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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 357 248 283
Rank change year-on-year -109 +35 -89
Permanent jobs citing Unix 295 550 663
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.51% 1.21% 1.00%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.55% 7.84% 6.44%
Number of salaries quoted 157 198 512
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,798
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -9.94%
75th Percentile £78,790 £75,000 £82,548
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -3.85%

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 4,505 7,017 10,295
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.81% 15.46% 15.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3,409 3,909 8,740
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +9.47% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £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 9 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 9 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 +5 147 £75,000 +15.38% 48
South East -4 45 £58,000 +11.54% 24
South West +3 37 £60,000 -16.66% 9
East of England +1 32 £43,085 -25.07% 7
North of England -110 17 £55,000 +10.00% 23
Midlands -58 12 £73,801 +26.16% 9
West Midlands -35 9 £74,401 +24.00% 6
Yorkshire -48 6 £25,750 -69.80%
North West -66 6 £64,401 +28.80% 21
North East -8 5 £73,801 +47.60% 2
East Midlands -26 3 £40,000 -27.27% 3
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 (10.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (8.14%) Exchange Server 2003
3 16 (5.42%) Tomcat
4 14 (4.75%) WebSphere
5 12 (4.07%) WebSphere Application Server
6 7 (2.37%) Apache Spark
7 5 (1.69%) Anypoint
7 5 (1.69%) Confluence
7 5 (1.69%) WebLogic
8 4 (1.36%) 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 17 (5.76%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (4.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.37%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.69%) Shopify
3 4 (1.36%) NEC Housing
3 4 (1.36%) 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 BPM
6 1 (0.34%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 97 (32.88%) AWS
2 57 (19.32%) Azure
3 42 (14.24%) GCP
4 30 (10.17%) Pulumi
5 24 (8.14%) AWS CloudFormation
6 17 (5.76%) GitHub
7 16 (5.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 15 (5.08%) Amazon ECR
8 15 (5.08%) PaaS
9 12 (4.07%) Serverless
10 11 (3.73%) Amazon EC2
10 11 (3.73%) Amazon ECS
10 11 (3.73%) dbt
10 11 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
10 11 (3.73%) SaaS
11 10 (3.39%) AWS Lambda
11 10 (3.39%) IaaS
12 9 (3.05%) Amazon S3
13 8 (2.71%) Amazon EKS
13 8 (2.71%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 24 (8.14%) DHCP
1 24 (8.14%) DNS
2 22 (7.46%) TCP/IP
3 21 (7.12%) Broadband
4 16 (5.42%) Firewall
4 16 (5.42%) SSL
5 10 (3.39%) WAN
6 9 (3.05%) VLAN
7 8 (2.71%) 5G
7 8 (2.71%) SD-WAN
7 8 (2.71%) VPN
8 7 (2.37%) MPLS
9 6 (2.03%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (1.69%) SAN
10 5 (1.69%) Wireshark
11 4 (1.36%) FIX Connectivity
11 4 (1.36%) Kerberos
12 3 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (1.02%) HTTPS
12 3 (1.02%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (12.20%) Oracle Database
2 34 (11.53%) Relational Database
3 26 (8.81%) NoSQL
3 26 (8.81%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (8.47%) Oracle Database 10g
5 19 (6.44%) RDBMS
6 16 (5.42%) Amazon RDS
7 15 (5.08%) DB2
8 14 (4.75%) Elasticsearch
8 14 (4.75%) SQL Server
9 11 (3.73%) Big Data
9 11 (3.73%) Redis
10 7 (2.37%) Oracle Reports
11 6 (2.03%) FileMaker
11 6 (2.03%) Hadoop
11 6 (2.03%) MySQL
11 6 (2.03%) Power BI
11 6 (2.03%) Tableau
12 5 (1.69%) Apache Hive
13 4 (1.36%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 19 (6.44%) Jaeger
2 17 (5.76%) Git
3 12 (4.07%) LabVIEW
4 8 (2.71%) GitLab
4 8 (2.71%) Jenkins
5 7 (2.37%) JIRA
6 4 (1.36%) Toad
7 3 (1.02%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (1.02%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.68%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.68%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.68%) Mocha
8 2 (0.68%) webpack
9 1 (0.34%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.34%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.34%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.34%) Xcode
General
1 64 (21.69%) Finance
2 58 (19.66%) Social Skills
3 32 (10.85%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (10.51%) Banking
5 27 (9.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (5.42%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (5.08%) German Language
7 15 (5.08%) Public Sector
8 14 (4.75%) Telecoms
9 13 (4.41%) Electronics
10 10 (3.39%) Investment Banking
11 8 (2.71%) Law
12 7 (2.37%) Manufacturing
13 6 (2.03%) Legal
14 5 (1.69%) Financial Institution
15 4 (1.36%) Back Office
15 4 (1.36%) Front Office
15 4 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (1.36%) Local Government
16 3 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (16.61%) Senior
2 24 (8.14%) 3rd Line Support
2 24 (8.14%) Support Engineer
3 23 (7.80%) Lead
3 23 (7.80%) Systems Support
4 22 (7.46%) Applications Support
4 22 (7.46%) Linux Support
5 20 (6.78%) Analyst
6 19 (6.44%) Developer
6 19 (6.44%) Linux Engineer
7 18 (6.10%) Administrator
7 18 (6.10%) Cloud Engineer
8 17 (5.76%) Unix Support
9 16 (5.42%) Infrastructure Support
9 16 (5.42%) Platform Engineer
10 15 (5.08%) Systems Administrator
11 14 (4.75%) Verification Engineer
12 12 (4.07%) Automation Engineer
12 12 (4.07%) Support Analyst
12 12 (4.07%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (12.54%) JSON
2 35 (11.86%) XML
3 33 (11.19%) HTML
4 29 (9.83%) Regular Expression
5 27 (9.15%) Elastic Stack
6 19 (6.44%) OpenTelemetry
7 18 (6.10%) LDAP
8 13 (4.41%) WebSphere MQ
9 12 (4.07%) LAPP Stack
9 12 (4.07%) pytest
10 11 (3.73%) Django
11 9 (3.05%) Middleware
12 7 (2.37%) FIX Protocol
12 7 (2.37%) OAuth
12 7 (2.37%) REST
12 7 (2.37%) RESTful
13 6 (2.03%) Node.js
13 6 (2.03%) OAuth2
13 6 (2.03%) SOAP
14 5 (1.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 59 (20.00%) Linux Command Line
2 34 (11.53%) Onboarding
3 25 (8.47%) Management Information System
4 12 (4.07%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (4.07%) Security Posture
5 11 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (3.05%) Data Centre
6 9 (3.05%) e-Learning
6 9 (3.05%) Hedge funds
7 8 (2.71%) Self-Driving Car
8 7 (2.37%) Clustering
9 6 (2.03%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 4 (1.36%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.36%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.36%) GNSS
11 4 (1.36%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.36%) Satnav
11 4 (1.36%) Security Operations Centre
11 4 (1.36%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 181 (61.36%) Linux
2 94 (31.86%) Windows
3 37 (12.54%) Solaris
4 29 (9.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 25 (8.47%) HPUX
6 24 (8.14%) Windows Server 2003
7 22 (7.46%) Windows 7
7 22 (7.46%) Windows Server 2008
8 13 (4.41%) Windows Server
9 9 (3.05%) Mac OS
10 8 (2.71%) AIX
11 6 (2.03%) Debian
12 4 (1.36%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.68%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.34%) Android
14 1 (0.34%) CentOS
14 1 (0.34%) SUSE
14 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (20.34%) DevOps
2 58 (19.66%) Infrastructure as Code
3 57 (19.32%) Problem-Solving
4 53 (17.97%) AI
5 44 (14.92%) Agile
5 44 (14.92%) High Availability
6 43 (14.58%) ITIL
7 37 (12.54%) Incident Management
8 36 (12.20%) Data Analysis
9 35 (11.86%) Containerisation
10 33 (11.19%) Change Management
10 33 (11.19%) Computer Science
11 32 (10.85%) CI/CD
12 29 (9.83%) LLM
13 28 (9.49%) Task Automation
14 27 (9.15%) Analytics
14 27 (9.15%) Incident Response
14 27 (9.15%) Test Automation
15 26 (8.81%) Mentoring
15 26 (8.81%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 177 (60.00%) Python
2 59 (20.00%) Bash
3 56 (18.98%) SQL
4 41 (13.90%) JavaScript
4 41 (13.90%) PowerShell
5 35 (11.86%) Java
6 26 (8.81%) Perl
7 22 (7.46%) Go
8 20 (6.78%) Shell Script
9 13 (4.41%) MATLAB
10 9 (3.05%) C#
11 7 (2.37%) R
12 6 (2.03%) C
12 6 (2.03%) Korn
12 6 (2.03%) PL/SQL
13 5 (1.69%) VB
14 4 (1.36%) C++
14 4 (1.36%) Fortran
15 3 (1.02%) Scala
16 2 (0.68%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 102 (34.58%) Degree
2 77 (26.10%) Security Cleared
3 62 (21.02%) SC Cleared
4 41 (13.90%) AWS Certification
5 38 (12.88%) DV Cleared
6 27 (9.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (5.76%) ITIL Certification
8 16 (5.42%) CCNA
8 16 (5.42%) Cisco Certification
8 16 (5.42%) CISSP
9 12 (4.07%) HND
10 9 (3.05%) CCNP
10 9 (3.05%) CCSK
11 7 (2.37%) Master's Degree
11 7 (2.37%) Network+ Certification
11 7 (2.37%) PhD
12 6 (2.03%) CISA
13 5 (1.69%) GCFA
13 5 (1.69%) GCIA
13 5 (1.69%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (15.25%) SLA
2 11 (3.73%) GDPR
3 9 (3.05%) QA
4 8 (2.71%) NIST
5 5 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (1.36%) COBIT
7 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.34%) MiFID
7 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 50 (16.95%) Docker
2 42 (14.24%) Active Directory
3 20 (6.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.69%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 2 (0.68%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.68%) XenApp
5 2 (0.68%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 54 (18.31%) Terraform
2 50 (16.95%) Ansible
3 41 (13.90%) Kubernetes
4 26 (8.81%) Prometheus
5 19 (6.44%) Argo
5 19 (6.44%) Kustomize
6 13 (4.41%) Grafana
7 6 (2.03%) AWS Copilot
7 6 (2.03%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (1.36%) 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
10 2 (0.68%) Suricata
Vendors
1 56 (18.98%) Oracle
2 55 (18.64%) Google
3 45 (15.25%) VMware
4 43 (14.58%) Microsoft
5 29 (9.83%) Red Hat
6 28 (9.49%) IBM
7 20 (6.78%) Cisco
8 19 (6.44%) SAP
9 14 (4.75%) ServiceNow
10 13 (4.41%) Splunk
11 11 (3.73%) Dell
12 9 (3.05%) Juniper
12 9 (3.05%) Palo Alto
12 9 (3.05%) Workday
13 8 (2.71%) Fortinet
13 8 (2.71%) IFS
14 7 (2.37%) Arista
14 7 (2.37%) HP
14 7 (2.37%) Symantec
15 6 (2.03%) MuleSoft