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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 383 259 317
Rank change year-on-year -124 +58 -116
Permanent jobs citing Unix 273 476 626
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.43% 1.20% 0.85%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.85% 7.74% 5.51%
Number of salaries quoted 138 195 476
10th Percentile £40,875 £40,000 £40,250
25th Percentile £52,813 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,750 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.60% +4.17% -13.60%
75th Percentile £79,932 £80,625 £80,313
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,778 £100,032
UK median annual salary £63,750 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.92% +8.33% -11.11%

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 4,663 6,147 11,354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.31% 15.53% 15.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,533 3,962 9,587
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,500 £25,760
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +6.38% -10.48%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £63,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,890 £47,000
% change year-on-year -11.57% +8.28% -10.48%

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 9 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 9 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 -9 143 £75,000 +7.62% 30
South East -40 38 £58,000 +23.40% 35
South West -10 32 £60,000 -16.66% 12
East of England -17 23 £75,000 +25.00% 13
North of England -116 20 £55,000 -20.64% 25
Midlands -60 12 £73,801 +23.00% 16
West Midlands -43 9 £74,401 +24.00% 12
North West -86 8 £68,151 +13.58% 14
North East -20 6 £73,801 +6.48% 4
Yorkshire -51 6 £25,750 -69.80% 7
East Midlands -23 3 £40,000 -29.82% 3
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 13 (4.76%) Tomcat
4 10 (3.66%) WebSphere
5 9 (3.30%) WebSphere Application Server
6 6 (2.20%) Apache Spark
7 5 (1.83%) Anypoint
7 5 (1.83%) WebLogic
8 4 (1.47%) Confluence
9 3 (1.10%) IIS
9 3 (1.10%) WebLogic Portal
10 2 (0.73%) 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 19 (6.96%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (5.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.47%) 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 98 (35.90%) AWS
2 70 (25.64%) Azure
3 43 (15.75%) GCP
4 33 (12.09%) Pulumi
5 26 (9.52%) AWS CloudFormation
6 20 (7.33%) GitHub
6 20 (7.33%) PaaS
7 17 (6.23%) Amazon ECR
8 16 (5.86%) SaaS
9 14 (5.13%) Amazon ECS
9 14 (5.13%) dbt
9 14 (5.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 12 (4.40%) IaaS
11 11 (4.03%) OpenShift
12 9 (3.30%) Amazon ElastiCache
12 9 (3.30%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 9 (3.30%) Microsoft 365
12 9 (3.30%) Sentry
12 9 (3.30%) Serverless
13 8 (2.93%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 32 (11.72%) TCP/IP
2 31 (11.36%) DNS
3 25 (9.16%) Firewall
4 24 (8.79%) DHCP
5 20 (7.33%) Broadband
6 11 (4.03%) SSL
7 10 (3.66%) HTTPS
8 9 (3.30%) VLAN
8 9 (3.30%) WAN
9 8 (2.93%) 5G
9 8 (2.93%) SD-WAN
9 8 (2.93%) VPN
10 7 (2.56%) MPLS
11 6 (2.20%) Cisco ASA
12 5 (1.83%) Kerberos
13 4 (1.47%) FIX Connectivity
14 2 (0.73%) CHAP
14 2 (0.73%) Internet
14 2 (0.73%) VoIP
15 1 (0.37%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (12.45%) Oracle Database
2 30 (10.99%) NoSQL
3 28 (10.26%) Relational Database
4 27 (9.89%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (8.79%) Oracle Database 10g
6 20 (7.33%) RDBMS
7 18 (6.59%) Amazon RDS
8 17 (6.23%) Elasticsearch
9 14 (5.13%) Redis
10 12 (4.40%) DB2
11 10 (3.66%) Big Data
12 8 (2.93%) Power BI
12 8 (2.93%) Tableau
13 7 (2.56%) Hadoop
13 7 (2.56%) Oracle Reports
13 7 (2.56%) SQL Server
14 6 (2.20%) Apache Hive
15 3 (1.10%) DynamoDB
15 3 (1.10%) Oracle Discoverer
16 2 (0.73%) Informix
Development Applications
1 19 (6.96%) Jaeger
2 16 (5.86%) Git
3 12 (4.40%) LabVIEW
4 11 (4.03%) GitLab
5 9 (3.30%) Jenkins
6 8 (2.93%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.83%) 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
General
1 71 (26.01%) Finance
2 61 (22.34%) Social Skills
3 35 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (10.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 26 (9.52%) Banking
6 16 (5.86%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (5.49%) German Language
8 12 (4.40%) Electronics
8 12 (4.40%) Investment Banking
8 12 (4.40%) Telecoms
9 10 (3.66%) Public Sector
10 9 (3.30%) Legal
11 7 (2.56%) Law
12 6 (2.20%) Front Office
12 6 (2.20%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.47%) Back Office
13 4 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.10%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.73%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 45 (16.48%) Senior
2 24 (8.79%) 3rd Line Support
3 23 (8.42%) Lead
3 23 (8.42%) Systems Support
4 21 (7.69%) Analyst
5 20 (7.33%) Cloud Engineer
6 19 (6.96%) Platform Engineer
7 17 (6.23%) Developer
8 16 (5.86%) Automation Engineer
9 15 (5.49%) Linux Support
10 14 (5.13%) Administrator
10 14 (5.13%) Azure Engineer
10 14 (5.13%) Infrastructure Support
10 14 (5.13%) Linux Engineer
10 14 (5.13%) Support Engineer
10 14 (5.13%) Verification Engineer
11 13 (4.76%) Unix Support
12 12 (4.40%) Product Engineer
12 12 (4.40%) Product Test Engineer
12 12 (4.40%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (14.65%) JSON
2 38 (13.92%) XML
3 31 (11.36%) HTML
4 29 (10.62%) Regular Expression
5 27 (9.89%) Elastic Stack
6 19 (6.96%) OpenTelemetry
7 16 (5.86%) LDAP
8 14 (5.13%) Django
9 12 (4.40%) pytest
10 9 (3.30%) LAPP Stack
10 9 (3.30%) REST
10 9 (3.30%) WebSphere MQ
11 8 (2.93%) FIX Protocol
11 8 (2.93%) Kafka
11 8 (2.93%) OAuth
12 7 (2.56%) OAuth2
12 7 (2.56%) RESTful
13 5 (1.83%) Middleware
13 5 (1.83%) SOAP
13 5 (1.83%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 59 (21.61%) Linux Command Line
2 33 (12.09%) Onboarding
3 24 (8.79%) Management Information System
4 15 (5.49%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (4.40%) Hedge funds
5 12 (4.40%) Security Posture
6 11 (4.03%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (3.30%) Data Centre
7 9 (3.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 8 (2.93%) Self-Driving Car
9 7 (2.56%) Clustering
9 7 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (2.20%) e-Learning
10 6 (2.20%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.83%) Driving Licence
12 4 (1.47%) Cyber Defence
12 4 (1.47%) GNSS
12 4 (1.47%) Satnav
12 4 (1.47%) Security Operations Centre
12 4 (1.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 173 (63.37%) Linux
2 83 (30.40%) Windows
3 29 (10.62%) 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 21 (7.69%) 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%) SUSE
12 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (26.37%) DevOps
2 67 (24.54%) Infrastructure as Code
3 59 (21.61%) Problem-Solving
4 57 (20.88%) AI
5 48 (17.58%) Agile
6 45 (16.48%) CI/CD
7 44 (16.12%) High Availability
8 42 (15.38%) Containerisation
9 38 (13.92%) ITIL
10 37 (13.55%) Incident Management
11 36 (13.19%) Computer Science
11 36 (13.19%) Data Analysis
11 36 (13.19%) Task Automation
12 34 (12.45%) Incident Response
13 30 (10.99%) Test Automation
14 29 (10.62%) LLM
15 28 (10.26%) Change Management
15 28 (10.26%) Mentoring
16 26 (9.52%) Roadmaps
17 24 (8.79%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 181 (66.30%) Python
2 62 (22.71%) Bash
3 46 (16.85%) SQL
4 43 (15.75%) Java
5 40 (14.65%) PowerShell
6 36 (13.19%) JavaScript
7 26 (9.52%) Perl
8 22 (8.06%) Go
9 15 (5.49%) Shell Script
10 12 (4.40%) MATLAB
11 11 (4.03%) C#
12 7 (2.56%) C++
12 7 (2.56%) PL/SQL
13 4 (1.47%) C
13 4 (1.47%) R
13 4 (1.47%) Rust
13 4 (1.47%) VB
13 4 (1.47%) VBA
13 4 (1.47%) VBScript
14 3 (1.10%) Korn
Qualifications
1 97 (35.53%) Degree
2 64 (23.44%) Security Cleared
3 55 (20.15%) SC Cleared
4 37 (13.55%) AWS Certification
5 33 (12.09%) DV Cleared
6 29 (10.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (6.23%) CISSP
8 15 (5.49%) ITIL Certification
9 13 (4.76%) CCNA
9 13 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (4.40%) HND
11 11 (4.03%) CCSK
12 7 (2.56%) Network+ Certification
13 6 (2.20%) CCNP
14 5 (1.83%) CISA
14 5 (1.83%) Master's Degree
15 4 (1.47%) OSCP
15 4 (1.47%) PhD
16 3 (1.10%) ACCA
16 3 (1.10%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (13.92%) SLA
2 7 (2.56%) GDPR
3 6 (2.20%) QA
4 5 (1.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.10%) NIST
7 2 (0.73%) COBIT
8 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.37%) MiFID
8 1 (0.37%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 52 (19.05%) Docker
2 41 (15.02%) Active Directory
3 14 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.83%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 4 (1.47%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.37%) XenApp
6 1 (0.37%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 58 (21.25%) Terraform
2 53 (19.41%) Ansible
3 50 (18.32%) 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 6 (2.20%) SCCM
9 3 (1.10%) Data Guard
9 3 (1.10%) Nagios
9 3 (1.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (1.10%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.73%) Podman
10 2 (0.73%) Puppet
11 1 (0.37%) AirWatch
11 1 (0.37%) Ambari
11 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.37%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 51 (18.68%) Oracle
2 49 (17.95%) Google
3 45 (16.48%) Microsoft
4 39 (14.29%) VMware
5 27 (9.89%) Red Hat
6 25 (9.16%) IBM
7 20 (7.33%) Cisco
8 14 (5.13%) SAP
9 12 (4.40%) Dell
9 12 (4.40%) Juniper
9 12 (4.40%) Palo Alto
9 12 (4.40%) Splunk
10 9 (3.30%) Workday
11 8 (2.93%) Fortinet
11 8 (2.93%) IFS
11 8 (2.93%) ServiceNow
12 7 (2.56%) Arista
12 7 (2.56%) Databricks
12 7 (2.56%) HP
12 7 (2.56%) Symantec