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 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 82 141
Rank change year-on-year -10 +59 -45
Permanent jobs citing Unix 15 6 19
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.52% 0.64% 0.64%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.50% 6.98% 4.92%
Number of salaries quoted 15 5 14
10th Percentile £51,600 - £41,725
25th Percentile £60,000 £70,097 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £71,991 £64,085
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% +12.34% -8.45%
75th Percentile £78,125 £82,751 £82,548
90th Percentile £78,750 - £100,064
South West median annual salary £70,000 £71,991 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.77% +37.13% -

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 120 86 386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 4.18% 9.16% 13.09%
Number of salaries quoted 105 48 365
10th Percentile £28,850 £30,525 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £42,500 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,886 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,751 £87,500
South West median annual salary £44,100 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.25% -15.79% +5.56%

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 17 May 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) AWS
General
1 8 (53.33%) Finance
2 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Linux Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Engineering Manager
2 4 (26.67%) Unix Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Unix Linux Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Linux Systems Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 14 (93.33%) Linux
2 8 (53.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (13.33%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) DevOps
2 6 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 6 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
3 4 (26.67%) Observability
3 4 (26.67%) Site Reliability Engineering
4 3 (20.00%) Operational Stability
4 3 (20.00%) Performance Management
4 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
6 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (6.67%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) Bash
1 2 (13.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Docker
1 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (46.67%) Puppet
1 7 (46.67%) Terraform
2 1 (6.67%) Ansible
2 1 (6.67%) Podman
Vendors
1 8 (53.33%) Red Hat
2 2 (13.33%) VMware
3 1 (6.67%) Mirantis