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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 321 249 253
Rank change year-on-year -72 +4 -60
Permanent jobs citing Unix 324 568 649
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.60% 1.19% 1.16%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.18% 7.72% 7.44%
Number of salaries quoted 176 205 500
10th Percentile £40,015 £41,250 £41,475
25th Percentile £46,446 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £80,315 £77,500 £84,056
90th Percentile £89,375 £90,000 £96,614
UK median annual salary £59,000 £61,627 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.26% -5.19% -

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 4,512 7,362 8,724
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.33% 15.44% 15.64%
Number of salaries quoted 3,413 4,132 7,367
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,242 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.43% +0.48% -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 21 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 21 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 +17 158 £75,000 +8.21% 34
South East +12 48 £58,000 +11.54% 30
South West +29 45 £57,500 -20.13% 9
East of England +2 37 £43,085 -25.07% 12
North of England -94 18 £55,000 +10.00% 18
Midlands -43 13 £73,801 +29.48% 13
West Midlands -33 9 £74,401 +24.00% 9
North West -62 7 £60,000 +20.00% 12
Yorkshire -37 6 £25,750 -69.80% 2
North East +1 5 £73,801 +47.60% 4
East Midlands -17 4 £40,000 -27.27% 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 34 (10.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (8.02%) Exchange Server 2003
3 22 (6.79%) WebSphere
4 21 (6.48%) Tomcat
5 16 (4.94%) WebSphere Application Server
6 7 (2.16%) Apache Spark
7 5 (1.54%) Anypoint
7 5 (1.54%) Confluence
7 5 (1.54%) WebLogic
8 4 (1.23%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.93%) Apache
9 3 (0.93%) IIS
9 3 (0.93%) nginx
9 3 (0.93%) WebLogic Portal
10 1 (0.31%) JBoss
10 1 (0.31%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.31%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (5.86%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (4.63%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (2.16%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.54%) Shopify
3 4 (1.23%) NEC Housing
3 4 (1.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.93%) Primavera
5 2 (0.62%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.31%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 105 (32.41%) AWS
2 54 (16.67%) Azure
3 40 (12.35%) GCP
4 30 (9.26%) Pulumi
5 27 (8.33%) AWS CloudFormation
6 17 (5.25%) Amazon ECR
6 17 (5.25%) GitHub
7 16 (4.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 15 (4.63%) Amazon EC2
8 15 (4.63%) Serverless
9 13 (4.01%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (4.01%) PaaS
10 12 (3.70%) Amazon EKS
10 12 (3.70%) Amazon S3
10 12 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
11 11 (3.40%) Amazon ECS
11 11 (3.40%) dbt
11 11 (3.40%) SaaS
12 10 (3.09%) OpenShift
13 8 (2.47%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (7.41%) DHCP
1 24 (7.41%) DNS
1 24 (7.41%) SSL
2 22 (6.79%) TCP/IP
3 21 (6.48%) Broadband
4 16 (4.94%) Firewall
5 11 (3.40%) WAN
6 9 (2.78%) SAN
6 9 (2.78%) VLAN
7 8 (2.47%) 5G
7 8 (2.47%) SD-WAN
7 8 (2.47%) VPN
8 7 (2.16%) MPLS
9 6 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (1.85%) Wireshark
10 5 (1.54%) HTTPS
11 4 (1.23%) Kerberos
11 4 (1.23%) SMTP
11 4 (1.23%) VoIP
11 4 (1.23%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (11.42%) Oracle Database
2 35 (10.80%) Relational Database
3 33 (10.19%) PostgreSQL
4 27 (8.33%) Oracle Database 10g
5 26 (8.02%) NoSQL
6 19 (5.86%) DB2
6 19 (5.86%) RDBMS
7 18 (5.56%) Amazon RDS
8 16 (4.94%) SQL Server
9 13 (4.01%) Elasticsearch
10 11 (3.40%) Big Data
10 11 (3.40%) Redis
11 7 (2.16%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (2.16%) Power BI
11 7 (2.16%) Tableau
12 6 (1.85%) FileMaker
12 6 (1.85%) Hadoop
12 6 (1.85%) MySQL
13 5 (1.54%) Apache Hive
14 4 (1.23%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 20 (6.17%) Git
2 19 (5.86%) Jaeger
3 12 (3.70%) LabVIEW
4 10 (3.09%) Jenkins
5 8 (2.47%) GitLab
5 8 (2.47%) JIRA
6 4 (1.23%) Toad
7 3 (0.93%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.93%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.93%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.62%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.62%) Browser DevTools
8 2 (0.62%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.62%) JUnit
8 2 (0.62%) Mocha
8 2 (0.62%) webpack
9 1 (0.31%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.31%) Postman
9 1 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.31%) Xcode
General
1 80 (24.69%) Finance
2 58 (17.90%) Social Skills
3 35 (10.80%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (10.49%) Banking
5 27 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (4.94%) Presentation Skills
6 16 (4.94%) Public Sector
7 15 (4.63%) German Language
8 14 (4.32%) Electronics
8 14 (4.32%) Telecoms
9 13 (4.01%) Investment Banking
10 9 (2.78%) Law
11 8 (2.47%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.54%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.54%) Legal
13 4 (1.23%) Back Office
13 4 (1.23%) Front Office
13 4 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.23%) Local Government
13 4 (1.23%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 47 (14.51%) Senior
2 31 (9.57%) Support Engineer
3 29 (8.95%) Applications Support
3 29 (8.95%) Linux Support
4 27 (8.33%) Administrator
5 26 (8.02%) Linux Engineer
6 25 (7.72%) 3rd Line Support
7 23 (7.10%) Lead
7 23 (7.10%) Systems Support
8 22 (6.79%) Infrastructure Support
8 22 (6.79%) Systems Administrator
9 20 (6.17%) Analyst
10 19 (5.86%) Developer
10 19 (5.86%) Unix Support
11 16 (4.94%) Cloud Engineer
12 15 (4.63%) Platform Engineer
13 14 (4.32%) Verification Engineer
14 13 (4.01%) Linux Support Engineer
15 12 (3.70%) Support Analyst
15 12 (3.70%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (11.11%) JSON
2 34 (10.49%) XML
3 33 (10.19%) HTML
4 29 (8.95%) Regular Expression
5 27 (8.33%) Elastic Stack
6 22 (6.79%) LDAP
7 19 (5.86%) OpenTelemetry
8 18 (5.56%) WebSphere MQ
9 16 (4.94%) LAPP Stack
10 12 (3.70%) pytest
11 11 (3.40%) Django
11 11 (3.40%) Middleware
12 9 (2.78%) OAuth
13 8 (2.47%) FIX Protocol
13 8 (2.47%) REST
14 7 (2.16%) RESTful
14 7 (2.16%) SOAP
15 6 (1.85%) Node.js
15 6 (1.85%) OAuth2
16 5 (1.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 63 (19.44%) Linux Command Line
2 34 (10.49%) Onboarding
3 25 (7.72%) Management Information System
4 17 (5.25%) e-Learning
5 12 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (3.09%) Security Posture
8 9 (2.78%) Data Centre
9 8 (2.47%) Self-Driving Car
10 7 (2.16%) Clustering
10 7 (2.16%) Hedge funds
11 6 (1.85%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 6 (1.85%) Low-Code
11 6 (1.85%) PKI
11 6 (1.85%) Replication
12 5 (1.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 4 (1.23%) Driving Licence
13 4 (1.23%) NHS
13 4 (1.23%) Public Cloud
13 4 (1.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 209 (64.51%) Linux
2 103 (31.79%) Windows
3 44 (13.58%) Solaris
4 37 (11.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 26 (8.02%) HPUX
5 26 (8.02%) Windows Server 2003
6 22 (6.79%) Windows 7
6 22 (6.79%) Windows Server 2008
7 12 (3.70%) Windows Server
8 10 (3.09%) Debian
9 8 (2.47%) Mac OS
10 6 (1.85%) AIX
11 4 (1.23%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.62%) CentOS
13 1 (0.31%) Android
13 1 (0.31%) CoreOS
13 1 (0.31%) SUSE
13 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (20.37%) DevOps
2 61 (18.83%) Problem-Solving
3 57 (17.59%) Infrastructure as Code
4 53 (16.36%) ITIL
5 52 (16.05%) High Availability
6 51 (15.74%) AI
7 48 (14.81%) Agile
8 38 (11.73%) Incident Management
9 37 (11.42%) Data Analysis
10 36 (11.11%) Containerisation
11 35 (10.80%) Change Management
12 33 (10.19%) CI/CD
12 33 (10.19%) Computer Science
13 29 (8.95%) LLM
14 28 (8.64%) Analytics
14 28 (8.64%) Task Automation
14 28 (8.64%) Test Automation
15 27 (8.33%) Roadmaps
16 26 (8.02%) Incident Response
17 25 (7.72%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 192 (59.26%) Python
2 63 (19.44%) Bash
3 58 (17.90%) SQL
4 42 (12.96%) JavaScript
5 41 (12.65%) PowerShell
6 37 (11.42%) Java
7 27 (8.33%) Perl
8 22 (6.79%) Go
9 21 (6.48%) Shell Script
10 14 (4.32%) MATLAB
11 9 (2.78%) C#
11 9 (2.78%) R
12 8 (2.47%) Korn
13 6 (1.85%) C
14 5 (1.54%) PL/SQL
15 4 (1.23%) C++
15 4 (1.23%) Fortran
15 4 (1.23%) VB
16 3 (0.93%) Scala
17 2 (0.62%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 109 (33.64%) Degree
2 94 (29.01%) Security Cleared
3 77 (23.77%) SC Cleared
4 52 (16.05%) DV Cleared
5 46 (14.20%) AWS Certification
6 26 (8.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (7.41%) CCNA
7 24 (7.41%) Cisco Certification
8 23 (7.10%) ITIL Certification
9 18 (5.56%) CISSP
10 17 (5.25%) CCNP
11 12 (3.70%) HND
12 8 (2.47%) CISA
13 7 (2.16%) CCSK
13 7 (2.16%) Master's Degree
13 7 (2.16%) Network+ Certification
13 7 (2.16%) PhD
14 6 (1.85%) GCFA
14 6 (1.85%) GCIA
14 6 (1.85%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (16.67%) SLA
2 12 (3.70%) GDPR
3 9 (2.78%) NIST
3 9 (2.78%) QA
4 7 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (1.23%) COBIT
7 1 (0.31%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.31%) MiFID
7 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 51 (15.74%) Docker
2 45 (13.89%) Active Directory
3 24 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.54%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 3 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.93%) XenApp
5 3 (0.93%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 59 (18.21%) Ansible
2 56 (17.28%) Terraform
3 44 (13.58%) Kubernetes
4 26 (8.02%) Prometheus
5 20 (6.17%) Argo
6 19 (5.86%) Kustomize
7 14 (4.32%) Grafana
8 6 (1.85%) AWS Copilot
8 6 (1.85%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (1.23%) Puppet
9 4 (1.23%) SCCM
10 3 (0.93%) Netcool
10 3 (0.93%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (0.93%) Podman
10 3 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.62%) Suricata
12 1 (0.31%) AirWatch
12 1 (0.31%) Nagios
12 1 (0.31%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 60 (18.52%) Oracle
2 53 (16.36%) Google
3 52 (16.05%) VMware
4 47 (14.51%) Microsoft
5 39 (12.04%) Red Hat
6 33 (10.19%) IBM
7 27 (8.33%) Cisco
8 20 (6.17%) SAP
9 16 (4.94%) ServiceNow
10 12 (3.70%) Dell
10 12 (3.70%) Splunk
11 9 (2.78%) Workday
12 8 (2.47%) Fortinet
12 8 (2.47%) IFS
12 8 (2.47%) Juniper
12 8 (2.47%) NetApp
12 8 (2.47%) Palo Alto
13 7 (2.16%) Arista
13 7 (2.16%) HP
13 7 (2.16%) Symantec