Unix Job Trends in Bristol

Unix
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Unix skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 82 134
Rank change year-on-year -11 +52 -38
Permanent jobs citing Unix 8 14 21
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.31% 1.30% 0.80%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.20% 10.22% 5.66%
Number of salaries quoted 8 6 16
10th Percentile £50,700 £67,548 £41,875
25th Percentile £52,125 £70,097 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £71,991 £75,669
Median % change year-on-year -21.87% -4.86% +8.96%
75th Percentile £62,500 £73,886 £97,420
90th Percentile £70,000 - £100,064
South West median annual salary £60,000 £71,991 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.66% +37.13% +5.00%

All Operating Systems
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 87 137 371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 3.40% 12.70% 14.14%
Number of salaries quoted 65 84 351
10th Percentile £27,400 £28,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,886 £71,841
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £87,500
South West median annual salary £36,555 £40,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -8.61% -18.37% +8.89%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Unix job vacancy trend in Bristol

Unix
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Unix.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Unix

Unix
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unix in Bristol over the 6 months to 10 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Unix in Bristol

Unix
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) Tomcat
1 3 (37.50%) WebLogic
1 3 (37.50%) WebLogic Portal
Business Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (37.50%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle Database
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle Discoverer
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle APEX
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle Forms
General
1 2 (25.00%) Electronics
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
1 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (25.00%) Marketing
1 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Linux Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Unix Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Unix Linux Engineer
3 3 (37.50%) Administrator
3 3 (37.50%) Developer
3 3 (37.50%) Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) ModSecurity
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle ADF
1 3 (37.50%) WebCenter
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (37.50%) Windows
3 2 (25.00%) Solaris
4 1 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Agile
1 3 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
1 3 (37.50%) PL/SQL
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) Bash
2 2 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Docker
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Ansible
2 1 (12.50%) Podman
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) IFS
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle
2 2 (25.00%) SAP
2 2 (25.00%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) Mirantis
3 1 (12.50%) Red Hat