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 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 400 269 327
Rank change year-on-year -131 +58 -125
Permanent jobs citing Unix 272 447 616
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.41% 1.17% 0.82%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.70% 7.58% 5.39%
Number of salaries quoted 139 194 465
10th Percentile £41,000 £36,475 £40,000
25th Percentile £53,125 £47,938 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £79,864 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,750 £93,778 £100,064
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,563 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.49% +12.61% -12.61%

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 4,772 5,898 11,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.18% 15.47% 15.29%
Number of salaries quoted 3,612 3,999 9,615
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,500 £25,759
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +7.53% -11.43%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £63,125
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.53% -11.43%

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 19 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 19 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 -19 143 £75,000 +7.14% 39
South East -39 40 £58,000 +38.10% 22
South West -17 28 £60,000 -16.66% 3
East of England -27 25 £61,500 +2.50% 5
North of England -128 19 £55,000 -20.64% 22
Midlands -59 12 £73,801 +23.00% 13
West Midlands -45 9 £74,401 +24.00% 9
North West -81 8 £68,151 +0.78% 12
North East -23 6 £73,801 +6.48% 4
Yorkshire -47 5 £25,750 -69.80% 6
East Midlands - 3 £40,000 - 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 (10.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (8.46%) Exchange Server 2003
3 11 (4.04%) Tomcat
4 8 (2.94%) WebSphere
5 7 (2.57%) WebSphere Application Server
6 6 (2.21%) Apache Spark
7 5 (1.84%) Anypoint
7 5 (1.84%) WebLogic
8 4 (1.47%) Confluence
9 3 (1.10%) IIS
9 3 (1.10%) WebLogic Portal
10 2 (0.74%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.37%) Apache
11 1 (0.37%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.37%) nginx
11 1 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 20 (7.35%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.57%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.84%) Shopify
3 4 (1.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (1.10%) FLEXCUBE
4 3 (1.10%) Primavera
5 2 (0.74%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.37%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 97 (35.66%) AWS
2 73 (26.84%) Azure
3 41 (15.07%) GCP
4 33 (12.13%) Pulumi
5 23 (8.46%) AWS CloudFormation
6 21 (7.72%) GitHub
7 20 (7.35%) PaaS
8 16 (5.88%) Amazon ECR
8 16 (5.88%) SaaS
9 14 (5.15%) Amazon ECS
9 14 (5.15%) dbt
10 13 (4.78%) OpenShift
10 13 (4.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 12 (4.41%) IaaS
12 9 (3.31%) Amazon ElastiCache
12 9 (3.31%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 9 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
12 9 (3.31%) Power Platform
12 9 (3.31%) Sentry
13 7 (2.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 33 (12.13%) TCP/IP
2 32 (11.76%) DNS
3 28 (10.29%) Firewall
4 24 (8.82%) DHCP
5 20 (7.35%) Broadband
6 11 (4.04%) HTTPS
7 9 (3.31%) SSL
7 9 (3.31%) VLAN
7 9 (3.31%) WAN
8 8 (2.94%) 5G
8 8 (2.94%) Cisco ASA
8 8 (2.94%) SD-WAN
8 8 (2.94%) VPN
9 7 (2.57%) MPLS
10 5 (1.84%) Kerberos
11 4 (1.47%) FIX Connectivity
12 2 (0.74%) CHAP
12 2 (0.74%) Internet
12 2 (0.74%) VoIP
13 1 (0.37%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (12.50%) Oracle Database
2 30 (11.03%) NoSQL
3 28 (10.29%) Relational Database
4 25 (9.19%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (8.82%) Oracle Database 10g
6 20 (7.35%) RDBMS
7 17 (6.25%) Amazon RDS
7 17 (6.25%) Elasticsearch
8 14 (5.15%) Redis
9 10 (3.68%) DB2
10 9 (3.31%) Power BI
10 9 (3.31%) Tableau
11 8 (2.94%) Big Data
12 7 (2.57%) Hadoop
12 7 (2.57%) Oracle Reports
12 7 (2.57%) SQL Server
13 6 (2.21%) Apache Hive
14 3 (1.10%) Oracle Discoverer
15 2 (0.74%) Informix
15 2 (0.74%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 19 (6.99%) Jaeger
2 17 (6.25%) Git
3 13 (4.78%) GitLab
4 12 (4.41%) LabVIEW
5 10 (3.68%) Bitbucket
6 9 (3.31%) Jenkins
7 6 (2.21%) 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 68 (25.00%) Finance
2 65 (23.90%) Social Skills
3 37 (13.60%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (11.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (8.82%) Banking
6 16 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (5.51%) German Language
8 14 (5.15%) Telecoms
9 13 (4.78%) Electronics
10 11 (4.04%) Investment Banking
10 11 (4.04%) Public Sector
11 10 (3.68%) Legal
12 7 (2.57%) Law
13 6 (2.21%) Front Office
13 6 (2.21%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.84%) Back Office
15 4 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (1.10%) Financial Institution
17 2 (0.74%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 45 (16.54%) Senior
2 24 (8.82%) 3rd Line Support
3 23 (8.46%) Lead
3 23 (8.46%) Systems Support
4 22 (8.09%) Analyst
5 20 (7.35%) Cloud Engineer
6 19 (6.99%) Platform Engineer
7 18 (6.62%) Automation Engineer
8 17 (6.25%) Developer
9 14 (5.15%) Azure Engineer
9 14 (5.15%) Support Engineer
9 14 (5.15%) Verification Engineer
10 13 (4.78%) Infrastructure Support
10 13 (4.78%) Linux Engineer
10 13 (4.78%) Linux Support
11 12 (4.41%) Product Engineer
11 12 (4.41%) Product Test Engineer
11 12 (4.41%) Test Engineer
11 12 (4.41%) Unix Support
12 11 (4.04%) Cloud Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (15.44%) JSON
2 40 (14.71%) XML
3 31 (11.40%) HTML
4 29 (10.66%) Regular Expression
5 27 (9.93%) Elastic Stack
6 19 (6.99%) OpenTelemetry
7 14 (5.15%) Django
7 14 (5.15%) LDAP
8 12 (4.41%) pytest
9 11 (4.04%) REST
10 8 (2.94%) FIX Protocol
10 8 (2.94%) OAuth
11 7 (2.57%) LAPP Stack
11 7 (2.57%) OAuth2
11 7 (2.57%) RESTful
11 7 (2.57%) WebSphere MQ
12 6 (2.21%) Jinja
12 6 (2.21%) Kafka
12 6 (2.21%) YAML
12 6 (2.21%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 57 (20.96%) Linux Command Line
2 33 (12.13%) Onboarding
3 23 (8.46%) Management Information System
4 17 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (4.41%) Hedge funds
5 12 (4.41%) Security Posture
6 11 (4.04%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (3.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 9 (3.31%) Data Centre
9 8 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
9 8 (2.94%) Self-Driving Car
10 7 (2.57%) Clustering
11 6 (2.21%) Low-Code
12 5 (1.84%) Driving Licence
12 5 (1.84%) IoT
13 4 (1.47%) Cyber Defence
13 4 (1.47%) NHS
13 4 (1.47%) Public Cloud
13 4 (1.47%) Security Operations Centre
13 4 (1.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 172 (63.24%) Linux
2 83 (30.51%) Windows
3 29 (10.66%) Solaris
4 24 (8.82%) HPUX
5 23 (8.46%) Windows Server 2003
6 22 (8.09%) Windows 7
6 22 (8.09%) Windows Server 2008
7 19 (6.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (2.57%) Windows Server
9 5 (1.84%) 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%) SUSE
12 1 (0.37%) ThreadX
12 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (26.84%) DevOps
2 68 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 61 (22.43%) Problem-Solving
4 57 (20.96%) AI
5 48 (17.65%) Agile
6 46 (16.91%) CI/CD
7 44 (16.18%) Containerisation
8 40 (14.71%) High Availability
9 39 (14.34%) Task Automation
10 38 (13.97%) ITIL
11 37 (13.60%) Computer Science
11 37 (13.60%) Data Analysis
11 37 (13.60%) Incident Management
12 35 (12.87%) Incident Response
13 31 (11.40%) Test Automation
14 29 (10.66%) LLM
14 29 (10.66%) Mentoring
15 26 (9.56%) Change Management
15 26 (9.56%) Roadmaps
16 24 (8.82%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 181 (66.54%) Python
2 60 (22.06%) Bash
3 47 (17.28%) SQL
4 43 (15.81%) Java
5 41 (15.07%) PowerShell
6 38 (13.97%) JavaScript
7 26 (9.56%) Perl
8 22 (8.09%) Go
9 16 (5.88%) Shell Script
10 12 (4.41%) MATLAB
11 11 (4.04%) C#
12 7 (2.57%) PL/SQL
13 6 (2.21%) C++
14 5 (1.84%) VB
14 5 (1.84%) VBA
14 5 (1.84%) VBScript
15 4 (1.47%) C
15 4 (1.47%) Korn
15 4 (1.47%) R
15 4 (1.47%) Rust
Qualifications
1 97 (35.66%) Degree
2 62 (22.79%) Security Cleared
3 53 (19.49%) SC Cleared
4 33 (12.13%) AWS Certification
5 30 (11.03%) DV Cleared
6 29 (10.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (6.25%) CISSP
8 13 (4.78%) ITIL Certification
9 12 (4.41%) HND
10 11 (4.04%) CCSK
11 9 (3.31%) CCNA
11 9 (3.31%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (2.57%) Network+ Certification
13 5 (1.84%) CISA
13 5 (1.84%) Master's Degree
13 5 (1.84%) OSCP
14 4 (1.47%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 4 (1.47%) CompTIA Security+
14 4 (1.47%) PhD
15 3 (1.10%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (13.24%) SLA
2 7 (2.57%) GDPR
2 7 (2.57%) QA
3 5 (1.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.10%) NIST
6 2 (0.74%) COBIT
7 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.37%) MiFID
7 1 (0.37%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 50 (18.38%) Docker
2 41 (15.07%) Active Directory
3 15 (5.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.84%) Oracle RAC
4 5 (1.84%) 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 (21.32%) Terraform
2 54 (19.85%) Ansible
3 51 (18.75%) Kubernetes
4 26 (9.56%) Prometheus
5 19 (6.99%) Argo
5 19 (6.99%) Kustomize
6 13 (4.78%) Grafana
7 9 (3.31%) AWS Copilot
8 7 (2.57%) 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
11 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.74%) Podman
11 2 (0.74%) Puppet
12 1 (0.37%) AirWatch
12 1 (0.37%) Ambari
12 1 (0.37%) Check_MK
12 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 53 (19.49%) Oracle
2 47 (17.28%) Google
2 47 (17.28%) Microsoft
3 41 (15.07%) VMware
4 27 (9.93%) Red Hat
5 24 (8.82%) IBM
6 18 (6.62%) Cisco
7 14 (5.15%) Juniper
7 14 (5.15%) Palo Alto
7 14 (5.15%) SAP
8 12 (4.41%) Dell
8 12 (4.41%) Splunk
9 9 (3.31%) Workday
10 8 (2.94%) Fortinet
10 8 (2.94%) IFS
11 7 (2.57%) Arista
11 7 (2.57%) Databricks
11 7 (2.57%) HP
11 7 (2.57%) ServiceNow
11 7 (2.57%) Symantec