Unix Job Trends in the East of England

Unix
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Unix skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 158 206
Rank change year-on-year -24 +48 -73
Permanent jobs citing Unix 7 11 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.11% 0.37% 0.29%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.66% 3.09% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 5 7 18
10th Percentile £43,500 - -
25th Percentile £52,500 £26,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £27,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +123.64% -45.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £62,250 £28,750 £55,438
90th Percentile - £51,250 £58,750
England median annual salary £69,310 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.63% +8.33% -13.60%

All Operating Systems
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 422 356 1,107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 6.72% 12.02% 16.83%
Number of salaries quoted 344 268 947
10th Percentile £27,575 £27,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,338 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.92% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £62,813 £58,086 £57,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £70,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -14.29%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Unix job vacancy trend in the East of England

Unix
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Unix.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Unix

Unix
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unix in the East of England over the 6 months to 5 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Unix in the East of England

Unix
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unix within the East of England region over the 6 months to 5 June 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
Hertfordshire -20 3 £61,500 -23.13% 1
Cambridgeshire -31 3 £55,000 +100.00% 4
Bedfordshire - 1 £40,000 -
Unix
England

Unix
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 1 (14.29%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Bluetooth
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
1 1 (14.29%) LTE
1 1 (14.29%) SSL
1 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (14.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Bitbucket
1 1 (14.29%) Git
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
1 1 (14.29%) Zephyr
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Aerospace
2 3 (42.86%) Back Office
2 3 (42.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
3 2 (28.57%) German Language
4 1 (14.29%) Electronics
4 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Firmware Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Perl Programmer
2 1 (14.29%) Programmer
2 1 (14.29%) Support Assistant
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Assistant
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Support
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) HTML
2 2 (28.57%) JSON
2 2 (28.57%) Regular Expression
2 2 (28.57%) XML
3 1 (14.29%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Linux Command Line
1 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
2 1 (14.29%) Device Driver
2 1 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (14.29%) IoT
2 1 (14.29%) NB-IoT
2 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Linux
2 3 (42.86%) Windows
3 1 (14.29%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (14.29%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (14.29%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Identity Access Management
1 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Management
1 3 (42.86%) ITIL
1 3 (42.86%) Line Management
1 3 (42.86%) People Management
1 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (28.57%) AI
2 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) LLM
2 2 (28.57%) Software Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) Device Driver Development
3 1 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Prototyping
3 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) C
2 1 (14.29%) Embedded C
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 1 (14.29%) Perl
2 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
2 1 (14.29%) PhD
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (14.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) VMware