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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 336 256 296
Rank change year-on-year -80 +40 -99
Permanent jobs citing Unix 293 548 645
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.49% 1.23% 0.97%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.36% 7.94% 6.23%
Number of salaries quoted 154 196 502
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,525
25th Percentile £50,156 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.11%
75th Percentile £79,555 £75,000 £82,548
90th Percentile £88,375 £91,889 £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 4,606 6,901 10,352
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.77% 15.45% 15.58%
Number of salaries quoted 3,489 3,878 8,779
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,151 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.71% +9.79% -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 15 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 15 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 -15 149 £75,000 +11.68% 30
South East -1 44 £58,000 +11.54% 20
South West +4 34 £60,000 -16.66% 7
East of England -2 30 £43,085 -25.07% 6
North of England -107 19 £55,000 +10.00% 16
Midlands -59 12 £73,801 +34.18% 16
West Midlands -40 9 £74,401 +29.39% 14
North West -74 7 £73,801 +47.60% 14
North East -9 6 £73,801 +47.60% 2
Yorkshire -43 6 £25,750 -69.80%
East Midlands -20 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 (10.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (8.19%) Exchange Server 2003
3 16 (5.46%) Tomcat
4 14 (4.78%) WebSphere
5 12 (4.10%) WebSphere Application Server
6 6 (2.05%) Apache Spark
7 5 (1.71%) Anypoint
7 5 (1.71%) Confluence
7 5 (1.71%) WebLogic
8 4 (1.37%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (1.02%) IIS
9 3 (1.02%) 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 (6.14%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (4.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.39%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.71%) Shopify
3 4 (1.37%) NEC Housing
3 4 (1.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (1.02%) Primavera
5 2 (0.68%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.68%) FLEXCUBE
5 2 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.34%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 101 (34.47%) AWS
2 63 (21.50%) Azure
3 46 (15.70%) GCP
4 33 (11.26%) Pulumi
5 27 (9.22%) AWS CloudFormation
6 19 (6.48%) PaaS
7 18 (6.14%) Amazon ECR
8 17 (5.80%) GitHub
8 17 (5.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 14 (4.78%) Amazon ECS
9 14 (4.78%) dbt
10 12 (4.10%) SaaS
10 12 (4.10%) Serverless
11 11 (3.75%) Amazon EC2
11 11 (3.75%) IaaS
11 11 (3.75%) Microsoft 365
12 10 (3.41%) AWS Lambda
13 9 (3.07%) Amazon ElastiCache
13 9 (3.07%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 9 (3.07%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 26 (8.87%) TCP/IP
2 25 (8.53%) DNS
3 24 (8.19%) DHCP
4 21 (7.17%) Broadband
5 18 (6.14%) Firewall
6 15 (5.12%) SSL
7 10 (3.41%) WAN
8 9 (3.07%) VLAN
9 8 (2.73%) 5G
9 8 (2.73%) SD-WAN
9 8 (2.73%) VPN
10 7 (2.39%) MPLS
11 5 (1.71%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (1.37%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (1.37%) FIX Connectivity
12 4 (1.37%) HTTPS
12 4 (1.37%) Kerberos
13 3 (1.02%) SAN
13 3 (1.02%) VoIP
13 3 (1.02%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (12.63%) Oracle Database
2 33 (11.26%) Relational Database
3 29 (9.90%) PostgreSQL
4 27 (9.22%) NoSQL
5 25 (8.53%) Oracle Database 10g
6 20 (6.83%) RDBMS
7 19 (6.48%) Amazon RDS
8 17 (5.80%) Elasticsearch
9 16 (5.46%) DB2
10 14 (4.78%) Redis
10 14 (4.78%) SQL Server
11 10 (3.41%) Big Data
12 7 (2.39%) Oracle Reports
12 7 (2.39%) Power BI
12 7 (2.39%) Tableau
13 6 (2.05%) Hadoop
14 5 (1.71%) Apache Hive
14 5 (1.71%) FileMaker
14 5 (1.71%) MySQL
15 4 (1.37%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 19 (6.48%) Jaeger
2 17 (5.80%) Git
3 12 (4.10%) LabVIEW
4 9 (3.07%) GitLab
5 8 (2.73%) Jenkins
6 7 (2.39%) JIRA
7 4 (1.37%) Oracle APEX
7 4 (1.37%) Toad
8 3 (1.02%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.68%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.68%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.68%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.68%) Mocha
9 2 (0.68%) webpack
10 1 (0.34%) Metasploit
10 1 (0.34%) Selenium
General
1 65 (22.18%) Finance
2 59 (20.14%) Social Skills
3 34 (11.60%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (10.24%) Banking
4 30 (10.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (5.46%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (5.12%) German Language
6 15 (5.12%) Public Sector
6 15 (5.12%) Telecoms
7 13 (4.44%) Electronics
8 10 (3.41%) Investment Banking
9 7 (2.39%) Law
9 7 (2.39%) Legal
9 7 (2.39%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.71%) Financial Institution
10 5 (1.71%) Front Office
11 4 (1.37%) Back Office
11 4 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.37%) Local Government
12 3 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (17.41%) Senior
2 24 (8.19%) 3rd Line Support
3 23 (7.85%) Lead
3 23 (7.85%) Systems Support
4 22 (7.51%) Applications Support
5 21 (7.17%) Support Engineer
6 20 (6.83%) Analyst
6 20 (6.83%) Linux Support
7 19 (6.48%) Cloud Engineer
7 19 (6.48%) Developer
7 19 (6.48%) Platform Engineer
8 17 (5.80%) Linux Engineer
8 17 (5.80%) Unix Support
9 16 (5.46%) Administrator
9 16 (5.46%) Infrastructure Support
10 14 (4.78%) Verification Engineer
11 13 (4.44%) Automation Engineer
11 13 (4.44%) Azure Engineer
11 13 (4.44%) Systems Administrator
12 12 (4.10%) Product Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (12.97%) JSON
2 36 (12.29%) XML
3 33 (11.26%) HTML
4 29 (9.90%) Regular Expression
5 27 (9.22%) Elastic Stack
6 19 (6.48%) OpenTelemetry
7 18 (6.14%) LDAP
8 14 (4.78%) Django
9 13 (4.44%) WebSphere MQ
10 12 (4.10%) LAPP Stack
10 12 (4.10%) pytest
11 10 (3.41%) Middleware
12 8 (2.73%) REST
13 7 (2.39%) FIX Protocol
13 7 (2.39%) OAuth
13 7 (2.39%) RESTful
14 6 (2.05%) Node.js
14 6 (2.05%) OAuth2
14 6 (2.05%) SOAP
15 5 (1.71%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 61 (20.82%) Linux Command Line
2 33 (11.26%) Onboarding
3 27 (9.22%) Management Information System
4 13 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (4.10%) Security Posture
6 11 (3.75%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (3.41%) Hedge funds
8 9 (3.07%) Data Centre
9 8 (2.73%) Self-Driving Car
10 7 (2.39%) Clustering
10 7 (2.39%) e-Learning
11 6 (2.05%) Low-Code
12 4 (1.37%) Algorithms
12 4 (1.37%) Blockchain
12 4 (1.37%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 4 (1.37%) Driving Licence
12 4 (1.37%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.37%) Satnav
12 4 (1.37%) Security Operations Centre
12 4 (1.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 179 (61.09%) Linux
2 93 (31.74%) Windows
3 35 (11.95%) Solaris
4 27 (9.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 25 (8.53%) HPUX
6 24 (8.19%) Windows Server 2003
7 22 (7.51%) Windows 7
7 22 (7.51%) Windows Server 2008
8 13 (4.44%) Windows Server
9 9 (3.07%) AIX
10 8 (2.73%) Mac OS
11 4 (1.37%) Debian
11 4 (1.37%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.68%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.34%) CentOS
13 1 (0.34%) Kali Linux
13 1 (0.34%) SUSE
13 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (22.18%) DevOps
2 63 (21.50%) Infrastructure as Code
3 58 (19.80%) Problem-Solving
4 54 (18.43%) AI
5 50 (17.06%) Agile
6 43 (14.68%) High Availability
6 43 (14.68%) ITIL
7 39 (13.31%) Containerisation
8 37 (12.63%) CI/CD
8 37 (12.63%) Incident Management
9 36 (12.29%) Data Analysis
10 35 (11.95%) Computer Science
11 33 (11.26%) Change Management
12 32 (10.92%) Task Automation
13 30 (10.24%) Incident Response
14 29 (9.90%) LLM
15 28 (9.56%) Test Automation
16 27 (9.22%) Analytics
17 26 (8.87%) Mentoring
17 26 (8.87%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 180 (61.43%) Python
2 59 (20.14%) Bash
3 57 (19.45%) SQL
4 42 (14.33%) PowerShell
5 40 (13.65%) JavaScript
6 38 (12.97%) Java
7 26 (8.87%) Perl
8 22 (7.51%) Go
9 21 (7.17%) Shell Script
10 12 (4.10%) MATLAB
11 10 (3.41%) C#
12 7 (2.39%) PL/SQL
13 6 (2.05%) C
13 6 (2.05%) R
13 6 (2.05%) VB
14 5 (1.71%) C++
15 4 (1.37%) Fortran
15 4 (1.37%) Korn
16 2 (0.68%) Ruby
16 2 (0.68%) Scala
Qualifications
1 103 (35.15%) Degree
2 76 (25.94%) Security Cleared
3 62 (21.16%) SC Cleared
4 41 (13.99%) AWS Certification
5 35 (11.95%) DV Cleared
6 29 (9.90%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (6.14%) CISSP
8 17 (5.80%) ITIL Certification
9 14 (4.78%) CCNA
9 14 (4.78%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (4.10%) HND
11 10 (3.41%) CCSK
12 7 (2.39%) CCNP
12 7 (2.39%) CISA
12 7 (2.39%) Master's Degree
12 7 (2.39%) Network+ Certification
13 6 (2.05%) PhD
14 4 (1.37%) ACCA
14 4 (1.37%) CIMA
15 3 (1.02%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (14.68%) SLA
2 12 (4.10%) GDPR
3 9 (3.07%) QA
4 7 (2.39%) NIST
5 5 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (1.37%) COBIT
7 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.34%) MiFID
7 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 52 (17.75%) Docker
2 42 (14.33%) Active Directory
3 18 (6.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.71%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 3 (1.02%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.68%) XenApp
6 2 (0.68%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 58 (19.80%) Terraform
2 49 (16.72%) Ansible
3 42 (14.33%) Kubernetes
4 26 (8.87%) Prometheus
5 19 (6.48%) Argo
5 19 (6.48%) Kustomize
6 13 (4.44%) Grafana
7 9 (3.07%) AWS Copilot
8 5 (1.71%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (1.71%) SCCM
9 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (1.02%) Netcool
9 3 (1.02%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (1.02%) Podman
9 3 (1.02%) Puppet
10 2 (0.68%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.68%) Nagios
10 2 (0.68%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.34%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 58 (19.80%) Google
2 57 (19.45%) Oracle
3 43 (14.68%) Microsoft
3 43 (14.68%) VMware
4 30 (10.24%) Red Hat
5 29 (9.90%) IBM
6 19 (6.48%) Cisco
6 19 (6.48%) SAP
7 13 (4.44%) ServiceNow
8 12 (4.10%) Splunk
9 11 (3.75%) Dell
10 10 (3.41%) Juniper
10 10 (3.41%) Palo Alto
11 9 (3.07%) Workday
12 8 (2.73%) Fortinet
12 8 (2.73%) IFS
13 7 (2.39%) Arista
13 7 (2.39%) HP
13 7 (2.39%) Symantec
14 6 (2.05%) MuleSoft