Operating System Statistics in England

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 28 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%	3,947 4.38%	987
Linux	70	Down -34 places-34	£65,000	+8.33%	2,132 2.36%	836
Windows Server	114	Down -21 places-21	£41,000	+2.50%	1,526 1.69%	363
Windows 10	317	Down -89 places-89	£32,500	-1.51%	520 0.58%	102
Android	323	Down -204 places-204	£55,000	+22.22%	509 0.56%	207
Apple iOS	349	Up 4 places+4	£60,000	+14.28%	443 0.49%	169
Mac OS	428	Down -45 places-45	£37,500	+7.91%	316 0.35%	84
Windows Server 2016	507	Down -16 places-16	£42,500	-	219 0.24%	29
Unix	513	Down -121 places-121	£69,306	+1.16%	212 0.24%	99
Red Hat Enterprise Linux	533	Down -47 places-47	£67,500	-3.57%	190 0.21%	51
Windows Server 2019	591	Down -155 places-155	£41,000	-10.86%	131 0.15%	28
Ubuntu	607	Down -11 places-11	£60,000	+20.00%	115 0.13%	42
CentOS	627	Down -37 places-37	£80,000	+32.23%	95 0.11%	23
VMS	632	Down -63 places-63	£68,750	+7.42%	90 0.100%	37
Embedded Linux	649	Down -52 places-52	£67,500	+22.72%	73 0.081%	54
Debian	669	Down -43 places-43	£52,500	-12.50%	53 0.059%	14
Windows Server 2012	672	Down -110 places-110	£42,500	-5.55%	50 0.056%	9
FreeRTOS	679	Down -28 places-28	£57,500	+4.54%	43 0.048%	14
Windows 7	684	Down -77 places-77	£33,000	+7.31%	38 0.042%	5
AIX	695	Down -55 places-55	£75,000	+15.38%	27 0.030%	6
Windows Server 2008	705	Down -71 places-71	£65,000	+54.76%	17 0.019%
Windows 8	705	Down -56 places-56	£33,000	-17.50%	17 0.019%	2
Mac OS X	708	Down -104 places-104	£37,500	+20.96%	14 0.016%	3
Solaris	708	Down -77 places-77	£49,736	-37.83%	14 0.016%	11