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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 86 140
Rank change year-on-year -13 +54 -38
Permanent jobs citing Unix 12 2 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.45% 0.18% 0.44%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.89% 2.30% 3.39%
Number of salaries quoted 12 2 8
10th Percentile £60,625 - -
25th Percentile £70,938 £74,870 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £78,810 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.83% +32.45% +0.85%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,751 £82,500
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £63,750 £78,810 £52,500
% change year-on-year -19.11% +50.11% -4.55%

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 152 87 413
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 5.66% 8.00% 12.95%
Number of salaries quoted 122 62 356
10th Percentile £33,100 £32,500 £27,875
25th Percentile £43,125 £37,375 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £76,875 £68,750 £67,813
90th Percentile £79,875 £77,500 £87,500
South West median annual salary £42,500 £37,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +13.33% -21.05% -

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 13 July 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 5 (41.67%) AWS
General
1 10 (83.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Engineering Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Linux Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Linux Systems Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 11 (91.67%) Linux
2 9 (75.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) DevOps
2 8 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 8 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
3 5 (41.67%) Observability
3 5 (41.67%) Site Reliability Engineering
4 4 (33.33%) Operational Stability
4 4 (33.33%) Performance Management
4 4 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
Systems Management
1 9 (75.00%) Puppet
1 9 (75.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) Red Hat