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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 251 239
Rank change year-on-year -69 -12 -41
Permanent jobs citing Unix 314 578 640
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.60% 1.20% 1.31%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.07% 7.77% 8.15%
Number of salaries quoted 176 206 484
10th Percentile £40,633 £41,250 £42,538
25th Percentile £47,236 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% -11.11% +3.85%
75th Percentile £81,571 £78,438 £84,292
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £61,250 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +2.08% -11.11% +3.85%

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 4,442 7,442 7,853
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.47% 15.43% 16.01%
Number of salaries quoted 3,386 4,216 6,528
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,480 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% - -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 10 January 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 10 January 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 -5 149 £76,250 +10.02% 36
South East +17 47 £58,000 +11.54% 40
South West +19 46 £56,250 -21.87% 16
East of England +2 37 £43,085 -25.07% 25
North of England -96 17 £55,000 +4.76% 25
Midlands -40 13 £73,801 +29.48% 23
West Midlands -30 9 £74,401 +24.00% 16
Yorkshire -39 6 £25,750 -67.86% 7
North West -61 6 £66,901 +33.80% 14
North East 0 5 £73,801 +47.60% 4
East Midlands -7 4 £40,000 -27.27% 7
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 35 (11.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (8.28%) Exchange Server 2003
3 22 (7.01%) WebSphere
4 21 (6.69%) Tomcat
5 16 (5.10%) WebSphere Application Server
6 7 (2.23%) Apache Spark
7 6 (1.91%) Apache
7 6 (1.91%) Confluence
7 6 (1.91%) nginx
8 5 (1.59%) Anypoint
8 5 (1.59%) WebLogic
9 4 (1.27%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.96%) IIS
10 3 (0.96%) WebLogic Portal
11 1 (0.32%) JBoss
11 1 (0.32%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (5.73%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (4.78%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (2.23%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.59%) Shopify
3 4 (1.27%) NEC Housing
3 4 (1.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.96%) Primavera
5 2 (0.64%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.32%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 92 (29.30%) AWS
2 53 (16.88%) Azure
3 38 (12.10%) GCP
4 27 (8.60%) AWS CloudFormation
5 19 (6.05%) Pulumi
6 17 (5.41%) Amazon ECR
7 15 (4.78%) Amazon EC2
7 15 (4.78%) GitHub
7 15 (4.78%) Serverless
7 15 (4.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 13 (4.14%) AWS Lambda
8 13 (4.14%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (4.14%) SaaS
9 12 (3.82%) Amazon EKS
9 12 (3.82%) Amazon S3
9 12 (3.82%) PaaS
10 11 (3.50%) Amazon ECS
10 11 (3.50%) dbt
10 11 (3.50%) OpenShift
11 8 (2.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 27 (8.60%) SSL
2 25 (7.96%) DNS
3 24 (7.64%) DHCP
4 23 (7.32%) TCP/IP
5 16 (5.10%) Firewall
6 10 (3.18%) Broadband
6 10 (3.18%) WAN
7 9 (2.87%) SAN
7 9 (2.87%) VLAN
8 8 (2.55%) HTTPS
8 8 (2.55%) VPN
9 7 (2.23%) MPLS
10 6 (1.91%) 5G
10 6 (1.91%) HTTP
10 6 (1.91%) Reverse Proxy
10 6 (1.91%) SD-WAN
10 6 (1.91%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (1.91%) Wireshark
11 5 (1.59%) VoIP
12 4 (1.27%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (11.78%) Oracle Database
2 33 (10.51%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (8.60%) Oracle Database 10g
4 24 (7.64%) Relational Database
5 18 (5.73%) Amazon RDS
5 18 (5.73%) DB2
6 16 (5.10%) SQL Server
7 15 (4.78%) NoSQL
8 12 (3.82%) Elasticsearch
9 11 (3.50%) Big Data
9 11 (3.50%) Redis
10 8 (2.55%) Power BI
10 8 (2.55%) RDBMS
10 8 (2.55%) Tableau
11 7 (2.23%) Oracle Reports
12 6 (1.91%) FileMaker
12 6 (1.91%) Hadoop
12 6 (1.91%) MySQL
13 5 (1.59%) Apache Hive
14 4 (1.27%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 19 (6.05%) Git
2 10 (3.18%) LabVIEW
3 9 (2.87%) Jenkins
3 9 (2.87%) JIRA
4 8 (2.55%) Jaeger
5 7 (2.23%) GitLab
6 4 (1.27%) Toad
7 3 (0.96%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.96%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.96%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.64%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.64%) Browser DevTools
8 2 (0.64%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.64%) JUnit
8 2 (0.64%) Mocha
8 2 (0.64%) webpack
9 1 (0.32%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.32%) Gradle
9 1 (0.32%) Postman
9 1 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 85 (27.07%) Finance
2 58 (18.47%) Social Skills
3 33 (10.51%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (10.19%) Banking
5 16 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (5.10%) Public Sector
6 15 (4.78%) German Language
7 14 (4.46%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (4.46%) Telecoms
8 13 (4.14%) Investment Banking
9 12 (3.82%) Electronics
10 9 (2.87%) Law
11 8 (2.55%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.59%) Legal
13 4 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.27%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.27%) Front Office
13 4 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.27%) Local Government
13 4 (1.27%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 49 (15.61%) Senior
2 32 (10.19%) Administrator
3 31 (9.87%) Support Engineer
4 29 (9.24%) Applications Support
4 29 (9.24%) Linux Support
5 27 (8.60%) Systems Administrator
6 25 (7.96%) 3rd Line Support
6 25 (7.96%) Linux Engineer
7 23 (7.32%) Systems Support
8 22 (7.01%) Infrastructure Support
9 19 (6.05%) Unix Support
10 18 (5.73%) Developer
11 17 (5.41%) Analyst
12 16 (5.10%) Platform Engineer
13 13 (4.14%) Linux Support Engineer
14 12 (3.82%) Lead
14 12 (3.82%) Support Analyst
14 12 (3.82%) Verification Engineer
15 11 (3.50%) Audit Manager
15 11 (3.50%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (11.46%) JSON
2 34 (10.83%) XML
3 33 (10.51%) HTML
4 29 (9.24%) Regular Expression
5 23 (7.32%) LDAP
6 18 (5.73%) WebSphere MQ
7 16 (5.10%) LAPP Stack
8 15 (4.78%) Elastic Stack
9 12 (3.82%) OAuth
10 11 (3.50%) Django
11 10 (3.18%) Middleware
11 10 (3.18%) pytest
12 8 (2.55%) OpenTelemetry
12 8 (2.55%) REST
13 7 (2.23%) FIX Protocol
13 7 (2.23%) RESTful
13 7 (2.23%) SOAP
14 6 (1.91%) Node.js
14 6 (1.91%) OAuth2
14 6 (1.91%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 61 (19.43%) Linux Command Line
2 34 (10.83%) Onboarding
3 23 (7.32%) Management Information System
4 22 (7.01%) e-Learning
5 12 (3.82%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (3.18%) PKI
6 10 (3.18%) Security Posture
7 8 (2.55%) Clustering
7 8 (2.55%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.91%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 6 (1.91%) Hedge funds
8 6 (1.91%) Low-Code
8 6 (1.91%) Replication
8 6 (1.91%) Self-Driving Car
9 5 (1.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (1.27%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.27%) GNSS
10 4 (1.27%) NHS
10 4 (1.27%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 205 (65.29%) Linux
2 101 (32.17%) Windows
3 45 (14.33%) Solaris
4 37 (11.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 26 (8.28%) HPUX
5 26 (8.28%) Windows Server 2003
6 22 (7.01%) Windows 7
6 22 (7.01%) Windows Server 2008
7 12 (3.82%) Windows Server
8 10 (3.18%) Debian
9 8 (2.55%) Mac OS
10 5 (1.59%) AIX
11 4 (1.27%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.64%) CentOS
13 1 (0.32%) Android
13 1 (0.32%) CoreOS
13 1 (0.32%) SUSE
13 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (19.11%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (18.79%) DevOps
3 56 (17.83%) ITIL
4 49 (15.61%) AI
5 47 (14.97%) Infrastructure as Code
6 46 (14.65%) High Availability
7 40 (12.74%) Agile
8 38 (12.10%) Data Analysis
9 37 (11.78%) Incident Management
10 35 (11.15%) Change Management
11 32 (10.19%) CI/CD
12 31 (9.87%) Computer Science
13 29 (9.24%) LLM
14 26 (8.28%) Analytics
15 25 (7.96%) Containerisation
16 24 (7.64%) Continuous Improvement
16 24 (7.64%) Incident Response
17 23 (7.32%) Test Automation
18 22 (7.01%) Innovative Thinking
19 21 (6.69%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 180 (57.32%) Python
2 58 (18.47%) SQL
3 51 (16.24%) Bash
4 42 (13.38%) PowerShell
5 31 (9.87%) JavaScript
6 28 (8.92%) Perl
7 26 (8.28%) Java
8 20 (6.37%) Shell Script
9 12 (3.82%) MATLAB
10 11 (3.50%) Go
11 10 (3.18%) R
12 9 (2.87%) C#
13 8 (2.55%) Korn
14 6 (1.91%) C
15 5 (1.59%) PL/SQL
16 4 (1.27%) C++
16 4 (1.27%) Fortran
16 4 (1.27%) VB
17 3 (0.96%) Scala
18 2 (0.64%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 105 (33.44%) Degree
2 97 (30.89%) Security Cleared
3 81 (25.80%) SC Cleared
4 57 (18.15%) DV Cleared
5 35 (11.15%) AWS Certification
6 29 (9.24%) CCNA
6 29 (9.24%) Cisco Certification
7 24 (7.64%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (7.32%) ITIL Certification
9 22 (7.01%) CCNP
10 20 (6.37%) CISSP
11 10 (3.18%) HND
12 8 (2.55%) CISA
13 7 (2.23%) ACCA
13 7 (2.23%) CIMA
13 7 (2.23%) Master's Degree
13 7 (2.23%) Network+ Certification
13 7 (2.23%) PhD
14 6 (1.91%) CCSK
14 6 (1.91%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (17.52%) SLA
2 11 (3.50%) GDPR
3 9 (2.87%) QA
4 8 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.55%) NIST
5 6 (1.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.96%) COBIT
7 1 (0.32%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 46 (14.65%) Active Directory
2 39 (12.42%) Docker
3 25 (7.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.59%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 4 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.27%) XenApp
5 4 (1.27%) XenDesktop
6 2 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 51 (16.24%) Ansible
2 47 (14.97%) Terraform
3 32 (10.19%) Kubernetes
4 14 (4.46%) Prometheus
5 13 (4.14%) Grafana
6 9 (2.87%) Argo
7 8 (2.55%) Kustomize
8 6 (1.91%) AWS Copilot
8 6 (1.91%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (1.59%) SCCM
10 4 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.96%) Netcool
11 3 (0.96%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.96%) Podman
11 3 (0.96%) Puppet
12 2 (0.64%) Suricata
13 1 (0.32%) Nagios
13 1 (0.32%) Oracle RMAN
13 1 (0.32%) VxRail
Vendors
1 61 (19.43%) Oracle
2 53 (16.88%) VMware
3 49 (15.61%) Microsoft
4 43 (13.69%) Red Hat
5 41 (13.06%) Google
6 33 (10.51%) IBM
7 32 (10.19%) Cisco
8 20 (6.37%) SAP
9 16 (5.10%) ServiceNow
10 12 (3.82%) Dell
11 11 (3.50%) Splunk
12 9 (2.87%) Workday
13 8 (2.55%) Fortinet
13 8 (2.55%) HP
13 8 (2.55%) IFS
13 8 (2.55%) Juniper
13 8 (2.55%) NetApp
13 8 (2.55%) Palo Alto
14 7 (2.23%) Arista
14 7 (2.23%) Symantec