Unix Jobs in England

Unix
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Unix skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Unix over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 351 193 193
Rank change year-on-year -158 0 -13
Permanent jobs citing Unix 574 1,336 3,139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.73% 1.88% 2.14%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.54% 11.09% 12.01%
Number of salaries quoted 336 764 1,413
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,400 £39,050
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £48,091
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,783 £66,125 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.05% +1.73% +4.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £89,471 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.40% +4.80% +4.17%

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 10,370 12,046 26,146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.23% 16.95% 17.78%
Number of salaries quoted 7,651 8,843 14,776
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £26,475
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £91,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - +5.00%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Unix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Unix in England

Unix
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Unix in England.

Salary trend for Unix in England

Unix
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unix in England over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 -84 241 £82,500 +3.13% 31
South East -39 100 £48,000 -9.23% 18
North of England -115 91 £52,500 -19.23% 14
South West -59 68 £52,500 -6.25% 7
North West -51 57 £53,750 -17.31% 8
Midlands -100 50 £52,500 -5.41% 11
West Midlands -9 31 £105,000 +90.91% 9
Yorkshire -56 27 £40,000 -34.62% 5
East of England -46 19 £52,500 -4.55% 9
East Midlands -101 19 £52,500 -8.70% 2
North East -15 7 £62,783 +44.33% 1
Unix
UK

Unix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 34 (5.92%) Apache
2 28 (4.88%) Tomcat
3 26 (4.53%) IIS
4 21 (3.66%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (2.79%) WebLogic
6 14 (2.44%) Confluence
7 9 (1.57%) nginx
8 8 (1.39%) JBoss
9 6 (1.05%) SharePoint
10 3 (0.52%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.52%) GlassFish
10 3 (0.52%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.52%) Oracle Service Bus
11 2 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.35%) Mule
11 2 (0.35%) WordPress
12 1 (0.17%) Apache Pulsar
12 1 (0.17%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.17%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 24 (4.18%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.70%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.17%) CATIA
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 45 (7.84%) NEC Housing
2 14 (2.44%) Unit4 Business World
3 10 (1.74%) Fidessa
4 6 (1.05%) Oracle Cash Management
4 6 (1.05%) Temenos T24
5 4 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.17%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.17%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.17%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.17%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 113 (19.69%) AWS
2 105 (18.29%) Azure
3 33 (5.75%) GCP
4 30 (5.23%) IaaS
5 23 (4.01%) Power Platform
6 19 (3.31%) SaaS
7 16 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
8 14 (2.44%) GitHub
8 14 (2.44%) PaaS
9 11 (1.92%) Serverless
10 7 (1.22%) Azure Data Factory
10 7 (1.22%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (1.22%) Entra ID
11 6 (1.05%) Amazon S3
11 6 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (0.87%) AWS Direct Connect
12 5 (0.87%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 5 (0.87%) OpenShift
13 4 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (0.70%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 48 (8.36%) DNS
1 48 (8.36%) Firewall
2 32 (5.57%) TCP/IP
3 30 (5.23%) DHCP
4 27 (4.70%) VPN
5 25 (4.36%) WAN
6 23 (4.01%) HTTP
7 22 (3.83%) LAN
8 19 (3.31%) BGP
8 19 (3.31%) MPLS
9 18 (3.14%) SAN
10 16 (2.79%) SSL
11 14 (2.44%) SNMP
12 12 (2.09%) HTTPS
13 11 (1.92%) Ethernet VPN
13 11 (1.92%) Internet
13 11 (1.92%) SMTP
14 10 (1.74%) FIX Connectivity
14 10 (1.74%) SSH
15 8 (1.39%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (16.72%) SQL Server
2 74 (12.89%) Oracle Database
3 42 (7.32%) PostgreSQL
4 38 (6.62%) NoSQL
5 36 (6.27%) MySQL
6 31 (5.40%) MongoDB
7 30 (5.23%) Oracle Database 12c
8 23 (4.01%) Power BI
9 22 (3.83%) Relational Database
10 17 (2.96%) DB2
10 17 (2.96%) Elasticsearch
11 12 (2.09%) Data Warehouse
12 10 (1.74%) Data Lake
12 10 (1.74%) RDBMS
12 10 (1.74%) Tableau
13 8 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 8 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 5 (0.87%) MariaDB
14 5 (0.87%) Oracle Database 11g
15 4 (0.70%) Redis
Development Applications
1 57 (9.93%) JIRA
2 34 (5.92%) Git
3 24 (4.18%) GitLab
4 15 (2.61%) Jenkins
5 13 (2.26%) LabVIEW
6 6 (1.05%) RStudio
7 3 (0.52%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.52%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.52%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.52%) JUnit
7 3 (0.52%) Maven
7 3 (0.52%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.52%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.52%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.35%) DTrace
8 2 (0.35%) GDB
8 2 (0.35%) GNU Toolchain
8 2 (0.35%) MLflow
8 2 (0.35%) Subversion
8 2 (0.35%) UI Automator
General
1 191 (33.28%) Finance
2 161 (28.05%) Social Skills
3 115 (20.03%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (13.24%) Banking
4 76 (13.24%) Public Sector
5 57 (9.93%) Police
6 45 (7.84%) Local Government
7 44 (7.67%) Back Office
8 27 (4.70%) Front Office
9 22 (3.83%) Presentation Skills
10 19 (3.31%) Telecoms
11 15 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (2.26%) Investment Banking
13 11 (1.92%) Financial Institution
13 11 (1.92%) Law
14 10 (1.74%) Retail
15 7 (1.22%) Electronics
16 4 (0.70%) Games
16 4 (0.70%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 109 (18.99%) Senior
2 95 (16.55%) Applications Support
3 79 (13.76%) Analyst
4 67 (11.67%) Developer
5 58 (10.10%) Software Engineer
6 51 (8.89%) Support Analyst
7 48 (8.36%) Applications Support Analyst
8 47 (8.19%) Administrator
9 37 (6.45%) DBA
10 36 (6.27%) Linux Engineer
11 31 (5.40%) Lead
11 31 (5.40%) Oracle DBA
12 30 (5.23%) Senior Software Engineer
13 24 (4.18%) Architect
13 24 (4.18%) Unix Engineer
14 22 (3.83%) Support Engineer
14 22 (3.83%) Systems Administrator
14 22 (3.83%) Unix Linux Engineer
15 21 (3.66%) Data Engineer
15 21 (3.66%) PostgreSQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (6.10%) Web Services
2 33 (5.75%) XML
3 32 (5.57%) REST
4 24 (4.18%) Spring
5 23 (4.01%) FIX Protocol
6 19 (3.31%) J2EE
6 19 (3.31%) Kafka
6 19 (3.31%) Middleware
6 19 (3.31%) SOAP
7 18 (3.14%) .NET
7 18 (3.14%) JSON
8 17 (2.96%) HTML
9 16 (2.79%) Node.js
10 14 (2.44%) pytest
10 14 (2.44%) YAML
11 12 (2.09%) Java EE
11 12 (2.09%) NETCONF
12 11 (1.92%) CSS
12 11 (1.92%) RESTCONF
12 11 (1.92%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 58 (10.10%) Self-Motivation
2 52 (9.06%) Algorithms
3 46 (8.01%) Public Cloud
4 24 (4.18%) Linux Command Line
5 21 (3.66%) Driving Licence
5 21 (3.66%) Management Information System
6 19 (3.31%) Data Centre
7 18 (3.14%) CUDA
7 18 (3.14%) Onboarding
8 16 (2.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 13 (2.26%) Cyber Threat
9 13 (2.26%) Replication
10 11 (1.92%) Hedge funds
11 10 (1.74%) Client/Server
11 10 (1.74%) Cloud Native
11 10 (1.74%) Eurex
12 9 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (1.57%) Tandem
13 8 (1.39%) Data Fabric
13 8 (1.39%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 433 (75.44%) Linux
2 240 (41.81%) Windows
3 93 (16.20%) Solaris
4 45 (7.84%) Windows Server
5 43 (7.49%) CentOS
6 35 (6.10%) Ubuntu
7 19 (3.31%) AIX
7 19 (3.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 13 (2.26%) zOS
9 8 (1.39%) Windows Server 2016
10 7 (1.22%) Mac OS
10 7 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
11 6 (1.05%) Windows 10
11 6 (1.05%) Windows Server 2008
12 4 (0.70%) Windows XP
13 3 (0.52%) CoreOS
13 3 (0.52%) VMS
13 3 (0.52%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.35%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (19.86%) Problem-Solving
2 94 (16.38%) Computer Science
2 94 (16.38%) ITIL
3 90 (15.68%) Agile
4 62 (10.80%) Software Engineering
5 61 (10.63%) DevOps
6 53 (9.23%) Open Source
7 52 (9.06%) Software Testing
8 51 (8.89%) Physics
9 49 (8.54%) Cybersecurity
10 48 (8.36%) Mathematics
11 46 (8.01%) Performance Tuning
12 44 (7.67%) Mentoring
12 44 (7.67%) Problem Management
12 44 (7.67%) Server Management
13 42 (7.32%) CI/CD
14 41 (7.14%) Test Automation
15 40 (6.97%) Containerisation
15 40 (6.97%) Continuous Improvement
15 40 (6.97%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 209 (36.41%) Python
2 180 (31.36%) SQL
3 84 (14.63%) Bash
3 84 (14.63%) Java
4 82 (14.29%) Shell Script
5 79 (13.76%) C++
6 77 (13.41%) C
6 77 (13.41%) PowerShell
7 47 (8.19%) Fortran
8 46 (8.01%) Perl
9 36 (6.27%) JavaScript
10 19 (3.31%) Ruby
11 14 (2.44%) C#
12 13 (2.26%) MATLAB
13 12 (2.09%) Rust
14 11 (1.92%) PL/SQL
15 7 (1.22%) R
16 6 (1.05%) TypeScript
17 4 (0.70%) Groovy
17 4 (0.70%) VBA
Qualifications
1 182 (31.71%) Degree
2 160 (27.87%) Security Cleared
3 57 (9.93%) SC Cleared
4 45 (7.84%) Master's Degree
5 44 (7.67%) PhD
6 43 (7.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (4.53%) DV Cleared
8 21 (3.66%) AWS Certification
8 21 (3.66%) Oracle Certification
9 15 (2.61%) Azure Certification
10 14 (2.44%) CISA
11 12 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (2.09%) HND
12 11 (1.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 11 (1.92%) CCNA
13 7 (1.22%) CISSP
14 5 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.87%) GCFA
14 5 (0.87%) GCIA
14 5 (0.87%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (8.36%) Accessibility
2 35 (6.10%) SLA
3 16 (2.79%) NIST
4 14 (2.44%) ITGC
5 11 (1.92%) PMO
6 10 (1.74%) QA
7 9 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (1.39%) Data Quality
9 5 (0.87%) COBIT
9 5 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.35%) GDPR
10 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 31 (5.40%) Docker
2 29 (5.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (4.88%) Active Directory
4 20 (3.48%) Hyper-V
5 10 (1.74%) Firmware
6 9 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.39%) Embedded Firmware
8 7 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (1.22%) vSphere
9 5 (0.87%) Lustre
9 5 (0.87%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 4 (0.70%) LXC
10 4 (0.70%) Oracle RAC
10 4 (0.70%) Squid
11 3 (0.52%) Kamailio
11 3 (0.52%) XenApp
11 3 (0.52%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.17%) KVM
12 1 (0.17%) PowerHA
12 1 (0.17%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 37 (6.45%) Kubernetes
2 36 (6.27%) Ansible
3 21 (3.66%) Single Sign-On
4 17 (2.96%) Terraform
5 16 (2.79%) Puppet
6 14 (2.44%) Prometheus
7 13 (2.26%) Progress Chef
8 12 (2.09%) OpenSSO
9 10 (1.74%) Grafana
10 7 (1.22%) NetBackup
11 6 (1.05%) Nagios
12 5 (0.87%) Control-M
12 5 (0.87%) Data Guard
12 5 (0.87%) Oracle RMAN
12 5 (0.87%) SCCM
13 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
13 4 (0.70%) Opsview
13 4 (0.70%) SCOM
14 3 (0.52%) EMC VPLEX
14 3 (0.52%) Oracle Statspack
Vendors
1 179 (31.18%) Oracle
2 124 (21.60%) Microsoft
3 60 (10.45%) Red Hat
4 55 (9.58%) VMware
5 45 (7.84%) NEC
6 31 (5.40%) Cisco
7 29 (5.05%) IBM
8 17 (2.96%) Remedy
9 16 (2.79%) SAP
10 15 (2.61%) Splunk
11 14 (2.44%) Sage
12 13 (2.26%) Google
12 13 (2.26%) ION Trading
12 13 (2.26%) Murex
13 12 (2.09%) BMC
14 11 (1.92%) Bloomberg
14 11 (1.92%) Citrix
14 11 (1.92%) ServiceNow
14 11 (1.92%) Sybase
15 10 (1.74%) Reuters