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

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 307 263 213
Rank change year-on-year -44 -50 -32
Permanent jobs citing Unix 339 633 711
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.72% 1.08% 1.56%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.19% 7.57% 8.78%
Number of salaries quoted 187 241 536
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £43,000
25th Percentile £45,563 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £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 4,714 8,367 8,098
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.03% 14.27% 17.78%
Number of salaries quoted 3,606 4,919 6,716
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,500
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 £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 30 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 30 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 +6 155 £76,250 +8.93% 34
South East +25 53 £58,000 +5.45% 28
East of England +19 40 £43,085 -23.41% 1
South West +32 39 £57,500 -28.13% 8
North of England -63 26 £51,722 +3.44% 8
Midlands -5 24 £73,801 +34.18% 15
West Midlands +6 16 £75,000 +42.86% 11
Yorkshire -18 10 £25,750 -54.22%
North West -39 9 £60,000 +20.00% 7
East Midlands +15 8 £49,000 -10.91% 4
North East +6 7 £61,123 +22.25% 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 43 (12.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (7.96%) Apache Spark
3 26 (7.67%) Exchange Server 2003
4 22 (6.49%) Tomcat
4 22 (6.49%) WebSphere
5 16 (4.72%) WebSphere Application Server
6 6 (1.77%) Apache
6 6 (1.77%) Confluence
6 6 (1.77%) nginx
7 5 (1.47%) Anypoint
7 5 (1.47%) WebLogic
8 4 (1.18%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.88%) IIS
9 3 (0.88%) SharePoint
9 3 (0.88%) WebLogic Portal
10 2 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.59%) JBoss
10 2 (0.59%) SAS
11 1 (0.29%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 22 (6.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (5.60%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.47%) Shopify
2 4 (1.18%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.88%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.88%) Primavera
4 2 (0.59%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.29%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.29%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 111 (32.74%) AWS
2 62 (18.29%) Azure
3 36 (10.62%) GCP
4 30 (8.85%) Amazon EKS
4 30 (8.85%) Amazon S3
5 28 (8.26%) AWS CloudFormation
6 18 (5.31%) Amazon ELB
7 17 (5.01%) Amazon ECR
8 16 (4.72%) Microsoft 365
9 15 (4.42%) Amazon EC2
9 15 (4.42%) Serverless
10 13 (3.83%) AWS Lambda
10 13 (3.83%) OpenShift
11 12 (3.54%) Pulumi
12 11 (3.24%) Amazon ECS
12 11 (3.24%) dbt
12 11 (3.24%) GitHub
12 11 (3.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 10 (2.95%) SaaS
14 9 (2.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 28 (8.26%) DNS
2 27 (7.96%) DHCP
2 27 (7.96%) SSL
3 25 (7.37%) TCP/IP
4 23 (6.78%) Firewall
5 11 (3.24%) SAN
5 11 (3.24%) VPN
6 9 (2.65%) VLAN
7 8 (2.36%) HTTPS
8 7 (2.06%) MPLS
9 6 (1.77%) HTTP
9 6 (1.77%) Reverse Proxy
9 6 (1.77%) VoIP
9 6 (1.77%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (1.77%) Wireshark
10 5 (1.47%) LAN
10 5 (1.47%) WAN
11 4 (1.18%) Broadband
11 4 (1.18%) Kerberos
11 4 (1.18%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (10.91%) Oracle Database
2 36 (10.62%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (8.26%) Relational Database
4 27 (7.96%) Oracle Database 10g
5 22 (6.49%) Metadata
6 20 (5.90%) DynamoDB
6 20 (5.90%) Spark SQL
6 20 (5.90%) SQL Server
7 18 (5.31%) Amazon RDS
7 18 (5.31%) DB2
7 18 (5.31%) Delta Lake
8 13 (3.83%) MySQL
9 12 (3.54%) Big Data
9 12 (3.54%) Elasticsearch
10 11 (3.24%) NoSQL
10 11 (3.24%) Redis
11 9 (2.65%) Power BI
11 9 (2.65%) Tableau
12 8 (2.36%) Hadoop
13 7 (2.06%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 19 (5.60%) Git
2 18 (5.31%) MLflow
3 11 (3.24%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.24%) JIRA
4 7 (2.06%) GitLab
5 4 (1.18%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.18%) LabVIEW
5 4 (1.18%) Toad
6 3 (0.88%) CircleCI
6 3 (0.88%) JUnit
6 3 (0.88%) Mocha
6 3 (0.88%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (0.88%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.88%) webpack
7 2 (0.59%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.59%) Browser DevTools
7 2 (0.59%) Gradle
7 2 (0.59%) Maven
7 2 (0.59%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.29%) Jasmine
General
1 99 (29.20%) Finance
2 85 (25.07%) Social Skills
3 35 (10.32%) Banking
4 26 (7.67%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (5.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (5.01%) Law
6 16 (4.72%) Public Sector
7 14 (4.13%) Telecoms
8 13 (3.83%) Investment Banking
9 11 (3.24%) German Language
10 8 (2.36%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.36%) Marketing
11 7 (2.06%) Front Office
12 6 (1.77%) Electronics
13 5 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.47%) Legal
14 4 (1.18%) Advertising
14 4 (1.18%) Back Office
14 4 (1.18%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (16.52%) Senior
2 35 (10.32%) Administrator
3 34 (10.03%) Applications Support
4 33 (9.73%) Support Engineer
5 29 (8.55%) Linux Support
6 28 (8.26%) Systems Administrator
7 26 (7.67%) Analyst
8 25 (7.37%) 3rd Line Support
9 23 (6.78%) Systems Support
10 21 (6.19%) Developer
10 21 (6.19%) Infrastructure Support
11 20 (5.90%) Machine Learning Engineer
12 19 (5.60%) Linux Engineer
13 18 (5.31%) Operations Engineer
13 18 (5.31%) Support Analyst
14 16 (4.72%) Unix Support
15 13 (3.83%) Linux Support Engineer
15 13 (3.83%) Platform Engineer
16 12 (3.54%) Software Engineer
17 11 (3.24%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (10.32%) JSON
2 33 (9.73%) XML
3 32 (9.44%) HTML
4 30 (8.85%) Regular Expression
5 22 (6.49%) LDAP
6 20 (5.90%) NumPy
6 20 (5.90%) Pandas
6 20 (5.90%) PySpark
6 20 (5.90%) PyTorch
6 20 (5.90%) TensorFlow
7 18 (5.31%) Keras
7 18 (5.31%) Lambda Expressions
7 18 (5.31%) Metaflow
7 18 (5.31%) scikit-learn
7 18 (5.31%) WebSphere MQ
7 18 (5.31%) YAML
8 17 (5.01%) FIX Protocol
9 16 (4.72%) LAPP Stack
9 16 (4.72%) OAuth
10 13 (3.83%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 79 (23.30%) Linux Command Line
2 39 (11.50%) Onboarding
3 25 (7.37%) e-Learning
4 19 (5.60%) Management Information System
5 12 (3.54%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (3.24%) PKI
7 8 (2.36%) Algorithms
7 8 (2.36%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.36%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.06%) Driving Licence
8 7 (2.06%) Replication
9 6 (1.77%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 6 (1.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (1.77%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.77%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.47%) Clustering
10 5 (1.47%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.47%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.18%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 213 (62.83%) Linux
2 104 (30.68%) Windows
3 47 (13.86%) Solaris
4 36 (10.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 29 (8.55%) HPUX
6 26 (7.67%) Windows Server 2003
7 22 (6.49%) Windows 7
7 22 (6.49%) Windows Server 2008
8 17 (5.01%) Windows Server
9 10 (2.95%) Mac OS
10 9 (2.65%) Debian
11 5 (1.47%) AIX
11 5 (1.47%) CentOS
12 3 (0.88%) Oracle Linux
12 3 (0.88%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.59%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.29%) Android
14 1 (0.29%) CoreOS
14 1 (0.29%) SUSE
14 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (19.47%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (18.29%) AI
3 54 (15.93%) ITIL
4 53 (15.63%) CI/CD
5 51 (15.04%) DevOps
6 46 (13.57%) Agile
7 43 (12.68%) High Availability
8 40 (11.80%) Data Analysis
9 37 (10.91%) Incident Management
10 36 (10.62%) Containerisation
10 36 (10.62%) Infrastructure as Code
11 34 (10.03%) Machine Learning
12 32 (9.44%) Change Management
13 30 (8.85%) SDLC
14 29 (8.55%) Computer Science
14 29 (8.55%) Visualisation
15 28 (8.26%) LLM
16 27 (7.96%) Data Science
17 26 (7.67%) Innovative Thinking
18 25 (7.37%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 194 (57.23%) Python
2 91 (26.84%) SQL
3 48 (14.16%) Bash
4 43 (12.68%) PowerShell
5 27 (7.96%) Shell Script
6 26 (7.67%) JavaScript
6 26 (7.67%) Perl
7 23 (6.78%) Java
8 14 (4.13%) R
9 10 (2.95%) C#
10 8 (2.36%) Korn
11 7 (2.06%) C
12 6 (1.77%) C++
12 6 (1.77%) MATLAB
12 6 (1.77%) PL/SQL
12 6 (1.77%) TypeScript
13 5 (1.47%) Go
14 4 (1.18%) Fortran
14 4 (1.18%) VB
15 3 (0.88%) Scala
Qualifications
1 104 (30.68%) Degree
2 99 (29.20%) Security Cleared
3 84 (24.78%) SC Cleared
4 60 (17.70%) DV Cleared
5 32 (9.44%) CCNA
5 32 (9.44%) Cisco Certification
6 28 (8.26%) AWS Certification
7 25 (7.37%) CCNP
8 21 (6.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 21 (6.19%) ITIL Certification
9 16 (4.72%) CISSP
10 10 (2.95%) CISA
10 10 (2.95%) Network+ Certification
11 8 (2.36%) Master's Degree
11 8 (2.36%) PhD
12 7 (2.06%) ACCA
12 7 (2.06%) CIMA
13 6 (1.77%) GCFA
13 6 (1.77%) GCIA
13 6 (1.77%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (15.63%) SLA
2 11 (3.24%) GDPR
2 11 (3.24%) QA
3 9 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.06%) NIST
5 3 (0.88%) COBIT
6 2 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.59%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.59%) ITGC
7 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 56 (16.52%) Docker
2 48 (14.16%) Active Directory
3 23 (6.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.47%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (1.47%) XenApp
4 5 (1.47%) XenDesktop
5 3 (0.88%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.88%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 2 (0.59%) Apache Flume
6 2 (0.59%) HDFS
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 55 (16.22%) Terraform
2 43 (12.68%) Ansible
3 42 (12.39%) Kubernetes
4 23 (6.78%) Grafana
5 18 (5.31%) Kubeflow
6 11 (3.24%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (2.36%) Prometheus
7 8 (2.36%) SCCM
8 6 (1.77%) AWS Copilot
8 6 (1.77%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.88%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.88%) Netcool
10 3 (0.88%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (0.88%) Puppet
11 2 (0.59%) Kibana
11 2 (0.59%) logstash
11 2 (0.59%) Oozie
11 2 (0.59%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.59%) Suricata
Vendors
1 67 (19.76%) Oracle
2 62 (18.29%) Microsoft
3 53 (15.63%) VMware
4 40 (11.80%) Red Hat
5 38 (11.21%) Cisco
6 34 (10.03%) Google
7 32 (9.44%) IBM
8 23 (6.78%) Databricks
9 20 (5.90%) SAP
10 16 (4.72%) ServiceNow
11 12 (3.54%) Atlassian
11 12 (3.54%) Dell
11 12 (3.54%) Splunk
12 11 (3.24%) Fortinet
13 8 (2.36%) Apple
13 8 (2.36%) IFS
13 8 (2.36%) Juniper
13 8 (2.36%) NetApp
13 8 (2.36%) Palo Alto
14 7 (2.06%) Arista