Operating System Statistics in England

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 17 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%	3,368 4.41%	970
Linux	87	Down -48 places-48	£60,000	-	1,566 2.05%	821
Windows Server	114	Down -25 places-25	£40,000	-5.88%	1,248 1.63%	351
Windows 10	250	Down -60 places-60	£32,500	-12.16%	592 0.77%	94
Android	276	Down -121 places-121	£55,000	+4.76%	520 0.68%	153
Apple iOS	307	Down -35 places-35	£56,500	-9.60%	453 0.59%	119
Mac OS	429	Down -41 places-41	£34,003	-2.50%	271 0.35%	83
Unix	448	Down -127 places-127	£62,000	-4.61%	244 0.32%	98
Windows Server 2016	496	Down -66 places-66	£42,250	-0.58%	187 0.24%	36
Red Hat Enterprise Linux	543	Down -89 places-89	£60,000	-14.28%	138 0.18%	80
Windows Server 2019	573	Down -154 places-154	£42,000	-1.17%	108 0.14%	37
Ubuntu	589	Down -87 places-87	£56,250	+12.50%	92 0.12%	55
VMS	601	Down -43 places-43	£75,000	+15.38%	80 0.10%	33
CentOS	606	Down -70 places-70	£48,750	-18.75%	75 0.098%	24
Windows Server 2012	625	Down -128 places-128	£42,000	-6.66%	56 0.073%	15
Windows 7	632	Down -84 places-84	£32,500	+6.55%	49 0.064%	9
Debian	650	Down -90 places-90	£45,000	-25.61%	31 0.041%	11
Windows Server 2008	651	Down -82 places-82	£58,000	+37.27%	30 0.039%	10
FreeRTOS	656	Down -65 places-65	£61,500	+6.95%	25 0.033%	32
Solaris	656	Down -84 places-84	£58,000	-17.14%	25 0.033%	26
Mac OS X	662	Down -126 places-126	£37,750	+7.85%	19 0.025%
Windows Server 2003	662	Down -64 places-64	£58,000	+10.47%	19 0.025%	1
Embedded Linux	662	Down -82 places-82	£45,000	-21.73%	19 0.025%	59
HPUX	663	Down -62 places-62	£58,000	-	18 0.024%