Operating System Statistics in England

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Windows	35	Down -22 places-22	£39,000	-2.50%	3,519 4.27%	1,047
Linux	77	Down -43 places-43	£62,500	+4.16%	1,756 2.13%	928
Windows Server	116	Down -11 places-11	£40,000	-1.84%	1,349 1.64%	337
Windows 10	275	Down -36 places-36	£32,500	-7.14%	558 0.68%	98
Android	292	Down -173 places-173	£52,500	+10.52%	523 0.63%	186
Apple iOS	320	Up 16 places+16	£60,000	+14.28%	445 0.54%	146
Mac OS	426	Down -29 places-29	£36,375	+11.92%	285 0.35%	101
Unix	505	Down -124 places-124	£69,310	+6.63%	190 0.23%	96
Windows Server 2016	505	Down -25 places-25	£42,000	-2.32%	190 0.23%	30
Red Hat Enterprise Linux	533	Down -43 places-43	£65,000	-7.14%	161 0.20%	53
Windows Server 2019	559	Down -93 places-93	£41,000	-4.09%	135 0.16%	30
Ubuntu	586	Down -14 places-14	£60,000	+31.14%	108 0.13%	34
VMS	602	Down -22 places-22	£70,000	-	92 0.11%	34
CentOS	621	Down -51 places-51	£66,250	+10.41%	73 0.089%	13
Windows Server 2012	633	Down -87 places-87	£42,000	-1.17%	61 0.074%	13
Embedded Linux	649	Down -55 places-55	£70,000	+27.27%	45 0.055%	89
Debian	661	Down -49 places-49	£48,500	-20.49%	33 0.040%	11
FreeRTOS	662	Down -33 places-33	£57,500	+4.54%	32 0.039%	28
Windows 7	662	Down -70 places-70	£27,000	-10.00%	32 0.039%	4
AIX	674	Down -57 places-57	£75,000	+15.38%	20 0.024%	4
Windows Server 2008	675	Down -58 places-58	£65,000	+54.76%	19 0.023%	3
Mac OS X	680	Down -101 places-101	£37,500	+18.11%	14 0.017%	2
Windows 8	683	Down -55 places-55	£26,250	-34.37%	11 0.013%	2
Robot Operating System	683	Down -53 places-53	£70,000	-53.33%	11 0.013%	17