Unix Job Trends in Manchester

Unix
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester citing Unix skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 130 84
Rank change year-on-year -73 -46 +4
Permanent jobs citing Unix 10 7 86
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.13% 0.29% 2.38%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.95% 3.61% 18.53%
Number of salaries quoted 5 6 17
10th Percentile £58,250 £39,250 -
25th Percentile £61,250 £40,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,991 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +43.98% -4.76% -19.23%
75th Percentile £76,075 £75,967 £74,144
90th Percentile £82,180 £78,790 £83,876
North West median annual salary £65,576 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +31.15% -4.76% -19.23%

All Operating Systems
Manchester

Unix falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing operating system skills in Manchester.

6 months to
13 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing operating system skills 339 194 464
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.35% 7.99% 12.83%
Number of salaries quoted 212 179 216
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,850 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,250 £40,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.01% -19.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £61,313
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £74,144
North West median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -10.53%

Unix Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Unix job vacancy trend in Manchester

Unix Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Unix.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Unix

Unix Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unix in Manchester over the 6 months to 13 November 2026.

Salary histogram for Unix in Manchester

Unix Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Operating Systems

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Linux100.0%10
2Windows20.0%2
3CentOS10.0%1
3Solaris10.0%1
3Ubuntu10.0%1