Operating System Statistics in England

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 21 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Windows	33	Down -20 places-20	£40,000	+3.89%	3,910 4.41%	973
Linux	71	Down -36 places-36	£65,000	+8.33%	2,066 2.33%	802
Windows Server	111	Down -14 places-14	£40,000	-	1,521 1.72%	358
Windows 10	307	Down -76 places-76	£32,500	-1.51%	526 0.59%	108
Android	317	Down -191 places-191	£50,000	+11.11%	505 0.57%	196
Apple iOS	348	Up 4 places+4	£60,000	+14.28%	443 0.50%	172
Mac OS	422	Down -34 places-34	£36,750	+8.08%	308 0.35%	79
Windows Server 2016	495	Down -1 place-1	£42,500	-0.58%	219 0.25%	28
Unix	508	Down -112 places-112	£69,306	+2.48%	204 0.23%	82
Red Hat Enterprise Linux	532	Down -35 places-35	£67,500	-3.57%	180 0.20%	55
Windows Server 2019	579	Down -135 places-135	£41,000	-10.86%	130 0.15%	28
Ubuntu	593	Up 5 places+5	£61,250	+22.50%	116 0.13%	38
VMS	615	Down -43 places-43	£70,000	+11.11%	94 0.11%	37
CentOS	623	Down -34 places-34	£75,000	+25.00%	86 0.097%	26
Embedded Linux	639	Down -38 places-38	£68,750	+25.00%	70 0.079%	54
Windows Server 2012	657	Down -92 places-92	£42,000	-3.44%	52 0.059%	10
Debian	657	Down -26 places-26	£52,500	-12.50%	52 0.059%	14
FreeRTOS	665	Down -14 places-14	£57,500	+4.54%	44 0.050%	24
Windows 7	673	Down -66 places-66	£33,000	+10.00%	36 0.041%	8
AIX	681	Down -41 places-41	£75,000	+15.38%	28 0.032%	10
Windows 8	691	Down -41 places-41	£33,000	-17.50%	18 0.020%	1
Windows Server 2008	692	Down -56 places-56	£65,000	+54.76%	17 0.019%	1
Mac OS X	695	Down -90 places-90	£37,500	+20.96%	14 0.016%	1
Oracle Linux	696	Down -50 places-50	£75,000	+4.89%	13 0.015%	5