Unix Jobs in the West Midlands

Unix
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 218 202 167
Rank change year-on-year -16 -35 -53
Permanent jobs citing Unix 42 77 115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.58% 1.14% 1.59%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.88% 9.17% 9.50%
Number of salaries quoted 37 53 59
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,100 £35,897
25th Percentile - £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £76,250 £73,340
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +12.00% -

All Operating Systems
West 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 West Midlands with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 861 840 1,210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.90% 12.44% 16.73%
Number of salaries quoted 742 575 883
10th Percentile £25,024 £25,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £30,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.11% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £71,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Unix in the West Midlands

Unix
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Unix in the West Midlands

Unix
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unix in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Unix in the West Midlands

Unix
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unix within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 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
Birmingham -15 19 £83,577 +51.96% 2
Worcestershire -8 14 £50,000 -9.09% 3
Staffordshire -15 3 £50,000 -
Warwickshire +39 2 £50,000 -28.57%
Coventry +32 2 £62,500 +0.81%
Shropshire -2 1 £72,500 +22.88%
Unix
England

Unix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 (23.81%) nginx
2 4 (9.52%) Tomcat
3 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (4.76%) Apache
4 2 (4.76%) IIS
4 2 (4.76%) JBoss
4 2 (4.76%) SharePoint
4 2 (4.76%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 4 (9.52%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 13 (30.95%) Azure
2 12 (28.57%) AWS
3 11 (26.19%) GCP
4 8 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (14.29%) IaaS
5 6 (14.29%) PaaS
5 6 (14.29%) SaaS
6 5 (11.90%) Entra ID
7 3 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (7.14%) GitHub
8 1 (2.38%) Alation
8 1 (2.38%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (2.38%) Collibra
8 1 (2.38%) OpenShift
8 1 (2.38%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 14 (33.33%) Firewall
2 3 (7.14%) LAN
2 3 (7.14%) SAN
2 3 (7.14%) WAN
2 3 (7.14%) Wireless
3 2 (4.76%) PBX
4 1 (2.38%) DHCP
4 1 (2.38%) DNS
4 1 (2.38%) HTTP
4 1 (2.38%) Internet
4 1 (2.38%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (28.57%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (23.81%) MySQL
3 4 (9.52%) Oracle Database
3 4 (9.52%) SQL Server
4 3 (7.14%) InterSystems Cache
5 2 (4.76%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (2.38%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (2.38%) Ataccama
6 1 (2.38%) Couchbase
6 1 (2.38%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (2.38%) MongoDB
6 1 (2.38%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (26.19%) Git
2 10 (23.81%) GNU Toolchain
2 10 (23.81%) Subversion
3 3 (7.14%) IBM UrbanCode
3 3 (7.14%) Jenkins
General
1 13 (30.95%) Finance
1 13 (30.95%) Social Skills
2 9 (21.43%) Local Government
3 5 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.52%) Police
4 4 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 3 (7.14%) Back Office
5 3 (7.14%) Banking
5 3 (7.14%) Electronics
5 3 (7.14%) Fire and Rescue
5 3 (7.14%) Games
5 3 (7.14%) Retail
6 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.38%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (23.81%) Developer
1 10 (23.81%) Linux Developer
2 7 (16.67%) Architect
2 7 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (14.29%) Cloud Architect
3 6 (14.29%) Senior
4 5 (11.90%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) IT Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) Software Engineer
5 3 (7.14%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 3 (7.14%) Systems Engineer
5 3 (7.14%) Technical Engineer
6 2 (4.76%) Administrator
6 2 (4.76%) Applications Support
6 2 (4.76%) DBA
6 2 (4.76%) IT Trainer
6 2 (4.76%) Oracle DBA
6 2 (4.76%) Senior Software Engineer
6 2 (4.76%) Trainer
6 2 (4.76%) Unix Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (23.81%) Node.js
1 10 (23.81%) POSIX
2 8 (19.05%) Middleware
3 5 (11.90%) Web Services
4 4 (9.52%) React
5 3 (7.14%) AngularJS
5 3 (7.14%) jQuery
6 1 (2.38%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 11 (26.19%) Linux Command Line
2 10 (23.81%) Embedded Systems
3 7 (16.67%) Cloud Native
4 4 (9.52%) Data Centre
5 3 (7.14%) Clustering
5 3 (7.14%) Management Information System
6 2 (4.76%) Driving Licence
6 2 (4.76%) Public Cloud
6 2 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (2.38%) Genomics
7 1 (2.38%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 31 (73.81%) Linux
2 21 (50.00%) Windows
3 8 (19.05%) Solaris
3 8 (19.05%) Windows Server
4 6 (14.29%) Ubuntu
5 4 (9.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (33.33%) Agile
2 11 (26.19%) Server Management
3 10 (23.81%) Open Source
4 8 (19.05%) ITIL
5 7 (16.67%) DevSecOps
5 7 (16.67%) Scrum
6 6 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
6 6 (14.29%) Cloud Security
6 6 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
6 6 (14.29%) Information Security
6 6 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (14.29%) Kanban
6 6 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (14.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 6 (14.29%) Storage Management
7 5 (11.90%) Software Engineering
8 4 (9.52%) Customer Service
8 4 (9.52%) Problem Management
8 4 (9.52%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 10 (23.81%) Bash
1 10 (23.81%) C
1 10 (23.81%) C++
2 9 (21.43%) SQL
3 7 (16.67%) Python
4 5 (11.90%) Java
5 3 (7.14%) Shell Script
5 3 (7.14%) TypeScript
6 1 (2.38%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.38%) Perl
6 1 (2.38%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (16.67%) Azure Certification
2 6 (14.29%) AWS Certification
2 6 (14.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 6 (14.29%) Degree
2 6 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 3 (7.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (7.14%) MCSA
3 3 (7.14%) MCSE
3 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (7.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (4.76%) A+ Certification
4 2 (4.76%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.76%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (4.76%) Oracle Certification
4 2 (4.76%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.38%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.52%) Accessibility
2 3 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (7.14%) NIST
3 1 (2.38%) QA
3 1 (2.38%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (23.81%) Active Directory
2 7 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (11.90%) Docker
4 4 (9.52%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.38%) Squid
Systems Management
1 4 (9.52%) SCCM
2 3 (7.14%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (7.14%) SCOM
3 2 (4.76%) Ansible
3 2 (4.76%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.38%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.38%) ITRS Geneos
4 1 (2.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 7 (16.67%) VMware
3 4 (9.52%) IBM
3 4 (9.52%) NEC
3 4 (9.52%) Oracle
4 3 (7.14%) Cisco
4 3 (7.14%) Google
4 3 (7.14%) InterSystems
5 1 (2.38%) Databricks
5 1 (2.38%) Huawei
5 1 (2.38%) Informatica
5 1 (2.38%) New Relic