Unix Job Trends in Berkshire

Unix
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Unix skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 101 130
Rank change year-on-year -10 +29 -49
Permanent jobs citing Unix 5 15 30
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.24% 1.05% 1.16%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.60% 8.88% 6.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4 13 3
10th Percentile £33,143 £35,750 £42,400
25th Percentile £45,359 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,430 £42,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.36% -8.70% +6.36%
75th Percentile £61,474 £52,000 £59,375
90th Percentile £62,840 £56,800 £65,900
South East median annual salary £58,000 £52,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.54% -13.33% +20.00%

All Operating Systems
Berkshire

Unix falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 139 169 485
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 6.69% 11.81% 18.75%
Number of salaries quoted 98 112 412
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,050 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,375 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +6.86%
75th Percentile £51,000 £57,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £64,125 £64,625 £70,000
South East median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% +17.65% -1.73%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Unix relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Unix job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Unix
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Unix.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Unix

Unix
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unix in Berkshire over the 6 months to 26 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Unix in Berkshire

Unix
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unix within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 26 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +9 2 £62,500 +6.84% 2
Unix
South East

Unix
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Apigee
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Kong
1 2 (40.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) GitLab
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Automation Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Automation Specialist
1 2 (40.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Network Specialist
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Software Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Graduate
2 1 (20.00%) Graduate Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Graduate Technical Support
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Jinja
1 2 (40.00%) JSON
1 2 (40.00%) REST
1 2 (40.00%) XML
1 2 (40.00%) YAML
1 2 (40.00%) YANG
2 1 (20.00%) .NET
2 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) API Management
2 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (40.00%) Containerisation
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (40.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (40.00%) Microservices
2 2 (40.00%) Open Source
2 2 (40.00%) Parallel Programming
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Physics
2 2 (40.00%) SDLC
2 2 (40.00%) Secrets Management
2 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Task Automation
2 2 (40.00%) Webhook
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) Bash
2 2 (40.00%) C
2 2 (40.00%) C++
2 2 (40.00%) Fortran
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) C#
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (40.00%) PhD
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
1 2 (40.00%) F5
1 2 (40.00%) Juniper
1 2 (40.00%) Palo Alto
1 2 (40.00%) Red Hat