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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 326 253 258
Rank change year-on-year -73 +5 -61
Permanent jobs citing Unix 319 574 633
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.59% 1.20% 1.20%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.11% 7.76% 7.75%
Number of salaries quoted 176 207 484
10th Percentile £40,633 £41,250 £42,075
25th Percentile £47,236 £50,000 £48,750
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 £84,292
90th Percentile £89,375 £90,000 £97,064
UK median annual salary £60,000 £61,627 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.64% -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 4,485 7,398 8,171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.35% 15.42% 15.51%
Number of salaries quoted 3,396 4,164 6,850
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £33,750
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 £50,055 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +0.11% -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 18 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 18 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 +13 153 £75,000 +8.21% 36
South East +27 47 £58,000 +11.54% 33
South West +25 46 £57,500 -20.13% 11
East of England +14 37 £43,085 -25.07% 12
North of England -97 18 £55,000 +10.00% 17
Midlands -37 13 £73,801 +26.16% 14
West Midlands -29 9 £74,401 +24.00% 9
North West -72 7 £60,000 +20.00% 11
Yorkshire -30 6 £25,750 -69.80% 3
North East -4 5 £73,801 +47.60% 3
East Midlands -19 4 £40,000 -27.27% 5
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 (10.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (8.15%) Exchange Server 2003
3 22 (6.90%) WebSphere
4 21 (6.58%) Tomcat
5 16 (5.02%) WebSphere Application Server
6 7 (2.19%) Apache Spark
7 5 (1.57%) Anypoint
7 5 (1.57%) Confluence
7 5 (1.57%) WebLogic
8 4 (1.25%) Apache
8 4 (1.25%) nginx
8 4 (1.25%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.94%) IIS
9 3 (0.94%) 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 (5.96%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (4.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (2.19%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.57%) Shopify
3 4 (1.25%) NEC Housing
3 4 (1.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.94%) Primavera
5 2 (0.63%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.31%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 99 (31.03%) AWS
2 54 (16.93%) Azure
3 40 (12.54%) GCP
4 27 (8.46%) AWS CloudFormation
5 24 (7.52%) Pulumi
6 17 (5.33%) Amazon ECR
7 16 (5.02%) GitHub
7 16 (5.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 15 (4.70%) Amazon EC2
8 15 (4.70%) Serverless
9 13 (4.08%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (4.08%) PaaS
10 12 (3.76%) Amazon EKS
10 12 (3.76%) Amazon S3
10 12 (3.76%) Microsoft 365
10 12 (3.76%) SaaS
11 11 (3.45%) Amazon ECS
11 11 (3.45%) dbt
12 10 (3.13%) OpenShift
13 8 (2.51%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (7.84%) SSL
2 24 (7.52%) DHCP
2 24 (7.52%) DNS
3 22 (6.90%) TCP/IP
4 16 (5.02%) Firewall
5 15 (4.70%) Broadband
6 10 (3.13%) WAN
7 9 (2.82%) SAN
7 9 (2.82%) VLAN
8 8 (2.51%) VPN
9 7 (2.19%) 5G
9 7 (2.19%) MPLS
9 7 (2.19%) SD-WAN
10 6 (1.88%) HTTPS
10 6 (1.88%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (1.88%) Wireshark
11 4 (1.25%) HTTP
11 4 (1.25%) Kerberos
11 4 (1.25%) SMTP
11 4 (1.25%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (11.60%) Oracle Database
2 33 (10.34%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (9.09%) Relational Database
4 27 (8.46%) Oracle Database 10g
5 20 (6.27%) NoSQL
6 18 (5.64%) Amazon RDS
6 18 (5.64%) DB2
7 16 (5.02%) SQL Server
8 13 (4.08%) Elasticsearch
8 13 (4.08%) RDBMS
9 11 (3.45%) Big Data
9 11 (3.45%) Redis
10 8 (2.51%) Power BI
10 8 (2.51%) Tableau
11 7 (2.19%) Oracle Reports
12 6 (1.88%) FileMaker
12 6 (1.88%) Hadoop
12 6 (1.88%) MySQL
13 5 (1.57%) Apache Hive
14 4 (1.25%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 19 (5.96%) Git
2 13 (4.08%) Jaeger
3 11 (3.45%) LabVIEW
4 10 (3.13%) Jenkins
5 8 (2.51%) GitLab
5 8 (2.51%) JIRA
6 4 (1.25%) Toad
7 3 (0.94%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.94%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.94%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.63%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.63%) Browser DevTools
8 2 (0.63%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.63%) JUnit
8 2 (0.63%) Mocha
8 2 (0.63%) webpack
9 1 (0.31%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.31%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.31%) Maven
9 1 (0.31%) Xcode
General
1 82 (25.71%) Finance
2 58 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 34 (10.66%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (10.34%) Banking
5 21 (6.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (5.02%) Public Sector
7 15 (4.70%) German Language
7 15 (4.70%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (4.39%) Telecoms
9 13 (4.08%) Electronics
9 13 (4.08%) Investment Banking
10 9 (2.82%) Law
11 8 (2.51%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.57%) Legal
13 4 (1.25%) Back Office
13 4 (1.25%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.25%) Front Office
13 4 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.25%) Local Government
13 4 (1.25%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 47 (14.73%) Senior
2 31 (9.72%) Support Engineer
3 29 (9.09%) Administrator
3 29 (9.09%) Applications Support
3 29 (9.09%) Linux Support
4 26 (8.15%) Linux Engineer
5 25 (7.84%) 3rd Line Support
6 24 (7.52%) Systems Administrator
7 23 (7.21%) Systems Support
8 22 (6.90%) Infrastructure Support
9 19 (5.96%) Analyst
9 19 (5.96%) Developer
9 19 (5.96%) Unix Support
10 17 (5.33%) Lead
11 15 (4.70%) Platform Engineer
12 13 (4.08%) Cloud Engineer
12 13 (4.08%) Linux Support Engineer
12 13 (4.08%) Verification Engineer
13 12 (3.76%) Support Analyst
14 11 (3.45%) Audit Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (11.29%) JSON
2 34 (10.66%) XML
3 33 (10.34%) HTML
4 29 (9.09%) Regular Expression
5 22 (6.90%) LDAP
6 21 (6.58%) Elastic Stack
7 18 (5.64%) WebSphere MQ
8 16 (5.02%) LAPP Stack
9 13 (4.08%) OpenTelemetry
10 11 (3.45%) Django
10 11 (3.45%) pytest
11 10 (3.13%) Middleware
11 10 (3.13%) OAuth
12 8 (2.51%) FIX Protocol
12 8 (2.51%) REST
13 7 (2.19%) RESTful
13 7 (2.19%) SOAP
14 6 (1.88%) Node.js
14 6 (1.88%) OAuth2
15 5 (1.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 62 (19.44%) Linux Command Line
2 34 (10.66%) Onboarding
3 24 (7.52%) Management Information System
4 19 (5.96%) e-Learning
5 12 (3.76%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (3.13%) Security Posture
7 9 (2.82%) Data Centre
7 9 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.19%) Clustering
8 7 (2.19%) Hedge funds
8 7 (2.19%) PKI
8 7 (2.19%) Self-Driving Car
9 6 (1.88%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 6 (1.88%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.88%) Replication
10 5 (1.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (1.25%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.25%) GNSS
11 4 (1.25%) NHS
11 4 (1.25%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 207 (64.89%) Linux
2 102 (31.97%) Windows
3 44 (13.79%) Solaris
4 37 (11.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 26 (8.15%) HPUX
5 26 (8.15%) Windows Server 2003
6 22 (6.90%) Windows 7
6 22 (6.90%) Windows Server 2008
7 12 (3.76%) Windows Server
8 10 (3.13%) Debian
9 8 (2.51%) Mac OS
10 5 (1.57%) AIX
11 4 (1.25%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.63%) 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 62 (19.44%) DevOps
2 60 (18.81%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (16.93%) ITIL
4 51 (15.99%) AI
4 51 (15.99%) Infrastructure as Code
5 48 (15.05%) High Availability
6 42 (13.17%) Agile
7 38 (11.91%) Data Analysis
7 38 (11.91%) Incident Management
8 35 (10.97%) Change Management
9 33 (10.34%) CI/CD
10 32 (10.03%) Computer Science
11 30 (9.40%) Containerisation
12 29 (9.09%) LLM
13 28 (8.78%) Analytics
14 26 (8.15%) Incident Response
15 25 (7.84%) Test Automation
16 24 (7.52%) Continuous Improvement
17 22 (6.90%) Cybersecurity
17 22 (6.90%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 186 (58.31%) Python
2 58 (18.18%) SQL
3 57 (17.87%) Bash
4 41 (12.85%) PowerShell
5 36 (11.29%) JavaScript
6 31 (9.72%) Java
7 27 (8.46%) Perl
8 21 (6.58%) Shell Script
9 16 (5.02%) Go
10 13 (4.08%) MATLAB
11 10 (3.13%) R
12 9 (2.82%) C#
13 8 (2.51%) Korn
14 6 (1.88%) C
15 5 (1.57%) PL/SQL
16 4 (1.25%) C++
16 4 (1.25%) Fortran
16 4 (1.25%) VB
17 3 (0.94%) Scala
18 2 (0.63%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 107 (33.54%) Degree
2 96 (30.09%) Security Cleared
3 79 (24.76%) SC Cleared
4 54 (16.93%) DV Cleared
5 40 (12.54%) AWS Certification
6 26 (8.15%) CCNA
6 26 (8.15%) Cisco Certification
7 25 (7.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (7.21%) ITIL Certification
9 19 (5.96%) CCNP
9 19 (5.96%) CISSP
10 11 (3.45%) HND
11 8 (2.51%) CISA
12 7 (2.19%) ACCA
12 7 (2.19%) CCSK
12 7 (2.19%) CIMA
12 7 (2.19%) Master's Degree
12 7 (2.19%) Network+ Certification
12 7 (2.19%) PhD
13 6 (1.88%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (16.93%) SLA
2 11 (3.45%) GDPR
3 9 (2.82%) QA
4 8 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.51%) NIST
5 6 (1.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.94%) COBIT
7 1 (0.31%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.31%) MiFID
7 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 45 (14.11%) Active Directory
1 45 (14.11%) Docker
2 24 (7.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.57%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 3 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.94%) XenApp
4 3 (0.94%) XenDesktop
5 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 54 (16.93%) Ansible
2 51 (15.99%) Terraform
3 38 (11.91%) Kubernetes
4 20 (6.27%) Prometheus
5 14 (4.39%) Argo
5 14 (4.39%) Grafana
6 13 (4.08%) Kustomize
7 6 (1.88%) AWS Copilot
7 6 (1.88%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (1.25%) Puppet
8 4 (1.25%) SCCM
9 3 (0.94%) Netcool
9 3 (0.94%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (0.94%) Podman
9 3 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.63%) Suricata
11 1 (0.31%) AirWatch
11 1 (0.31%) Ambari
11 1 (0.31%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 61 (19.12%) Oracle
2 52 (16.30%) VMware
3 48 (15.05%) Microsoft
4 47 (14.73%) Google
5 40 (12.54%) Red Hat
6 33 (10.34%) IBM
7 29 (9.09%) Cisco
8 20 (6.27%) SAP
9 16 (5.02%) ServiceNow
10 12 (3.76%) Dell
10 12 (3.76%) Splunk
11 9 (2.82%) Workday
12 8 (2.51%) Fortinet
12 8 (2.51%) IFS
12 8 (2.51%) Juniper
12 8 (2.51%) NetApp
12 8 (2.51%) Palo Alto
13 7 (2.19%) Arista
13 7 (2.19%) HP
13 7 (2.19%) Symantec