Operating System Statistics in England

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Windows	41	Down -26 places-26	£38,500	-8.33%	3,364 4.42%	909
Linux	85	Down -46 places-46	£60,000	-	1,563 2.05%	716
Windows Server	112	Down -21 places-21	£40,000	-5.88%	1,246 1.64%	334
Windows 10	246	Down -57 places-57	£32,500	-12.75%	590 0.78%	92
Android	275	Down -120 places-120	£55,000	+4.76%	520 0.68%	161
Apple iOS	305	Down -37 places-37	£55,750	-10.80%	455 0.60%	129
Mac OS	426	Down -36 places-36	£34,003	-2.50%	273 0.36%	82
Unix	444	Down -128 places-128	£61,500	-5.38%	245 0.32%	88
Windows Server 2016	491	Down -64 places-64	£42,500	-	188 0.25%	38
Red Hat Enterprise Linux	541	Down -89 places-89	£60,000	-14.28%	137 0.18%	71
Windows Server 2019	568	Down -154 places-154	£42,000	-1.17%	110 0.14%	37
Ubuntu	588	Down -91 places-91	£56,250	+12.50%	90 0.12%	48
VMS	591	Down -37 places-37	£75,000	+15.38%	87 0.11%	34
CentOS	604	Down -71 places-71	£47,500	-20.83%	74 0.097%	22
Windows Server 2012	622	Down -131 places-131	£42,000	-6.66%	56 0.074%	14
Windows 7	628	Down -84 places-84	£32,500	+6.55%	50 0.066%	10
Debian	647	Down -91 places-91	£45,000	-25.61%	31 0.041%	11
Windows Server 2008	647	Down -82 places-82	£58,000	+38.09%	31 0.041%	12
Solaris	652	Down -84 places-84	£58,000	-17.14%	26 0.034%	20
FreeRTOS	654	Down -67 places-67	£61,500	+6.95%	24 0.032%	34
Windows Server 2003	658	Down -64 places-64	£58,000	+10.47%	20 0.026%	1
Mac OS X	659	Down -126 places-126	£37,750	+7.85%	19 0.025%
Embedded Linux	659	Down -83 places-83	£45,000	-21.73%	19 0.025%	49
HPUX	659	Down -62 places-62	£58,000	-	19 0.025%