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 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 312 264 220
Rank change year-on-year -48 -44 -37
Permanent jobs citing Unix 356 643 717
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.77% 1.07% 1.56%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.43% 7.62% 8.72%
Number of salaries quoted 196 243 545
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £48,140
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,125 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.48% -9.04% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £84,056
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £97,290
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -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 4,793 8,434 8,227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.33% 14.02% 17.85%
Number of salaries quoted 3,647 4,909 6,759
10th Percentile £26,875 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,000 £68,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £88,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -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 25 November 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 25 November 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 +11 164 £75,000 +7.68% 37
South East +20 56 £57,750 +5.00% 35
East of England +9 40 £43,085 -21.66% 2
South West +36 39 £57,500 -28.13% 8
Midlands +4 29 £73,801 +34.18% 13
North of England -71 26 £51,250 +2.50% 9
West Midlands +11 21 £75,000 +42.86% 8
North West -34 11 £55,000 +10.00% 7
Yorkshire -12 9 £32,875 -41.56%
East Midlands +20 8 £49,000 -10.91% 5
North East +14 6 £73,801 +47.60% 2
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 (12.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (7.58%) Apache Spark
3 26 (7.30%) Exchange Server 2003
4 22 (6.18%) Tomcat
4 22 (6.18%) WebSphere
5 16 (4.49%) WebSphere Application Server
6 6 (1.69%) Apache
6 6 (1.69%) Confluence
6 6 (1.69%) nginx
7 5 (1.40%) Anypoint
7 5 (1.40%) WebLogic
8 4 (1.12%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.84%) IIS
9 3 (0.84%) SharePoint
9 3 (0.84%) WebLogic Portal
10 2 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.56%) JBoss
10 2 (0.56%) SAS
11 1 (0.28%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 22 (6.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (5.62%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.40%) Shopify
2 4 (1.12%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.84%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.84%) Primavera
4 2 (0.56%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.28%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.28%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 114 (32.02%) AWS
2 68 (19.10%) Azure
3 35 (9.83%) GCP
4 30 (8.43%) Amazon EKS
4 30 (8.43%) Amazon S3
5 28 (7.87%) AWS CloudFormation
6 18 (5.06%) Amazon ELB
7 17 (4.78%) Amazon ECR
7 17 (4.78%) Microsoft 365
8 16 (4.49%) Amazon EC2
9 15 (4.21%) Serverless
10 13 (3.65%) AWS Lambda
10 13 (3.65%) OpenShift
11 12 (3.37%) Pulumi
12 11 (3.09%) Amazon ECS
12 11 (3.09%) dbt
12 11 (3.09%) GitHub
12 11 (3.09%) SaaS
12 11 (3.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 9 (2.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 30 (8.43%) DNS
2 29 (8.15%) DHCP
3 27 (7.58%) SSL
3 27 (7.58%) TCP/IP
4 26 (7.30%) Firewall
5 13 (3.65%) VPN
6 12 (3.37%) SAN
7 9 (2.53%) VLAN
8 8 (2.25%) HTTPS
9 7 (1.97%) MPLS
10 6 (1.69%) HTTP
10 6 (1.69%) Reverse Proxy
10 6 (1.69%) VoIP
10 6 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (1.69%) Wireshark
11 5 (1.40%) LAN
11 5 (1.40%) WAN
12 4 (1.12%) Broadband
12 4 (1.12%) Kerberos
12 4 (1.12%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (10.67%) Oracle Database
2 37 (10.39%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (8.71%) Relational Database
4 27 (7.58%) Oracle Database 10g
5 22 (6.18%) Metadata
6 21 (5.90%) SQL Server
7 20 (5.62%) DynamoDB
7 20 (5.62%) Spark SQL
8 19 (5.34%) Amazon RDS
9 18 (5.06%) DB2
9 18 (5.06%) Delta Lake
10 15 (4.21%) MySQL
11 12 (3.37%) Big Data
11 12 (3.37%) Elasticsearch
11 12 (3.37%) Redis
12 11 (3.09%) NoSQL
13 9 (2.53%) Power BI
13 9 (2.53%) Tableau
14 8 (2.25%) Hadoop
15 7 (1.97%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 22 (6.18%) Git
2 18 (5.06%) MLflow
3 14 (3.93%) JIRA
4 12 (3.37%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.69%) GitLab
6 4 (1.12%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.12%) JUnit
6 4 (1.12%) LabVIEW
6 4 (1.12%) Toad
7 3 (0.84%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.84%) CircleCI
7 3 (0.84%) Maven
7 3 (0.84%) Mocha
7 3 (0.84%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.84%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.84%) webpack
8 2 (0.56%) Browser DevTools
8 2 (0.56%) Gradle
8 2 (0.56%) Postman
8 2 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 106 (29.78%) Finance
2 88 (24.72%) Social Skills
3 39 (10.96%) Banking
4 26 (7.30%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (6.18%) Law
6 21 (5.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (4.78%) Public Sector
8 14 (3.93%) Telecoms
9 13 (3.65%) Investment Banking
10 11 (3.09%) German Language
11 10 (2.81%) Marketing
12 8 (2.25%) Front Office
13 7 (1.97%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.69%) Electronics
15 5 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (1.40%) Legal
16 4 (1.12%) Advertising
16 4 (1.12%) Back Office
16 4 (1.12%) Financial Institution
16 4 (1.12%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 61 (17.13%) Senior
2 36 (10.11%) Administrator
3 35 (9.83%) Applications Support
4 34 (9.55%) Support Engineer
5 29 (8.15%) Linux Support
6 28 (7.87%) Systems Administrator
7 27 (7.58%) Developer
8 26 (7.30%) Analyst
9 25 (7.02%) 3rd Line Support
10 23 (6.46%) Systems Support
11 21 (5.90%) Infrastructure Support
12 20 (5.62%) Machine Learning Engineer
13 19 (5.34%) Linux Engineer
14 18 (5.06%) Operations Engineer
14 18 (5.06%) Support Analyst
15 15 (4.21%) Lead
15 15 (4.21%) Software Engineer
15 15 (4.21%) Unix Support
16 13 (3.65%) Linux Support Engineer
16 13 (3.65%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (9.83%) JSON
2 34 (9.55%) HTML
3 33 (9.27%) XML
4 30 (8.43%) Regular Expression
5 22 (6.18%) LDAP
6 20 (5.62%) NumPy
6 20 (5.62%) Pandas
6 20 (5.62%) PySpark
6 20 (5.62%) PyTorch
6 20 (5.62%) TensorFlow
7 18 (5.06%) FIX Protocol
7 18 (5.06%) Keras
7 18 (5.06%) Lambda Expressions
7 18 (5.06%) Metaflow
7 18 (5.06%) OAuth
7 18 (5.06%) scikit-learn
7 18 (5.06%) WebSphere MQ
7 18 (5.06%) YAML
8 16 (4.49%) LAPP Stack
8 16 (4.49%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 79 (22.19%) Linux Command Line
2 40 (11.24%) Onboarding
3 25 (7.02%) e-Learning
4 19 (5.34%) Management Information System
5 13 (3.65%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (3.09%) PKI
6 11 (3.09%) Product Ownership
7 10 (2.81%) Algorithms
8 8 (2.25%) Data Centre
8 8 (2.25%) Driving Licence
9 7 (1.97%) Data Structures
9 7 (1.97%) Public Cloud
9 7 (1.97%) Replication
10 6 (1.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 6 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.69%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.69%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.40%) Security Posture
12 4 (1.12%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 218 (61.24%) Linux
2 107 (30.06%) Windows
3 48 (13.48%) Solaris
4 36 (10.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 29 (8.15%) HPUX
6 26 (7.30%) Windows Server 2003
7 22 (6.18%) Windows 7
7 22 (6.18%) Windows Server 2008
8 20 (5.62%) Windows Server
9 11 (3.09%) Mac OS
10 9 (2.53%) Debian
11 6 (1.69%) CentOS
12 5 (1.40%) AIX
13 3 (0.84%) Apple iOS
13 3 (0.84%) Oracle Linux
13 3 (0.84%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.28%) Android
14 1 (0.28%) CoreOS
14 1 (0.28%) SUSE
14 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (20.22%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (17.70%) AI
3 53 (14.89%) Agile
3 53 (14.89%) CI/CD
3 53 (14.89%) ITIL
4 51 (14.33%) DevOps
5 45 (12.64%) High Availability
6 40 (11.24%) Data Analysis
7 37 (10.39%) Incident Management
7 37 (10.39%) SDLC
8 35 (9.83%) Containerisation
8 35 (9.83%) Machine Learning
9 34 (9.55%) Infrastructure as Code
10 31 (8.71%) Change Management
11 30 (8.43%) Computer Science
12 29 (8.15%) Visualisation
13 28 (7.87%) LLM
13 28 (7.87%) Software Engineering
14 27 (7.58%) Data Science
15 26 (7.30%) Innovative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 198 (55.62%) Python
2 98 (27.53%) SQL
3 49 (13.76%) Bash
4 45 (12.64%) PowerShell
5 31 (8.71%) Shell Script
6 28 (7.87%) Java
6 28 (7.87%) JavaScript
7 27 (7.58%) Perl
8 14 (3.93%) R
9 10 (2.81%) C#
10 8 (2.25%) C
10 8 (2.25%) Korn
10 8 (2.25%) TypeScript
11 7 (1.97%) C++
11 7 (1.97%) PL/SQL
12 6 (1.69%) MATLAB
13 5 (1.40%) Go
14 4 (1.12%) Fortran
14 4 (1.12%) VB
15 3 (0.84%) Scala
Qualifications
1 106 (29.78%) Degree
2 99 (27.81%) Security Cleared
3 84 (23.60%) SC Cleared
4 60 (16.85%) DV Cleared
5 32 (8.99%) CCNA
5 32 (8.99%) Cisco Certification
6 28 (7.87%) AWS Certification
7 25 (7.02%) CCNP
8 21 (5.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 21 (5.90%) ITIL Certification
9 16 (4.49%) CISSP
10 12 (3.37%) Network+ Certification
11 11 (3.09%) CISA
12 8 (2.25%) Master's Degree
12 8 (2.25%) PhD
13 7 (1.97%) ACCA
13 7 (1.97%) CIMA
14 6 (1.69%) GCFA
14 6 (1.69%) GCIA
14 6 (1.69%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (14.89%) SLA
2 11 (3.09%) GDPR
3 10 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (2.81%) QA
4 7 (1.97%) NIST
5 3 (0.84%) COBIT
5 3 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (0.84%) ITGC
6 2 (0.56%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 61 (17.13%) Docker
2 50 (14.04%) Active Directory
3 23 (6.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.40%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (1.40%) XenApp
4 5 (1.40%) XenDesktop
5 4 (1.12%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.84%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 2 (0.56%) Apache Flume
7 2 (0.56%) HDFS
8 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 54 (15.17%) Terraform
2 42 (11.80%) Ansible
2 42 (11.80%) Kubernetes
3 23 (6.46%) Grafana
4 18 (5.06%) Kubeflow
5 14 (3.93%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (2.53%) SCCM
7 7 (1.97%) Prometheus
8 6 (1.69%) AWS Copilot
8 6 (1.69%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (1.40%) FortiGate
9 5 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.84%) Netcool
10 3 (0.84%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (0.84%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.84%) Puppet
11 2 (0.56%) Kibana
11 2 (0.56%) logstash
11 2 (0.56%) Oozie
11 2 (0.56%) Suricata
Vendors
1 71 (19.94%) Oracle
2 68 (19.10%) Microsoft
3 53 (14.89%) VMware
4 40 (11.24%) Cisco
5 39 (10.96%) Red Hat
6 36 (10.11%) Google
7 32 (8.99%) IBM
8 23 (6.46%) Databricks
9 21 (5.90%) SAP
10 16 (4.49%) ServiceNow
11 13 (3.65%) Fortinet
11 13 (3.65%) Splunk
12 12 (3.37%) Atlassian
12 12 (3.37%) Dell
13 9 (2.53%) Apple
14 8 (2.25%) IFS
14 8 (2.25%) Juniper
14 8 (2.25%) NetApp
14 8 (2.25%) Palo Alto
15 7 (1.97%) Arista