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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 499 366 340
Rank change year-on-year -133 -26 -137
Permanent jobs citing Unix 244 298 546
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.25% 0.68% 0.75%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.14% 4.59% 5.78%
Number of salaries quoted 175 190 307
10th Percentile £42,500 £27,500 £35,958
25th Percentile £52,500 £40,240 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £62,783
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +3.53% -3.41%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,688 £84,375
90th Percentile £88,500 £93,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,576 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.89% +8.33% -7.69%

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 5,896 6,490 9,449
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.09% 14.83% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 4,454 4,276 6,592
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,250 £31,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,038 £49,262
Median % change year-on-year +9.66% -16.70% -6.17%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -16.00% -4.76%

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 28 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 28 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 -80 101 £70,000 -12.50% 262
North of England -20 54 £69,306 +15.51% 36
South West -51 47 £66,250 -15.94% 37
North West -5 29 £62,500 -9.95% 21
Midlands -34 18 £62,000 -11.43% 12
Yorkshire -34 17 £69,306 +10.89% 8
West Midlands -29 15 £69,306 -4.41% 11
South East -87 9 £62,500 +66.67% 39
East of England -45 8 £60,750 +42.94% 12
North East -50 8 £69,308 +45.91% 7
East Midlands -32 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 7 (2.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.46%) Confluence
3 2 (0.82%) Documentum
3 2 (0.82%) JBoss
3 2 (0.82%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (0.82%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.41%) Apache
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle 10gAS
4 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Fuse
4 1 (0.41%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.41%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.41%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (4.51%) FLEXCUBE
2 6 (2.46%) Fidessa
3 5 (2.05%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (1.64%) Line 50
4 4 (1.64%) Oracle Applications
4 4 (1.64%) Oracle Assets
4 4 (1.64%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (1.64%) Oracle EBS R12
4 4 (1.64%) Oracle Financials
4 4 (1.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (1.64%) Oracle Retail
5 2 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.82%) Siebel CRM
6 1 (0.41%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 89 (36.48%) AWS
2 66 (27.05%) Azure
3 33 (13.52%) GCP
4 20 (8.20%) Azure AKS
5 18 (7.38%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (5.74%) Azure Service Bus
7 10 (4.10%) GitHub
8 7 (2.87%) AWS CloudFormation
8 7 (2.87%) dbt
8 7 (2.87%) SaaS
9 6 (2.46%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (2.05%) OCI
10 5 (2.05%) OpenShift
11 4 (1.64%) Datadog
11 4 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (1.23%) Apigee
12 3 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (1.23%) Entra ID
12 3 (1.23%) Kong
12 3 (1.23%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.25%) DNS
1 25 (10.25%) TCP/IP
2 18 (7.38%) Firewall
3 11 (4.51%) DHCP
4 9 (3.69%) 3GPP
4 9 (3.69%) MGW
4 9 (3.69%) MVNO
4 9 (3.69%) Packet Switching
4 9 (3.69%) RTP
4 9 (3.69%) SGSN
4 9 (3.69%) SMPP
5 6 (2.46%) FIX Connectivity
5 6 (2.46%) Network Security
5 6 (2.46%) WAN
6 5 (2.05%) SSH
6 5 (2.05%) VPN
7 4 (1.64%) 5G
7 4 (1.64%) Remote Desktop
7 4 (1.64%) SD-WAN
7 4 (1.64%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.02%) MongoDB
2 18 (7.38%) Oracle Database
3 16 (6.56%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (6.56%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.87%) Oracle Reports
4 7 (2.87%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.64%) FileMaker
6 3 (1.23%) Db2
6 3 (1.23%) KDB
7 2 (0.82%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.82%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.82%) Kdb+
7 2 (0.82%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.82%) Oracle Database 11g
7 2 (0.82%) Oracle Database 12c
7 2 (0.82%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.82%) Siebel EIM
8 1 (0.41%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Development Applications
1 23 (9.43%) GitLab
2 22 (9.02%) Git
3 17 (6.97%) Jenkins
4 11 (4.51%) JIRA
5 8 (3.28%) Eclipse
6 7 (2.87%) Subversion
7 4 (1.64%) Bitbucket
7 4 (1.64%) LabVIEW
7 4 (1.64%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (1.64%) Selenium
7 4 (1.64%) Toad
8 3 (1.23%) Maven
8 3 (1.23%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (0.82%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.82%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.82%) Gradle
9 2 (0.82%) JMeter
9 2 (0.82%) Metasploit
10 1 (0.41%) LSMW
10 1 (0.41%) NetBeans
General
1 80 (32.79%) Finance
2 60 (24.59%) Social Skills
3 43 (17.62%) Public Sector
4 33 (13.52%) Banking
5 32 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (7.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (4.51%) Retail
8 10 (4.10%) Front Office
9 9 (3.69%) Aerospace
10 7 (2.87%) Electronics
11 5 (2.05%) Investment Banking
11 5 (2.05%) Legal
12 4 (1.64%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.64%) Retail Finance
12 4 (1.64%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.23%) Aviation
13 3 (1.23%) Back Office
13 3 (1.23%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.23%) Japanese Language
13 3 (1.23%) Military
Job Titles
1 83 (34.02%) Senior
2 32 (13.11%) DevOps Engineer
3 31 (12.70%) Senior DevOps
4 28 (11.48%) Senior DevOps Engineer
5 23 (9.43%) Developer
6 18 (7.38%) Administrator
7 16 (6.56%) DBA
8 14 (5.74%) Analyst
9 13 (5.33%) Applications Support
9 13 (5.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 13 (5.33%) Linux Engineer
9 13 (5.33%) Software Engineer
10 12 (4.92%) Lead
11 11 (4.51%) Network Engineer
11 11 (4.51%) Oracle DBA
12 10 (4.10%) Senior Developer
12 10 (4.10%) Senior Oracle DBA
12 10 (4.10%) Support Analyst
12 10 (4.10%) Systems Administrator
12 10 (4.10%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (18.03%) Terraform
2 16 (6.56%) FIX Protocol
3 14 (5.74%) Node.js
4 11 (4.51%) REST
5 10 (4.10%) Web Services
6 9 (3.69%) Jakarta EE
6 9 (3.69%) RESTful
7 8 (3.28%) Struts
8 7 (2.87%) HTML
8 7 (2.87%) Kafka
8 7 (2.87%) YAML
9 6 (2.46%) CSS
9 6 (2.46%) React
10 4 (1.64%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (1.64%) Middleware
10 4 (1.64%) pytest
11 3 (1.23%) Jinja
11 3 (1.23%) JSON
11 3 (1.23%) XML
11 3 (1.23%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.92%) Distributed Systems
2 10 (4.10%) Public Cloud
3 9 (3.69%) Cloud Native
3 9 (3.69%) IVR
3 9 (3.69%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 7 (2.87%) Linux Command Line
6 6 (2.46%) Embedded Systems
6 6 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.46%) Eurex
6 6 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.05%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (2.05%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.05%) Driving Licence
7 5 (2.05%) Hedge funds
7 5 (2.05%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.64%) Equity Derivative
8 4 (1.64%) Self-Driving Car
9 3 (1.23%) Derivative
9 3 (1.23%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 203 (83.20%) Linux
2 76 (31.15%) Windows
3 26 (10.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (5.33%) AIX
5 10 (4.10%) Oracle Linux
6 9 (3.69%) Solaris
7 8 (3.28%) Mac OS
7 8 (3.28%) Windows Server
8 7 (2.87%) CentOS
9 6 (2.46%) Rocky
10 4 (1.64%) Ubuntu
11 3 (1.23%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.41%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.41%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.41%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.41%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (32.38%) DevOps
2 78 (31.97%) CI/CD
3 59 (24.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 59 (24.18%) Mentoring
4 55 (22.54%) Problem-Solving
5 53 (21.72%) Agile
6 50 (20.49%) Coaching
7 48 (19.67%) Test Automation
8 40 (16.39%) Scrum
9 36 (14.75%) Continuous Integration
10 33 (13.52%) Containerisation
11 32 (13.11%) Software Engineering
12 30 (12.30%) Incident Response
13 28 (11.48%) ITIL
14 26 (10.66%) Infrastructure as Code
15 23 (9.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 21 (8.61%) Computer Science
16 21 (8.61%) High Availability
16 21 (8.61%) Microservices
17 20 (8.20%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 78 (31.97%) Python
2 63 (25.82%) SQL
3 44 (18.03%) Bash
4 37 (15.16%) Java
5 27 (11.07%) Shell Script
6 25 (10.25%) JavaScript
7 19 (7.79%) C++
8 17 (6.97%) Perl
8 17 (6.97%) PL/SQL
9 13 (5.33%) Korn
10 12 (4.92%) PowerShell
11 9 (3.69%) C
11 9 (3.69%) Rust
12 6 (2.46%) MATLAB
12 6 (2.46%) Ruby
13 5 (2.05%) C#
14 4 (1.64%) Go
14 4 (1.64%) PHP
15 3 (1.23%) Ada
15 3 (1.23%) Ada 95
Qualifications
1 50 (20.49%) Security Cleared
2 40 (16.39%) SC Cleared
3 34 (13.93%) Degree
4 21 (8.61%) DV Cleared
5 17 (6.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.46%) HND
7 4 (1.64%) CISSP
7 4 (1.64%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (1.64%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.23%) A+ Certification
8 3 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.23%) CISM
8 3 (1.23%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.23%) GCIH
8 3 (1.23%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (1.23%) OSCP
8 3 (1.23%) RHCE
8 3 (1.23%) RHCSA
8 3 (1.23%) SANS
9 2 (0.82%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.61%) QA
2 4 (1.64%) ISO 14001
2 4 (1.64%) ISO 9001
2 4 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.64%) NIST
3 3 (1.23%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.23%) GDPR
3 3 (1.23%) MIL-STD-1553
4 2 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.41%) COBIT
5 1 (0.41%) DO-178B
5 1 (0.41%) ITGC
5 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 25 (10.25%) Docker
2 12 (4.92%) Oracle RAC
3 3 (1.23%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 3 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.82%) Firmware
5 1 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.41%) GPFS
5 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.41%) KVM
5 1 (0.41%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 26 (10.66%) Kubernetes
2 21 (8.61%) Ansible
3 17 (6.97%) Puppet
4 14 (5.74%) Argo
5 13 (5.33%) Oracle RMAN
6 12 (4.92%) Grafana
6 12 (4.92%) Prometheus
7 10 (4.10%) Data Guard
7 10 (4.10%) Nagios
8 4 (1.64%) Podman
9 3 (1.23%) Check_MK
10 2 (0.82%) Kibana
10 2 (0.82%) logstash
11 1 (0.41%) Control-M
11 1 (0.41%) ITRS Geneos
11 1 (0.41%) Nmap
11 1 (0.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.41%) SCCM
Vendors
1 56 (22.95%) Oracle
2 26 (10.66%) Microsoft
3 25 (10.25%) Red Hat
4 13 (5.33%) IBM
5 12 (4.92%) Pega
6 7 (2.87%) Bloomberg
6 7 (2.87%) Google
6 7 (2.87%) VMware
7 6 (2.46%) CQG
7 6 (2.46%) ION Trading
7 6 (2.46%) Patsystems
7 6 (2.46%) Reuters
7 6 (2.46%) Trayport
8 5 (2.05%) Adobe
8 5 (2.05%) Sybase
9 4 (1.64%) Apple
9 4 (1.64%) Cisco
9 4 (1.64%) Retek
9 4 (1.64%) Sage
9 4 (1.64%) SAP