Unix Jobs in Scotland

Unix
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 93 170
Rank change year-on-year -23 +77 -65
Permanent jobs citing Unix 207 142 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 3.08% 3.00% 1.35%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.46% 19.14% 7.95%
Number of salaries quoted 34 53 47
10th Percentile £24,000 £41,739 £28,750
25th Percentile £28,750 £45,000 £35,634
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,101 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -35.23% +13.04% +27.78%
75th Percentile £82,548 £80,000 £65,782
90th Percentile £99,006 - £73,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +12.00% +1.63%

All Operating Systems
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 813 742 968
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 12.11% 15.66% 16.96%
Number of salaries quoted 424 430 565
10th Percentile £25,200 £28,113 £24,250
25th Percentile £28,950 £35,000 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £64,000
90th Percentile £78,375 £77,715 £71,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Unix in Scotland

Unix
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Unix in Scotland

Unix
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unix in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Unix in Scotland

Unix
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unix within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Glasgow -18 152 £42,000 -23.64% 3
Edinburgh +15 52 £75,669 +8.96% 4
North Lanarkshire - 1 £26,000 -
Unix
UK

Unix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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
1 102 (49.28%) Apache Spark
2 16 (7.73%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (5.80%) WebSphere
4 7 (3.38%) Captiva
4 7 (3.38%) FileNet
5 5 (2.42%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.93%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (6.28%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 135 (65.22%) AWS
2 27 (13.04%) Azure
3 20 (9.66%) Amazon EKS
3 20 (9.66%) SaaS
4 11 (5.31%) GCP
5 7 (3.38%) GitHub
5 7 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.90%) IaaS
6 6 (2.90%) PaaS
7 4 (1.93%) Google Docs
8 3 (1.45%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (1.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 1 (0.48%) OCI
9 1 (0.48%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.97%) Network Security
2 1 (0.48%) Firewall
2 1 (0.48%) SAN
2 1 (0.48%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (49.28%) Apache Hive
1 102 (49.28%) HBase
2 94 (45.41%) NoSQL
3 72 (34.78%) Hadoop
4 37 (17.87%) Big Data
5 13 (6.28%) DB2
6 5 (2.42%) Oracle Database
6 5 (2.42%) Pentaho
7 4 (1.93%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (1.45%) Ingres
8 3 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.45%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.97%) MySQL
9 2 (0.97%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.97%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.48%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 98 (47.34%) Jenkins
2 87 (42.03%) Git
3 86 (41.55%) Bitbucket Server
4 12 (5.80%) JIRA
5 11 (5.31%) CircleCI
5 11 (5.31%) GitLab
6 7 (3.38%) Oracle Forms
7 5 (2.42%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.48%) Gradle
8 1 (0.48%) IBM UrbanCode
8 1 (0.48%) Maven
General
1 166 (80.19%) Finance
2 153 (73.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 141 (68.12%) Law
4 108 (52.17%) Legal
5 30 (14.49%) Social Skills
6 22 (10.63%) Marketing
7 14 (6.76%) Military
7 14 (6.76%) Public Sector
8 12 (5.80%) Banking
9 2 (0.97%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (0.97%) Games
9 2 (0.97%) Retail
10 1 (0.48%) Local Government
10 1 (0.48%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 137 (66.18%) Software Engineer
2 68 (32.85%) Developer
3 67 (32.37%) AWS Engineer
3 67 (32.37%) AWS Software Engineer
4 59 (28.50%) Database Engineer
5 56 (27.05%) Database Developer
5 56 (27.05%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 39 (18.84%) Java Engineer
6 39 (18.84%) Java Software Engineer
7 37 (17.87%) AWS Database Engineer
7 37 (17.87%) AWS Developer
8 33 (15.94%) Python Engineer
8 33 (15.94%) Python Software Engineer
9 30 (14.49%) Big Data Engineer
9 30 (14.49%) Big Data Software Engineer
9 30 (14.49%) Data Engineer
10 17 (8.21%) Analyst
11 14 (6.76%) Support Analyst
11 14 (6.76%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
12 11 (5.31%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (14.49%) Spring
2 19 (9.18%) JPA
3 17 (8.21%) React
4 16 (7.73%) REST
5 7 (3.38%) Spring Boot
6 5 (2.42%) Kafka
7 4 (1.93%) LDAP
7 4 (1.93%) OpenID
8 3 (1.45%) Hibernate
8 3 (1.45%) RESTful
9 1 (0.48%) Node.js
9 1 (0.48%) Redux
9 1 (0.48%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 106 (51.21%) Algorithms
2 8 (3.86%) Product Ownership
3 7 (3.38%) DataPower
3 7 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (3.38%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.38%) Private Cloud
4 5 (2.42%) Cloud Native
4 5 (2.42%) Mainframe
4 5 (2.42%) Reference Data
5 4 (1.93%) Blockchain
6 2 (0.97%) Life Science
6 2 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.48%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.48%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.48%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 55 (26.57%) Linux
2 51 (24.64%) Windows
3 14 (6.76%) Mac OS X
4 13 (6.28%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.97%) VMS
6 1 (0.48%) CoreOS
6 1 (0.48%) Solaris
6 1 (0.48%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (81.16%) Agile
2 139 (67.15%) Software Engineering
3 136 (65.70%) CI/CD
4 131 (63.29%) Artificial Intelligence
5 129 (62.32%) Machine Learning
5 129 (62.32%) SDLC
6 125 (60.39%) Operational Stability
7 115 (55.56%) Risk Management
8 109 (52.66%) Community of Practice
9 106 (51.21%) Continuous Improvement
9 106 (51.21%) Visualisation
10 101 (48.79%) Open Source
11 98 (47.34%) TDD
12 89 (43.00%) Test Automation
13 86 (41.55%) Batch Processing
14 79 (38.16%) Microservices
15 36 (17.39%) Wealth Management
16 30 (14.49%) DevOps
17 25 (12.08%) Cybersecurity
18 23 (11.11%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 158 (76.33%) SQL
2 136 (65.70%) Python
3 121 (58.45%) Java
4 86 (41.55%) PL/SQL
5 18 (8.70%) Shell Script
6 6 (2.90%) Bash
6 6 (2.90%) PowerShell
7 5 (2.42%) Ruby
8 4 (1.93%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.97%) C#
9 2 (0.97%) Perl
9 2 (0.97%) PHP
10 1 (0.48%) Elixir
10 1 (0.48%) Groovy
10 1 (0.48%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 32 (15.46%) Degree
2 14 (6.76%) CISM
2 14 (6.76%) CISSP
2 14 (6.76%) GCIA
2 14 (6.76%) GCIH
2 14 (6.76%) GREM
3 13 (6.28%) CISA
4 5 (2.42%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.93%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.45%) HND
7 2 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.48%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.48%) OCA
8 1 (0.48%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.28%) ITGC
1 13 (6.28%) PMO
2 7 (3.38%) GDPR
3 1 (0.48%) Accessibility
System Software
1 102 (49.28%) HDFS
2 4 (1.93%) Docker
3 3 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.97%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.48%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 87 (42.03%) Terraform
2 5 (2.42%) Grafana
2 5 (2.42%) ITRS Geneos
2 5 (2.42%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.97%) Data Guard
3 2 (0.97%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (0.97%) Progress Chef
3 2 (0.97%) Puppet
3 2 (0.97%) SCCM
3 2 (0.97%) WSUS
4 1 (0.48%) Ansible
4 1 (0.48%) CA Endevor
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 122 (58.94%) Databricks
2 86 (41.55%) Informatica
3 72 (34.78%) Cloudera
4 53 (25.60%) Oracle
5 21 (10.14%) Microsoft
6 20 (9.66%) SAP
7 14 (6.76%) Dell
8 13 (6.28%) Sage
9 8 (3.86%) Splunk
10 7 (3.38%) IBM
10 7 (3.38%) Kofax
10 7 (3.38%) Pega
10 7 (3.38%) ServiceNow
11 6 (2.90%) VMware
12 5 (2.42%) AppDynamics
12 5 (2.42%) CA
12 5 (2.42%) Google
12 5 (2.42%) Sybase
13 4 (1.93%) BeyondTrust
13 4 (1.93%) CyberArk