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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 360 239 295
Rank change year-on-year -121 +56 -99
Permanent jobs citing Unix 289 546 632
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.48% 1.24% 0.96%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.19% 8.04% 6.14%
Number of salaries quoted 151 198 495
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,600
25th Percentile £50,813 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.11%
75th Percentile £79,383 £74,815 £82,524
90th Percentile £87,500 £91,133 £96,423
UK median annual salary £61,250 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% +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 4,667 6,790 10,286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.75% 15.43% 15.58%
Number of salaries quoted 3,526 3,864 8,707
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,250 £26,043
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £31,526
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -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 19 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 19 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 -4 146 £75,000 +11.68% 51
South East -5 44 £58,000 +11.54% 23
South West +4 34 £60,000 -16.66% 6
East of England -9 29 £43,085 -25.07% 8
North of England -127 19 £55,000 +2.33% 16
Midlands -68 12 £73,801 +34.18% 17
West Midlands -41 9 £74,401 +29.39% 14
North West -89 7 £73,801 +47.60% 13
North East -13 6 £73,801 +34.18% 2
Yorkshire -48 6 £25,750 -69.80% 1
East Midlands -30 3 £40,000 -27.27% 3
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 (10.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (8.30%) Exchange Server 2003
3 16 (5.54%) Tomcat
4 13 (4.50%) WebSphere
5 12 (4.15%) WebSphere Application Server
6 5 (1.73%) Anypoint
6 5 (1.73%) Apache Spark
6 5 (1.73%) Confluence
6 5 (1.73%) WebLogic
7 4 (1.38%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (1.04%) IIS
8 3 (1.04%) WebLogic Portal
9 1 (0.35%) Apache
9 1 (0.35%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.35%) nginx
9 1 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (6.23%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (4.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.42%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.73%) Shopify
3 4 (1.38%) NEC Housing
3 4 (1.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (1.04%) Primavera
5 2 (0.69%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.69%) FLEXCUBE
5 2 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.35%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 101 (34.95%) AWS
2 64 (22.15%) Azure
3 47 (16.26%) GCP
4 33 (11.42%) Pulumi
5 27 (9.34%) AWS CloudFormation
6 20 (6.92%) PaaS
7 18 (6.23%) Amazon ECR
7 18 (6.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 17 (5.88%) GitHub
9 14 (4.84%) Amazon ECS
9 14 (4.84%) dbt
10 13 (4.50%) SaaS
11 12 (4.15%) IaaS
12 11 (3.81%) Microsoft 365
12 11 (3.81%) Serverless
13 10 (3.46%) Amazon EC2
14 9 (3.11%) Amazon ElastiCache
14 9 (3.11%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 9 (3.11%) AWS Lambda
14 9 (3.11%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 26 (9.00%) TCP/IP
2 25 (8.65%) DNS
3 24 (8.30%) DHCP
4 21 (7.27%) Broadband
5 18 (6.23%) Firewall
6 15 (5.19%) SSL
7 10 (3.46%) WAN
8 9 (3.11%) VLAN
9 8 (2.77%) 5G
9 8 (2.77%) SD-WAN
9 8 (2.77%) VPN
10 7 (2.42%) MPLS
11 4 (1.38%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (1.38%) FIX Connectivity
11 4 (1.38%) HTTPS
11 4 (1.38%) Kerberos
11 4 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (1.04%) VoIP
12 3 (1.04%) Wireshark
13 2 (0.69%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (12.80%) Oracle Database
2 32 (11.07%) Relational Database
3 30 (10.38%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (9.69%) NoSQL
5 25 (8.65%) Oracle Database 10g
6 20 (6.92%) RDBMS
7 19 (6.57%) Amazon RDS
8 17 (5.88%) Elasticsearch
9 15 (5.19%) DB2
10 14 (4.84%) Redis
10 14 (4.84%) SQL Server
11 9 (3.11%) Big Data
12 7 (2.42%) Oracle Reports
12 7 (2.42%) Power BI
12 7 (2.42%) Tableau
13 6 (2.08%) Hadoop
14 5 (1.73%) Apache Hive
14 5 (1.73%) MySQL
15 4 (1.38%) BusinessObjects
15 4 (1.38%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 19 (6.57%) Jaeger
2 17 (5.88%) Git
3 12 (4.15%) LabVIEW
4 9 (3.11%) GitLab
4 9 (3.11%) Jenkins
5 7 (2.42%) JIRA
6 4 (1.38%) Oracle APEX
6 4 (1.38%) Toad
7 3 (1.04%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.69%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.69%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.69%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.69%) Mocha
8 2 (0.69%) webpack
9 1 (0.35%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.35%) Selenium
General
1 65 (22.49%) Finance
2 58 (20.07%) Social Skills
3 33 (11.42%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (10.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (9.69%) Banking
6 16 (5.54%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (5.19%) German Language
7 15 (5.19%) Public Sector
7 15 (5.19%) Telecoms
8 13 (4.50%) Electronics
9 10 (3.46%) Investment Banking
10 7 (2.42%) Law
10 7 (2.42%) Legal
10 7 (2.42%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.73%) 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 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (17.30%) Senior
2 24 (8.30%) 3rd Line Support
3 23 (7.96%) Lead
3 23 (7.96%) Systems Support
4 21 (7.27%) Applications Support
5 20 (6.92%) Analyst
5 20 (6.92%) Cloud Engineer
5 20 (6.92%) Support Engineer
6 19 (6.57%) Linux Support
6 19 (6.57%) Platform Engineer
7 18 (6.23%) Developer
8 17 (5.88%) Unix Support
9 16 (5.54%) Administrator
9 16 (5.54%) Infrastructure Support
9 16 (5.54%) Linux Engineer
10 14 (4.84%) Automation Engineer
10 14 (4.84%) Azure Engineer
10 14 (4.84%) Verification Engineer
11 13 (4.50%) Systems Administrator
12 12 (4.15%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (13.15%) JSON
2 36 (12.46%) XML
3 33 (11.42%) HTML
4 29 (10.03%) Regular Expression
5 27 (9.34%) Elastic Stack
6 19 (6.57%) OpenTelemetry
7 18 (6.23%) LDAP
8 14 (4.84%) Django
9 12 (4.15%) LAPP Stack
9 12 (4.15%) pytest
9 12 (4.15%) WebSphere MQ
10 8 (2.77%) Middleware
10 8 (2.77%) REST
11 7 (2.42%) FIX Protocol
11 7 (2.42%) OAuth
11 7 (2.42%) RESTful
12 6 (2.08%) Node.js
12 6 (2.08%) OAuth2
12 6 (2.08%) SOAP
13 5 (1.73%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 61 (21.11%) Linux Command Line
2 33 (11.42%) Onboarding
3 27 (9.34%) Management Information System
4 13 (4.50%) Security Posture
4 13 (4.50%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (3.81%) Hedge funds
6 10 (3.46%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (3.11%) Data Centre
8 8 (2.77%) Self-Driving Car
9 7 (2.42%) Clustering
9 7 (2.42%) e-Learning
10 6 (2.08%) Low-Code
11 4 (1.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 4 (1.38%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.38%) GNSS
11 4 (1.38%) NHS
11 4 (1.38%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.38%) Satnav
11 4 (1.38%) Security Operations Centre
11 4 (1.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 176 (60.90%) Linux
2 92 (31.83%) Windows
3 34 (11.76%) Solaris
4 26 (9.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 25 (8.65%) HPUX
6 24 (8.30%) Windows Server 2003
7 22 (7.61%) Windows 7
7 22 (7.61%) Windows Server 2008
8 13 (4.50%) Windows Server
9 8 (2.77%) AIX
10 7 (2.42%) Mac OS
11 4 (1.38%) Ubuntu
12 3 (1.04%) Debian
13 2 (0.69%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.35%) CentOS
14 1 (0.35%) Kali Linux
14 1 (0.35%) SUSE
14 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (22.49%) DevOps
2 64 (22.15%) Infrastructure as Code
3 59 (20.42%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (19.38%) AI
5 50 (17.30%) Agile
6 43 (14.88%) High Availability
6 43 (14.88%) ITIL
7 40 (13.84%) Containerisation
8 38 (13.15%) CI/CD
9 37 (12.80%) Incident Management
10 35 (12.11%) Data Analysis
11 34 (11.76%) Computer Science
12 33 (11.42%) Change Management
13 32 (11.07%) Task Automation
14 30 (10.38%) Incident Response
15 29 (10.03%) LLM
16 28 (9.69%) Test Automation
17 26 (9.00%) Analytics
17 26 (9.00%) Mentoring
17 26 (9.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 179 (61.94%) Python
2 58 (20.07%) Bash
3 56 (19.38%) SQL
4 42 (14.53%) PowerShell
5 39 (13.49%) JavaScript
6 38 (13.15%) Java
7 26 (9.00%) Perl
8 22 (7.61%) Go
8 22 (7.61%) Shell Script
9 12 (4.15%) MATLAB
10 10 (3.46%) C#
11 7 (2.42%) PL/SQL
12 6 (2.08%) R
12 6 (2.08%) VB
13 5 (1.73%) C
13 5 (1.73%) C++
14 3 (1.04%) Fortran
14 3 (1.04%) Korn
15 2 (0.69%) SystemVerilog
15 2 (0.69%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 102 (35.29%) Degree
2 75 (25.95%) Security Cleared
3 62 (21.45%) SC Cleared
4 41 (14.19%) AWS Certification
5 35 (12.11%) DV Cleared
6 29 (10.03%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (6.23%) CISSP
8 17 (5.88%) ITIL Certification
9 14 (4.84%) CCNA
9 14 (4.84%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (4.15%) HND
11 11 (3.81%) CCSK
12 7 (2.42%) CCNP
12 7 (2.42%) Network+ Certification
13 6 (2.08%) CISA
13 6 (2.08%) Master's Degree
14 5 (1.73%) PhD
15 4 (1.38%) ACCA
15 4 (1.38%) CIMA
16 3 (1.04%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (14.53%) SLA
2 11 (3.81%) GDPR
3 8 (2.77%) QA
4 6 (2.08%) NIST
5 5 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.04%) COBIT
7 1 (0.35%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.35%) MiFID
7 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 53 (18.34%) Docker
2 42 (14.53%) Active Directory
3 17 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.73%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 3 (1.04%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.69%) XenApp
6 2 (0.69%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 59 (20.42%) Terraform
2 48 (16.61%) Ansible
3 43 (14.88%) Kubernetes
4 26 (9.00%) Prometheus
5 19 (6.57%) Argo
5 19 (6.57%) Kustomize
6 13 (4.50%) Grafana
7 9 (3.11%) AWS Copilot
8 5 (1.73%) SCCM
9 4 (1.38%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (1.04%) Netcool
10 3 (1.04%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (1.04%) Podman
10 3 (1.04%) Puppet
11 2 (0.69%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.69%) Nagios
11 2 (0.69%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.35%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 58 (20.07%) Google
2 57 (19.72%) Oracle
3 43 (14.88%) Microsoft
4 42 (14.53%) VMware
5 30 (10.38%) Red Hat
6 28 (9.69%) IBM
7 19 (6.57%) Cisco
7 19 (6.57%) SAP
8 13 (4.50%) ServiceNow
9 12 (4.15%) Splunk
10 11 (3.81%) Dell
11 10 (3.46%) Juniper
11 10 (3.46%) Palo Alto
12 9 (3.11%) Workday
13 8 (2.77%) Fortinet
13 8 (2.77%) IFS
14 7 (2.42%) Arista
14 7 (2.42%) HP
14 7 (2.42%) Symantec
15 6 (2.08%) MuleSoft