Unix Job Trends in England

Unix
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Unix skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 392 266 343
Rank change year-on-year -126 +77 -142
Permanent jobs citing Unix 273 417 620
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.40% 1.15% 0.80%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.63% 7.47% 5.26%
Number of salaries quoted 142 199 461
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £48,375 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £79,932 £82,751 £82,500
90th Percentile £88,625 £93,778 £100,064
UK median annual salary £62,500 £69,308 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.82% +15.51% -13.60%

All Operating Systems
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,850 5,583 11,791
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.06% 15.38% 15.22%
Number of salaries quoted 3,673 3,988 9,828
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -14.29%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Unix job vacancy trend in England

Unix
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Unix.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Unix

Unix
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unix in England over the 6 months to 27 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Unix in England

Unix
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 27 March 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
London -20 144 £75,000 +7.14% 39
South East -48 39 £58,000 +45.00% 21
South West -30 26 £60,000 -16.66% 3
East of England -30 26 £61,500 +2.50% 4
North of England -124 21 £56,000 -19.29% 20
Midlands -62 12 £73,801 +23.00% 12
North West -84 10 £61,250 -10.54% 10
West Midlands -43 9 £74,401 +24.00% 8
North East -31 6 £73,801 +6.48% 3
Yorkshire -67 5 £25,750 -69.80% 7
East Midlands -45 3 £40,000 -42.86% 4
Unix
UK

Unix
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 28 (10.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (8.42%) Exchange Server 2003
3 10 (3.66%) Tomcat
4 7 (2.56%) WebSphere
5 6 (2.20%) Apache Spark
5 6 (2.20%) WebSphere Application Server
6 5 (1.83%) Anypoint
6 5 (1.83%) WebLogic
7 4 (1.47%) Confluence
8 3 (1.10%) IIS
8 3 (1.10%) WebLogic Portal
9 2 (0.73%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.37%) Apache
10 1 (0.37%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.37%) nginx
10 1 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 20 (7.33%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (5.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.56%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.83%) Shopify
3 4 (1.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (1.10%) FLEXCUBE
4 3 (1.10%) Primavera
5 2 (0.73%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.37%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 96 (35.16%) AWS
2 73 (26.74%) Azure
3 41 (15.02%) GCP
4 33 (12.09%) Pulumi
5 23 (8.42%) AWS CloudFormation
6 20 (7.33%) GitHub
6 20 (7.33%) PaaS
7 16 (5.86%) Amazon ECR
7 16 (5.86%) SaaS
8 14 (5.13%) Amazon ECS
8 14 (5.13%) dbt
9 13 (4.76%) OpenShift
9 13 (4.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 12 (4.40%) IaaS
11 9 (3.30%) Amazon ElastiCache
11 9 (3.30%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 9 (3.30%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (3.30%) Power Platform
11 9 (3.30%) Sentry
12 7 (2.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 33 (12.09%) TCP/IP
2 32 (11.72%) DNS
3 28 (10.26%) Firewall
4 24 (8.79%) DHCP
5 20 (7.33%) Broadband
6 11 (4.03%) HTTPS
7 9 (3.30%) VLAN
7 9 (3.30%) WAN
8 8 (2.93%) 5G
8 8 (2.93%) Cisco ASA
8 8 (2.93%) SD-WAN
8 8 (2.93%) SSL
8 8 (2.93%) VPN
9 7 (2.56%) MPLS
10 5 (1.83%) Kerberos
11 4 (1.47%) FIX Connectivity
12 2 (0.73%) CHAP
12 2 (0.73%) Internet
12 2 (0.73%) VoIP
13 1 (0.37%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (12.82%) Oracle Database
2 30 (10.99%) NoSQL
3 28 (10.26%) Relational Database
4 24 (8.79%) Oracle Database 10g
4 24 (8.79%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (7.33%) RDBMS
6 17 (6.23%) Amazon RDS
6 17 (6.23%) Elasticsearch
7 14 (5.13%) Redis
8 9 (3.30%) DB2
8 9 (3.30%) Power BI
8 9 (3.30%) Tableau
9 8 (2.93%) Big Data
10 7 (2.56%) Hadoop
10 7 (2.56%) Oracle Reports
10 7 (2.56%) SQL Server
11 6 (2.20%) Apache Hive
12 3 (1.10%) Oracle Discoverer
13 2 (0.73%) Informix
13 2 (0.73%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 19 (6.96%) Jaeger
2 16 (5.86%) Git
3 13 (4.76%) GitLab
4 11 (4.03%) LabVIEW
5 10 (3.66%) Bitbucket
6 9 (3.30%) Jenkins
7 6 (2.20%) JIRA
8 4 (1.47%) Metasploit
8 4 (1.47%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (1.10%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.37%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.37%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.37%) Mocha
10 1 (0.37%) Selenium
10 1 (0.37%) webpack
10 1 (0.37%) Zephyr
General
1 69 (25.27%) Finance
1 69 (25.27%) Social Skills
2 37 (13.55%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (11.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 25 (9.16%) Banking
5 16 (5.86%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (5.49%) German Language
7 14 (5.13%) Telecoms
8 13 (4.76%) Electronics
9 12 (4.40%) Public Sector
10 11 (4.03%) Investment Banking
11 10 (3.66%) Legal
12 7 (2.56%) Front Office
12 7 (2.56%) Law
13 6 (2.20%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.83%) Back Office
15 4 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (1.10%) Financial Institution
17 2 (0.73%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 44 (16.12%) Senior
2 24 (8.79%) 3rd Line Support
3 23 (8.42%) Lead
3 23 (8.42%) Systems Support
4 22 (8.06%) Analyst
5 20 (7.33%) Cloud Engineer
6 19 (6.96%) Platform Engineer
7 18 (6.59%) Automation Engineer
8 17 (6.23%) Developer
9 15 (5.49%) Linux Engineer
10 14 (5.13%) Azure Engineer
10 14 (5.13%) Support Engineer
11 13 (4.76%) Verification Engineer
12 12 (4.40%) Infrastructure Support
12 12 (4.40%) Linux Support
13 11 (4.03%) Cloud Security Engineer
13 11 (4.03%) GCP Engineer
13 11 (4.03%) Product Engineer
13 11 (4.03%) Product Test Engineer
13 11 (4.03%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (15.38%) JSON
2 40 (14.65%) XML
3 31 (11.36%) HTML
4 29 (10.62%) Regular Expression
5 27 (9.89%) Elastic Stack
6 19 (6.96%) OpenTelemetry
7 14 (5.13%) Django
8 13 (4.76%) LDAP
9 11 (4.03%) pytest
9 11 (4.03%) REST
10 9 (3.30%) FIX Protocol
11 8 (2.93%) OAuth
12 7 (2.56%) OAuth2
12 7 (2.56%) RESTful
13 6 (2.20%) Jinja
13 6 (2.20%) Kafka
13 6 (2.20%) LAPP Stack
13 6 (2.20%) WebSphere MQ
13 6 (2.20%) YAML
13 6 (2.20%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 56 (20.51%) Linux Command Line
2 33 (12.09%) Onboarding
3 22 (8.06%) Management Information System
4 17 (6.23%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (4.76%) Hedge funds
6 12 (4.40%) Security Posture
7 11 (4.03%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (4.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 9 (3.30%) Data Centre
9 8 (2.93%) Cyber Threat
9 8 (2.93%) Self-Driving Car
10 7 (2.56%) Clustering
11 6 (2.20%) Low-Code
12 5 (1.83%) Driving Licence
12 5 (1.83%) IoT
13 4 (1.47%) Cyber Defence
13 4 (1.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 4 (1.47%) Public Cloud
13 4 (1.47%) Security Operations Centre
13 4 (1.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 173 (63.37%) Linux
2 82 (30.04%) Windows
3 30 (10.99%) Solaris
4 24 (8.79%) HPUX
5 23 (8.42%) Windows Server 2003
6 22 (8.06%) Windows 7
6 22 (8.06%) Windows Server 2008
7 19 (6.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (2.56%) Windows Server
9 5 (1.83%) AIX
10 4 (1.47%) Kali Linux
10 4 (1.47%) Ubuntu
11 3 (1.10%) Mac OS
11 3 (1.10%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.37%) CentOS
12 1 (0.37%) Debian
12 1 (0.37%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.37%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.37%) SUSE
12 1 (0.37%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (26.37%) DevOps
2 68 (24.91%) Infrastructure as Code
3 61 (22.34%) Problem-Solving
4 57 (20.88%) AI
5 48 (17.58%) Agile
6 46 (16.85%) CI/CD
7 44 (16.12%) Containerisation
8 40 (14.65%) High Availability
9 39 (14.29%) Task Automation
10 38 (13.92%) Incident Management
10 38 (13.92%) ITIL
11 37 (13.55%) Data Analysis
12 36 (13.19%) Computer Science
13 34 (12.45%) Incident Response
14 31 (11.36%) Test Automation
15 29 (10.62%) LLM
15 29 (10.62%) Mentoring
16 27 (9.89%) Roadmaps
17 26 (9.52%) Change Management
18 24 (8.79%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 180 (65.93%) Python
2 61 (22.34%) Bash
3 47 (17.22%) SQL
4 43 (15.75%) Java
5 41 (15.02%) PowerShell
6 38 (13.92%) JavaScript
7 26 (9.52%) Perl
8 22 (8.06%) Go
9 16 (5.86%) Shell Script
10 11 (4.03%) C#
10 11 (4.03%) MATLAB
11 7 (2.56%) PL/SQL
12 5 (1.83%) C++
12 5 (1.83%) VB
12 5 (1.83%) VBA
12 5 (1.83%) VBScript
13 4 (1.47%) Korn
13 4 (1.47%) R
13 4 (1.47%) Rust
14 3 (1.10%) C
Qualifications
1 95 (34.80%) Degree
2 63 (23.08%) Security Cleared
3 54 (19.78%) SC Cleared
4 32 (11.72%) AWS Certification
5 29 (10.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (10.62%) DV Cleared
6 17 (6.23%) CISSP
7 12 (4.40%) ITIL Certification
8 11 (4.03%) CCSK
8 11 (4.03%) HND
9 8 (2.93%) CCNA
9 8 (2.93%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (2.56%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (1.83%) CISA
11 5 (1.83%) Master's Degree
11 5 (1.83%) OSCP
12 4 (1.47%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 4 (1.47%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (1.10%) ACCA
13 3 (1.10%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (12.82%) SLA
2 7 (2.56%) GDPR
2 7 (2.56%) QA
3 5 (1.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.10%) NIST
6 2 (0.73%) COBIT
7 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.37%) MiFID
7 1 (0.37%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 51 (18.68%) Docker
2 41 (15.02%) Active Directory
3 16 (5.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.83%) Oracle RAC
4 5 (1.83%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 1 (0.37%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.37%) Firmware
5 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.37%) XenApp
5 1 (0.37%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 58 (21.25%) Terraform
2 55 (20.15%) Ansible
3 51 (18.68%) Kubernetes
4 26 (9.52%) Prometheus
5 19 (6.96%) Argo
5 19 (6.96%) Kustomize
6 13 (4.76%) Grafana
7 9 (3.30%) AWS Copilot
8 7 (2.56%) SCCM
9 4 (1.47%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 4 (1.47%) Oracle RMAN
10 3 (1.10%) Data Guard
10 3 (1.10%) Nagios
10 3 (1.10%) Podman
11 2 (0.73%) Check_MK
11 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.73%) Puppet
12 1 (0.37%) Ambari
12 1 (0.37%) SCOM
12 1 (0.37%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 54 (19.78%) Oracle
2 47 (17.22%) Google
2 47 (17.22%) Microsoft
3 43 (15.75%) VMware
4 27 (9.89%) Red Hat
5 23 (8.42%) IBM
6 17 (6.23%) Cisco
7 14 (5.13%) Juniper
7 14 (5.13%) Palo Alto
7 14 (5.13%) SAP
8 12 (4.40%) Dell
8 12 (4.40%) Splunk
9 9 (3.30%) Workday
10 8 (2.93%) Fortinet
10 8 (2.93%) IFS
11 7 (2.56%) Arista
11 7 (2.56%) Databricks
11 7 (2.56%) HP
11 7 (2.56%) Symantec
12 6 (2.20%) F5