Operating System Statistics in England

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Windows	42	Down -27 places-27	£38,500	-8.33%	3,362 4.37%	936
Linux	87	Down -49 places-49	£60,000	-	1,568 2.04%	806
Windows Server	114	Down -24 places-24	£40,000	-5.88%	1,253 1.63%	335
Windows 10	249	Down -52 places-52	£32,500	-12.16%	591 0.77%	93
Android	276	Down -117 places-117	£57,062	+14.12%	517 0.67%	149
Apple iOS	305	Down -17 places-17	£58,750	-6.00%	450 0.58%	113
Mac OS	426	Down -27 places-27	£34,003	-2.84%	270 0.35%	80
Unix	450	Down -109 places-109	£62,500	-3.84%	239 0.31%	93
Windows Server 2016	496	Down -51 places-51	£42,500	-	188 0.24%	33
Red Hat Enterprise Linux	540	Down -71 places-71	£60,000	-14.28%	142 0.18%	78
Windows Server 2019	573	Down -140 places-140	£42,000	-1.17%	108 0.14%	32
Ubuntu	589	Down -73 places-73	£55,000	+10.00%	92 0.12%	58
VMS	602	Down -30 places-30	£75,000	+15.38%	79 0.10%	32
CentOS	605	Down -56 places-56	£48,750	-18.75%	76 0.099%	24
Windows Server 2012	624	Down -114 places-114	£42,000	-6.66%	57 0.074%	15
Windows 7	634	Down -72 places-72	£32,500	+6.55%	47 0.061%	13
Debian	650	Down -76 places-76	£45,000	-25.61%	31 0.040%	11
Windows Server 2008	651	Down -68 places-68	£58,000	+37.27%	30 0.039%	8
FreeRTOS	656	Down -51 places-51	£61,500	+6.95%	25 0.033%	32
Solaris	657	Down -71 places-71	£58,000	-17.14%	24 0.031%	29
Mac OS X	662	Down -112 places-112	£37,750	+7.85%	19 0.025%
Embedded Linux	662	Down -68 places-68	£45,000	-21.73%	19 0.025%	55
Windows Server 2003	663	Down -51 places-51	£58,000	+10.47%	18 0.023%	1
HPUX	664	Down -49 places-49	£58,000	-	17 0.022%