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 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 478 405 339
Rank change year-on-year -73 -66 -117
Permanent jobs citing Unix 201 251 679
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.25% 0.65% 0.81%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.14% 3.96% 5.56%
Number of salaries quoted 104 177 475
10th Percentile £46,446 £31,250 £37,600
25th Percentile £60,000 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.63% +4.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £80,733 £82,500 £82,548
90th Percentile £101,375 £95,000 £100,064
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,563 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.09% +12.61% -13.60%

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 4,854 6,344 12,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.06% 16.33% 14.52%
Number of salaries quoted 3,648 4,007 9,847
10th Percentile £27,694 £27,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 13 May 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 13 May 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 -39 100 £81,500 +5.16% 54
South West -31 31 £70,000 -2.77% 7
North of England -31 31 £62,500 -9.92% 19
East of England -6 17 £61,500 +123.64% 6
North West -9 15 £60,000 -11.28% 11
South East -51 10 £62,500 +48.81% 29
Yorkshire -60 10 £69,310 -12.05% 6
Midlands -40 9 £28,500 -52.50% 9
West Midlands -30 7 £28,500 -52.50% 7
North East -36 6 £69,310 -0.11% 2
East Midlands -21 2 £61,500 -12.14% 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 2 (1.00%) Confluence
1 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.50%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.50%) IIS
2 1 (0.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (6.97%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.99%) FLEXCUBE
1 4 (1.99%) Line 50
1 4 (1.99%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.99%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.50%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.50%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 81 (40.30%) AWS
2 60 (29.85%) Azure
3 21 (10.45%) Pulumi
4 20 (9.95%) GCP
5 18 (8.96%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (7.96%) SaaS
7 14 (6.97%) Azure AKS
7 14 (6.97%) Azure Service Bus
8 13 (6.47%) GitHub
8 13 (6.47%) PaaS
9 10 (4.98%) IaaS
9 10 (4.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 8 (3.98%) OpenShift
11 6 (2.99%) Apigee
11 6 (2.99%) Kong
11 6 (2.99%) Power Platform
12 5 (2.49%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (2.49%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (1.99%) Entra ID
13 4 (1.99%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 19 (9.45%) Firewall
2 18 (8.96%) Broadband
3 14 (6.97%) TCP/IP
4 9 (4.48%) DNS
4 9 (4.48%) WAN
5 8 (3.98%) 5G
5 8 (3.98%) HTTPS
5 8 (3.98%) SD-WAN
6 7 (3.48%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (2.49%) Network Security
8 4 (1.99%) VoIP
9 3 (1.49%) CHAP
10 2 (1.00%) Internet
11 1 (0.50%) ATM
11 1 (0.50%) BGP
11 1 (0.50%) Bluetooth
11 1 (0.50%) DHCP
11 1 (0.50%) MPLS
11 1 (0.50%) OSPF
11 1 (0.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (11.94%) NoSQL
2 23 (11.44%) Relational Database
3 19 (9.45%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (9.45%) RDBMS
4 18 (8.96%) MongoDB
5 9 (4.48%) Oracle Database
6 6 (2.99%) Power BI
6 6 (2.99%) Tableau
7 5 (2.49%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (1.99%) FileMaker
8 4 (1.99%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.49%) Big Data
9 3 (1.49%) DB2
9 3 (1.49%) Redis
9 3 (1.49%) SQL Server
10 2 (1.00%) Informix
11 1 (0.50%) Apache Hive
11 1 (0.50%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.50%) KDB
Development Applications
1 26 (12.94%) GitLab
2 18 (8.96%) Jaeger
3 14 (6.97%) Git
4 9 (4.48%) Bitbucket
5 8 (3.98%) Jenkins
5 8 (3.98%) LabVIEW
6 4 (1.99%) Metasploit
7 3 (1.49%) JIRA
7 3 (1.49%) Selenium
8 2 (1.00%) Cucumber
8 2 (1.00%) Cypress.io
8 2 (1.00%) Gradle
8 2 (1.00%) JMeter
8 2 (1.00%) Maven
9 1 (0.50%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.50%) Zephyr
General
1 71 (35.32%) Finance
2 54 (26.87%) Social Skills
3 31 (15.42%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (14.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (10.95%) Public Sector
6 21 (10.45%) Banking
7 16 (7.96%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (4.98%) German Language
9 9 (4.48%) Electronics
10 8 (3.98%) Legal
11 7 (3.48%) Telecoms
12 6 (2.99%) Investment Banking
13 5 (2.49%) Front Office
14 4 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (1.49%) Aerospace
15 3 (1.49%) Back Office
15 3 (1.49%) Financial Institution
15 3 (1.49%) Japanese Language
16 2 (1.00%) Law
16 2 (1.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 38 (18.91%) Senior
2 20 (9.95%) Cloud Engineer
2 20 (9.95%) Lead
3 17 (8.46%) Automation Engineer
3 17 (8.46%) Linux Engineer
4 16 (7.96%) DevOps Engineer
5 15 (7.46%) Senior DevOps
5 15 (7.46%) Senior DevOps Engineer
6 12 (5.97%) Analyst
7 11 (5.47%) Azure Engineer
7 11 (5.47%) Developer
7 11 (5.47%) Unix Engineer
7 11 (5.47%) Unix Linux Engineer
8 10 (4.98%) AWS Engineer
8 10 (4.98%) Cloud Automation Engineer
8 10 (4.98%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 10 (4.98%) GCP Engineer
8 10 (4.98%) Python Engineer
8 10 (4.98%) Security Engineer
9 9 (4.48%) Lead Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (11.94%) JSON
1 24 (11.94%) XML
2 23 (11.44%) Elastic Stack
3 22 (10.95%) HTML
4 18 (8.96%) OpenTelemetry
4 18 (8.96%) Regular Expression
5 15 (7.46%) Node.js
6 8 (3.98%) pytest
6 8 (3.98%) REST
7 6 (2.99%) FIX Protocol
7 6 (2.99%) Jinja
7 6 (2.99%) YAML
7 6 (2.99%) YANG
8 4 (1.99%) CSS
8 4 (1.99%) Kafka
9 3 (1.49%) Django
9 3 (1.49%) Middleware
10 2 (1.00%) .NET
10 2 (1.00%) LDAP
10 2 (1.00%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 25 (12.44%) Linux Command Line
2 18 (8.96%) Onboarding
2 18 (8.96%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (6.97%) Management Information System
4 13 (6.47%) Security Posture
5 12 (5.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 12 (5.97%) Hedge funds
6 10 (4.98%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (4.48%) Data Centre
8 8 (3.98%) Self-Driving Car
9 7 (3.48%) Clustering
10 5 (2.49%) Blockchain
10 5 (2.49%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.99%) Cyber Defence
11 4 (1.99%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 4 (1.99%) IoT
11 4 (1.99%) Public Cloud
12 3 (1.49%) Driving Licence
12 3 (1.49%) Private Cloud
12 3 (1.49%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 141 (70.15%) Linux
2 56 (27.86%) Windows
3 21 (10.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (3.48%) AIX
4 7 (3.48%) Solaris
5 6 (2.99%) Windows Server
6 5 (2.49%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.99%) Kali Linux
7 4 (1.99%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (1.00%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.50%) CentOS
9 1 (0.50%) Debian
9 1 (0.50%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.50%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.50%) ThreadX
9 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (33.33%) DevOps
2 51 (25.37%) CI/CD
2 51 (25.37%) Infrastructure as Code
3 50 (24.88%) Agile
4 45 (22.39%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (20.90%) Test Automation
6 41 (20.40%) Mentoring
7 38 (18.91%) Continuous Integration
8 35 (17.41%) AI
9 34 (16.92%) Task Automation
10 31 (15.42%) Containerisation
10 31 (15.42%) High Availability
11 28 (13.93%) Roadmaps
12 26 (12.94%) Computer Science
12 26 (12.94%) Incident Response
13 23 (11.44%) Data Analysis
14 22 (10.95%) Coaching
15 21 (10.45%) ITIL
15 21 (10.45%) Validation
16 20 (9.95%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 113 (56.22%) Python
2 54 (26.87%) Bash
3 46 (22.89%) Java
4 27 (13.43%) SQL
5 25 (12.44%) JavaScript
6 21 (10.45%) Go
7 13 (6.47%) PowerShell
8 12 (5.97%) Shell Script
9 8 (3.98%) MATLAB
10 6 (2.99%) C#
10 6 (2.99%) Rust
11 5 (2.49%) C++
11 5 (2.49%) Korn
11 5 (2.49%) PL/SQL
11 5 (2.49%) VB
11 5 (2.49%) VBA
11 5 (2.49%) VBScript
12 4 (1.99%) Perl
12 4 (1.99%) PHP
13 3 (1.49%) C
Qualifications
1 59 (29.35%) Degree
2 23 (11.44%) AWS Certification
3 22 (10.95%) Security Cleared
4 19 (9.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (8.46%) SC Cleared
6 15 (7.46%) CISSP
7 10 (4.98%) CCSK
8 8 (3.98%) HND
9 6 (2.99%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (2.99%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (2.49%) CISM
10 5 (2.49%) SANS
11 4 (1.99%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 4 (1.99%) CISA
11 4 (1.99%) OSCP
12 3 (1.49%) CGEIT
12 3 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (1.49%) FFIEC
12 3 (1.49%) Master's Degree
13 2 (1.00%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.98%) QA
2 6 (2.99%) NIST
3 5 (2.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (2.49%) SLA
4 4 (1.99%) ISO 14001
4 4 (1.99%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.49%) COBIT
5 3 (1.49%) GDPR
5 3 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.50%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.50%) ITGC
7 1 (0.50%) MiFID
7 1 (0.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 32 (15.92%) Docker
2 15 (7.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.48%) Active Directory
4 6 (2.99%) Oracle RAC
5 5 (2.49%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.50%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.50%) Firmware
6 1 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 62 (30.85%) Terraform
2 47 (23.38%) Ansible
3 38 (18.91%) Kubernetes
4 32 (15.92%) Argo
5 23 (11.44%) Prometheus
6 18 (8.96%) Kustomize
7 10 (4.98%) Puppet
8 7 (3.48%) Grafana
9 5 (2.49%) Oracle RMAN
9 5 (2.49%) SCCM
10 4 (1.99%) Data Guard
10 4 (1.99%) Nagios
10 4 (1.99%) Podman
11 3 (1.49%) AWS Copilot
11 3 (1.49%) Check_MK
12 2 (1.00%) Kibana
12 2 (1.00%) logstash
13 1 (0.50%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 32 (15.92%) Google
2 27 (13.43%) Red Hat
3 21 (10.45%) Oracle
3 21 (10.45%) VMware
4 18 (8.96%) Microsoft
5 11 (5.47%) IBM
6 9 (4.48%) Adobe
7 8 (3.98%) Cisco
8 7 (3.48%) Symantec
9 6 (2.99%) F5
9 6 (2.99%) Juniper
9 6 (2.99%) Palo Alto
9 6 (2.99%) Splunk
10 5 (2.49%) SAP
10 5 (2.49%) Snow
11 4 (1.99%) Apple
11 4 (1.99%) Mirantis
11 4 (1.99%) Sage
11 4 (1.99%) TOWER Software
11 4 (1.99%) Workday