Unix Jobs in the South West

Unix
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 198 127 174
Rank change year-on-year -71 +47 +43
Permanent jobs citing Unix 93 150 135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.02% 2.14% 1.70%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.67% 11.37% 7.32%
Number of salaries quoted 61 47 106
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,700 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,500 £37,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £49,375
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +1.27% +3.95%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £68,438
90th Percentile £82,548 £78,750 £73,675
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +12.00% -

All Operating Systems
South West

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 South West with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,639 1,319 1,845
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 17.91% 18.82% 23.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,256 770 1,207
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,281 £32,500 £32,422
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £60,918 £61,250 £65,360
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Unix in the South West

Unix
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Unix in the South West

Unix
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unix in the South West over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Unix in the South West

Unix
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unix within the South West region over the 6 months to 26 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
Bristol -35 24 £75,669 +8.53% 9
Devon +11 23 £39,500 -1.25% 3
Gloucestershire -28 23 £52,500 -22.22% 1
Wiltshire -11 19 £50,000 +11.11% 4
Unix
England

Unix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 8 (8.60%) Confluence
2 5 (5.38%) Apache
3 4 (4.30%) Tomcat
4 3 (3.23%) Captiva
4 3 (3.23%) FileNet
4 3 (3.23%) GlassFish
4 3 (3.23%) JBoss
4 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (3.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 18 (19.35%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 33 (35.48%) AWS
2 28 (30.11%) Azure
3 14 (15.05%) OpenShift
4 11 (11.83%) GCP
4 11 (11.83%) GitHub
5 6 (6.45%) Azure Data Factory
5 6 (6.45%) Power Platform
6 4 (4.30%) IaaS
6 4 (4.30%) PaaS
6 4 (4.30%) SaaS
7 3 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (2.15%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 17 (18.28%) Internet
2 12 (12.90%) TCP/IP
3 8 (8.60%) DNS
4 7 (7.53%) Firewall
4 7 (7.53%) HTTP
4 7 (7.53%) SMTP
5 6 (6.45%) WAN
6 5 (5.38%) 5G
6 5 (5.38%) SD-WAN
7 4 (4.30%) Wireless
7 4 (4.30%) Wireless Security
8 3 (3.23%) Reverse Proxy
8 3 (3.23%) SAN
9 2 (2.15%) IPv4
9 2 (2.15%) Kerberos
10 1 (1.08%) DHCP
10 1 (1.08%) LAN
10 1 (1.08%) PBX
10 1 (1.08%) RTP
10 1 (1.08%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.75%) Data Lake
2 6 (6.45%) Power BI
2 6 (6.45%) SQL Server
3 5 (5.38%) MySQL
3 5 (5.38%) NoSQL
4 4 (4.30%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (3.23%) Oracle Database
5 3 (3.23%) Oracle Database 12c
5 3 (3.23%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (1.08%) RDBMS
6 1 (1.08%) Redis
6 1 (1.08%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 24 (25.81%) Git
2 13 (13.98%) JIRA
2 13 (13.98%) LabVIEW
3 7 (7.53%) Jenkins
4 6 (6.45%) RStudio
5 4 (4.30%) Burp Suite
5 4 (4.30%) Metasploit
6 3 (3.23%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (1.08%) IBM UrbanCode
7 1 (1.08%) JUnit
7 1 (1.08%) Maven
General
1 25 (26.88%) Analytical Skills
2 24 (25.81%) Presentation Skills
3 21 (22.58%) Social Skills
4 14 (15.05%) Finance
5 9 (9.68%) Banking
6 6 (6.45%) Retail
7 5 (5.38%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.08%) Games
8 1 (1.08%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (23.66%) Administrator
2 17 (18.28%) Linux Administrator
2 17 (18.28%) Linux Systems Administrator
3 14 (15.05%) Systems Administrator
4 13 (13.98%) Product Engineer
4 13 (13.98%) Unix Administrator
4 13 (13.98%) Unix Systems Administrator
4 13 (13.98%) Verification Engineer
5 12 (12.90%) Unix Linux Systems Administrator
6 11 (11.83%) Support Engineer
7 8 (8.60%) Developer
7 8 (8.60%) Lead
7 8 (8.60%) Product Test Engineer
7 8 (8.60%) Python Engineer
7 8 (8.60%) Test Engineer
8 7 (7.53%) Embedded Developer
8 7 (7.53%) Firmware Developer
9 6 (6.45%) Data Engineer
9 6 (6.45%) Lead Data Engineer
9 6 (6.45%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.60%) pytest
2 5 (5.38%) LDAP
2 5 (5.38%) SAML
3 4 (4.30%) OpenID
4 1 (1.08%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.08%) Hibernate
4 1 (1.08%) JSON
4 1 (1.08%) Kafka
4 1 (1.08%) Next.js
4 1 (1.08%) Node.js
4 1 (1.08%) Nuxt
4 1 (1.08%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (1.08%) React
4 1 (1.08%) RESTful
4 1 (1.08%) Spring
4 1 (1.08%) Spring Boot
4 1 (1.08%) Vue
4 1 (1.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (22.58%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (15.05%) Linux Command Line
3 12 (12.90%) GNSS
4 7 (7.53%) CUDA
4 7 (7.53%) Tandem
5 6 (6.45%) Data Centre
6 5 (5.38%) Mainframe
6 5 (5.38%) Management Information System
7 4 (4.30%) Blockchain
7 4 (4.30%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (4.30%) Mobile App
8 3 (3.23%) DataPower
8 3 (3.23%) Private Cloud
8 3 (3.23%) VAX
9 2 (2.15%) Client/Server
9 2 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (2.15%) Security Posture
10 1 (1.08%) Digital Currency
Operating Systems
1 62 (66.67%) Linux
2 46 (49.46%) Windows
3 16 (17.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 15 (16.13%) CentOS
4 15 (16.13%) CoreOS
5 8 (8.60%) Solaris
6 6 (6.45%) Ubuntu
7 5 (5.38%) Debian
8 4 (4.30%) Kali Linux
8 4 (4.30%) Windows Server
8 4 (4.30%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (3.23%) AIX
9 3 (3.23%) Windows 10
9 3 (3.23%) Windows 7
9 3 (3.23%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (1.08%) VMS
10 1 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (1.08%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (35.48%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (23.66%) Computer Science
3 20 (21.51%) B2B
3 20 (21.51%) Test Automation
4 17 (18.28%) DevOps
5 16 (17.20%) Cybersecurity
5 16 (17.20%) ITIL
6 15 (16.13%) Time Management
7 13 (13.98%) Kalman Filter
8 12 (12.90%) Change Management
9 11 (11.83%) Containerisation
9 11 (11.83%) Software Engineering
10 10 (10.75%) Agile
10 10 (10.75%) Open Source
11 9 (9.68%) Analytics
11 9 (9.68%) Fintech
12 8 (8.60%) Configuration Management
12 8 (8.60%) Customer Service
13 7 (7.53%) Ticket Management
13 7 (7.53%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 40 (43.01%) Python
2 26 (27.96%) Bash
3 21 (22.58%) SQL
4 14 (15.05%) Java
5 13 (13.98%) MATLAB
6 8 (8.60%) C
7 7 (7.53%) C++
7 7 (7.53%) Shell Script
8 6 (6.45%) PowerShell
8 6 (6.45%) R
9 5 (5.38%) JavaScript
10 4 (4.30%) C#
11 1 (1.08%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 40 (43.01%) Degree
2 16 (17.20%) Security Cleared
3 13 (13.98%) HND
4 12 (12.90%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (12.90%) SC Cleared
5 10 (10.75%) DV Cleared
6 4 (4.30%) CHECK Team Member
6 4 (4.30%) CREST Certified
6 4 (4.30%) OSCP
7 3 (3.23%) AWS Certification
7 3 (3.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (3.23%) CCNA
7 3 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (3.23%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (2.15%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.45%) Data Quality
2 5 (5.38%) SLA
3 3 (3.23%) GDPR
4 2 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.08%) SEPA
System Software
1 7 (7.53%) Embedded Firmware
1 7 (7.53%) Firmware
1 7 (7.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.30%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.30%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.23%) KVM
3 3 (3.23%) XenApp
4 2 (2.15%) Docker
4 2 (2.15%) Shibboleth
5 1 (1.08%) Kamailio
5 1 (1.08%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (17.20%) Ansible
1 16 (17.20%) Puppet
2 6 (6.45%) Progress Chef
3 5 (5.38%) Opsgenie
4 4 (4.30%) Nmap
5 3 (3.23%) EMC VPLEX
5 3 (3.23%) Nagios
5 3 (3.23%) Oracle Statspack
5 3 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (2.15%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.08%) CA Endevor
7 1 (1.08%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (1.08%) SCCM
7 1 (1.08%) SCVMM
7 1 (1.08%) Terraform
7 1 (1.08%) WSUS
Vendors
1 17 (18.28%) Red Hat
2 12 (12.90%) Citrix
2 12 (12.90%) VMware
3 10 (10.75%) AppDynamics
4 7 (7.53%) Oracle
5 6 (6.45%) Alteryx
5 6 (6.45%) Databricks
5 6 (6.45%) Microsoft
6 4 (4.30%) Cisco
7 3 (3.23%) EMC
7 3 (3.23%) IBM
7 3 (3.23%) Kofax
7 3 (3.23%) New Relic
7 3 (3.23%) NGA Human Resources
7 3 (3.23%) Northgate
7 3 (3.23%) Pega
7 3 (3.23%) SAP
7 3 (3.23%) ServiceNow
7 3 (3.23%) Sybase
7 3 (3.23%) Veeam