Unix Jobs in the Midlands

Unix
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 247 166 179
Rank change year-on-year -81 +13 -34
Permanent jobs citing Unix 77 157 203
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.65% 1.69% 1.87%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.82% 12.36% 9.82%
Number of salaries quoted 59 63 103
10th Percentile £45,250 £46,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,125 £70,000 £65,625
90th Percentile £95,047 £76,250 £72,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +12.00% -

All Operating Systems
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,599 1,270 2,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.47% 13.71% 19.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,311 844 1,440
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,500 £24,000
25th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Unix in the Midlands

Unix
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Unix in the Midlands

Unix
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unix in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Unix in the Midlands

Unix
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unix within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 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
West Midlands -11 47 £50,000 -23.08% 6
East Midlands -66 30 £50,000 -23.08% 9
Unix
England

Unix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 10 (12.99%) nginx
2 7 (9.09%) Tomcat
3 6 (7.79%) Apache
3 6 (7.79%) IIS
4 5 (6.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (5.19%) SharePoint
6 1 (1.30%) JBoss
6 1 (1.30%) NetWeaver
6 1 (1.30%) SAP Portal
6 1 (1.30%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (2.60%) CATIA
1 2 (2.60%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 12 (15.58%) NEC Housing
2 2 (2.60%) Teamcenter
3 1 (1.30%) SAP CRM
3 1 (1.30%) SAP GRC
3 1 (1.30%) SAP MDG
3 1 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 15 (19.48%) Azure
2 11 (14.29%) AWS
3 10 (12.99%) GCP
4 9 (11.69%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (9.09%) SaaS
6 6 (7.79%) IaaS
6 6 (7.79%) PaaS
7 5 (6.49%) Entra ID
8 3 (3.90%) GitHub
8 3 (3.90%) OCI
9 2 (2.60%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (1.30%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 12 (15.58%) Firewall
2 3 (3.90%) SAN
3 2 (2.60%) DHCP
3 2 (2.60%) DNS
3 2 (2.60%) LAN
3 2 (2.60%) PBX
3 2 (2.60%) VLAN
3 2 (2.60%) WAN
3 2 (2.60%) Wireless
4 1 (1.30%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (22.08%) Oracle Database
2 16 (20.78%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (15.58%) SQL Server
4 11 (14.29%) MySQL
5 8 (10.39%) Relational Database
6 6 (7.79%) Oracle Database 12c
7 4 (5.19%) UniData
8 3 (3.90%) InterSystems Cache
8 3 (3.90%) MariaDB
8 3 (3.90%) Metadata
9 1 (1.30%) DB2
9 1 (1.30%) RDBMS
9 1 (1.30%) SAP BW
9 1 (1.30%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 11 (14.29%) Git
2 10 (12.99%) GNU Toolchain
2 10 (12.99%) Subversion
3 9 (11.69%) JIRA
4 3 (3.90%) IBM UrbanCode
4 3 (3.90%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.30%) CMake
5 1 (1.30%) GitLab
General
1 22 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 20 (25.97%) Finance
3 16 (20.78%) Local Government
4 15 (19.48%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (16.88%) Public Sector
6 12 (15.58%) Police
7 7 (9.09%) Back Office
7 7 (9.09%) Retail
8 3 (3.90%) Banking
8 3 (3.90%) Electronics
8 3 (3.90%) Games
9 2 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.60%) Fire and Rescue
9 2 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.30%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.30%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (25.97%) Senior
2 15 (19.48%) Software Engineer
3 11 (14.29%) DBA
3 11 (14.29%) Oracle DBA
3 11 (14.29%) Senior Software Engineer
4 10 (12.99%) Developer
4 10 (12.99%) Linux Developer
5 9 (11.69%) Analyst
6 7 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (7.79%) Administrator
7 6 (7.79%) Applications Support
7 6 (7.79%) Architect
7 6 (7.79%) Cloud Architect
7 6 (7.79%) PostgreSQL DBA
8 5 (6.49%) IT Engineer
9 4 (5.19%) Analyst Programmer
9 4 (5.19%) Business Systems Analyst
9 4 (5.19%) Programmer
9 4 (5.19%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (5.19%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (12.99%) Node.js
1 10 (12.99%) POSIX
2 9 (11.69%) Web Services
3 7 (9.09%) Middleware
4 4 (5.19%) React
5 3 (3.90%) AngularJS
5 3 (3.90%) jQuery
6 1 (1.30%) OpenACC
6 1 (1.30%) OpenCL
6 1 (1.30%) OpenMP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.99%) Embedded Systems
1 10 (12.99%) Linux Command Line
2 7 (9.09%) Public Cloud
2 7 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (7.79%) Cloud Native
3 6 (7.79%) Driving Licence
4 4 (5.19%) Data Centre
5 3 (3.90%) Clustering
5 3 (3.90%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.30%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.30%) Chip and PIN
6 1 (1.30%) CUDA
6 1 (1.30%) Genomics
6 1 (1.30%) Replication
6 1 (1.30%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 58 (75.32%) Linux
2 39 (50.65%) Windows
3 14 (18.18%) Windows Server
4 12 (15.58%) Solaris
5 8 (10.39%) Ubuntu
6 4 (5.19%) AIX
6 4 (5.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (5.19%) Windows 10
6 4 (5.19%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (2.60%) CentOS
8 1 (1.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (22.08%) Agile
2 15 (19.48%) Server Management
2 15 (19.48%) Software Engineering
3 13 (16.88%) ITIL
3 13 (16.88%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (14.29%) Open Source
5 9 (11.69%) Unit Testing
6 8 (10.39%) Customer Service
6 8 (10.39%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (10.39%) Problem Management
7 7 (9.09%) DevSecOps
7 7 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 7 (9.09%) Logistics
7 7 (9.09%) Performance Tuning
8 6 (7.79%) Data Security
8 6 (7.79%) Identity Access Management
8 6 (7.79%) Information Security
8 6 (7.79%) Kanban
8 6 (7.79%) Scrum
8 6 (7.79%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 20 (25.97%) C++
1 20 (25.97%) SQL
2 19 (24.68%) C
3 18 (23.38%) Shell Script
4 14 (18.18%) Java
5 10 (12.99%) Bash
6 7 (9.09%) Python
7 3 (3.90%) PL/SQL
7 3 (3.90%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.30%) ABAP
8 1 (1.30%) Fortran
8 1 (1.30%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.30%) Perl
8 1 (1.30%) R
Qualifications
1 17 (22.08%) Degree
2 16 (20.78%) Security Cleared
3 7 (9.09%) Azure Certification
3 7 (9.09%) Oracle Certification
4 6 (7.79%) AWS Certification
4 6 (7.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 4 (5.19%) SC Cleared
6 3 (3.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (3.90%) MCSA
6 3 (3.90%) MCSE
6 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (3.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (2.60%) A+ Certification
7 2 (2.60%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.60%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.30%) CISSP
8 1 (1.30%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.30%) OCP
8 1 (1.30%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.58%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.60%) NIST
3 1 (1.30%) QA
System Software
1 11 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 7 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (7.79%) Docker
3 6 (7.79%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.30%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 5 (6.49%) SCCM
2 3 (3.90%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (3.90%) SCOM
2 3 (3.90%) WSUS
3 2 (2.60%) Ansible
3 2 (2.60%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.60%) Terraform
4 1 (1.30%) Data Guard
4 1 (1.30%) Grafana
4 1 (1.30%) ITRS Geneos
4 1 (1.30%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (1.30%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 21 (27.27%) Oracle
2 19 (24.68%) Microsoft
3 12 (15.58%) NEC
4 10 (12.99%) VMware
5 3 (3.90%) Google
5 3 (3.90%) IBM
5 3 (3.90%) InterSystems
6 2 (2.60%) Cisco
6 2 (2.60%) Commvault
6 2 (2.60%) Red Hat
6 2 (2.60%) RedPrairie
7 1 (1.30%) Apple
7 1 (1.30%) New Relic
7 1 (1.30%) SAP
7 1 (1.30%) VeriFone