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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 516 387 351
Rank change year-on-year -129 -36 -145
Permanent jobs citing Unix 236 300 533
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.25% 0.69% 0.73%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.02% 4.59% 5.69%
Number of salaries quoted 164 195 307
10th Percentile £42,875 £29,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £53,250 £41,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,306 £67,626 £62,783
Median % change year-on-year +2.48% +7.71% -4.88%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,751 £85,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £103,000
UK median annual salary £66,538 £67,626 £61,754
% change year-on-year -1.61% +9.51% -5.50%

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 5,877 6,533 9,363
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.17% 14.95% 12.90%
Number of salaries quoted 4,438 4,340 6,665
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,975 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -14.43% -7.62%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -15.15% -5.71%

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 21 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 21 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 -97 99 £75,000 -6.25% 40
North of England -26 49 £69,306 +10.89% 16
South West -46 47 £66,250 -15.94% 17
North West -8 28 £62,500 -14.64% 11
Midlands -45 18 £62,000 -11.43% 6
West Midlands -36 15 £69,306 -0.99% 5
Yorkshire -35 14 £69,308 +10.89% 4
South East -77 9 £62,500 +66.67% 14
East of England -35 7 £61,500 +44.71% 2
North East -53 7 £69,310 +45.92% 1
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 (2.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.12%) Confluence
3 2 (0.85%) Documentum
3 2 (0.85%) JBoss
3 2 (0.85%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (0.85%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.42%) Apache
4 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle 10gAS
4 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Fuse
4 1 (0.42%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.42%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.42%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (2.12%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (4.66%) FLEXCUBE
2 6 (2.54%) Fidessa
3 5 (2.12%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (1.69%) Line 50
4 4 (1.69%) Oracle Applications
4 4 (1.69%) Oracle Assets
4 4 (1.69%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (1.69%) Oracle EBS R12
4 4 (1.69%) Oracle Financials
4 4 (1.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (1.69%) Oracle Retail
5 2 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.85%) Siebel CRM
6 1 (0.42%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 87 (36.86%) AWS
2 65 (27.54%) Azure
3 33 (13.98%) GCP
4 20 (8.47%) Azure AKS
5 18 (7.63%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (5.93%) Azure Service Bus
7 11 (4.66%) GitHub
8 7 (2.97%) AWS CloudFormation
8 7 (2.97%) dbt
8 7 (2.97%) SaaS
9 6 (2.54%) Amazon EKS
9 6 (2.54%) OpenShift
10 4 (1.69%) Datadog
10 4 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.27%) Apigee
11 3 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (1.27%) Kong
12 2 (0.85%) BlazeMeter
12 2 (0.85%) Entra ID
12 2 (0.85%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.59%) TCP/IP
2 24 (10.17%) DNS
3 19 (8.05%) Firewall
4 9 (3.81%) DHCP
5 8 (3.39%) 3GPP
5 8 (3.39%) MGW
5 8 (3.39%) MVNO
5 8 (3.39%) Packet Switching
5 8 (3.39%) RTP
5 8 (3.39%) SGSN
5 8 (3.39%) SMPP
6 6 (2.54%) FIX Connectivity
6 6 (2.54%) Network Security
6 6 (2.54%) WAN
7 5 (2.12%) HTTPS
7 5 (2.12%) SSH
8 4 (1.69%) 5G
8 4 (1.69%) SD-WAN
8 4 (1.69%) VoIP
9 3 (1.27%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.32%) MongoDB
2 18 (7.63%) Oracle Database
3 16 (6.78%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (6.78%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.97%) Oracle Reports
4 7 (2.97%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.69%) FileMaker
6 3 (1.27%) Db2
6 3 (1.27%) Hadoop
6 3 (1.27%) KDB
6 3 (1.27%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.85%) Big Data
7 2 (0.85%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.85%) Kdb+
7 2 (0.85%) Oracle Database 11g
7 2 (0.85%) Oracle Database 12c
7 2 (0.85%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.85%) Siebel EIM
Development Applications
1 22 (9.32%) GitLab
2 21 (8.90%) Git
3 16 (6.78%) Jenkins
4 10 (4.24%) JIRA
5 8 (3.39%) Eclipse
6 7 (2.97%) Subversion
7 6 (2.54%) Bitbucket
8 4 (1.69%) LabVIEW
8 4 (1.69%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (1.69%) Toad
9 3 (1.27%) Maven
9 3 (1.27%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (1.27%) Selenium
10 2 (0.85%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.85%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.85%) Gradle
10 2 (0.85%) JMeter
10 2 (0.85%) Metasploit
11 1 (0.42%) LSMW
11 1 (0.42%) NetBeans
General
1 82 (34.75%) Finance
2 60 (25.42%) Social Skills
3 40 (16.95%) Public Sector
4 33 (13.98%) Banking
5 31 (13.14%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (7.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (4.66%) Front Office
7 11 (4.66%) Retail
8 9 (3.81%) Aerospace
9 7 (2.97%) Electronics
10 6 (2.54%) Investment Banking
11 5 (2.12%) Legal
12 4 (1.69%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.69%) Retail Finance
12 4 (1.69%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.27%) Avionics
13 3 (1.27%) Back Office
13 3 (1.27%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.27%) Japanese Language
13 3 (1.27%) Military
Job Titles
1 77 (32.63%) Senior
2 32 (13.56%) DevOps Engineer
3 31 (13.14%) Senior DevOps
4 28 (11.86%) Senior DevOps Engineer
5 24 (10.17%) Developer
6 18 (7.63%) Administrator
7 16 (6.78%) DBA
8 14 (5.93%) Analyst
9 13 (5.51%) Applications Support
9 13 (5.51%) Linux Engineer
10 12 (5.08%) Lead
11 11 (4.66%) Oracle DBA
12 10 (4.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (4.24%) Network Engineer
12 10 (4.24%) Senior DBA
12 10 (4.24%) Senior Oracle DBA
12 10 (4.24%) Software Engineer
12 10 (4.24%) Systems Administrator
13 9 (3.81%) Senior Developer
13 9 (3.81%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (18.64%) Terraform
2 17 (7.20%) FIX Protocol
3 14 (5.93%) Node.js
4 10 (4.24%) REST
5 9 (3.81%) Jakarta EE
5 9 (3.81%) RESTful
5 9 (3.81%) Web Services
6 8 (3.39%) Kafka
6 8 (3.39%) Struts
7 7 (2.97%) HTML
7 7 (2.97%) YAML
8 6 (2.54%) CSS
8 6 (2.54%) React
9 4 (1.69%) Elastic Stack
9 4 (1.69%) Middleware
9 4 (1.69%) pytest
10 3 (1.27%) Jinja
10 3 (1.27%) JSON
10 3 (1.27%) XML
10 3 (1.27%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.51%) Distributed Systems
2 10 (4.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 10 (4.24%) Public Cloud
3 9 (3.81%) Cloud Native
4 8 (3.39%) IVR
4 8 (3.39%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.97%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (2.97%) Linux Command Line
6 6 (2.54%) Embedded Systems
6 6 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.54%) Eurex
6 6 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.12%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.69%) Equity Derivative
8 4 (1.69%) Hedge funds
8 4 (1.69%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.69%) Self-Driving Car
9 3 (1.27%) Distributed Architecture
9 3 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.27%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 194 (82.20%) Linux
2 71 (30.08%) Windows
3 26 (11.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (5.51%) AIX
5 10 (4.24%) Oracle Linux
6 9 (3.81%) Solaris
7 8 (3.39%) Windows Server
8 7 (2.97%) CentOS
9 6 (2.54%) Mac OS
9 6 (2.54%) Rocky
10 4 (1.69%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.85%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.85%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.42%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.42%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.42%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (33.90%) DevOps
2 75 (31.78%) CI/CD
3 56 (23.73%) Continuous Improvement
3 56 (23.73%) Mentoring
4 54 (22.88%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (21.61%) Agile
6 47 (19.92%) Coaching
6 47 (19.92%) Test Automation
7 36 (15.25%) Scrum
8 33 (13.98%) Continuous Integration
9 32 (13.56%) Incident Response
10 29 (12.29%) Containerisation
10 29 (12.29%) Software Engineering
11 27 (11.44%) Infrastructure as Code
11 27 (11.44%) ITIL
12 23 (9.75%) High Availability
12 23 (9.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 22 (9.32%) Computer Science
14 21 (8.90%) Microservices
15 20 (8.47%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 79 (33.47%) Python
2 62 (26.27%) SQL
3 45 (19.07%) Bash
4 40 (16.95%) Java
5 27 (11.44%) Shell Script
6 25 (10.59%) JavaScript
7 19 (8.05%) C++
8 17 (7.20%) Perl
8 17 (7.20%) PL/SQL
9 13 (5.51%) Korn
9 13 (5.51%) PowerShell
10 10 (4.24%) Rust
11 9 (3.81%) C
12 6 (2.54%) C#
12 6 (2.54%) MATLAB
12 6 (2.54%) Ruby
13 4 (1.69%) Go
13 4 (1.69%) PHP
14 3 (1.27%) Ada
14 3 (1.27%) Ada 95
Qualifications
1 49 (20.76%) Security Cleared
2 39 (16.53%) SC Cleared
3 35 (14.83%) Degree
4 21 (8.90%) DV Cleared
5 17 (7.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.54%) HND
7 5 (2.12%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (1.69%) CISSP
8 4 (1.69%) OSCP
9 3 (1.27%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 3 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.27%) CISM
9 3 (1.27%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.27%) GCIH
9 3 (1.27%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.27%) RHCE
9 3 (1.27%) RHCSA
9 3 (1.27%) SANS
10 2 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.63%) QA
2 4 (1.69%) ISO 14001
2 4 (1.69%) ISO 9001
2 4 (1.69%) NIST
3 3 (1.27%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.27%) MIL-STD-1553
4 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.85%) GDPR
5 1 (0.42%) COBIT
5 1 (0.42%) DO-178B
5 1 (0.42%) ITGC
System Software
1 24 (10.17%) Docker
2 12 (5.08%) Oracle RAC
3 3 (1.27%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 3 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.85%) Firmware
5 1 (0.42%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.42%) GPFS
5 1 (0.42%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.42%) KVM
5 1 (0.42%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 28 (11.86%) Kubernetes
2 24 (10.17%) Ansible
3 17 (7.20%) Puppet
4 14 (5.93%) Argo
5 13 (5.51%) Oracle RMAN
6 12 (5.08%) Grafana
6 12 (5.08%) Prometheus
7 10 (4.24%) Data Guard
7 10 (4.24%) Nagios
8 4 (1.69%) Podman
9 3 (1.27%) Check_MK
10 2 (0.85%) Kibana
10 2 (0.85%) logstash
11 1 (0.42%) Control-M
11 1 (0.42%) ITRS Geneos
11 1 (0.42%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.42%) SCCM
Vendors
1 52 (22.03%) Oracle
2 26 (11.02%) Microsoft
3 25 (10.59%) Red Hat
4 13 (5.51%) IBM
5 12 (5.08%) Pega
6 7 (2.97%) Bloomberg
6 7 (2.97%) Google
6 7 (2.97%) VMware
7 6 (2.54%) CQG
7 6 (2.54%) ION Trading
7 6 (2.54%) Patsystems
7 6 (2.54%) Reuters
7 6 (2.54%) Trayport
8 5 (2.12%) Adobe
8 5 (2.12%) Sybase
9 4 (1.69%) Apple
9 4 (1.69%) Cisco
9 4 (1.69%) Retek
9 4 (1.69%) Sage
9 4 (1.69%) SAP