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 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 142 97
Rank change year-on-year +13 -45 -7
Permanent jobs citing Unix 2 10 49
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.059% 0.49% 2.02%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.88% 6.62% 17.07%
Number of salaries quoted 0 10 22
10th Percentile - £40,015 £34,750
25th Percentile - £40,240 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £45,615 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.97% -10.71%
75th Percentile - £58,279 £61,000
90th Percentile - £60,754 £64,206
South East median annual salary £60,000 £41,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year +44.58% -13.54% -10.71%

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 228 151 287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 6.73% 7.36% 11.84%
Number of salaries quoted 190 128 190
10th Percentile £29,000 £22,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £28,188 £40,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,010 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.07% -23.62% +0.92%
75th Percentile £68,750 £51,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £57,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -20.00% +7.53%

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
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 13 September 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 -23 2 - - 1
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Database 11g
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Database 12c
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) DBA
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared DBA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Database Security
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle