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 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 520 398 348
Rank change year-on-year -122 -50 -135
Permanent jobs citing Unix 219 291 552
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.24% 0.67% 0.74%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.76% 4.42% 5.66%
Number of salaries quoted 142 194 326
10th Percentile £50,000 £28,625 £37,625
25th Percentile £60,000 £40,240 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,306 £69,384 £62,783
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +10.51% -6.99%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,688 £85,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £93,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £69,306 £69,384 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.11% +15.64% -11.11%

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 5,831 6,584 9,747
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.37% 15.12% 13.02%
Number of salaries quoted 4,419 4,391 7,264
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,875 £31,250 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -11.58% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -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 1 August 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 1 August 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 -74 97 £75,000 -6.25% 72
South West -45 43 £66,250 -15.94% 9
North of England -36 42 £69,306 +1.17% 21
North West -1 22 £62,500 -9.92% 14
Midlands -44 15 £65,403 +0.62% 8
Yorkshire -26 13 £69,310 +10.90% 4
West Midlands -37 13 £69,306 +4.51% 8
South East -77 10 £62,500 +66.67% 22
East of England -28 7 £61,500 +123.64% 2
North East -53 7 £69,310 +15.52% 3
East Midlands -33 2 £61,500 +6.03%
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 2 (0.91%) Confluence
1 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (0.91%) WebLogic
2 1 (0.46%) Apache
2 1 (0.46%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.46%) Documentum
2 1 (0.46%) JBoss
2 1 (0.46%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (0.46%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.46%) Tomcat
2 1 (0.46%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (3.65%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (3.65%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (5.94%) FLEXCUBE
2 5 (2.28%) Oracle Applications
2 5 (2.28%) Oracle Receivables
3 4 (1.83%) Line 50
3 4 (1.83%) Oracle Assets
3 4 (1.83%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.83%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (1.83%) Oracle Financials
3 4 (1.83%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (1.83%) Oracle Retail
4 2 (0.91%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.46%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.46%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 92 (42.01%) AWS
2 71 (32.42%) Azure
3 35 (15.98%) GCP
4 18 (8.22%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (6.39%) Azure AKS
5 14 (6.39%) Azure Service Bus
6 12 (5.48%) GitHub
7 10 (4.57%) SaaS
8 8 (3.65%) AWS CloudFormation
8 8 (3.65%) dbt
8 8 (3.65%) OpenShift
9 6 (2.74%) Apigee
9 6 (2.74%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (2.74%) Kong
9 6 (2.74%) PaaS
10 4 (1.83%) Datadog
10 4 (1.83%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (1.83%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.37%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 3 (1.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 23 (10.50%) TCP/IP
2 20 (9.13%) Firewall
3 16 (7.31%) DNS
4 8 (3.65%) HTTPS
5 6 (2.74%) Cisco ASA
5 6 (2.74%) WAN
6 5 (2.28%) Network Security
6 5 (2.28%) SSH
7 4 (1.83%) 3GPP
7 4 (1.83%) 5G
7 4 (1.83%) MGW
7 4 (1.83%) MVNO
7 4 (1.83%) Packet Switching
7 4 (1.83%) RTP
7 4 (1.83%) SD-WAN
7 4 (1.83%) SGSN
7 4 (1.83%) SMPP
7 4 (1.83%) VoIP
8 3 (1.37%) DHCP
8 3 (1.37%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (10.05%) MongoDB
2 20 (9.13%) Oracle Database
3 19 (8.68%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (4.11%) SQL Server
5 6 (2.74%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (2.74%) NoSQL
5 6 (2.74%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.28%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (1.83%) FileMaker
7 4 (1.83%) Power BI
7 4 (1.83%) Tableau
8 3 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.37%) Db2
8 3 (1.37%) Hadoop
8 3 (1.37%) Redis
9 2 (0.91%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.91%) Oracle Database 11g
9 2 (0.91%) Oracle Database 12c
9 2 (0.91%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 25 (11.42%) GitLab
2 19 (8.68%) Git
3 14 (6.39%) Jenkins
4 9 (4.11%) Bitbucket
5 7 (3.20%) Eclipse
5 7 (3.20%) JIRA
6 6 (2.74%) Subversion
7 4 (1.83%) LabVIEW
7 4 (1.83%) Metasploit
7 4 (1.83%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (1.83%) Selenium
7 4 (1.83%) Toad
8 2 (0.91%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.91%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.91%) Gradle
8 2 (0.91%) JMeter
8 2 (0.91%) Maven
9 1 (0.46%) LSMW
9 1 (0.46%) NetBeans
9 1 (0.46%) Rational DOORS
General
1 86 (39.27%) Finance
2 61 (27.85%) Social Skills
3 34 (15.53%) Public Sector
4 33 (15.07%) Banking
5 32 (14.61%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (6.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (4.57%) Front Office
7 10 (4.57%) Retail
8 9 (4.11%) Investment Banking
9 8 (3.65%) Legal
10 7 (3.20%) Electronics
11 6 (2.74%) Aerospace
11 6 (2.74%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.83%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.83%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.83%) Retail Finance
13 3 (1.37%) Back Office
13 3 (1.37%) Japanese Language
14 2 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 70 (31.96%) Senior
2 32 (14.61%) DevOps Engineer
3 31 (14.16%) Senior DevOps
4 28 (12.79%) Senior DevOps Engineer
5 22 (10.05%) Developer
6 18 (8.22%) Administrator
6 18 (8.22%) DBA
7 13 (5.94%) Oracle DBA
8 12 (5.48%) Senior DBA
8 12 (5.48%) Senior Oracle DBA
9 11 (5.02%) Analyst
9 11 (5.02%) Applications Support
9 11 (5.02%) Lead
9 11 (5.02%) Linux Engineer
10 10 (4.57%) Systems Administrator
11 9 (4.11%) Automation Engineer
11 9 (4.11%) Network Engineer
12 8 (3.65%) Python Engineer
12 8 (3.65%) Test Engineer
12 8 (3.65%) Unix Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.39%) Node.js
2 11 (5.02%) FIX Protocol
2 11 (5.02%) REST
3 10 (4.57%) YAML
4 8 (3.65%) Kafka
5 7 (3.20%) Jakarta EE
5 7 (3.20%) React
5 7 (3.20%) RESTful
5 7 (3.20%) Struts
5 7 (3.20%) Web Services
6 6 (2.74%) HTML
6 6 (2.74%) Jinja
6 6 (2.74%) JSON
6 6 (2.74%) XML
6 6 (2.74%) YANG
7 5 (2.28%) CSS
8 4 (1.83%) Django
8 4 (1.83%) Elastic Stack
8 4 (1.83%) Middleware
8 4 (1.83%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 11 (5.02%) Distributed Systems
2 11 (5.02%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (4.57%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (4.11%) Linux Command Line
5 7 (3.20%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.74%) Hedge funds
6 6 (2.74%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.28%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.83%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.83%) Blockchain
8 4 (1.83%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.83%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (1.83%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.83%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (1.83%) IVR
8 4 (1.83%) Self-Driving Car
9 3 (1.37%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.37%) Derivative
9 3 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 175 (79.91%) Linux
2 63 (28.77%) Windows
3 26 (11.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 14 (6.39%) AIX
5 12 (5.48%) Oracle Linux
6 7 (3.20%) Solaris
7 4 (1.83%) Kali Linux
7 4 (1.83%) Mac OS
8 3 (1.37%) CentOS
9 2 (0.91%) Rocky
9 2 (0.91%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.91%) Windows Server
10 1 (0.46%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.46%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.46%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (37.44%) DevOps
2 78 (35.62%) CI/CD
3 54 (24.66%) Agile
4 49 (22.37%) Problem-Solving
4 49 (22.37%) Test Automation
5 43 (19.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 43 (19.63%) Mentoring
6 39 (17.81%) Incident Response
7 37 (16.89%) Coaching
8 36 (16.44%) Continuous Integration
9 34 (15.53%) Scrum
10 28 (12.79%) Infrastructure as Code
11 27 (12.33%) High Availability
12 26 (11.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 25 (11.42%) Computer Science
13 25 (11.42%) Containerisation
14 23 (10.50%) ITIL
14 23 (10.50%) Task Automation
15 22 (10.05%) Microservices
16 21 (9.59%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 87 (39.73%) Python
2 54 (24.66%) SQL
3 45 (20.55%) Bash
4 40 (18.26%) Java
5 29 (13.24%) Shell Script
6 22 (10.05%) JavaScript
7 18 (8.22%) PL/SQL
8 17 (7.76%) C++
9 13 (5.94%) Korn
9 13 (5.94%) Perl
10 11 (5.02%) PowerShell
11 9 (4.11%) Rust
12 6 (2.74%) C
12 6 (2.74%) C#
12 6 (2.74%) MATLAB
13 4 (1.83%) Go
13 4 (1.83%) PHP
13 4 (1.83%) VB
13 4 (1.83%) VBA
13 4 (1.83%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 41 (18.72%) Security Cleared
2 37 (16.89%) Degree
3 34 (15.53%) SC Cleared
4 19 (8.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (8.22%) DV Cleared
6 7 (3.20%) CISSP
7 6 (2.74%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (2.74%) HND
8 4 (1.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 4 (1.83%) CISM
8 4 (1.83%) OSCP
8 4 (1.83%) SANS
9 3 (1.37%) CCSK
9 3 (1.37%) CISA
9 3 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.37%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.37%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.91%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.94%) QA
2 5 (2.28%) NIST
3 4 (1.83%) ISO 14001
3 4 (1.83%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.37%) GDPR
4 3 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.91%) COBIT
5 2 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.46%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.46%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.46%) ITGC
6 1 (0.46%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 23 (10.50%) Docker
2 15 (6.85%) Oracle RAC
3 6 (2.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.37%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 2 (0.91%) Firmware
6 1 (0.46%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.46%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.46%) GPFS
6 1 (0.46%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.46%) KVM
6 1 (0.46%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 44 (20.09%) Terraform
2 26 (11.87%) Kubernetes
3 22 (10.05%) Ansible
4 15 (6.85%) Oracle RMAN
4 15 (6.85%) Puppet
5 14 (6.39%) Argo
6 12 (5.48%) Data Guard
6 12 (5.48%) Grafana
6 12 (5.48%) Nagios
6 12 (5.48%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.83%) SCCM
8 3 (1.37%) AWS Copilot
8 3 (1.37%) Check_MK
9 2 (0.91%) Kibana
9 2 (0.91%) logstash
9 2 (0.91%) Podman
10 1 (0.46%) Control-M
10 1 (0.46%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.46%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 44 (20.09%) Oracle
2 22 (10.05%) Red Hat
3 19 (8.68%) Microsoft
4 16 (7.31%) IBM
5 12 (5.48%) Pega
6 11 (5.02%) Google
7 10 (4.57%) VMware
8 8 (3.65%) Adobe
9 7 (3.20%) Cisco
10 6 (2.74%) F5
10 6 (2.74%) Juniper
10 6 (2.74%) Palo Alto
11 5 (2.28%) Splunk
12 4 (1.83%) Apple
12 4 (1.83%) New Relic
12 4 (1.83%) Retek
12 4 (1.83%) Sage
12 4 (1.83%) SAP
12 4 (1.83%) ServiceNow
12 4 (1.83%) Sybase