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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 359 248 295
Rank change year-on-year -111 +47 -101
Permanent jobs citing Unix 290 547 643
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.49% 1.23% 0.97%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.33% 7.96% 6.20%
Number of salaries quoted 152 195 504
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,575
25th Percentile £50,469 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.11%
75th Percentile £79,211 £74,629 £82,548
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,267 £96,539
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -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 4,584 6,869 10,366
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.73% 15.46% 15.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3,465 3,851 8,796
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £31,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,450 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.20% +10.42% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -9.52%

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 16 February 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 16 February 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 -1 147 £75,000 +15.38% 38
South East -3 43 £58,000 +11.54% 21
South West +4 34 £60,000 -16.66% 5
East of England -1 30 £43,085 -25.07% 6
North of England -121 19 £55,000 +10.00% 15
Midlands -62 12 £73,801 +34.18% 18
West Midlands -41 9 £74,401 +29.39% 16
North West -75 7 £73,801 +47.60% 13
North East -8 6 £73,801 +47.60% 2
Yorkshire -50 6 £25,750 -69.80%
East Midlands -23 3 £40,000 -27.27% 2
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 30 (10.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (8.28%) Exchange Server 2003
3 16 (5.52%) Tomcat
4 13 (4.48%) WebSphere
5 12 (4.14%) WebSphere Application Server
6 6 (2.07%) Apache Spark
7 5 (1.72%) Anypoint
7 5 (1.72%) Confluence
7 5 (1.72%) WebLogic
8 4 (1.38%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (1.03%) IIS
9 3 (1.03%) WebLogic Portal
10 1 (0.34%) Apache
10 1 (0.34%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.34%) nginx
10 1 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (6.21%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (4.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.41%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.72%) Shopify
3 4 (1.38%) NEC Housing
3 4 (1.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (1.03%) Primavera
5 2 (0.69%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.69%) FLEXCUBE
5 2 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.34%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 100 (34.48%) AWS
2 63 (21.72%) Azure
3 46 (15.86%) GCP
4 33 (11.38%) Pulumi
5 27 (9.31%) AWS CloudFormation
6 19 (6.55%) PaaS
7 18 (6.21%) Amazon ECR
8 17 (5.86%) GitHub
8 17 (5.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 14 (4.83%) Amazon ECS
9 14 (4.83%) dbt
10 12 (4.14%) SaaS
11 11 (3.79%) IaaS
11 11 (3.79%) Microsoft 365
11 11 (3.79%) Serverless
12 10 (3.45%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (3.10%) Amazon ElastiCache
13 9 (3.10%) AWS Lambda
13 9 (3.10%) OpenShift
13 9 (3.10%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 26 (8.97%) TCP/IP
2 25 (8.62%) DNS
3 24 (8.28%) DHCP
4 21 (7.24%) Broadband
5 18 (6.21%) Firewall
6 15 (5.17%) SSL
7 10 (3.45%) WAN
8 9 (3.10%) VLAN
9 8 (2.76%) 5G
9 8 (2.76%) SD-WAN
9 8 (2.76%) VPN
10 7 (2.41%) MPLS
11 5 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (1.38%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (1.38%) FIX Connectivity
12 4 (1.38%) HTTPS
12 4 (1.38%) Kerberos
13 3 (1.03%) SAN
13 3 (1.03%) VoIP
13 3 (1.03%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (12.76%) Oracle Database
2 33 (11.38%) Relational Database
3 29 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
4 27 (9.31%) NoSQL
5 25 (8.62%) Oracle Database 10g
6 20 (6.90%) RDBMS
7 19 (6.55%) Amazon RDS
8 17 (5.86%) Elasticsearch
9 15 (5.17%) DB2
10 14 (4.83%) Redis
10 14 (4.83%) SQL Server
11 10 (3.45%) Big Data
12 7 (2.41%) Oracle Reports
12 7 (2.41%) Power BI
12 7 (2.41%) Tableau
13 6 (2.07%) Hadoop
14 5 (1.72%) Apache Hive
14 5 (1.72%) FileMaker
14 5 (1.72%) MySQL
15 4 (1.38%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 19 (6.55%) Jaeger
2 17 (5.86%) Git
3 12 (4.14%) LabVIEW
4 9 (3.10%) GitLab
5 8 (2.76%) Jenkins
6 7 (2.41%) JIRA
7 4 (1.38%) Oracle APEX
7 4 (1.38%) Toad
8 3 (1.03%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.69%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.69%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.69%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.69%) Mocha
9 2 (0.69%) webpack
10 1 (0.34%) Metasploit
10 1 (0.34%) Selenium
General
1 64 (22.07%) Finance
2 58 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 33 (11.38%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (10.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 29 (10.00%) Banking
6 16 (5.52%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (5.17%) German Language
7 15 (5.17%) Public Sector
7 15 (5.17%) Telecoms
8 13 (4.48%) Electronics
9 10 (3.45%) Investment Banking
10 7 (2.41%) Law
10 7 (2.41%) Legal
10 7 (2.41%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.72%) Front Office
12 4 (1.38%) Back Office
12 4 (1.38%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.38%) Local Government
13 3 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (17.59%) Senior
2 24 (8.28%) 3rd Line Support
3 23 (7.93%) Lead
3 23 (7.93%) Systems Support
4 21 (7.24%) Applications Support
4 21 (7.24%) Support Engineer
5 20 (6.90%) Analyst
5 20 (6.90%) Linux Support
6 19 (6.55%) Cloud Engineer
6 19 (6.55%) Developer
6 19 (6.55%) Platform Engineer
7 17 (5.86%) Linux Engineer
7 17 (5.86%) Unix Support
8 16 (5.52%) Administrator
8 16 (5.52%) Infrastructure Support
9 14 (4.83%) Verification Engineer
10 13 (4.48%) Automation Engineer
10 13 (4.48%) Azure Engineer
10 13 (4.48%) Systems Administrator
11 12 (4.14%) Product Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (13.10%) JSON
2 36 (12.41%) XML
3 33 (11.38%) HTML
4 29 (10.00%) Regular Expression
5 27 (9.31%) Elastic Stack
6 19 (6.55%) OpenTelemetry
7 18 (6.21%) LDAP
8 14 (4.83%) Django
9 12 (4.14%) LAPP Stack
9 12 (4.14%) pytest
9 12 (4.14%) WebSphere MQ
10 8 (2.76%) Middleware
10 8 (2.76%) REST
11 7 (2.41%) FIX Protocol
11 7 (2.41%) OAuth
11 7 (2.41%) RESTful
12 6 (2.07%) Node.js
12 6 (2.07%) OAuth2
12 6 (2.07%) SOAP
13 5 (1.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 61 (21.03%) Linux Command Line
2 33 (11.38%) Onboarding
3 26 (8.97%) Management Information System
4 13 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (4.14%) Security Posture
6 11 (3.79%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (3.45%) Hedge funds
8 9 (3.10%) Data Centre
9 8 (2.76%) Self-Driving Car
10 7 (2.41%) Clustering
10 7 (2.41%) e-Learning
11 6 (2.07%) Low-Code
12 4 (1.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 4 (1.38%) Driving Licence
12 4 (1.38%) GNSS
12 4 (1.38%) NHS
12 4 (1.38%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.38%) Satnav
12 4 (1.38%) Security Operations Centre
12 4 (1.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 177 (61.03%) Linux
2 92 (31.72%) Windows
3 35 (12.07%) Solaris
4 27 (9.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 25 (8.62%) HPUX
6 24 (8.28%) Windows Server 2003
7 22 (7.59%) Windows 7
7 22 (7.59%) Windows Server 2008
8 13 (4.48%) Windows Server
9 8 (2.76%) AIX
9 8 (2.76%) Mac OS
10 4 (1.38%) Debian
10 4 (1.38%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.69%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.34%) CentOS
12 1 (0.34%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.34%) SUSE
12 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (22.41%) DevOps
2 63 (21.72%) Infrastructure as Code
3 58 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 54 (18.62%) AI
5 50 (17.24%) Agile
6 43 (14.83%) High Availability
6 43 (14.83%) ITIL
7 39 (13.45%) Containerisation
8 37 (12.76%) CI/CD
8 37 (12.76%) Incident Management
9 35 (12.07%) Data Analysis
10 33 (11.38%) Change Management
10 33 (11.38%) Computer Science
11 32 (11.03%) Task Automation
12 30 (10.34%) Incident Response
13 29 (10.00%) LLM
14 28 (9.66%) Test Automation
15 26 (8.97%) Analytics
15 26 (8.97%) Mentoring
15 26 (8.97%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 179 (61.72%) Python
2 58 (20.00%) Bash
3 57 (19.66%) SQL
4 42 (14.48%) PowerShell
5 40 (13.79%) JavaScript
6 38 (13.10%) Java
7 26 (8.97%) Perl
8 22 (7.59%) Go
9 21 (7.24%) Shell Script
10 12 (4.14%) MATLAB
11 10 (3.45%) C#
12 7 (2.41%) PL/SQL
13 6 (2.07%) R
13 6 (2.07%) VB
14 5 (1.72%) C
15 4 (1.38%) C++
15 4 (1.38%) Korn
16 3 (1.03%) Fortran
17 2 (0.69%) VBA
17 2 (0.69%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 101 (34.83%) Degree
2 76 (26.21%) Security Cleared
3 62 (21.38%) SC Cleared
4 41 (14.14%) AWS Certification
5 35 (12.07%) DV Cleared
6 28 (9.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (5.86%) CISSP
7 17 (5.86%) ITIL Certification
8 14 (4.83%) CCNA
8 14 (4.83%) Cisco Certification
9 12 (4.14%) HND
10 10 (3.45%) CCSK
11 7 (2.41%) CCNP
11 7 (2.41%) Network+ Certification
12 6 (2.07%) CISA
12 6 (2.07%) Master's Degree
13 5 (1.72%) PhD
14 4 (1.38%) ACCA
14 4 (1.38%) CIMA
15 3 (1.03%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (14.83%) SLA
2 11 (3.79%) GDPR
3 9 (3.10%) QA
4 6 (2.07%) NIST
5 5 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.03%) COBIT
7 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.34%) MiFID
7 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 52 (17.93%) Docker
2 42 (14.48%) Active Directory
3 18 (6.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.72%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 3 (1.03%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.69%) XenApp
6 2 (0.69%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 58 (20.00%) Terraform
2 49 (16.90%) Ansible
3 42 (14.48%) Kubernetes
4 26 (8.97%) Prometheus
5 19 (6.55%) Argo
5 19 (6.55%) Kustomize
6 13 (4.48%) Grafana
7 9 (3.10%) AWS Copilot
8 5 (1.72%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (1.72%) SCCM
9 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (1.03%) Netcool
9 3 (1.03%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (1.03%) Podman
9 3 (1.03%) Puppet
10 2 (0.69%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.69%) Nagios
10 2 (0.69%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.34%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 58 (20.00%) Google
2 57 (19.66%) Oracle
3 43 (14.83%) Microsoft
3 43 (14.83%) VMware
4 30 (10.34%) Red Hat
5 28 (9.66%) IBM
6 19 (6.55%) Cisco
6 19 (6.55%) SAP
7 13 (4.48%) ServiceNow
8 12 (4.14%) Splunk
9 11 (3.79%) Dell
10 10 (3.45%) Juniper
10 10 (3.45%) Palo Alto
11 9 (3.10%) Workday
12 8 (2.76%) Fortinet
12 8 (2.76%) IFS
13 7 (2.41%) Arista
13 7 (2.41%) HP
13 7 (2.41%) Symantec
14 6 (2.07%) MuleSoft