Unix Administrator Job Trends in England

Unix Administrator
UK > England

The median Unix Administrator salary in England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 635 735 722
Rank change year-on-year +100 -13 +361
Permanent jobs requiring a Unix Administrator 2 12 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.005% 0.018% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.018% 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 2 12 20
10th Percentile £47,000 - £44,263
25th Percentile £48,125 £35,520 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,250 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.92% -26.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £60,625 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £61,000 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £46,250 £62,500
% change year-on-year +18.92% -26.00% +4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 38,927 65,264 51,744
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.35% 95.19% 93.90%
Number of salaries quoted 23,272 39,661 39,990
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Unix Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Unix Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Unix Administrator in England

Unix Administrator
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Unix Administrator job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Unix Administrator job vacancies in England

Unix Administrator
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unix Administrator within the England region over the 6 months to 16 September 2025. 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
South West +64 1 £52,500 +13.51%
London +57 1 £57,500 -32.35% 1
Unix Administrator
UK

Unix Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, Unix Administrator job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Unix Administrator in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
1 2 (100.00%) Ansible
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) Puppet
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Progress Chef
2 1 (50.00%) OpenShift
2 1 (50.00%) Docker
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) CoreOS
2 1 (50.00%) Terraform
2 1 (50.00%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Podman
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) CentOS
2 1 (50.00%) Debian
2 1 (50.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (50.00%) Python

Unix Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) OpenShift
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
General
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
2 1 (50.00%) AIX
2 1 (50.00%) CentOS
2 1 (50.00%) CoreOS
2 1 (50.00%) Debian
2 1 (50.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Ansible
1 2 (100.00%) Puppet
2 1 (50.00%) Podman
2 1 (50.00%) Progress Chef
2 1 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat