Unix Job Trends in the South East

Unix
England > South East

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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 334 248 260
Rank change year-on-year -86 +12 -76
Permanent jobs citing Unix 5 51 81
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.027% 0.56% 0.63%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.40% 4.14% 4.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1 45 41
10th Percentile - £25,176 £34,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £27,250 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £41,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +44.58% -13.54% -10.71%
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,270 £60,000
90th Percentile - £63,113 £61,000
England median annual salary £66,538 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.43% +12.50% -7.69%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,241 1,231 2,002
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.79% 13.58% 15.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,055 973 1,295
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -20.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £66,250 £47,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,900 £80,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.76% -18.00% -4.76%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Unix job vacancy trend in the South East

Unix
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Unix.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Unix

Unix
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unix within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 September 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
Thames Valley -7 3 £60,000 +37.27% 8
Berkshire +13 2 - - 4
Surrey -38 2 - - 1
Oxfordshire -32 1 £60,000 +44.58% 1
Unix
England

Unix
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (40.00%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Database
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Database 11g
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Database 12c
1 2 (40.00%) Siebel EIM
2 1 (20.00%) Db2
2 1 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (40.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
1 3 (60.00%) Senior
1 3 (60.00%) Senior Developer
2 2 (40.00%) DBA
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared DBA
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Siebel Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Siebel Developer
3 1 (20.00%) COBOL Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior COBOL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Coaching
2 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) CRM
2 2 (40.00%) Database Security
2 2 (40.00%) EAI
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Workflow
2 2 (40.00%) Workflow Development
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Batch Processing
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) COBOL
2 1 (20.00%) Micro Focus COBOL
2 1 (20.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) Siebel
3 1 (20.00%) Micro Focus