Unix Jobs in the South East

Unix
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 19 February 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 242 205 179
Rank change year-on-year -37 -26 +15
Permanent jobs citing Unix 57 136 281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.60% 1.07% 1.84%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.28% 6.10% 9.24%
Number of salaries quoted 24 68 137
10th Percentile £37,025 £41,100 £31,800
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,688 £34,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £60,000 £50,975
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +17.70% -7.32%
75th Percentile £55,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £62,025 £75,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - -11.11% +8.00%

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 1,332 2,231 3,042
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 13.99% 17.59% 19.94%
Number of salaries quoted 809 1,896 2,124
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,750 £25,688
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,000 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £52,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.47% -9.52% +2.94%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Unix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Unix in the South East

Unix
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Unix in the South East.

Salary trend for Unix in the South East

Unix
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unix in the South East over the 6 months to 19 February 2025.

Salary histogram for Unix in the South East

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 19 February 2025. 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
Hampshire +22 21 £55,000 +10.00% 2
Thames Valley -25 18 £52,000 +4.00% 11
Berkshire -5 14 £42,000 -26.64% 8
Middlesex -23 14 - -
West Sussex +27 3 £40,000 -41.82% 7
Buckinghamshire +10 2 £62,500 +21.95% 1
Oxfordshire +4 2 £90,000 +111.76% 4
Surrey +13 1 - - 1
Unix
England

Unix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 13 (22.81%) Apache
1 13 (22.81%) Apache Airflow
1 13 (22.81%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 13 (22.81%) OpenShift
2 1 (1.75%) Amazon SageMaker
2 1 (1.75%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.26%) Firewall
1 3 (5.26%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.75%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (24.56%) NoSQL
2 13 (22.81%) Apache Hudi
2 13 (22.81%) Apache Iceberg
2 13 (22.81%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (22.81%) Delta Lake
2 13 (22.81%) Hadoop
3 3 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (3.51%) Big Data
4 2 (3.51%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.75%) DynamoDB
5 1 (1.75%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 13 (22.81%) Bitbucket
2 2 (3.51%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.75%) JIRA
General
1 14 (24.56%) Law
2 8 (14.04%) Social Skills
3 3 (5.26%) French Language
3 3 (5.26%) Polish Language
3 3 (5.26%) Retail
4 2 (3.51%) Automotive
4 2 (3.51%) Finance
5 1 (1.75%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.75%) Banking
5 1 (1.75%) Front Office
5 1 (1.75%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (22.81%) Data Engineer
2 11 (19.30%) Linux Engineer
2 11 (19.30%) Python Data Engineer
2 11 (19.30%) Python Engineer
2 11 (19.30%) Senior
3 10 (17.54%) Software Engineer
4 9 (15.79%) Unix Engineer
5 7 (12.28%) Lead
5 7 (12.28%) Senior Data Engineer
6 5 (8.77%) Developer
7 4 (7.02%) Lead Data Engineer
7 4 (7.02%) Senior Software Engineer
8 3 (5.26%) Analyst
8 3 (5.26%) Support Analyst
8 3 (5.26%) Technical Leader
9 2 (3.51%) Applications Support
9 2 (3.51%) Applications Support Analyst
9 2 (3.51%) Big Data Engineer
9 2 (3.51%) Network Engineer
10 1 (1.75%) Machine Learning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (22.81%) Kafka
1 13 (22.81%) PyArrow
1 13 (22.81%) PySpark
2 2 (3.51%) RESTful
3 1 (1.75%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (1.75%) GStreamer
3 1 (1.75%) Laravel
3 1 (1.75%) React
3 1 (1.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (19.30%) Algorithms
2 3 (5.26%) Security Posture
3 2 (3.51%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (3.51%) Robotics
3 2 (3.51%) Self-Driving Car
4 1 (1.75%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.75%) Equities
4 1 (1.75%) Equity Derivative
4 1 (1.75%) IoT
4 1 (1.75%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 30 (52.63%) Linux
2 18 (31.58%) Solaris
3 2 (3.51%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (3.51%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (24.56%) Data Science
1 14 (24.56%) Mathematics
1 14 (24.56%) Physics
2 13 (22.81%) Collaborative Working
2 13 (22.81%) Data Architecture
2 13 (22.81%) Data Engineering
2 13 (22.81%) Data Governance
2 13 (22.81%) Data Modelling
2 13 (22.81%) ETL
3 11 (19.30%) Computer Science
3 11 (19.30%) SDLC
3 11 (19.30%) Software Engineering
4 10 (17.54%) Open Source
4 10 (17.54%) Parallel Programming
4 10 (17.54%) Performance Analysis
4 10 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (17.54%) Software Testing
5 4 (7.02%) Decision-Making
5 4 (7.02%) Model Validation
6 3 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 26 (45.61%) Python
2 15 (26.32%) SQL
3 14 (24.56%) C++
3 14 (24.56%) Fortran
4 10 (17.54%) Bash
4 10 (17.54%) C
5 2 (3.51%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.75%) Go
6 1 (1.75%) Java
Qualifications
1 33 (57.89%) Security Cleared
2 32 (56.14%) DV Cleared
3 16 (28.07%) Degree
4 15 (26.32%) SC Cleared
5 10 (17.54%) Master's Degree
5 10 (17.54%) PhD
6 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (24.56%) Accessibility
2 13 (22.81%) Data Quality
3 3 (5.26%) NIST
4 1 (1.75%) QA
System Software
1 13 (22.81%) HDFS
2 2 (3.51%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (26.32%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 24 (42.11%) Oracle
2 18 (31.58%) VMware
3 13 (22.81%) Red Hat
4 3 (5.26%) Microsoft
4 3 (5.26%) SAP
5 2 (3.51%) IBM
6 1 (1.75%) Bloomberg
6 1 (1.75%) NVIDIA
6 1 (1.75%) NYFIX
6 1 (1.75%) Sun