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 10 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 462 376 337
Rank change year-on-year -86 -39 -117
Permanent jobs citing Unix 209 275 674
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.26% 0.70% 0.80%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.26% 4.42% 5.50%
Number of salaries quoted 108 189 476
10th Percentile £40,875 £33,450 £37,625
25th Percentile £60,000 £46,250 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.63% +8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,751 £82,512
90th Percentile £99,875 £95,000 £100,064
UK median annual salary £67,500 £69,384 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.71% +15.64% -13.60%

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 4,901 6,215 12,256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.05% 15.87% 14.58%
Number of salaries quoted 3,697 4,127 9,906
10th Percentile £27,694 £27,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £46,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.17% +2.22% -14.29%

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 10 May 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 10 May 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 -26 107 £81,500 +8.67% 57
North of England -65 32 £61,250 -11.72% 18
South West -37 31 £70,000 -2.77% 6
East of England +1 17 £61,500 +123.64% 8
North West -12 15 £60,000 -13.52% 10
Yorkshire -62 11 £69,310 -18.70% 6
South East -67 10 £62,500 +48.81% 34
Midlands -25 9 £28,500 -52.50% 12
West Midlands -37 7 £28,500 -52.50% 8
North East -40 6 £69,310 -0.11% 2
East Midlands -27 2 £61,500 -12.14% 4
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 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.96%) Confluence
3 1 (0.48%) Apache
3 1 (0.48%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.48%) IIS
3 1 (0.48%) nginx
3 1 (0.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (7.18%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.91%) FLEXCUBE
1 4 (1.91%) Line 50
1 4 (1.91%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.91%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.48%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 82 (39.23%) AWS
2 62 (29.67%) Azure
3 21 (10.05%) GCP
3 21 (10.05%) Pulumi
4 19 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (8.61%) SaaS
6 14 (6.70%) Azure AKS
6 14 (6.70%) Azure Service Bus
6 14 (6.70%) PaaS
7 13 (6.22%) GitHub
8 11 (5.26%) IaaS
8 11 (5.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 8 (3.83%) OpenShift
10 6 (2.87%) Apigee
10 6 (2.87%) Kong
10 6 (2.87%) Power Platform
11 5 (2.39%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (2.39%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (1.91%) Entra ID
12 4 (1.91%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 20 (9.57%) Firewall
2 18 (8.61%) Broadband
3 15 (7.18%) TCP/IP
4 9 (4.31%) DNS
4 9 (4.31%) HTTPS
4 9 (4.31%) WAN
5 8 (3.83%) 5G
5 8 (3.83%) SD-WAN
6 7 (3.35%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (2.39%) Network Security
8 4 (1.91%) VoIP
9 3 (1.44%) CHAP
10 2 (0.96%) BGP
10 2 (0.96%) FIX Connectivity
10 2 (0.96%) Internet
10 2 (0.96%) MPLS
10 2 (0.96%) OSPF
10 2 (0.96%) VPN
11 1 (0.48%) DHCP
11 1 (0.48%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (11.48%) NoSQL
1 24 (11.48%) Relational Database
2 19 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (9.09%) RDBMS
3 18 (8.61%) MongoDB
4 9 (4.31%) Oracle Database
5 6 (2.87%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (2.87%) Power BI
5 6 (2.87%) Tableau
6 4 (1.91%) FileMaker
6 4 (1.91%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.44%) Big Data
7 3 (1.44%) DB2
7 3 (1.44%) Redis
7 3 (1.44%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.96%) Informix
9 1 (0.48%) Apache Hive
9 1 (0.48%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.48%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 26 (12.44%) GitLab
2 18 (8.61%) Jaeger
3 14 (6.70%) Git
4 9 (4.31%) Bitbucket
5 8 (3.83%) Jenkins
5 8 (3.83%) LabVIEW
6 4 (1.91%) Metasploit
7 3 (1.44%) JIRA
7 3 (1.44%) Selenium
8 2 (0.96%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.96%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.96%) Gradle
8 2 (0.96%) JMeter
8 2 (0.96%) Maven
9 1 (0.48%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.48%) Zephyr
General
1 74 (35.41%) Finance
2 57 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 31 (14.83%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (14.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 22 (10.53%) Public Sector
5 21 (10.05%) Banking
6 16 (7.66%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (4.78%) German Language
8 9 (4.31%) Electronics
9 8 (3.83%) Legal
10 7 (3.35%) Telecoms
11 6 (2.87%) Investment Banking
12 5 (2.39%) Front Office
13 4 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.44%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.44%) Back Office
14 3 (1.44%) Financial Institution
14 3 (1.44%) Japanese Language
14 3 (1.44%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.96%) Law
Job Titles
1 39 (18.66%) Senior
2 21 (10.05%) Cloud Engineer
3 20 (9.57%) Lead
4 18 (8.61%) Automation Engineer
5 17 (8.13%) Linux Engineer
6 16 (7.66%) DevOps Engineer
7 15 (7.18%) Senior DevOps
7 15 (7.18%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 13 (6.22%) Analyst
9 12 (5.74%) Azure Engineer
9 12 (5.74%) Developer
10 11 (5.26%) AWS Engineer
10 11 (5.26%) Cloud Automation Engineer
10 11 (5.26%) Cloud Security Engineer
10 11 (5.26%) GCP Engineer
10 11 (5.26%) Python Engineer
10 11 (5.26%) Security Engineer
10 11 (5.26%) Unix Engineer
10 11 (5.26%) Unix Linux Engineer
11 9 (4.31%) Lead Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (11.48%) JSON
1 24 (11.48%) XML
2 23 (11.00%) Elastic Stack
3 22 (10.53%) HTML
4 18 (8.61%) OpenTelemetry
4 18 (8.61%) Regular Expression
5 16 (7.66%) Node.js
6 8 (3.83%) FIX Protocol
6 8 (3.83%) pytest
6 8 (3.83%) REST
7 6 (2.87%) Jinja
7 6 (2.87%) YAML
7 6 (2.87%) YANG
8 4 (1.91%) CSS
8 4 (1.91%) Kafka
9 3 (1.44%) .NET
9 3 (1.44%) Django
9 3 (1.44%) Middleware
9 3 (1.44%) OAuth
10 2 (0.96%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 26 (12.44%) Linux Command Line
2 19 (9.09%) Onboarding
3 18 (8.61%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (7.66%) Management Information System
5 14 (6.70%) Security Posture
6 13 (6.22%) Hedge funds
7 12 (5.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 10 (4.78%) Cyber Threat
9 9 (4.31%) Data Centre
10 8 (3.83%) Self-Driving Car
11 7 (3.35%) Clustering
12 5 (2.39%) Blockchain
12 5 (2.39%) Cloud Native
13 4 (1.91%) Cyber Defence
13 4 (1.91%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 4 (1.91%) Driving Licence
13 4 (1.91%) IoT
13 4 (1.91%) Public Cloud
13 4 (1.91%) Security Operations Centre
14 3 (1.44%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 147 (70.33%) Linux
2 57 (27.27%) Windows
3 21 (10.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (3.35%) AIX
4 7 (3.35%) Solaris
5 6 (2.87%) Windows Server
6 5 (2.39%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.91%) Kali Linux
7 4 (1.91%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.96%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.48%) CentOS
9 1 (0.48%) Debian
9 1 (0.48%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.48%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.48%) ThreadX
9 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (33.01%) DevOps
2 52 (24.88%) CI/CD
2 52 (24.88%) Infrastructure as Code
3 51 (24.40%) Agile
4 45 (21.53%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (20.10%) Test Automation
6 41 (19.62%) Mentoring
7 38 (18.18%) Continuous Integration
8 36 (17.22%) AI
9 34 (16.27%) Task Automation
10 32 (15.31%) High Availability
11 31 (14.83%) Containerisation
12 29 (13.88%) Roadmaps
13 27 (12.92%) Computer Science
13 27 (12.92%) Incident Response
14 23 (11.00%) Data Analysis
15 22 (10.53%) Coaching
15 22 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
15 22 (10.53%) Information Security
16 21 (10.05%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 119 (56.94%) Python
2 56 (26.79%) Bash
3 46 (22.01%) Java
4 30 (14.35%) SQL
5 25 (11.96%) JavaScript
6 21 (10.05%) Go
7 13 (6.22%) PowerShell
7 13 (6.22%) Shell Script
8 8 (3.83%) MATLAB
9 6 (2.87%) C#
9 6 (2.87%) Rust
10 5 (2.39%) C++
10 5 (2.39%) Korn
10 5 (2.39%) PL/SQL
10 5 (2.39%) VB
10 5 (2.39%) VBA
10 5 (2.39%) VBScript
11 4 (1.91%) Perl
11 4 (1.91%) PHP
12 3 (1.44%) C
Qualifications
1 61 (29.19%) Degree
2 23 (11.00%) AWS Certification
3 22 (10.53%) Security Cleared
4 20 (9.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (8.13%) CISSP
5 17 (8.13%) SC Cleared
6 11 (5.26%) CCSK
7 8 (3.83%) HND
8 6 (2.87%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (2.87%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (2.39%) CISM
9 5 (2.39%) OSCP
9 5 (2.39%) SANS
10 4 (1.91%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (1.91%) CISA
10 4 (1.91%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.44%) CGEIT
11 3 (1.44%) FFIEC
11 3 (1.44%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.96%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.31%) QA
2 6 (2.87%) NIST
3 5 (2.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (2.39%) SLA
4 4 (1.91%) ISO 14001
4 4 (1.91%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.44%) COBIT
5 3 (1.44%) GDPR
5 3 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.48%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.48%) ITGC
7 1 (0.48%) MiFID
7 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 32 (15.31%) Docker
2 15 (7.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.35%) Active Directory
4 6 (2.87%) Oracle RAC
5 5 (2.39%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.48%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.48%) Firmware
6 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 65 (31.10%) Terraform
2 48 (22.97%) Ansible
3 38 (18.18%) Kubernetes
4 32 (15.31%) Argo
5 23 (11.00%) Prometheus
6 18 (8.61%) Kustomize
7 10 (4.78%) Puppet
8 8 (3.83%) Grafana
9 5 (2.39%) Oracle RMAN
9 5 (2.39%) SCCM
10 4 (1.91%) Data Guard
10 4 (1.91%) Nagios
10 4 (1.91%) Podman
11 3 (1.44%) AWS Copilot
11 3 (1.44%) Check_MK
12 2 (0.96%) Kibana
12 2 (0.96%) logstash
13 1 (0.48%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 33 (15.79%) Google
2 28 (13.40%) Red Hat
3 21 (10.05%) Oracle
3 21 (10.05%) VMware
4 19 (9.09%) Microsoft
5 11 (5.26%) IBM
6 9 (4.31%) Adobe
6 9 (4.31%) Cisco
7 7 (3.35%) Juniper
7 7 (3.35%) Palo Alto
7 7 (3.35%) Splunk
7 7 (3.35%) Symantec
8 6 (2.87%) F5
8 6 (2.87%) SAP
9 5 (2.39%) Databricks
9 5 (2.39%) Snow
10 4 (1.91%) Apple
10 4 (1.91%) Mirantis
10 4 (1.91%) Sage
10 4 (1.91%) Workday