Unix Jobs in Scotland

Unix
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Unix skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Unix over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 89 164
Rank change year-on-year -29 +75 -53
Permanent jobs citing Unix 185 142 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.71% 3.32% 1.64%
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.99% 19.51% 10.39%
Number of salaries quoted 25 47 68
10th Percentile £24,000 £40,321 £36,388
25th Percentile £27,500 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% - +33.33%
75th Percentile £43,570 £80,000 £72,040
90th Percentile £82,548 - £84,875
UK median annual salary £58,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.07% +3.85% +8.33%

All Operating Systems
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 771 728 1,001
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 11.27% 17.00% 15.80%
Number of salaries quoted 422 409 550
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +16.67%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £65,313
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,508 £73,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Unix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Unix in Scotland

Unix
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Unix in Scotland.

Salary trend for Unix in Scotland

Unix
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unix in Scotland over the 6 months to 14 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Unix in Scotland

Unix
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unix within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 June 2024. 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
Glasgow -16 137 £42,000 -23.64% 6
Edinburgh +5 46 £29,000 -61.33% 1
Unix
UK

Unix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 86 (46.49%) Apache Spark
2 9 (4.86%) WebSphere
3 7 (3.78%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (2.70%) Tomcat
5 4 (2.16%) Captiva
5 4 (2.16%) FileNet
6 2 (1.08%) WildFly
Applications
1 4 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (5.95%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 116 (62.70%) AWS
2 23 (12.43%) Azure
3 16 (8.65%) SaaS
4 11 (5.95%) Amazon EKS
5 7 (3.78%) GCP
5 7 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.16%) GitHub
6 4 (2.16%) Google Docs
7 3 (1.62%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (1.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (1.08%) IaaS
8 2 (1.08%) PaaS
9 1 (0.54%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.08%) Network Security
2 1 (0.54%) Firewall
2 1 (0.54%) SAN
2 1 (0.54%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (46.49%) Apache Hive
1 86 (46.49%) HBase
2 84 (45.41%) NoSQL
3 56 (30.27%) Hadoop
4 30 (16.22%) Big Data
5 11 (5.95%) DB2
6 5 (2.70%) Pentaho
7 4 (2.16%) Oracle Database
8 3 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (1.62%) Ingres
8 3 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.62%) SQL Server
9 2 (1.08%) MySQL
9 2 (1.08%) RDBMS
9 2 (1.08%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 91 (49.19%) Jenkins
2 80 (43.24%) Git
3 79 (42.70%) Bitbucket Server
4 11 (5.95%) CircleCI
4 11 (5.95%) GitLab
5 10 (5.41%) JIRA
6 5 (2.70%) Bitbucket
7 4 (2.16%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.54%) Gradle
8 1 (0.54%) Maven
General
1 141 (76.22%) Finance
2 137 (74.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 125 (67.57%) Law
4 99 (53.51%) Legal
5 29 (15.68%) Social Skills
6 15 (8.11%) Marketing
7 13 (7.03%) Military
8 12 (6.49%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (2.16%) Banking
11 2 (1.08%) Games
11 2 (1.08%) Retail
12 1 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.54%) Local Government
12 1 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 120 (64.86%) Software Engineer
2 67 (36.22%) AWS Engineer
2 67 (36.22%) AWS Software Engineer
3 65 (35.14%) Developer
4 52 (28.11%) Database Engineer
5 49 (26.49%) Database Developer
5 49 (26.49%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 37 (20.00%) AWS Database Engineer
6 37 (20.00%) AWS Developer
7 30 (16.22%) Big Data Engineer
7 30 (16.22%) Big Data Software Engineer
7 30 (16.22%) Data Engineer
7 30 (16.22%) Java Engineer
7 30 (16.22%) Java Software Engineer
8 24 (12.97%) Python Engineer
8 24 (12.97%) Python Software Engineer
9 15 (8.11%) Analyst
10 13 (7.03%) Java Developer
10 13 (7.03%) Support Analyst
10 13 (7.03%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (12.43%) Spring
2 10 (5.41%) JPA
3 9 (4.86%) React
3 9 (4.86%) REST
3 9 (4.86%) Spring Boot
4 5 (2.70%) Kafka
5 4 (2.16%) LDAP
6 3 (1.62%) Hibernate
6 3 (1.62%) RESTful
7 2 (1.08%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.08%) Java EE
7 2 (1.08%) Node.js
7 2 (1.08%) OpenJDK
7 2 (1.08%) Redux
7 2 (1.08%) Ruby on Rails
7 2 (1.08%) SOAP
8 1 (0.54%) CSS
8 1 (0.54%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 99 (53.51%) Algorithms
2 8 (4.32%) Product Ownership
3 5 (2.70%) Cloud Native
3 5 (2.70%) Reference Data
4 4 (2.16%) DataPower
4 4 (2.16%) Private Cloud
5 2 (1.08%) Life Science
5 2 (1.08%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.54%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 53 (28.65%) Linux
2 46 (24.86%) Windows
3 13 (7.03%) Mac OS X
4 11 (5.95%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.08%) VMS
6 1 (0.54%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (77.84%) Agile
2 122 (65.95%) Software Engineering
3 120 (64.86%) CI/CD
4 116 (62.70%) SDLC
5 111 (60.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 109 (58.92%) Machine Learning
6 109 (58.92%) Operational Stability
7 102 (55.14%) Community of Practice
8 100 (54.05%) Continuous Improvement
9 99 (53.51%) Risk Management
9 99 (53.51%) Visualisation
10 93 (50.27%) Open Source
11 92 (49.73%) TDD
12 82 (44.32%) Test Automation
13 79 (42.70%) Batch Processing
14 59 (31.89%) Microservices
15 29 (15.68%) Wealth Management
16 26 (14.05%) Problem-Solving
17 25 (13.51%) DevOps
18 20 (10.81%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 140 (75.68%) SQL
2 121 (65.41%) Python
3 105 (56.76%) Java
4 80 (43.24%) PL/SQL
5 18 (9.73%) Shell Script
6 6 (3.24%) PowerShell
7 5 (2.70%) Bash
7 5 (2.70%) Ruby
8 4 (2.16%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.62%) Perl
10 2 (1.08%) C#
10 2 (1.08%) Elixir
10 2 (1.08%) JavaScript
10 2 (1.08%) PHP
11 1 (0.54%) C++
11 1 (0.54%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 30 (16.22%) Degree
2 13 (7.03%) CISM
2 13 (7.03%) CISSP
2 13 (7.03%) GCIA
2 13 (7.03%) GCIH
2 13 (7.03%) GREM
3 11 (5.95%) CISA
4 4 (2.16%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.16%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.62%) HND
6 2 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.95%) ITGC
1 11 (5.95%) PMO
2 4 (2.16%) GDPR
3 1 (0.54%) Accessibility
System Software
1 86 (46.49%) HDFS
2 4 (2.16%) Docker
3 3 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.54%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 82 (44.32%) Terraform
2 5 (2.70%) Grafana
2 5 (2.70%) ITRS Geneos
2 5 (2.70%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.08%) Progress Chef
3 2 (1.08%) Puppet
3 2 (1.08%) SCCM
3 2 (1.08%) WSUS
4 1 (0.54%) Ansible
4 1 (0.54%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 106 (57.30%) Databricks
2 79 (42.70%) Informatica
3 56 (30.27%) Cloudera
4 47 (25.41%) Oracle
5 18 (9.73%) Microsoft
6 15 (8.11%) SAP
7 13 (7.03%) Dell
8 11 (5.95%) Sage
9 8 (4.32%) Splunk
10 7 (3.78%) Sybase
11 6 (3.24%) VMware
12 5 (2.70%) AppDynamics
12 5 (2.70%) CA
13 4 (2.16%) BeyondTrust
13 4 (2.16%) CyberArk
13 4 (2.16%) Google
13 4 (2.16%) IBM
13 4 (2.16%) Kofax
13 4 (2.16%) Pega
13 4 (2.16%) ServiceNow