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 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 507 366 345
Rank change year-on-year -141 -21 -140
Permanent jobs citing Unix 243 301 545
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.25% 0.69% 0.75%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.12% 4.62% 5.78%
Number of salaries quoted 173 193 306
10th Percentile £42,500 £27,500 £35,885
25th Percentile £52,500 £40,240 £47,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £62,783
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +3.53% -3.41%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,751 £85,000
90th Percentile £89,250 £93,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,576 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.89% +8.33% -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 5,904 6,516 9,429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.10% 14.86% 12.90%
Number of salaries quoted 4,462 4,307 6,598
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,250 £31,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,000 £48,963
Median % change year-on-year +9.76% -16.26% -6.74%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £49,990
% change year-on-year +8.43% -16.98% -4.78%

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 -93 100 £70,000 -12.50% 39
North of England -18 54 £69,306 +15.51% 18
South West -50 47 £66,250 -15.94% 27
North West +5 29 £62,500 -9.95% 11
Midlands -34 18 £62,000 -11.43% 6
Yorkshire -29 17 £69,306 +10.89% 4
West Midlands -34 15 £69,306 -0.99% 5
South East -73 9 £62,500 +66.67% 4
East of England -49 8 £60,750 +42.94% 4
North East -56 8 £69,308 +45.91% 3
East Midlands -24 3 £61,500 +6.03% 1
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 7 (2.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.06%) Confluence
3 2 (0.82%) Documentum
3 2 (0.82%) JBoss
3 2 (0.82%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (0.82%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.41%) Apache
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle 10gAS
4 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Fuse
4 1 (0.41%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.41%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.41%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (4.53%) FLEXCUBE
2 6 (2.47%) Fidessa
3 5 (2.06%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (1.65%) Line 50
4 4 (1.65%) Oracle Applications
4 4 (1.65%) Oracle Assets
4 4 (1.65%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (1.65%) Oracle EBS R12
4 4 (1.65%) Oracle Financials
4 4 (1.65%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (1.65%) Oracle Retail
5 2 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.82%) Siebel CRM
6 1 (0.41%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 89 (36.63%) AWS
2 67 (27.57%) Azure
3 33 (13.58%) GCP
4 20 (8.23%) Azure AKS
5 18 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (5.76%) Azure Service Bus
7 10 (4.12%) GitHub
8 7 (2.88%) AWS CloudFormation
8 7 (2.88%) dbt
8 7 (2.88%) SaaS
9 6 (2.47%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (2.06%) OCI
10 5 (2.06%) OpenShift
11 4 (1.65%) Datadog
11 4 (1.65%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (1.23%) Apigee
12 3 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (1.23%) Kong
13 2 (0.82%) Entra ID
13 2 (0.82%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.29%) DNS
1 25 (10.29%) TCP/IP
2 18 (7.41%) Firewall
3 10 (4.12%) DHCP
4 9 (3.70%) 3GPP
4 9 (3.70%) MGW
4 9 (3.70%) MVNO
4 9 (3.70%) Packet Switching
4 9 (3.70%) RTP
4 9 (3.70%) SGSN
4 9 (3.70%) SMPP
5 6 (2.47%) FIX Connectivity
5 6 (2.47%) Network Security
5 6 (2.47%) WAN
6 5 (2.06%) SSH
7 4 (1.65%) 5G
7 4 (1.65%) HTTPS
7 4 (1.65%) Remote Desktop
7 4 (1.65%) SD-WAN
7 4 (1.65%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.05%) MongoDB
2 18 (7.41%) Oracle Database
3 16 (6.58%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (6.58%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.88%) Oracle Reports
4 7 (2.88%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.65%) FileMaker
6 3 (1.23%) Db2
6 3 (1.23%) KDB
7 2 (0.82%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.82%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.82%) Kdb+
7 2 (0.82%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.82%) Oracle Database 11g
7 2 (0.82%) Oracle Database 12c
7 2 (0.82%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.82%) Siebel EIM
8 1 (0.41%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Development Applications
1 23 (9.47%) GitLab
2 22 (9.05%) Git
3 17 (7.00%) Jenkins
4 10 (4.12%) JIRA
5 8 (3.29%) Eclipse
6 7 (2.88%) Subversion
7 5 (2.06%) Bitbucket
8 4 (1.65%) LabVIEW
8 4 (1.65%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (1.65%) Selenium
8 4 (1.65%) Toad
9 3 (1.23%) Maven
9 3 (1.23%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.82%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.82%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.82%) Gradle
10 2 (0.82%) JMeter
10 2 (0.82%) Metasploit
11 1 (0.41%) LSMW
11 1 (0.41%) NetBeans
General
1 80 (32.92%) Finance
2 59 (24.28%) Social Skills
3 43 (17.70%) Public Sector
4 32 (13.17%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (13.17%) Banking
5 18 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (4.53%) Retail
7 10 (4.12%) Front Office
8 9 (3.70%) Aerospace
9 7 (2.88%) Electronics
10 5 (2.06%) Investment Banking
10 5 (2.06%) Legal
11 4 (1.65%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.65%) Retail Finance
11 4 (1.65%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.23%) Avionics
12 3 (1.23%) Back Office
12 3 (1.23%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.23%) Japanese Language
12 3 (1.23%) Military
Job Titles
1 83 (34.16%) Senior
2 32 (13.17%) DevOps Engineer
3 31 (12.76%) Senior DevOps
4 28 (11.52%) Senior DevOps Engineer
5 23 (9.47%) Developer
6 18 (7.41%) Administrator
7 16 (6.58%) DBA
8 13 (5.35%) Analyst
8 13 (5.35%) Applications Support
8 13 (5.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (5.35%) Linux Engineer
8 13 (5.35%) Software Engineer
9 12 (4.94%) Lead
10 11 (4.53%) Network Engineer
10 11 (4.53%) Oracle DBA
11 10 (4.12%) Senior Developer
11 10 (4.12%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (4.12%) Senior Oracle DBA
11 10 (4.12%) Systems Administrator
11 10 (4.12%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (18.11%) Terraform
2 16 (6.58%) FIX Protocol
3 14 (5.76%) Node.js
4 11 (4.53%) REST
5 10 (4.12%) Web Services
6 9 (3.70%) Jakarta EE
6 9 (3.70%) RESTful
7 8 (3.29%) Struts
8 7 (2.88%) HTML
8 7 (2.88%) Kafka
8 7 (2.88%) YAML
9 6 (2.47%) CSS
9 6 (2.47%) React
10 4 (1.65%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (1.65%) Middleware
10 4 (1.65%) pytest
11 3 (1.23%) Jinja
11 3 (1.23%) JSON
11 3 (1.23%) XML
11 3 (1.23%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.94%) Distributed Systems
2 10 (4.12%) Public Cloud
3 9 (3.70%) Cloud Native
3 9 (3.70%) IVR
4 8 (3.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 8 (3.29%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.47%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (2.47%) Embedded Systems
5 6 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (2.47%) Eurex
5 6 (2.47%) Linux Command Line
5 6 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.06%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.06%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.06%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.65%) Equity Derivative
7 4 (1.65%) Hedge funds
7 4 (1.65%) Self-Driving Car
8 3 (1.23%) Derivative
8 3 (1.23%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 202 (83.13%) Linux
2 75 (30.86%) Windows
3 26 (10.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (5.35%) AIX
5 10 (4.12%) Oracle Linux
6 9 (3.70%) Solaris
7 8 (3.29%) Mac OS
7 8 (3.29%) Windows Server
8 7 (2.88%) CentOS
9 6 (2.47%) Rocky
10 4 (1.65%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.82%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.82%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.41%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.41%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.41%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (32.51%) CI/CD
1 79 (32.51%) DevOps
2 60 (24.69%) Continuous Improvement
3 59 (24.28%) Mentoring
4 55 (22.63%) Problem-Solving
5 53 (21.81%) Agile
6 50 (20.58%) Coaching
7 48 (19.75%) Test Automation
8 40 (16.46%) Scrum
9 36 (14.81%) Continuous Integration
10 33 (13.58%) Containerisation
11 32 (13.17%) Software Engineering
12 31 (12.76%) Incident Response
13 27 (11.11%) ITIL
14 26 (10.70%) Infrastructure as Code
15 23 (9.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 21 (8.64%) Computer Science
16 21 (8.64%) High Availability
16 21 (8.64%) Microservices
17 20 (8.23%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 78 (32.10%) Python
2 63 (25.93%) SQL
3 44 (18.11%) Bash
4 37 (15.23%) Java
5 27 (11.11%) Shell Script
6 25 (10.29%) JavaScript
7 19 (7.82%) C++
8 17 (7.00%) Perl
8 17 (7.00%) PL/SQL
9 13 (5.35%) Korn
10 12 (4.94%) PowerShell
11 9 (3.70%) C
11 9 (3.70%) Rust
12 6 (2.47%) MATLAB
12 6 (2.47%) Ruby
13 5 (2.06%) C#
14 4 (1.65%) Go
14 4 (1.65%) PHP
15 3 (1.23%) Ada
15 3 (1.23%) Ada 95
Qualifications
1 49 (20.16%) Security Cleared
2 39 (16.05%) SC Cleared
3 34 (13.99%) Degree
4 21 (8.64%) DV Cleared
5 17 (7.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.47%) HND
7 4 (1.65%) CISSP
7 4 (1.65%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (1.65%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.23%) CISM
8 3 (1.23%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.23%) GCIH
8 3 (1.23%) OSCP
8 3 (1.23%) RHCE
8 3 (1.23%) RHCSA
8 3 (1.23%) SANS
9 2 (0.82%) CCSP
9 2 (0.82%) IBM AIX Certification
9 2 (0.82%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.64%) QA
2 4 (1.65%) ISO 14001
2 4 (1.65%) ISO 9001
2 4 (1.65%) NIST
3 3 (1.23%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.23%) MIL-STD-1553
4 2 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.82%) GDPR
5 1 (0.41%) COBIT
5 1 (0.41%) DO-178B
5 1 (0.41%) ITGC
System Software
1 25 (10.29%) Docker
2 12 (4.94%) Oracle RAC
3 3 (1.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 3 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.82%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.82%) Firmware
5 1 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.41%) GPFS
5 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.41%) KVM
5 1 (0.41%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 27 (11.11%) Kubernetes
2 22 (9.05%) Ansible
3 17 (7.00%) Puppet
4 14 (5.76%) Argo
5 13 (5.35%) Oracle RMAN
6 12 (4.94%) Grafana
6 12 (4.94%) Prometheus
7 10 (4.12%) Data Guard
7 10 (4.12%) Nagios
8 4 (1.65%) Podman
9 3 (1.23%) Check_MK
10 2 (0.82%) Kibana
10 2 (0.82%) logstash
11 1 (0.41%) Control-M
11 1 (0.41%) ITRS Geneos
11 1 (0.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.41%) SCCM
Vendors
1 56 (23.05%) Oracle
2 25 (10.29%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.29%) Red Hat
3 13 (5.35%) IBM
4 12 (4.94%) Pega
5 7 (2.88%) Bloomberg
5 7 (2.88%) Google
5 7 (2.88%) VMware
6 6 (2.47%) CQG
6 6 (2.47%) ION Trading
6 6 (2.47%) Patsystems
6 6 (2.47%) Reuters
6 6 (2.47%) Trayport
7 5 (2.06%) Adobe
7 5 (2.06%) Sybase
8 4 (1.65%) Apple
8 4 (1.65%) Cisco
8 4 (1.65%) Retek
8 4 (1.65%) Sage
8 4 (1.65%) SAP