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 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 339 255 216
Rank change year-on-year -84 -39 -21
Permanent jobs citing Unix 321 672 779
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.75% 1.08% 1.57%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.05% 8.13% 9.11%
Number of salaries quoted 192 274 596
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £41,500
25th Percentile £42,688 £50,000 £48,140
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -6.98% +3.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,688 £84,056
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £96,145
UK median annual salary £62,250 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.75% -7.69% +4.00%

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 5,307 8,270 8,547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.41% 13.34% 17.22%
Number of salaries quoted 3,707 4,889 6,972
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £50,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.00% -3.85% -0.95%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £86,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £42,000 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -16.00% -2.91% -1.90%

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 22 October 2025.

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 22 October 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
London -17 157 £78,500 +9.79% 122
South East +5 52 £45,000 -18.18% 90
South West +43 37 £57,500 -14.81% 18
East of England -16 28 £42,792 -22.20% 23
Midlands -27 27 £73,801 +29.48% 23
West Midlands -3 19 £75,000 +14.57% 11
North of England -104 19 £47,500 -5.00% 32
East Midlands +1 8 £49,000 -10.91% 11
Yorkshire -20 7 £58,750 +46.88% 15
North West -80 7 £40,000 -23.81% 16
North East +10 5 £47,500 -20.83% 1
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 29 (9.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (8.72%) Tomcat
3 27 (8.41%) Apache Spark
4 21 (6.54%) WebSphere
5 15 (4.67%) WebSphere Application Server
6 13 (4.05%) Exchange Server 2003
7 12 (3.74%) IIS
8 8 (2.49%) SharePoint
9 7 (2.18%) Apache
10 5 (1.56%) Confluence
10 5 (1.56%) nginx
11 4 (1.25%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (1.25%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
12 3 (0.93%) SAS
13 2 (0.62%) Anypoint
13 2 (0.62%) JBoss
13 2 (0.62%) WebLogic Portal
14 1 (0.31%) NetWeaver
14 1 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 31 (9.66%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (6.85%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.25%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.62%) Primavera
2 2 (0.62%) Shopify
3 1 (0.31%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.31%) ION MarketView
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.31%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 105 (32.71%) AWS
2 67 (20.87%) Azure
3 30 (9.35%) Amazon S3
4 28 (8.72%) Amazon EKS
5 26 (8.10%) Microsoft 365
6 24 (7.48%) GCP
7 20 (6.23%) AWS CloudFormation
8 18 (5.61%) Amazon ELB
9 17 (5.30%) Entra ID
10 16 (4.98%) Amazon EC2
11 14 (4.36%) SaaS
12 13 (4.05%) Serverless
13 12 (3.74%) Amazon ECR
13 12 (3.74%) OpenShift
14 11 (3.43%) AWS Lambda
15 10 (3.12%) Power Automate
15 10 (3.12%) Power Platform
16 9 (2.80%) GitHub
16 9 (2.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 8 (2.49%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 33 (10.28%) SSL
2 23 (7.17%) Firewall
3 20 (6.23%) TCP/IP
4 18 (5.61%) DNS
5 17 (5.30%) DHCP
6 13 (4.05%) SAN
7 9 (2.80%) VPN
8 8 (2.49%) DMARC
9 6 (1.87%) HTTPS
9 6 (1.87%) VoIP
9 6 (1.87%) WAN
9 6 (1.87%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (1.87%) Wireshark
10 5 (1.56%) Broadband
10 5 (1.56%) HTTP
10 5 (1.56%) LAN
10 5 (1.56%) Reverse Proxy
11 4 (1.25%) VLAN
12 3 (0.93%) MPLS
12 3 (0.93%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (12.77%) PostgreSQL
2 35 (10.90%) SQL Server
3 29 (9.03%) Relational Database
4 23 (7.17%) Metadata
4 23 (7.17%) Oracle Database
5 21 (6.54%) Spark SQL
6 20 (6.23%) DynamoDB
6 20 (6.23%) MySQL
7 18 (5.61%) Delta Lake
8 17 (5.30%) DB2
9 14 (4.36%) Amazon RDS
10 13 (4.05%) Oracle Database 10g
11 11 (3.43%) Big Data
12 10 (3.12%) NoSQL
12 10 (3.12%) Power BI
12 10 (3.12%) Tableau
13 8 (2.49%) Hadoop
14 7 (2.18%) Apache Hive
14 7 (2.18%) BigQuery
14 7 (2.18%) Redis
Development Applications
1 29 (9.03%) Git
2 18 (5.61%) MLflow
3 13 (4.05%) Jenkins
3 13 (4.05%) JIRA
4 4 (1.25%) Cypress.io
4 4 (1.25%) JUnit
4 4 (1.25%) LabVIEW
4 4 (1.25%) Toad
5 3 (0.93%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.93%) CircleCI
5 3 (0.93%) GitLab
5 3 (0.93%) Maven
5 3 (0.93%) Mocha
5 3 (0.93%) webpack
6 2 (0.62%) Browser DevTools
6 2 (0.62%) Gradle
6 2 (0.62%) Jaeger
6 2 (0.62%) Postman
6 2 (0.62%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.62%) Xcode
General
1 115 (35.83%) Finance
2 98 (30.53%) Social Skills
3 42 (13.08%) Banking
4 27 (8.41%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (7.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (7.17%) Law
6 19 (5.92%) Public Sector
7 15 (4.67%) Front Office
8 12 (3.74%) Investment Banking
8 12 (3.74%) Marketing
9 11 (3.43%) Telecoms
10 10 (3.12%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (2.49%) Czech Language
11 8 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.87%) Electronics
13 5 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.25%) Back Office
14 4 (1.25%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.25%) Local Government
14 4 (1.25%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 60 (18.69%) Senior
2 47 (14.64%) Administrator
3 36 (11.21%) Applications Support
4 29 (9.03%) Support Engineer
5 26 (8.10%) Analyst
5 26 (8.10%) Developer
5 26 (8.10%) Systems Administrator
6 25 (7.79%) Linux Support
7 20 (6.23%) Lead
7 20 (6.23%) Machine Learning Engineer
8 18 (5.61%) Infrastructure Support
8 18 (5.61%) Operations Engineer
9 17 (5.30%) Software Engineer
9 17 (5.30%) Support Analyst
10 16 (4.98%) Linux Engineer
11 15 (4.67%) Consultant
11 15 (4.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 14 (4.36%) IT Support
13 13 (4.05%) Linux Support Engineer
14 11 (3.43%) Unix Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (7.17%) REST
2 21 (6.54%) PySpark
3 20 (6.23%) LDAP
3 20 (6.23%) NumPy
3 20 (6.23%) Pandas
3 20 (6.23%) PyTorch
3 20 (6.23%) TensorFlow
4 18 (5.61%) Keras
4 18 (5.61%) Lambda Expressions
4 18 (5.61%) Metaflow
4 18 (5.61%) scikit-learn
4 18 (5.61%) YAML
5 17 (5.30%) LAPP Stack
5 17 (5.30%) OAuth
5 17 (5.30%) WebSphere MQ
6 15 (4.67%) FIX Protocol
7 14 (4.36%) JSON
7 14 (4.36%) SOAP
8 13 (4.05%) React
8 13 (4.05%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (15.26%) Linux Command Line
2 25 (7.79%) e-Learning
3 15 (4.67%) Management Information System
4 13 (4.05%) Onboarding
4 13 (4.05%) Product Ownership
5 12 (3.74%) Algorithms
6 10 (3.12%) PKI
6 10 (3.12%) Public Cloud
6 10 (3.12%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.80%) Data Structures
7 9 (2.80%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.49%) Private Cloud
9 7 (2.18%) Data Centre
9 7 (2.18%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.87%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 6 (1.87%) Equities
10 6 (1.87%) Replication
11 5 (1.56%) Driving Licence
11 5 (1.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 212 (66.04%) Linux
2 101 (31.46%) Windows
3 39 (12.15%) Solaris
4 34 (10.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 22 (6.85%) Windows Server
6 17 (5.30%) HPUX
7 13 (4.05%) CentOS
7 13 (4.05%) Windows Server 2003
8 11 (3.43%) Mac OS
9 10 (3.12%) Windows 7
9 10 (3.12%) Windows Server 2008
10 9 (2.80%) Debian
11 5 (1.56%) AIX
12 4 (1.25%) Apple iOS
12 4 (1.25%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.62%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.31%) Android
14 1 (0.31%) CoreOS
14 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (26.79%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (20.56%) Agile
3 53 (16.51%) CI/CD
4 46 (14.33%) ITIL
5 44 (13.71%) DevOps
5 44 (13.71%) High Availability
5 44 (13.71%) SDLC
6 35 (10.90%) AI
6 35 (10.90%) Machine Learning
7 33 (10.28%) Software Engineering
8 30 (9.35%) Visualisation
9 29 (9.03%) Containerisation
10 27 (8.41%) Data Science
10 27 (8.41%) Time Management
11 26 (8.10%) Computer Science
11 26 (8.10%) Infrastructure as Code
11 26 (8.10%) Innovative Thinking
11 26 (8.10%) Test Automation
12 25 (7.79%) Incident Response
13 23 (7.17%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 158 (49.22%) Python
2 109 (33.96%) SQL
3 47 (14.64%) Bash
4 43 (13.40%) PowerShell
5 37 (11.53%) Java
6 33 (10.28%) Shell Script
7 32 (9.97%) JavaScript
8 15 (4.67%) R
9 14 (4.36%) Perl
10 12 (3.74%) C#
11 11 (3.43%) TypeScript
12 9 (2.80%) C++
12 9 (2.80%) PL/SQL
13 8 (2.49%) C
13 8 (2.49%) Korn
13 8 (2.49%) VBA
14 6 (1.87%) MATLAB
15 5 (1.56%) Go
16 4 (1.25%) Fortran
16 4 (1.25%) VB
Qualifications
1 76 (23.68%) Security Cleared
2 71 (22.12%) Degree
3 67 (20.87%) SC Cleared
4 45 (14.02%) DV Cleared
5 29 (9.03%) CCNA
5 29 (9.03%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (7.79%) AWS Certification
6 25 (7.79%) CCNP
7 18 (5.61%) ITIL Certification
8 16 (4.98%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (4.05%) CISA
9 13 (4.05%) CISSP
10 8 (2.49%) Master's Degree
10 8 (2.49%) Network+ Certification
10 8 (2.49%) PhD
11 7 (2.18%) ACCA
11 7 (2.18%) CIMA
11 7 (2.18%) RHCE
12 6 (1.87%) GCIA
12 6 (1.87%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (11.21%) SLA
2 19 (5.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.49%) GDPR
3 8 (2.49%) NIST
4 7 (2.18%) QA
5 5 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.56%) ITGC
6 4 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.93%) COBIT
7 3 (0.93%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 52 (16.20%) Docker
2 45 (14.02%) Active Directory
3 23 (7.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.56%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.56%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (1.56%) XenApp
4 5 (1.56%) XenDesktop
5 3 (0.93%) Apache Flume
5 3 (0.93%) HDFS
6 2 (0.62%) KVM
6 2 (0.62%) Xen
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 47 (14.64%) Terraform
2 40 (12.46%) Ansible
3 38 (11.84%) Kubernetes
4 23 (7.17%) Grafana
4 23 (7.17%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (5.61%) Kubeflow
6 13 (4.05%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (3.43%) SCCM
8 8 (2.49%) Progress Chef
9 7 (2.18%) Prometheus
10 6 (1.87%) Jamf Pro
10 6 (1.87%) Puppet
11 5 (1.56%) FortiGate
12 4 (1.25%) AWS Copilot
13 3 (0.93%) Argo
13 3 (0.93%) Kibana
13 3 (0.93%) logstash
13 3 (0.93%) Netcool
13 3 (0.93%) Oozie
14 2 (0.62%) Suricata
Vendors
1 77 (23.99%) Microsoft
2 75 (23.36%) Oracle
3 42 (13.08%) VMware
4 38 (11.84%) Red Hat
5 35 (10.90%) Cisco
6 32 (9.97%) Google
7 27 (8.41%) IBM
8 23 (7.17%) Databricks
9 19 (5.92%) SAP
10 14 (4.36%) ServiceNow
11 12 (3.74%) Splunk
12 10 (3.12%) Apple
13 9 (2.80%) Atlassian
13 9 (2.80%) Fortinet
14 8 (2.49%) NetApp
15 7 (2.18%) Citrix
15 7 (2.18%) Dell
15 7 (2.18%) Dynatrace
16 5 (1.56%) CyberArk
16 5 (1.56%) Imperva