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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 512 373 339
Rank change year-on-year -139 -34 -137
Permanent jobs citing Unix 236 298 539
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.25% 0.68% 0.74%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.01% 4.56% 5.78%
Number of salaries quoted 162 195 309
10th Percentile £42,625 £29,000 £36,104
25th Percentile £56,313 £40,745 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,306 £67,626 £62,783
Median % change year-on-year +2.48% +7.71% -6.99%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,751 £85,000
90th Percentile £89,625 £93,750 £101,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,626 £61,754
% change year-on-year -0.19% +9.51% -5.97%

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 5,881 6,532 9,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.18% 14.94% 12.86%
Number of salaries quoted 4,439 4,344 6,685
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,125 £31,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -14.43% -7.62%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,000 £48,925
% change year-on-year +7.14% -14.15% -6.81%

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 20 August 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 20 August 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 -90 99 £75,000 -6.25% 105
North of England -17 49 £69,306 +10.89% 16
South West -48 47 £66,250 -15.94% 16
North West -2 28 £62,500 -14.64% 11
Midlands -33 18 £62,000 -9.90% 4
West Midlands -31 15 £69,306 -0.99% 3
Yorkshire -28 14 £69,308 +10.89% 4
South East -75 9 £62,500 +66.67% 24
East of England -36 7 £61,500 +44.71% 7
North East -58 7 £69,310 +45.92% 1
East Midlands -30 3 £61,500 +6.03% 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 6 (2.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.69%) Confluence
3 2 (0.85%) Documentum
3 2 (0.85%) JBoss
3 2 (0.85%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (0.85%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.42%) Apache
4 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle 10gAS
4 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Fuse
4 1 (0.42%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.42%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.42%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (2.54%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (5.08%) FLEXCUBE
2 5 (2.12%) Fidessa
2 5 (2.12%) Oracle Receivables
3 4 (1.69%) Line 50
3 4 (1.69%) Oracle Applications
3 4 (1.69%) Oracle Assets
3 4 (1.69%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.69%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (1.69%) Oracle Financials
3 4 (1.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (1.69%) Oracle Retail
4 2 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.85%) Siebel CRM
5 1 (0.42%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 87 (36.86%) AWS
2 66 (27.97%) Azure
3 33 (13.98%) GCP
4 20 (8.47%) Azure AKS
5 18 (7.63%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (5.93%) Azure Service Bus
7 11 (4.66%) GitHub
8 7 (2.97%) AWS CloudFormation
8 7 (2.97%) dbt
8 7 (2.97%) SaaS
9 6 (2.54%) Amazon EKS
9 6 (2.54%) OpenShift
10 4 (1.69%) Datadog
10 4 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.27%) Apigee
11 3 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (1.27%) Kong
12 2 (0.85%) BlazeMeter
12 2 (0.85%) Microsoft 365
12 2 (0.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 24 (10.17%) TCP/IP
2 22 (9.32%) DNS
3 19 (8.05%) Firewall
4 7 (2.97%) 3GPP
4 7 (2.97%) DHCP
4 7 (2.97%) MGW
4 7 (2.97%) MVNO
4 7 (2.97%) Packet Switching
4 7 (2.97%) RTP
4 7 (2.97%) SGSN
4 7 (2.97%) SMPP
5 6 (2.54%) HTTPS
5 6 (2.54%) Network Security
5 6 (2.54%) WAN
6 5 (2.12%) FIX Connectivity
6 5 (2.12%) SSH
7 4 (1.69%) 5G
7 4 (1.69%) SD-WAN
7 4 (1.69%) VoIP
8 3 (1.27%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.32%) MongoDB
2 19 (8.05%) Oracle Database
3 16 (6.78%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (6.36%) SQL Server
5 7 (2.97%) Relational Database
6 6 (2.54%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (1.69%) FileMaker
8 3 (1.27%) Db2
8 3 (1.27%) Hadoop
8 3 (1.27%) KDB
8 3 (1.27%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.85%) Big Data
9 2 (0.85%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.85%) Oracle Database 11g
9 2 (0.85%) Oracle Database 12c
9 2 (0.85%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.85%) Siebel EIM
9 2 (0.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (9.32%) GitLab
2 21 (8.90%) Git
3 16 (6.78%) Jenkins
4 9 (3.81%) JIRA
5 8 (3.39%) Eclipse
6 7 (2.97%) Bitbucket
6 7 (2.97%) Subversion
7 4 (1.69%) LabVIEW
7 4 (1.69%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (1.69%) Toad
8 3 (1.27%) Maven
8 3 (1.27%) Metasploit
8 3 (1.27%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (1.27%) Selenium
9 2 (0.85%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.85%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.85%) Gradle
9 2 (0.85%) JMeter
10 1 (0.42%) LSMW
10 1 (0.42%) NetBeans
General
1 83 (35.17%) Finance
2 61 (25.85%) Social Skills
3 40 (16.95%) Public Sector
4 32 (13.56%) Banking
5 31 (13.14%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (7.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (4.66%) Front Office
7 11 (4.66%) Retail
8 9 (3.81%) Aerospace
9 7 (2.97%) Electronics
10 6 (2.54%) Investment Banking
10 6 (2.54%) Legal
11 4 (1.69%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.69%) Retail Finance
11 4 (1.69%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.27%) Aviation
12 3 (1.27%) Back Office
12 3 (1.27%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.27%) Japanese Language
12 3 (1.27%) Military
Job Titles
1 79 (33.47%) Senior
2 32 (13.56%) DevOps Engineer
3 31 (13.14%) Senior DevOps
4 28 (11.86%) Senior DevOps Engineer
5 24 (10.17%) Developer
6 18 (7.63%) Administrator
7 17 (7.20%) DBA
8 13 (5.51%) Analyst
8 13 (5.51%) Applications Support
8 13 (5.51%) Linux Engineer
9 12 (5.08%) Lead
9 12 (5.08%) Oracle DBA
10 11 (4.66%) Senior DBA
10 11 (4.66%) Senior Oracle DBA
11 10 (4.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (4.24%) Software Engineer
11 10 (4.24%) Systems Administrator
12 9 (3.81%) Java Developer
12 9 (3.81%) Network Engineer
12 9 (3.81%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (18.64%) Terraform
2 16 (6.78%) FIX Protocol
3 14 (5.93%) Node.js
4 10 (4.24%) REST
5 9 (3.81%) Jakarta EE
5 9 (3.81%) RESTful
5 9 (3.81%) Web Services
6 8 (3.39%) Kafka
6 8 (3.39%) Struts
7 7 (2.97%) HTML
7 7 (2.97%) YAML
8 6 (2.54%) CSS
8 6 (2.54%) React
9 4 (1.69%) Elastic Stack
9 4 (1.69%) Middleware
9 4 (1.69%) pytest
10 3 (1.27%) Jinja
10 3 (1.27%) JSON
10 3 (1.27%) XML
10 3 (1.27%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.51%) Distributed Systems
2 10 (4.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 10 (4.24%) Public Cloud
3 9 (3.81%) Cloud Native
4 8 (3.39%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (2.97%) IVR
5 7 (2.97%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.54%) Embedded Systems
6 6 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.54%) Linux Command Line
6 6 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.12%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.12%) Eurex
8 4 (1.69%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.69%) Self-Driving Car
9 3 (1.27%) Derivative
9 3 (1.27%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.27%) Equity Derivative
9 3 (1.27%) Hedge funds
9 3 (1.27%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 194 (82.20%) Linux
2 71 (30.08%) Windows
3 27 (11.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 14 (5.93%) AIX
5 11 (4.66%) Oracle Linux
6 9 (3.81%) Solaris
7 8 (3.39%) Windows Server
8 6 (2.54%) CentOS
8 6 (2.54%) Mac OS
9 5 (2.12%) Rocky
10 4 (1.69%) Ubuntu
11 3 (1.27%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.42%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.42%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.42%) ThreadX
12 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (33.90%) DevOps
2 76 (32.20%) CI/CD
3 56 (23.73%) Continuous Improvement
3 56 (23.73%) Mentoring
4 54 (22.88%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (21.61%) Agile
6 47 (19.92%) Coaching
6 47 (19.92%) Test Automation
7 36 (15.25%) Scrum
8 34 (14.41%) Incident Response
9 33 (13.98%) Continuous Integration
10 29 (12.29%) Containerisation
10 29 (12.29%) Software Engineering
11 27 (11.44%) Infrastructure as Code
12 26 (11.02%) ITIL
13 24 (10.17%) High Availability
13 24 (10.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 22 (9.32%) Computer Science
15 21 (8.90%) Microservices
16 20 (8.47%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 79 (33.47%) Python
2 61 (25.85%) SQL
3 45 (19.07%) Bash
4 40 (16.95%) Java
5 28 (11.86%) Shell Script
6 24 (10.17%) JavaScript
7 19 (8.05%) C++
8 18 (7.63%) PL/SQL
9 16 (6.78%) Perl
10 14 (5.93%) Korn
11 13 (5.51%) PowerShell
12 10 (4.24%) Rust
13 9 (3.81%) C
14 6 (2.54%) C#
14 6 (2.54%) MATLAB
15 5 (2.12%) Ruby
16 4 (1.69%) Go
16 4 (1.69%) PHP
17 3 (1.27%) Ada
17 3 (1.27%) Ada 95
Qualifications
1 49 (20.76%) Security Cleared
2 39 (16.53%) SC Cleared
3 35 (14.83%) Degree
4 21 (8.90%) DV Cleared
5 17 (7.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.54%) HND
7 5 (2.12%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (1.69%) CISSP
8 4 (1.69%) OSCP
9 3 (1.27%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 3 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.27%) CISM
9 3 (1.27%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.27%) GCIH
9 3 (1.27%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.27%) RHCE
9 3 (1.27%) RHCSA
9 3 (1.27%) SANS
10 2 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.20%) QA
2 4 (1.69%) ISO 14001
2 4 (1.69%) ISO 9001
2 4 (1.69%) NIST
3 3 (1.27%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.27%) MIL-STD-1553
4 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.85%) GDPR
5 1 (0.42%) COBIT
5 1 (0.42%) DO-178B
5 1 (0.42%) ITGC
System Software
1 24 (10.17%) Docker
2 13 (5.51%) Oracle RAC
3 4 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 2 (0.85%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.85%) Firmware
6 1 (0.42%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.42%) GPFS
6 1 (0.42%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.42%) KVM
6 1 (0.42%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 29 (12.29%) Kubernetes
2 25 (10.59%) Ansible
3 17 (7.20%) Puppet
4 14 (5.93%) Argo
4 14 (5.93%) Oracle RMAN
5 12 (5.08%) Grafana
5 12 (5.08%) Prometheus
6 11 (4.66%) Data Guard
6 11 (4.66%) Nagios
7 4 (1.69%) Podman
8 3 (1.27%) Check_MK
9 2 (0.85%) Kibana
9 2 (0.85%) logstash
9 2 (0.85%) SCCM
10 1 (0.42%) Control-M
10 1 (0.42%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.42%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 52 (22.03%) Oracle
2 25 (10.59%) Microsoft
3 24 (10.17%) Red Hat
4 15 (6.36%) IBM
5 12 (5.08%) Pega
6 8 (3.39%) VMware
7 7 (2.97%) Google
8 6 (2.54%) Adobe
8 6 (2.54%) Bloomberg
9 5 (2.12%) CQG
9 5 (2.12%) ION Trading
9 5 (2.12%) Patsystems
9 5 (2.12%) Reuters
9 5 (2.12%) Sybase
9 5 (2.12%) Trayport
10 4 (1.69%) New Relic
10 4 (1.69%) OpenText
10 4 (1.69%) SAP
10 4 (1.69%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.69%) Splunk