Unix Jobs in England

Unix
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Unix skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Unix over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 342 210 181
Rank change year-on-year -132 -29 -8
Permanent jobs citing Unix 695 1,659 2,959
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.82% 1.80% 2.23%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.53% 11.20% 11.62%
Number of salaries quoted 475 880 1,455
10th Percentile £38,450 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,544 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +12.00% -
75th Percentile £82,548 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,064 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £69,447 £62,500
% change year-on-year -13.60% +11.12% +2.46%

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 12,557 14,817 25,464
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.73% 16.08% 19.20%
Number of salaries quoted 9,952 10,173 15,154
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

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
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Unix in England

Unix
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unix in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Unix in England

Unix
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unix within the England region over the 6 months to 5 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -96 245 £80,000 -0.37% 112
North of England -71 137 £55,000 -1.79% 23
South East -27 128 £51,750 -1.43% 34
South West -62 92 £52,500 +5.00% 14
Midlands -58 74 £50,000 -23.08% 17
North West -7 69 £55,000 -4.06% 10
Yorkshire -35 47 £73,122 +19.52% 12
West Midlands -8 43 £50,000 -23.08% 7
East Midlands -64 31 £50,000 -23.08% 10
North East -8 21 £44,274 +18.06% 1
East of England -70 15 £38,750 -35.42% 26
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 40 (5.76%) WebLogic
2 33 (4.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (3.31%) Apache
4 22 (3.17%) Tomcat
5 18 (2.59%) Captiva
5 18 (2.59%) FileNet
5 18 (2.59%) nginx
5 18 (2.59%) WebSphere
6 16 (2.30%) Confluence
6 16 (2.30%) SharePoint
7 15 (2.16%) Oracle Service Bus
8 13 (1.87%) IIS
9 10 (1.44%) JBoss
10 3 (0.43%) GlassFish
10 3 (0.43%) WordPress
11 2 (0.29%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.29%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.14%) Apache Pulsar
12 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 42 (6.04%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (2.16%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.29%) CATIA
4 2 (0.29%) NASTRAN
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 27 (3.88%) NEC Housing
2 16 (2.30%) Remedy ITSM
3 15 (2.16%) Fidessa
4 6 (0.86%) Temenos T24
4 6 (0.86%) Unit4 Business World
5 5 (0.72%) Adaptiv
6 3 (0.43%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.43%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.29%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.14%) Demantra
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle ASCP
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 1 (0.14%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.14%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.14%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 168 (24.17%) Azure
2 163 (23.45%) AWS
3 62 (8.92%) GCP
4 54 (7.77%) IaaS
5 46 (6.62%) SaaS
6 33 (4.75%) GitHub
7 26 (3.74%) PaaS
8 24 (3.45%) Power Platform
9 22 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
10 16 (2.30%) OpenShift
11 11 (1.58%) Serverless
12 10 (1.44%) Entra ID
13 9 (1.29%) Amazon S3
14 8 (1.15%) Azure Data Factory
15 7 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
15 7 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
16 6 (0.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 6 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
16 6 (0.86%) Rubrik
17 5 (0.72%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 68 (9.78%) Firewall
2 58 (8.35%) DNS
2 58 (8.35%) TCP/IP
3 41 (5.90%) DHCP
4 35 (5.04%) VPN
5 26 (3.74%) SNMP
6 24 (3.45%) HTTP
7 22 (3.17%) Internet
8 20 (2.88%) SAN
9 19 (2.73%) BGP
9 19 (2.73%) MPLS
10 16 (2.30%) SSH
10 16 (2.30%) WAN
11 15 (2.16%) FIX Connectivity
12 14 (2.01%) LAN
13 13 (1.87%) VLAN
14 12 (1.73%) Network Security
14 12 (1.73%) SMTP
15 11 (1.58%) Ethernet VPN
15 11 (1.58%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (13.09%) SQL Server
2 68 (9.78%) MySQL
3 60 (8.63%) Oracle Database
4 52 (7.48%) NoSQL
5 49 (7.05%) PostgreSQL
6 40 (5.76%) Relational Database
7 38 (5.47%) Data Warehouse
8 28 (4.03%) Elasticsearch
8 28 (4.03%) MongoDB
9 24 (3.45%) Power BI
10 23 (3.31%) Data Lake
11 19 (2.73%) Oracle Database 12c
12 17 (2.45%) Oracle Database 11g
13 15 (2.16%) Oracle Database 10g
13 15 (2.16%) VLDB
14 11 (1.58%) RDBMS
15 10 (1.44%) Tableau
16 8 (1.15%) Oracle Reports
17 7 (1.01%) DB2
17 7 (1.01%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 83 (11.94%) JIRA
2 55 (7.91%) Git
3 20 (2.88%) Oracle Forms
4 19 (2.73%) Jenkins
5 17 (2.45%) GitLab
6 14 (2.01%) Eclipse
7 13 (1.87%) Subversion
8 12 (1.73%) LabVIEW
9 10 (1.44%) GNU Toolchain
10 9 (1.29%) IBM UrbanCode
11 7 (1.01%) Snyk
12 6 (0.86%) Appium
12 6 (0.86%) RStudio
12 6 (0.86%) UI Automator
13 5 (0.72%) DTrace
13 5 (0.72%) GDB
14 4 (0.58%) JUnit
14 4 (0.58%) Postman
15 3 (0.43%) Metasploit
15 3 (0.43%) Oracle APEX
General
1 240 (34.53%) Finance
2 173 (24.89%) Social Skills
3 123 (17.70%) Analytical Skills
3 123 (17.70%) Banking
4 52 (7.48%) Public Sector
5 51 (7.34%) Police
6 31 (4.46%) Local Government
7 28 (4.03%) Back Office
8 23 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
8 23 (3.31%) Telecoms
9 20 (2.88%) Front Office
10 17 (2.45%) Financial Institution
10 17 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 16 (2.30%) Law
11 16 (2.30%) Retail
12 10 (1.44%) Investment Banking
13 9 (1.29%) Games
14 6 (0.86%) Automotive
14 6 (0.86%) Retail Banking
15 5 (0.72%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 120 (17.27%) Senior
2 110 (15.83%) Analyst
3 103 (14.82%) Applications Support
4 89 (12.81%) Developer
5 76 (10.94%) Support Analyst
6 69 (9.93%) Applications Support Analyst
7 56 (8.06%) Software Engineer
8 50 (7.19%) Administrator
9 44 (6.33%) Architect
10 43 (6.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 38 (5.47%) Support Engineer
12 36 (5.18%) Lead
13 32 (4.60%) Senior Analyst
14 28 (4.03%) DBA
14 28 (4.03%) Oracle DBA
15 26 (3.74%) Systems Administrator
16 24 (3.45%) Senior Support Analyst
17 23 (3.31%) Linux Administrator
17 23 (3.31%) Linux Systems Administrator
17 23 (3.31%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (6.19%) XML
2 42 (6.04%) REST
3 36 (5.18%) Web Services
4 31 (4.46%) Spring
5 29 (4.17%) SOAP
6 28 (4.03%) J2EE
7 27 (3.88%) HTML
8 26 (3.74%) Node.js
9 25 (3.60%) FIX Protocol
10 22 (3.17%) CSS
10 22 (3.17%) Java EE
10 22 (3.17%) OpenMP
11 20 (2.88%) AngularJS
12 17 (2.45%) Middleware
13 16 (2.30%) JSON
13 16 (2.30%) OpenACC
13 16 (2.30%) OpenID
14 15 (2.16%) Kafka
15 14 (2.01%) React
16 13 (1.87%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 58 (8.35%) Self-Motivation
2 49 (7.05%) Public Cloud
3 43 (6.19%) Data Centre
4 39 (5.61%) Linux Command Line
5 34 (4.89%) Algorithms
5 34 (4.89%) Management Information System
6 30 (4.32%) CUDA
7 22 (3.17%) Private Cloud
8 20 (2.88%) Mainframe
9 18 (2.59%) DataPower
10 16 (2.30%) Blockchain
11 15 (2.16%) Driving Licence
11 15 (2.16%) Eurex
12 14 (2.01%) Embedded Systems
13 13 (1.87%) CMDB
14 12 (1.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 12 (1.73%) GNSS
14 12 (1.73%) Replication
15 11 (1.58%) Cyber Threat
15 11 (1.58%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 482 (69.35%) Linux
2 314 (45.18%) Windows
3 70 (10.07%) Solaris
4 68 (9.78%) Windows Server
5 62 (8.92%) CentOS
6 42 (6.04%) Ubuntu
7 28 (4.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 21 (3.02%) AIX
9 19 (2.73%) CoreOS
9 19 (2.73%) Mac OS
10 17 (2.45%) zOS
11 12 (1.73%) Windows 10
12 9 (1.29%) VMS
13 7 (1.01%) Debian
14 6 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
15 4 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
16 3 (0.43%) Android
16 3 (0.43%) Kali Linux
16 3 (0.43%) Windows 7
16 3 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (21.73%) ITIL
2 130 (18.71%) Problem-Solving
3 129 (18.56%) Agile
4 109 (15.68%) DevOps
5 87 (12.52%) Change Management
6 80 (11.51%) Computer Science
7 72 (10.36%) Incident Management
8 71 (10.22%) Mentoring
9 69 (9.93%) Roadmaps
10 67 (9.64%) Software Engineering
11 66 (9.50%) Containerisation
12 63 (9.06%) Cybersecurity
13 56 (8.06%) Coaching
14 53 (7.63%) Actionable Insight
15 51 (7.34%) Artificial Intelligence
16 48 (6.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 47 (6.76%) Customer Service
18 46 (6.62%) Performance Tuning
18 46 (6.62%) Test Automation
19 44 (6.33%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 218 (31.37%) Python
2 216 (31.08%) SQL
3 126 (18.13%) Java
4 91 (13.09%) PowerShell
5 89 (12.81%) Bash
6 74 (10.65%) C
7 73 (10.50%) Shell Script
8 71 (10.22%) C++
9 54 (7.77%) JavaScript
9 54 (7.77%) Perl
10 34 (4.89%) Fortran
11 26 (3.74%) PL/SQL
11 26 (3.74%) Ruby
12 24 (3.45%) C#
13 12 (1.73%) MATLAB
14 10 (1.44%) PHP
15 8 (1.15%) Go
16 7 (1.01%) R
16 7 (1.01%) Rust
16 7 (1.01%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 185 (26.62%) Degree
2 129 (18.56%) Security Cleared
3 76 (10.94%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 34 (4.89%) PhD
5 33 (4.75%) Master's Degree
6 22 (3.17%) AWS Certification
7 16 (2.30%) Oracle Certification
8 14 (2.01%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (2.01%) DV Cleared
9 13 (1.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 12 (1.73%) HND
11 11 (1.58%) Azure Certification
11 11 (1.58%) CCNA
12 8 (1.15%) CISSP
13 7 (1.01%) CISA
13 7 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (0.86%) MCSE
14 6 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (0.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (9.93%) SLA
2 29 (4.17%) Accessibility
3 20 (2.88%) GDPR
4 10 (1.44%) QA
5 9 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.15%) NIST
7 7 (1.01%) Data Quality
8 6 (0.86%) ITGC
8 6 (0.86%) PMO
9 4 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.29%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.29%) SEPA
12 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.14%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 49 (7.05%) Docker
1 49 (7.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 47 (6.76%) Active Directory
3 32 (4.60%) Hyper-V
4 18 (2.59%) Oracle RAC
5 15 (2.16%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (1.15%) Embedded Firmware
6 8 (1.15%) Firmware
7 6 (0.86%) DFS Replication
7 6 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.58%) KVM
9 3 (0.43%) VirtualBox
9 3 (0.43%) XenApp
9 3 (0.43%) XenDesktop
10 2 (0.29%) Kamailio
10 2 (0.29%) Shibboleth
10 2 (0.29%) vSphere
11 1 (0.14%) OpenSIPS
11 1 (0.14%) Postfix
11 1 (0.14%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 53 (7.63%) Kubernetes
2 47 (6.76%) Ansible
3 36 (5.18%) Puppet
4 32 (4.60%) SCCM
5 29 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
6 22 (3.17%) OpenSSO
7 20 (2.88%) Terraform
8 18 (2.59%) Progress Chef
9 17 (2.45%) Oracle RMAN
10 16 (2.30%) Data Guard
11 13 (1.87%) WMI
12 10 (1.44%) Nessus
13 9 (1.29%) WSUS
14 7 (1.01%) Grafana
14 7 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
14 7 (1.01%) NetBackup
14 7 (1.01%) Nexpose
15 6 (0.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 6 (0.86%) Nagios
15 6 (0.86%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 200 (28.78%) Oracle
2 116 (16.69%) Microsoft
3 73 (10.50%) VMware
4 49 (7.05%) IBM
4 49 (7.05%) Red Hat
5 48 (6.91%) Remedy
6 45 (6.47%) Splunk
7 31 (4.46%) Cisco
8 27 (3.88%) NEC
9 26 (3.74%) SAP
10 25 (3.60%) Qualys
11 23 (3.31%) Google
11 23 (3.31%) ION Trading
11 23 (3.31%) ServiceNow
12 22 (3.17%) Citrix
12 22 (3.17%) Dynatrace
13 19 (2.73%) Sun
14 18 (2.59%) Kofax
14 18 (2.59%) Pega
15 15 (2.16%) Trayport