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 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 304 266 225
Rank change year-on-year -38 -41 -45
Permanent jobs citing Unix 343 627 679
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.72% 1.10% 1.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.25% 7.58% 8.68%
Number of salaries quoted 188 237 516
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £43,438
25th Percentile £45,844 £50,000 £49,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £59,125 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -9.04% -
75th Percentile £80,315 £78,750 £84,056
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £97,290
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -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 4,730 8,272 7,826
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.91% 14.56% 17.58%
Number of salaries quoted 3,621 4,868 6,527
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £88,750
UK median annual salary £43,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.00% - -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 4 December 2025.

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 4 December 2025. 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 +14 156 £78,750 +12.50% 38
South East +24 53 £58,000 +5.45% 29
South West +23 41 £56,250 -25.98% 15
East of England +10 40 £43,085 -23.41% 4
North of England -76 26 £51,722 +3.44% 15
Midlands -4 25 £73,801 +34.18% 12
West Midlands +1 17 £75,000 +42.86% 9
Yorkshire -22 10 £25,750 -54.22% 3
North West -42 9 £60,000 +20.00% 10
East Midlands +8 8 £49,000 -10.91% 3
North East +12 7 £61,123 +22.25% 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 43 (12.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (7.87%) Apache Spark
3 26 (7.58%) Exchange Server 2003
4 22 (6.41%) Tomcat
4 22 (6.41%) WebSphere
5 16 (4.66%) WebSphere Application Server
6 6 (1.75%) Apache
6 6 (1.75%) Confluence
6 6 (1.75%) nginx
7 5 (1.46%) Anypoint
7 5 (1.46%) WebLogic
8 4 (1.17%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.87%) IIS
9 3 (0.87%) WebLogic Portal
10 2 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.58%) JBoss
10 2 (0.58%) SAS
10 2 (0.58%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.29%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 22 (6.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (5.83%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.46%) Shopify
2 4 (1.17%) NEC Housing
2 4 (1.17%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.87%) Primavera
4 2 (0.58%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.29%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.29%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 112 (32.65%) AWS
2 63 (18.37%) Azure
3 36 (10.50%) GCP
4 30 (8.75%) Amazon EKS
4 30 (8.75%) Amazon S3
5 28 (8.16%) AWS CloudFormation
6 18 (5.25%) Amazon ELB
7 17 (4.96%) Amazon ECR
8 16 (4.66%) Microsoft 365
9 15 (4.37%) Amazon EC2
9 15 (4.37%) Serverless
10 13 (3.79%) AWS Lambda
10 13 (3.79%) OpenShift
11 12 (3.50%) GitHub
11 12 (3.50%) Pulumi
12 11 (3.21%) Amazon ECS
12 11 (3.21%) dbt
12 11 (3.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 9 (2.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 9 (2.62%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 28 (8.16%) DNS
2 27 (7.87%) DHCP
2 27 (7.87%) SSL
3 25 (7.29%) TCP/IP
4 23 (6.71%) Firewall
5 11 (3.21%) SAN
5 11 (3.21%) VPN
6 9 (2.62%) VLAN
7 8 (2.33%) HTTPS
8 7 (2.04%) MPLS
9 6 (1.75%) HTTP
9 6 (1.75%) Reverse Proxy
9 6 (1.75%) VoIP
9 6 (1.75%) WAN
9 6 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (1.75%) Wireshark
10 5 (1.46%) LAN
11 4 (1.17%) Broadband
11 4 (1.17%) Kerberos
11 4 (1.17%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (10.79%) Oracle Database
2 36 (10.50%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (8.16%) Relational Database
4 27 (7.87%) Oracle Database 10g
5 22 (6.41%) Metadata
6 20 (5.83%) DynamoDB
6 20 (5.83%) Spark SQL
7 19 (5.54%) SQL Server
8 18 (5.25%) Amazon RDS
8 18 (5.25%) DB2
8 18 (5.25%) Delta Lake
9 13 (3.79%) Big Data
9 13 (3.79%) MySQL
10 12 (3.50%) Elasticsearch
11 11 (3.21%) NoSQL
11 11 (3.21%) Redis
12 9 (2.62%) Power BI
12 9 (2.62%) Tableau
13 8 (2.33%) Hadoop
14 7 (2.04%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 19 (5.54%) Git
2 18 (5.25%) MLflow
3 11 (3.21%) JIRA
4 10 (2.92%) Jenkins
5 7 (2.04%) GitLab
6 5 (1.46%) LabVIEW
7 4 (1.17%) Cypress.io
7 4 (1.17%) Toad
8 3 (0.87%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.87%) JUnit
8 3 (0.87%) Mocha
8 3 (0.87%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.87%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.87%) webpack
9 2 (0.58%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.58%) Browser DevTools
9 2 (0.58%) Gradle
9 2 (0.58%) Maven
9 2 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.29%) Android Studio
General
1 100 (29.15%) Finance
2 85 (24.78%) Social Skills
3 35 (10.20%) Banking
4 26 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (5.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (5.25%) Law
6 17 (4.96%) Public Sector
7 14 (4.08%) Telecoms
8 13 (3.79%) Investment Banking
9 11 (3.21%) German Language
10 8 (2.33%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.33%) Marketing
11 7 (2.04%) Electronics
12 6 (1.75%) Front Office
12 6 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.46%) Legal
14 4 (1.17%) Advertising
14 4 (1.17%) Back Office
14 4 (1.17%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 57 (16.62%) Senior
2 35 (10.20%) Administrator
3 33 (9.62%) Applications Support
3 33 (9.62%) Support Engineer
4 30 (8.75%) Linux Support
5 28 (8.16%) Systems Administrator
6 25 (7.29%) 3rd Line Support
6 25 (7.29%) Analyst
7 23 (6.71%) Systems Support
8 22 (6.41%) Developer
8 22 (6.41%) Infrastructure Support
9 21 (6.12%) Linux Engineer
10 20 (5.83%) Machine Learning Engineer
11 18 (5.25%) Operations Engineer
12 17 (4.96%) Support Analyst
12 17 (4.96%) Unix Support
13 13 (3.79%) Linux Support Engineer
13 13 (3.79%) Platform Engineer
14 12 (3.50%) Software Engineer
15 11 (3.21%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (10.20%) JSON
2 33 (9.62%) XML
3 32 (9.33%) HTML
4 30 (8.75%) Regular Expression
5 22 (6.41%) LDAP
6 20 (5.83%) NumPy
6 20 (5.83%) Pandas
6 20 (5.83%) PySpark
6 20 (5.83%) PyTorch
6 20 (5.83%) TensorFlow
7 18 (5.25%) Keras
7 18 (5.25%) Lambda Expressions
7 18 (5.25%) Metaflow
7 18 (5.25%) scikit-learn
7 18 (5.25%) WebSphere MQ
7 18 (5.25%) YAML
8 17 (4.96%) FIX Protocol
9 16 (4.66%) LAPP Stack
9 16 (4.66%) OAuth
10 13 (3.79%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 79 (23.03%) Linux Command Line
2 39 (11.37%) Onboarding
3 25 (7.29%) e-Learning
4 19 (5.54%) Management Information System
5 12 (3.50%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (3.21%) PKI
7 8 (2.33%) Algorithms
7 8 (2.33%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.33%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.04%) Driving Licence
8 7 (2.04%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.04%) Replication
9 6 (1.75%) Clustering
9 6 (1.75%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 6 (1.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (1.75%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.46%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.46%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.17%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 217 (63.27%) Linux
2 106 (30.90%) Windows
3 47 (13.70%) Solaris
4 36 (10.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 28 (8.16%) HPUX
6 26 (7.58%) Windows Server 2003
7 22 (6.41%) Windows 7
7 22 (6.41%) Windows Server 2008
8 17 (4.96%) Windows Server
9 10 (2.92%) Mac OS
10 9 (2.62%) Debian
11 5 (1.46%) AIX
12 4 (1.17%) CentOS
13 3 (0.87%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.58%) Apple iOS
14 2 (0.58%) Oracle Linux
15 1 (0.29%) Android
15 1 (0.29%) CoreOS
15 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
15 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (18.95%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (18.37%) AI
3 55 (16.03%) ITIL
4 52 (15.16%) CI/CD
5 51 (14.87%) DevOps
6 46 (13.41%) Agile
7 43 (12.54%) High Availability
8 40 (11.66%) Data Analysis
9 37 (10.79%) Incident Management
10 36 (10.50%) Containerisation
10 36 (10.50%) Infrastructure as Code
11 34 (9.91%) Machine Learning
12 33 (9.62%) Change Management
13 30 (8.75%) Computer Science
13 30 (8.75%) SDLC
14 29 (8.45%) Visualisation
15 28 (8.16%) LLM
16 27 (7.87%) Data Science
17 26 (7.58%) Innovative Thinking
18 25 (7.29%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 197 (57.43%) Python
2 91 (26.53%) SQL
3 49 (14.29%) Bash
4 42 (12.24%) PowerShell
5 27 (7.87%) Perl
6 26 (7.58%) JavaScript
6 26 (7.58%) Shell Script
7 23 (6.71%) Java
8 14 (4.08%) R
9 10 (2.92%) C#
10 8 (2.33%) C
10 8 (2.33%) Korn
11 7 (2.04%) MATLAB
12 6 (1.75%) C++
12 6 (1.75%) TypeScript
13 5 (1.46%) Go
13 5 (1.46%) PL/SQL
14 4 (1.17%) Fortran
14 4 (1.17%) VB
15 3 (0.87%) Scala
Qualifications
1 106 (30.90%) Degree
2 100 (29.15%) Security Cleared
3 84 (24.49%) SC Cleared
4 60 (17.49%) DV Cleared
5 32 (9.33%) CCNA
5 32 (9.33%) Cisco Certification
6 29 (8.45%) AWS Certification
7 25 (7.29%) CCNP
8 22 (6.41%) ITIL Certification
9 21 (6.12%) Computer Science Degree
10 16 (4.66%) CISSP
11 10 (2.92%) CISA
11 10 (2.92%) Network+ Certification
12 8 (2.33%) Master's Degree
12 8 (2.33%) PhD
13 7 (2.04%) ACCA
13 7 (2.04%) CIMA
14 6 (1.75%) GCIA
14 6 (1.75%) GCIH
14 6 (1.75%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (15.74%) SLA
2 11 (3.21%) GDPR
2 11 (3.21%) QA
3 9 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.04%) NIST
5 3 (0.87%) COBIT
6 2 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.58%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.58%) ITGC
6 2 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 56 (16.33%) Docker
2 49 (14.29%) Active Directory
3 25 (7.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.46%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (1.46%) XenApp
4 5 (1.46%) XenDesktop
5 4 (1.17%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 3 (0.87%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.58%) Apache Flume
7 2 (0.58%) HDFS
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 55 (16.03%) Terraform
2 44 (12.83%) Ansible
3 42 (12.24%) Kubernetes
4 22 (6.41%) Grafana
5 18 (5.25%) Kubeflow
6 11 (3.21%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (2.33%) Prometheus
7 8 (2.33%) SCCM
8 6 (1.75%) AWS Copilot
8 6 (1.75%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.87%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.87%) Netcool
10 3 (0.87%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (0.87%) Puppet
11 2 (0.58%) Argo
11 2 (0.58%) Kibana
11 2 (0.58%) logstash
11 2 (0.58%) Oozie
11 2 (0.58%) Suricata
Vendors
1 65 (18.95%) Oracle
2 62 (18.08%) Microsoft
3 54 (15.74%) VMware
4 41 (11.95%) Red Hat
5 38 (11.08%) Cisco
6 34 (9.91%) Google
7 33 (9.62%) IBM
8 23 (6.71%) Databricks
9 21 (6.12%) SAP
10 16 (4.66%) ServiceNow
11 12 (3.50%) Atlassian
11 12 (3.50%) Dell
12 11 (3.21%) Fortinet
12 11 (3.21%) Splunk
13 8 (2.33%) Apple
13 8 (2.33%) HP
13 8 (2.33%) IFS
13 8 (2.33%) Juniper
13 8 (2.33%) NetApp
13 8 (2.33%) Palo Alto