Unix Systems Administrator Jobs in England

Unix System Administrator (Unix Sysadmin)
UK > England

As of 3 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Unix System Administrator (Unix Sysadmin) salary in England.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 654 825 900
Rank change year-on-year +171 +75 +194
Permanent jobs requiring a Unix Systems Administrator 1 18 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.002% 0.021% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.022% 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 0 18 15
10th Percentile - £35,520 £45,150
25th Percentile - £36,640 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £51,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -14.58% +14.29%
75th Percentile - £58,750 £73,750
90th Percentile - - £74,650
UK median annual salary - £51,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -14.58% +14.29%

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 41,862 80,543 84,589
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.30% 94.48% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 24,654 60,279 53,593
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,626
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,942 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -

Unix Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Unix Systems Administrator in England

Unix Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Unix Systems Administrator in England.

Salary trend for Unix Systems Administrator in England

Unix Systems 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 Systems Administrator within the England region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
North West - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -
Unix Systems Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Unix Systems 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 Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) AIX
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) EDI
1 1 (100.00%) FTP
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) HTTPS
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Nagios
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) LAMP
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
1 1 (100.00%) AWK

Unix Systems 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) FTP
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) HTTPS
1 1 (100.00%) SSH
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) EDI
1 1 (100.00%) LAMP
1 1 (100.00%) Loki
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Life Science
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Command Line
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) AIX
1 1 (100.00%) CentOS
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) AWK
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Korn
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) KVM
1 1 (100.00%) Postfix
1 1 (100.00%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Grafana
1 1 (100.00%) Nagios
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable