.03%) vCenter Server
11 6 (1.74%) Oracle RMAN
11 6 (1.74%) Packer
11 6 (1.74%) vRealize
12 5 (1.45%) Data Guard
13 4 (1.16%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 88 (25.58%) Oracle
2 46 (13.37%) VMware
3 29 (8.43%) Red Hat
4 23 (6.69%) IBM
5 18 (5.23%) Dell
6 17 (4.94%) Microsoft
7 16 (4.65%) HP
8 15 (4.36%) Atlassian
9 14 (4.07%) SAP
10 11 (3.20%) Veritas
11 10 (2.91%) NetApp
11 10 (2.91%) Splunk
12 9 (2.62%) BMC
12 9 (2.62%) ServiceNow
13 8 (2.33%) Google
13 8 (2.33%) Hitachi
14 7 (2.03%) Remedy
14 7 (2.03%) Veeam
15 6 (1.74%) PagerDuty
15 6 (1.74%) SolarWinds