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 6 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 238 259
Rank change year-on-year -82 +21 -58
Permanent jobs citing Unix 8 51 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.045% 0.57% 0.61%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.64% 4.05% 3.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3 47 40
10th Percentile £58,250 £25,534 £34,750
25th Percentile £59,375 £27,250 £39,280
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £41,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.60% -13.54% -10.71%
75th Percentile £63,750 £49,885 £60,250
90th Percentile - £62,170 £61,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% -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 1,242 1,260 2,036
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.93% 13.99% 15.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,059 996 1,363
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £36,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £67,500 £47,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £69,000 £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 6 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 -6 6 £62,500 +42.99% 8
Berkshire +14 5 £62,500 +37.02% 2
Surrey -37 2 - - 2
Oxfordshire -35 1 £60,000 +44.58% 3
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 (25.00%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Apigee
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Kong
1 2 (25.00%) OCI
1 2 (25.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle Database
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle Database 11g
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle Database 12c
1 2 (25.00%) Siebel EIM
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (12.50%) Db2
2 1 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) GitLab
General
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) DBA
1 3 (37.50%) Developer
1 3 (37.50%) Senior
1 3 (37.50%) Senior Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Automation Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Automation Specialist
2 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared DBA
2 2 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Network Specialist
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Siebel Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Siebel Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Telecoms Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Telecoms Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) COBOL Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle DBA
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared DBA
3 1 (12.50%) Senior COBOL Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Jinja
1 2 (25.00%) JSON
1 2 (25.00%) Middleware
1 2 (25.00%) REST
1 2 (25.00%) XML
1 2 (25.00%) YAML
1 2 (25.00%) YANG
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Mentoring
1 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) API Management
2 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (25.00%) Coaching
2 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (25.00%) Containerisation
2 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (25.00%) CRM
2 2 (25.00%) Database Security
2 2 (25.00%) DevOps
2 2 (25.00%) EAI
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (25.00%) Microservices
2 2 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (25.00%) Release Management
2 2 (25.00%) Secrets Management
2 2 (25.00%) Task Automation
2 2 (25.00%) Webhook
2 2 (25.00%) Workflow Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (25.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (25.00%) Python
1 2 (25.00%) Shell Script
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) COBOL
2 1 (12.50%) Korn
2 1 (12.50%) Micro Focus COBOL
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) DV Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Oracle
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco
2 2 (25.00%) F5
2 2 (25.00%) Juniper
2 2 (25.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (25.00%) Red Hat
2 2 (25.00%) Siebel
3 1 (12.50%) Micro Focus