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 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 127 164
Rank change year-on-year +10 +37 -25
Permanent jobs citing Unix 37 51 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.85% 1.47% 0.18%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.07% 8.70% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 15 17 6
10th Percentile - £52,000 £34,375
25th Percentile £41,250 £52,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,085 £57,500 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year -25.07% +48.39% -35.42%
75th Percentile £45,875 £85,000 £43,438
90th Percentile £48,025 £87,000 £44,063
England median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £64,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% -6.98% -0.77%

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 408 586 659
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 9.38% 16.88% 19.43%
Number of salaries quoted 298 332 540
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,025 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,750 £30,000 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £48,500 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.53% +27.63% -20.00%
75th Percentile £52,438 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% - -4.76%

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 24 January 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 24 January 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
Cambridgeshire +19 22 - - 4
Hertfordshire -20 13 £43,085 -25.07% 7
Bedfordshire - 2 £45,000 - 4
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 4 (10.81%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (2.70%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 4 (10.81%) NEC Housing
2 1 (2.70%) SAP IBP
2 1 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (21.62%) Cohesity
2 2 (5.41%) Azure
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (21.62%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.81%) BusinessObjects
1 4 (10.81%) MS Access
1 4 (10.81%) SAP Data Services
1 4 (10.81%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.70%) SAP BW
2 1 (2.70%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Toad
General
1 8 (21.62%) German Language
2 6 (16.22%) Public Sector
3 5 (13.51%) Social Skills
4 4 (10.81%) Local Government
5 2 (5.41%) Electronics
5 2 (5.41%) Finance
5 2 (5.41%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.41%) Marketing
5 2 (5.41%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.70%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (32.43%) Support Engineer
2 8 (21.62%) Linux Engineer
3 7 (18.92%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
3 7 (18.92%) Linux Support
3 7 (18.92%) Linux Support Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) Applications Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) Applications Support
4 4 (10.81%) Applications Support Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) Senior
4 4 (10.81%) Senior Applications Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) Senior Applications Support
4 4 (10.81%) Senior Support Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
6 1 (2.70%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (2.70%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (59.46%) HTML
1 22 (59.46%) JSON
1 22 (59.46%) Regular Expression
1 22 (59.46%) XML
2 1 (2.70%) Middleware
2 1 (2.70%) SAP Basis
2 1 (2.70%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 22 (59.46%) Linux Command Line
1 22 (59.46%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.70%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (29.73%) Linux
2 8 (21.62%) Debian
2 8 (21.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 8 (21.62%) Solaris
3 4 (10.81%) Windows
3 4 (10.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (59.46%) AI
1 22 (59.46%) Data Analysis
1 22 (59.46%) LLM
2 7 (18.92%) Service Delivery
3 4 (10.81%) Agile
3 4 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (10.81%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (10.81%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 4 (10.81%) Decision-Making
3 4 (10.81%) Digital Strategy
3 4 (10.81%) Migration
3 4 (10.81%) Workflow
4 3 (8.11%) Service Management
5 2 (5.41%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (5.41%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (5.41%) Patch Management
5 2 (5.41%) Programme Management
6 1 (2.70%) Capacity Management
6 1 (2.70%) Performance Tuning
6 1 (2.70%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 30 (81.08%) Python
2 8 (21.62%) Bash
2 8 (21.62%) Korn
3 4 (10.81%) PowerShell
3 4 (10.81%) Shell Script
3 4 (10.81%) SQL
3 4 (10.81%) VB
Qualifications
1 27 (72.97%) Degree
2 10 (27.03%) Security Cleared
3 5 (13.51%) SC Cleared
4 3 (8.11%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.70%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (24.32%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (24.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (21.62%) Ansible
Vendors
1 10 (27.03%) VMware
2 8 (21.62%) NetApp
3 7 (18.92%) SAP
4 4 (10.81%) NEC
4 4 (10.81%) Oracle