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 12 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 438 313 346
Rank change year-on-year -125 +33 -146
Permanent jobs citing Unix 256 339 638
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.34% 0.92% 0.79%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.20% 5.97% 5.27%
Number of salaries quoted 133 191 473
10th Percentile £40,250 £36,000 £39,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £50,424 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £78,790 £82,751 £82,548
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,778 £100,064
UK median annual salary £61,500 £69,308 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.27% +15.51% -14.29%

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 4,925 5,680 12,109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.57% 15.48% 15.03%
Number of salaries quoted 3,714 4,019 10,014
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £49,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% +8.89% -14.29%
75th Percentile £65,833 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -14.29%

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 12 April 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 12 April 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 -30 128 £75,000 - 39
South East -51 34 £58,000 +38.10% 21
East of England -15 26 £61,500 +0.41% 4
South West -33 26 £60,000 -16.66% 3
North of England -110 25 £58,500 -15.69% 20
Midlands -63 12 £40,000 -33.33% 12
North West -74 12 £60,000 -13.43% 10
West Midlands -37 9 £51,151 -14.75% 8
Yorkshire -59 7 £25,750 -69.80% 7
North East -31 6 £69,310 -0.05% 3
East Midlands -44 3 £40,000 -42.86% 4
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 24 (9.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (7.81%) Exchange Server 2003
3 7 (2.73%) Tomcat
4 5 (1.95%) Anypoint
5 4 (1.56%) WebLogic
5 4 (1.56%) WebSphere
5 4 (1.56%) WebSphere Application Server
6 3 (1.17%) Confluence
6 3 (1.17%) IIS
6 3 (1.17%) WebLogic Portal
7 2 (0.78%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.39%) Apache
8 1 (0.39%) nginx
8 1 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (7.03%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.73%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.95%) Shopify
3 4 (1.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (1.17%) FLEXCUBE
4 3 (1.17%) Primavera
5 2 (0.78%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.78%) Line 50
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 87 (33.98%) AWS
2 66 (25.78%) Azure
3 31 (12.11%) GCP
4 29 (11.33%) Pulumi
5 18 (7.03%) AWS CloudFormation
5 18 (7.03%) GitHub
6 16 (6.25%) PaaS
6 16 (6.25%) SaaS
7 12 (4.69%) IaaS
7 12 (4.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 11 (4.30%) Amazon ECR
9 10 (3.91%) Amazon ECS
9 10 (3.91%) dbt
10 8 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (3.13%) OpenShift
11 7 (2.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 7 (2.73%) Power Platform
12 6 (2.34%) Apigee
12 6 (2.34%) Kong
12 6 (2.34%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 29 (11.33%) DNS
2 27 (10.55%) TCP/IP
3 25 (9.77%) Firewall
4 21 (8.20%) DHCP
5 19 (7.42%) Broadband
6 11 (4.30%) HTTPS
7 8 (3.13%) 5G
7 8 (3.13%) Cisco ASA
7 8 (3.13%) SD-WAN
7 8 (3.13%) WAN
8 7 (2.73%) VLAN
9 6 (2.34%) VPN
10 5 (1.95%) MPLS
10 5 (1.95%) SSL
11 4 (1.56%) FIX Connectivity
12 3 (1.17%) VoIP
13 2 (0.78%) CHAP
13 2 (0.78%) Internet
13 2 (0.78%) Kerberos
13 2 (0.78%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (13.28%) Oracle Database
2 29 (11.33%) NoSQL
3 28 (10.94%) Relational Database
4 21 (8.20%) Oracle Database 10g
5 20 (7.81%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (7.81%) RDBMS
6 13 (5.08%) Elasticsearch
7 11 (4.30%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (3.91%) Redis
9 7 (2.73%) Oracle Reports
9 7 (2.73%) Power BI
9 7 (2.73%) Tableau
10 6 (2.34%) DB2
10 6 (2.34%) MongoDB
10 6 (2.34%) SQL Server
11 4 (1.56%) Big Data
12 3 (1.17%) Hadoop
12 3 (1.17%) Oracle Discoverer
13 2 (0.78%) FileMaker
13 2 (0.78%) Informix
Development Applications
1 19 (7.42%) Jaeger
2 16 (6.25%) GitLab
3 14 (5.47%) Git
4 10 (3.91%) Bitbucket
4 10 (3.91%) Jenkins
5 9 (3.52%) LabVIEW
6 4 (1.56%) JIRA
6 4 (1.56%) Metasploit
6 4 (1.56%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (1.17%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.78%) Selenium
9 1 (0.39%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.39%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.39%) Gradle
9 1 (0.39%) JMeter
9 1 (0.39%) Maven
9 1 (0.39%) Zephyr
General
1 71 (27.73%) Social Skills
2 66 (25.78%) Finance
3 36 (14.06%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (13.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 25 (9.77%) Banking
6 16 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
6 16 (6.25%) Public Sector
7 15 (5.86%) German Language
8 14 (5.47%) Telecoms
9 12 (4.69%) Electronics
10 10 (3.91%) Investment Banking
10 10 (3.91%) Legal
11 7 (2.73%) Law
12 6 (2.34%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.95%) Front Office
14 4 (1.56%) Back Office
14 4 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (1.17%) Aerospace
15 3 (1.17%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 38 (14.84%) Senior
2 22 (8.59%) 3rd Line Support
3 21 (8.20%) Lead
4 20 (7.81%) Cloud Engineer
4 20 (7.81%) Systems Support
5 19 (7.42%) Linux Engineer
6 18 (7.03%) Automation Engineer
7 17 (6.64%) Analyst
8 15 (5.86%) Developer
8 15 (5.86%) Platform Engineer
9 14 (5.47%) Azure Engineer
10 12 (4.69%) Support Engineer
11 11 (4.30%) AWS Engineer
11 11 (4.30%) Cloud Automation Engineer
11 11 (4.30%) Cloud Security Engineer
11 11 (4.30%) GCP Engineer
11 11 (4.30%) Python Engineer
11 11 (4.30%) Security Engineer
11 11 (4.30%) Unix Engineer
11 11 (4.30%) Unix Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (16.41%) JSON
2 40 (15.63%) XML
3 33 (12.89%) HTML
4 29 (11.33%) Regular Expression
5 27 (10.55%) Elastic Stack
6 19 (7.42%) OpenTelemetry
7 11 (4.30%) REST
8 10 (3.91%) Django
8 10 (3.91%) FIX Protocol
9 9 (3.52%) pytest
10 7 (2.73%) LDAP
10 7 (2.73%) Node.js
10 7 (2.73%) RESTful
11 6 (2.34%) Jinja
11 6 (2.34%) YAML
11 6 (2.34%) YANG
12 5 (1.95%) SOAP
12 5 (1.95%) Web Services
13 4 (1.56%) CSS
13 4 (1.56%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 45 (17.58%) Linux Command Line
2 33 (12.89%) Onboarding
3 20 (7.81%) Management Information System
4 17 (6.64%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (5.08%) Hedge funds
6 12 (4.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 12 (4.69%) Security Posture
7 9 (3.52%) Data Centre
8 8 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
8 8 (3.13%) Self-Driving Car
9 7 (2.73%) Clustering
9 7 (2.73%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (2.34%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.95%) Driving Licence
11 5 (1.95%) IoT
12 4 (1.56%) Cyber Defence
12 4 (1.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 4 (1.56%) NHS
12 4 (1.56%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.56%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 161 (62.89%) Linux
2 78 (30.47%) Windows
3 28 (10.94%) Solaris
4 21 (8.20%) HPUX
5 20 (7.81%) Windows Server 2003
6 19 (7.42%) Windows 7
6 19 (7.42%) Windows Server 2008
7 17 (6.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (3.13%) Windows Server
9 5 (1.95%) AIX
9 5 (1.95%) Mac OS
10 4 (1.56%) Kali Linux
10 4 (1.56%) Ubuntu
11 3 (1.17%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.39%) CentOS
12 1 (0.39%) Debian
12 1 (0.39%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.39%) SUSE
12 1 (0.39%) ThreadX
12 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (26.17%) DevOps
2 63 (24.61%) Infrastructure as Code
3 58 (22.66%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (20.31%) AI
5 50 (19.53%) Agile
6 45 (17.58%) CI/CD
7 43 (16.80%) Containerisation
8 39 (15.23%) Task Automation
9 37 (14.45%) Incident Management
10 35 (13.67%) Data Analysis
10 35 (13.67%) High Availability
11 32 (12.50%) ITIL
12 31 (12.11%) Computer Science
12 31 (12.11%) Mentoring
12 31 (12.11%) Test Automation
13 29 (11.33%) Incident Response
13 29 (11.33%) LLM
14 28 (10.94%) Continuous Integration
14 28 (10.94%) Roadmaps
15 24 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 159 (62.11%) Python
2 61 (23.83%) Bash
3 43 (16.80%) SQL
4 42 (16.41%) Java
5 37 (14.45%) JavaScript
5 37 (14.45%) PowerShell
6 23 (8.98%) Perl
7 22 (8.59%) Go
8 16 (6.25%) Shell Script
9 11 (4.30%) C#
10 9 (3.52%) MATLAB
11 7 (2.73%) PL/SQL
12 5 (1.95%) C++
12 5 (1.95%) VB
12 5 (1.95%) VBA
12 5 (1.95%) VBScript
13 4 (1.56%) Korn
13 4 (1.56%) Rust
14 3 (1.17%) C
15 2 (0.78%) PHP
Qualifications
1 84 (32.81%) Degree
2 55 (21.48%) Security Cleared
3 47 (18.36%) SC Cleared
4 29 (11.33%) AWS Certification
5 25 (9.77%) DV Cleared
6 24 (9.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (5.86%) CISSP
8 11 (4.30%) CCSK
9 10 (3.91%) ITIL Certification
10 9 (3.52%) HND
11 5 (1.95%) CCNA
11 5 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (1.95%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (1.95%) OSCP
12 4 (1.56%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 4 (1.56%) CISA
12 4 (1.56%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (1.56%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.78%) FFIEC
13 2 (0.78%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (11.72%) SLA
2 8 (3.13%) QA
3 7 (2.73%) GDPR
4 5 (1.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.17%) NIST
6 2 (0.78%) COBIT
6 2 (0.78%) ISO 14001
6 2 (0.78%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.39%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.39%) ITGC
7 1 (0.39%) MiFID
7 1 (0.39%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 48 (18.75%) Docker
2 33 (12.89%) Active Directory
3 16 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.95%) Oracle RAC
4 5 (1.95%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 1 (0.39%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.39%) Firmware
5 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 57 (22.27%) Terraform
2 52 (20.31%) Ansible
3 47 (18.36%) Kubernetes
4 26 (10.16%) Prometheus
5 22 (8.59%) Argo
6 19 (7.42%) Kustomize
7 12 (4.69%) Grafana
8 6 (2.34%) SCCM
9 5 (1.95%) AWS Copilot
10 4 (1.56%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 4 (1.56%) Oracle RMAN
10 4 (1.56%) Podman
11 3 (1.17%) Check_MK
11 3 (1.17%) Data Guard
11 3 (1.17%) Nagios
12 2 (0.78%) Puppet
13 1 (0.39%) Ambari
13 1 (0.39%) Kibana
13 1 (0.39%) logstash
13 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 52 (20.31%) Oracle
2 42 (16.41%) Microsoft
2 42 (16.41%) VMware
3 41 (16.02%) Google
4 26 (10.16%) Red Hat
5 19 (7.42%) IBM
6 14 (5.47%) Cisco
6 14 (5.47%) SAP
7 12 (4.69%) Juniper
7 12 (4.69%) Palo Alto
8 11 (4.30%) Splunk
9 9 (3.52%) Workday
10 8 (3.13%) Dell
10 8 (3.13%) IFS
11 7 (2.73%) Adobe
11 7 (2.73%) Symantec
12 6 (2.34%) F5
12 6 (2.34%) Fortinet
12 6 (2.34%) MuleSoft
13 5 (1.95%) Infor