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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 445 326 339
Rank change year-on-year -119 +13 -124
Permanent jobs citing Unix 237 311 633
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.30% 0.83% 0.77%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.84% 5.09% 5.15%
Number of salaries quoted 118 186 469
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,375 £39,150
25th Percentile £55,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,250 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.46% +8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £79,555 £82,751 £82,548
90th Percentile £88,750 £94,389 £100,064
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,626 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.88% +12.71% -14.29%

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 4,901 6,109 12,282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.29% 16.30% 14.91%
Number of salaries quoted 3,685 4,111 9,995
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £48,629 £45,000
% change year-on-year -7.46% +8.06% -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 22 April 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 22 April 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 -23 117 £80,750 +7.67% 48
North of England -84 29 £60,000 -13.52% 13
South West -43 27 £67,500 -6.24% 8
East of England -11 26 £61,500 -5.38% 8
South East -68 25 £58,000 +38.10% 21
North West -58 13 £60,000 -11.28% 8
Yorkshire -62 10 £62,155 -27.09% 1
Midlands -66 9 £28,500 -52.50% 15
West Midlands -44 8 £28,500 -52.50% 10
North East -41 6 £69,310 -0.11% 4
East Midlands -47 1 - - 5
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 16 (6.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (5.49%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (1.27%) Anypoint
4 2 (0.84%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.84%) Confluence
4 2 (0.84%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.42%) Apache
5 1 (0.42%) IIS
5 1 (0.42%) nginx
5 1 (0.42%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.42%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.42%) WebLogic Portal
5 1 (0.42%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.42%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 15 (6.33%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.11%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (1.27%) FLEXCUBE
3 3 (1.27%) Line 50
3 3 (1.27%) Shopify
4 2 (0.84%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.42%) Primavera
5 1 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 84 (35.44%) AWS
2 64 (27.00%) Azure
3 28 (11.81%) GCP
4 27 (11.39%) Pulumi
5 16 (6.75%) PaaS
5 16 (6.75%) SaaS
6 15 (6.33%) GitHub
7 13 (5.49%) AWS CloudFormation
8 12 (5.06%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (4.64%) IaaS
9 11 (4.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 8 (3.38%) Amazon ECR
10 8 (3.38%) Amazon ECS
10 8 (3.38%) Azure AKS
10 8 (3.38%) Azure Service Bus
10 8 (3.38%) dbt
10 8 (3.38%) OpenShift
11 6 (2.53%) Apigee
11 6 (2.53%) Kong
11 6 (2.53%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 24 (10.13%) Firewall
2 23 (9.70%) TCP/IP
3 21 (8.86%) DNS
4 19 (8.02%) Broadband
5 13 (5.49%) DHCP
6 10 (4.22%) HTTPS
7 8 (3.38%) 5G
7 8 (3.38%) SD-WAN
7 8 (3.38%) WAN
8 7 (2.95%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (2.11%) VLAN
10 4 (1.69%) FIX Connectivity
10 4 (1.69%) MPLS
10 4 (1.69%) VPN
11 3 (1.27%) CHAP
11 3 (1.27%) Network Security
11 3 (1.27%) VoIP
12 2 (0.84%) Internet
12 2 (0.84%) Kerberos
12 2 (0.84%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (11.39%) NoSQL
2 26 (10.97%) Relational Database
3 23 (9.70%) Oracle Database
4 20 (8.44%) RDBMS
5 19 (8.02%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (5.91%) Oracle Database 10g
7 11 (4.64%) Elasticsearch
7 11 (4.64%) MongoDB
8 8 (3.38%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (3.38%) Redis
9 6 (2.53%) Power BI
9 6 (2.53%) Tableau
10 5 (2.11%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (1.69%) Big Data
11 4 (1.69%) DB2
12 3 (1.27%) FileMaker
12 3 (1.27%) SQL Server
13 2 (0.84%) Apache Hive
13 2 (0.84%) Hadoop
13 2 (0.84%) Informix
Development Applications
1 20 (8.44%) GitLab
2 19 (8.02%) Jaeger
3 14 (5.91%) Git
4 9 (3.80%) Bitbucket
4 9 (3.80%) Jenkins
5 8 (3.38%) LabVIEW
6 4 (1.69%) Metasploit
7 3 (1.27%) JIRA
7 3 (1.27%) Selenium
8 2 (0.84%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.84%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.84%) Gradle
8 2 (0.84%) JMeter
8 2 (0.84%) Maven
8 2 (0.84%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.42%) Zephyr
General
1 64 (27.00%) Finance
2 63 (26.58%) Social Skills
3 34 (14.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 31 (13.08%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (9.28%) Banking
6 17 (7.17%) Public Sector
7 16 (6.75%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (6.33%) German Language
9 9 (3.80%) Electronics
9 9 (3.80%) Telecoms
10 8 (3.38%) Legal
11 7 (2.95%) Investment Banking
12 5 (2.11%) Front Office
12 5 (2.11%) Law
13 4 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.69%) Manufacturing
14 3 (1.27%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.27%) Back Office
14 3 (1.27%) Financial Institution
14 3 (1.27%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 39 (16.46%) Senior
2 20 (8.44%) Cloud Engineer
2 20 (8.44%) Lead
3 18 (7.59%) Automation Engineer
3 18 (7.59%) Linux Engineer
4 15 (6.33%) 3rd Line Support
4 15 (6.33%) Analyst
5 14 (5.91%) Azure Engineer
6 13 (5.49%) Developer
6 13 (5.49%) Platform Engineer
6 13 (5.49%) Systems Support
7 11 (4.64%) AWS Engineer
7 11 (4.64%) Cloud Automation Engineer
7 11 (4.64%) Cloud Security Engineer
7 11 (4.64%) DevOps Engineer
7 11 (4.64%) GCP Engineer
7 11 (4.64%) Python Engineer
7 11 (4.64%) Security Engineer
7 11 (4.64%) Unix Engineer
7 11 (4.64%) Unix Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (16.46%) JSON
2 38 (16.03%) XML
3 33 (13.92%) HTML
4 29 (12.24%) Regular Expression
5 26 (10.97%) Elastic Stack
6 19 (8.02%) OpenTelemetry
7 11 (4.64%) Node.js
8 10 (4.22%) FIX Protocol
8 10 (4.22%) REST
9 8 (3.38%) Django
9 8 (3.38%) pytest
10 6 (2.53%) Jinja
10 6 (2.53%) YAML
10 6 (2.53%) YANG
11 5 (2.11%) RESTful
12 4 (1.69%) CSS
12 4 (1.69%) Kafka
12 4 (1.69%) LDAP
12 4 (1.69%) OAuth
13 3 (1.27%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 41 (17.30%) Linux Command Line
2 31 (13.08%) Onboarding
3 18 (7.59%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (7.17%) Management Information System
5 13 (5.49%) Hedge funds
6 12 (5.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 12 (5.06%) Security Posture
7 8 (3.38%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (3.38%) Data Centre
7 8 (3.38%) Self-Driving Car
8 7 (2.95%) Clustering
9 5 (2.11%) Blockchain
9 5 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (2.11%) Driving Licence
9 5 (2.11%) IoT
10 4 (1.69%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (1.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (1.69%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.69%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.69%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 150 (63.29%) Linux
2 66 (27.85%) Windows
3 21 (8.86%) Solaris
4 15 (6.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (5.91%) HPUX
6 13 (5.49%) Windows Server 2003
7 12 (5.06%) Windows 7
7 12 (5.06%) Windows Server 2008
8 7 (2.95%) Windows Server
9 6 (2.53%) AIX
10 5 (2.11%) Mac OS
11 4 (1.69%) Kali Linux
12 3 (1.27%) Oracle Linux
12 3 (1.27%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.42%) CentOS
13 1 (0.42%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.42%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.42%) ThreadX
13 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (27.85%) DevOps
2 60 (25.32%) Infrastructure as Code
3 52 (21.94%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (21.10%) Agile
4 50 (21.10%) AI
5 47 (19.83%) CI/CD
6 39 (16.46%) Containerisation
7 37 (15.61%) Task Automation
8 36 (15.19%) Test Automation
9 35 (14.77%) Mentoring
10 34 (14.35%) Data Analysis
10 34 (14.35%) High Availability
11 33 (13.92%) Continuous Integration
12 29 (12.24%) Computer Science
12 29 (12.24%) LLM
12 29 (12.24%) Roadmaps
13 26 (10.97%) Incident Management
13 26 (10.97%) Incident Response
14 25 (10.55%) ITIL
15 21 (8.86%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 145 (61.18%) Python
2 58 (24.47%) Bash
3 45 (18.99%) Java
4 34 (14.35%) SQL
5 32 (13.50%) JavaScript
6 27 (11.39%) PowerShell
7 22 (9.28%) Go
8 16 (6.75%) Perl
9 14 (5.91%) Shell Script
10 9 (3.80%) C#
11 8 (3.38%) MATLAB
12 5 (2.11%) C++
12 5 (2.11%) PL/SQL
12 5 (2.11%) Rust
12 5 (2.11%) VB
12 5 (2.11%) VBA
12 5 (2.11%) VBScript
13 4 (1.69%) Korn
14 3 (1.27%) C
14 3 (1.27%) PHP
Qualifications
1 76 (32.07%) Degree
2 43 (18.14%) Security Cleared
3 34 (14.35%) SC Cleared
4 26 (10.97%) AWS Certification
5 22 (9.28%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (6.75%) DV Cleared
7 15 (6.33%) CISSP
8 11 (4.64%) CCSK
9 8 (3.38%) HND
10 7 (2.95%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (2.11%) OSCP
12 4 (1.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 4 (1.69%) CCNA
12 4 (1.69%) CISA
12 4 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (1.69%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (1.69%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (1.27%) CISM
13 3 (1.27%) FFIEC
13 3 (1.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.02%) SLA
2 9 (3.80%) QA
3 6 (2.53%) GDPR
4 5 (2.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.69%) NIST
6 3 (1.27%) COBIT
6 3 (1.27%) ISO 14001
6 3 (1.27%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.42%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.42%) ITGC
7 1 (0.42%) MiFID
7 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 43 (18.14%) Docker
2 23 (9.70%) Active Directory
3 15 (6.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.11%) Oracle RAC
4 5 (2.11%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 1 (0.42%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.42%) Firmware
5 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 60 (25.32%) Terraform
2 51 (21.52%) Ansible
3 44 (18.57%) Kubernetes
4 27 (11.39%) Argo
5 25 (10.55%) Prometheus
6 19 (8.02%) Kustomize
7 10 (4.22%) Grafana
8 5 (2.11%) AWS Copilot
8 5 (2.11%) SCCM
9 4 (1.69%) Oracle RMAN
9 4 (1.69%) Podman
10 3 (1.27%) Check_MK
10 3 (1.27%) Data Guard
10 3 (1.27%) Nagios
10 3 (1.27%) Puppet
11 2 (0.84%) Kibana
11 2 (0.84%) logstash
11 2 (0.84%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 39 (16.46%) Google
2 38 (16.03%) Oracle
3 34 (14.35%) VMware
4 31 (13.08%) Microsoft
5 23 (9.70%) Red Hat
6 14 (5.91%) IBM
7 12 (5.06%) Cisco
8 10 (4.22%) Juniper
8 10 (4.22%) Palo Alto
8 10 (4.22%) SAP
9 9 (3.80%) Splunk
10 8 (3.38%) Adobe
11 7 (2.95%) Symantec
11 7 (2.95%) Workday
12 6 (2.53%) Dell
12 6 (2.53%) F5
13 5 (2.11%) Databricks
13 5 (2.11%) Snow
14 4 (1.69%) Arista
14 4 (1.69%) Mirantis