Unix Job Trends in London

Unix
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Unix skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 289 265 292
Rank change year-on-year -24 +27 -103
Permanent jobs citing Unix 117 142 226
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.60% 1.10% 0.98%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.94% 7.82% 7.33%
Number of salaries quoted 47 74 158
10th Percentile £54,500 £43,750 £48,410
25th Percentile £65,625 £60,000 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% -0.37%
75th Percentile £88,125 £86,250 £96,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -14.29%

All Operating Systems
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,474 1,816 3,085
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 7.60% 14.05% 13.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,060 1,348 2,386
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,425 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £110,125 £115,000 £102,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -14.29%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Unix relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Unix job vacancy trend in London

Unix
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Unix.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Unix

Unix
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unix in London over the 6 months to 20 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Unix in London

Unix
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unix within the London region over the 6 months to 20 April 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
Central London -6 13 £85,000 +30.77% 7
West London - 7 - - 3
East London -10 6 £87,500 +34.62% 1
South London - 1 - - 1
Unix
England

Unix
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.71%) Anypoint
2 2 (1.71%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.71%) Tomcat
2 2 (1.71%) WebSphere
2 2 (1.71%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (0.85%) Apache
3 1 (0.85%) Confluence
3 1 (0.85%) IIS
3 1 (0.85%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (5.98%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (5.98%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (4.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (3.42%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (3.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (2.56%) FLEXCUBE
3 2 (1.71%) Fidessa
3 2 (1.71%) Shopify
4 1 (0.85%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 55 (47.01%) AWS
2 40 (34.19%) Azure
3 20 (17.09%) GCP
4 19 (16.24%) Pulumi
5 16 (13.68%) SaaS
6 13 (11.11%) PaaS
7 11 (9.40%) IaaS
7 11 (9.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 8 (6.84%) AWS CloudFormation
9 7 (5.98%) GitHub
10 6 (5.13%) Power Platform
11 5 (4.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (3.42%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (3.42%) Entra ID
12 4 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
13 3 (2.56%) Amazon ECS
13 3 (2.56%) Datadog
13 3 (2.56%) dbt
13 3 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (2.56%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 18 (15.38%) TCP/IP
2 16 (13.68%) Broadband
2 16 (13.68%) Firewall
3 9 (7.69%) DNS
3 9 (7.69%) HTTPS
4 5 (4.27%) VLAN
5 4 (3.42%) FIX Connectivity
5 4 (3.42%) MPLS
5 4 (3.42%) VPN
6 3 (2.56%) CHAP
6 3 (2.56%) SSL
7 2 (1.71%) Internet
7 2 (1.71%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.85%) BGP
8 1 (0.85%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.85%) DHCP
8 1 (0.85%) HTTP
8 1 (0.85%) IPsec
8 1 (0.85%) OSPF
8 1 (0.85%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (19.66%) NoSQL
2 21 (17.95%) Relational Database
3 17 (14.53%) RDBMS
4 8 (6.84%) Oracle Database
5 6 (5.13%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (5.13%) Power BI
5 6 (5.13%) Tableau
6 5 (4.27%) DB2
6 5 (4.27%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (3.42%) Big Data
7 4 (3.42%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (2.56%) Redis
9 2 (1.71%) Apache Hive
9 2 (1.71%) Hadoop
9 2 (1.71%) Informix
9 2 (1.71%) SQL Server
10 1 (0.85%) KDB
Development Applications
1 16 (13.68%) Jaeger
2 8 (6.84%) Bitbucket
3 4 (3.42%) Metasploit
4 3 (2.56%) GitLab
4 3 (2.56%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.85%) Git
5 1 (0.85%) JIRA
5 1 (0.85%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.85%) Selenium
General
1 58 (49.57%) Finance
2 36 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 22 (18.80%) Banking
3 22 (18.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 14 (11.97%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (6.84%) Investment Banking
5 8 (6.84%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (5.98%) German Language
6 7 (5.98%) Legal
7 5 (4.27%) Front Office
7 5 (4.27%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.42%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.42%) Law
9 3 (2.56%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.56%) Japanese Language
9 3 (2.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (20.51%) Senior
2 20 (17.09%) Cloud Engineer
3 17 (14.53%) Lead
4 14 (11.97%) Azure Engineer
5 13 (11.11%) Analyst
6 11 (9.40%) Automation Engineer
6 11 (9.40%) AWS Engineer
6 11 (9.40%) Cloud Automation Engineer
6 11 (9.40%) Cloud Security Engineer
6 11 (9.40%) GCP Engineer
6 11 (9.40%) Python Engineer
6 11 (9.40%) Security Engineer
7 9 (7.69%) Developer
7 9 (7.69%) Infrastructure Support
7 9 (7.69%) Lead Cloud Engineer
7 9 (7.69%) Unix Support
8 8 (6.84%) Applications Support
8 8 (6.84%) Platform Engineer
9 7 (5.98%) Support Analyst
9 7 (5.98%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (17.95%) Elastic Stack
2 16 (13.68%) OpenTelemetry
3 10 (8.55%) FIX Protocol
4 9 (7.69%) JSON
4 9 (7.69%) XML
5 7 (5.98%) HTML
5 7 (5.98%) Regular Expression
6 5 (4.27%) LDAP
7 4 (3.42%) Kafka
7 4 (3.42%) OAuth
8 3 (2.56%) Django
8 3 (2.56%) Middleware
8 3 (2.56%) OAuth2
8 3 (2.56%) RESTful
9 2 (1.71%) .NET
9 2 (1.71%) LAPP Stack
9 2 (1.71%) REST
9 2 (1.71%) SOAP
9 2 (1.71%) Web Services
9 2 (1.71%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.53%) Management Information System
2 16 (13.68%) Linux Command Line
3 13 (11.11%) Hedge funds
4 12 (10.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 12 (10.26%) Security Posture
5 9 (7.69%) Onboarding
6 8 (6.84%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (5.98%) Clustering
8 6 (5.13%) Data Centre
9 4 (3.42%) Blockchain
9 4 (3.42%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (3.42%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (3.42%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (2.56%) Equities
10 3 (2.56%) IoT
10 3 (2.56%) Low-Code
10 3 (2.56%) Private Cloud
11 2 (1.71%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 80 (68.38%) Linux
2 21 (17.95%) Windows
3 10 (8.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (5.13%) AIX
5 4 (3.42%) Kali Linux
5 4 (3.42%) Windows Server
6 3 (2.56%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (1.71%) Solaris
7 2 (1.71%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.85%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (35.04%) Infrastructure as Code
2 39 (33.33%) DevOps
3 31 (26.50%) Agile
4 29 (24.79%) High Availability
5 25 (21.37%) AI
5 25 (21.37%) Computer Science
5 25 (21.37%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (21.37%) Task Automation
6 24 (20.51%) Containerisation
7 23 (19.66%) Incident Response
8 22 (18.80%) Mentoring
8 22 (18.80%) Roadmaps
9 19 (16.24%) CI/CD
9 19 (16.24%) Information Security
10 17 (14.53%) Continuous Integration
11 16 (13.68%) Budget Control
11 16 (13.68%) Configuration Management
11 16 (13.68%) GitOps
11 16 (13.68%) Product Management
11 16 (13.68%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 88 (75.21%) Python
2 47 (40.17%) Bash
3 28 (23.93%) Java
3 28 (23.93%) SQL
4 20 (17.09%) JavaScript
5 18 (15.38%) Go
6 15 (12.82%) PowerShell
7 9 (7.69%) Shell Script
8 7 (5.98%) C#
9 5 (4.27%) VB
9 5 (4.27%) VBA
9 5 (4.27%) VBScript
10 4 (3.42%) C++
10 4 (3.42%) PL/SQL
10 4 (3.42%) Rust
11 3 (2.56%) Korn
11 3 (2.56%) Perl
12 2 (1.71%) C
13 1 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.85%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 42 (35.90%) Degree
2 24 (20.51%) AWS Certification
3 20 (17.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (12.82%) CISSP
5 11 (9.40%) CCSK
6 7 (5.98%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (4.27%) OSCP
7 5 (4.27%) Security Cleared
8 4 (3.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 4 (3.42%) CCNA
8 4 (3.42%) CISA
8 4 (3.42%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.42%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (3.42%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (2.56%) CGEIT
9 3 (2.56%) CISM
9 3 (2.56%) FFIEC
9 3 (2.56%) SANS
9 3 (2.56%) SC Cleared
10 2 (1.71%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.98%) SLA
2 5 (4.27%) GDPR
2 5 (4.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (3.42%) NIST
4 3 (2.56%) COBIT
5 2 (1.71%) QA
6 1 (0.85%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.85%) ITGC
6 1 (0.85%) MiFID
6 1 (0.85%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 26 (22.22%) Docker
2 13 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (7.69%) Active Directory
4 5 (4.27%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 4 (3.42%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 38 (32.48%) Ansible
2 37 (31.62%) Terraform
3 36 (30.77%) Kubernetes
4 19 (16.24%) Prometheus
5 16 (13.68%) Argo
5 16 (13.68%) Kustomize
6 7 (5.98%) Grafana
7 5 (4.27%) SCCM
8 3 (2.56%) Data Guard
8 3 (2.56%) Nagios
8 3 (2.56%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (1.71%) AWS Copilot
Vendors
1 31 (26.50%) Google
2 21 (17.95%) Oracle
3 18 (15.38%) Microsoft
4 14 (11.97%) IBM
5 13 (11.11%) VMware
6 12 (10.26%) Red Hat
7 8 (6.84%) SAP
8 7 (5.98%) Symantec
9 6 (5.13%) Cisco
9 6 (5.13%) Splunk
9 6 (5.13%) Workday
10 5 (4.27%) Adobe
10 5 (4.27%) Databricks
10 5 (4.27%) Dell
10 5 (4.27%) Snow
11 4 (3.42%) Arista
11 4 (3.42%) Fortinet
11 4 (3.42%) Juniper
11 4 (3.42%) Palo Alto
11 4 (3.42%) TOWER Software