AIX Job Trends in the South West

IBM AIX
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring AIX skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 181 186 198
Rank change year-on-year +5 +12 +89
Permanent jobs citing AIX 1 5 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.020% 0.11% 0.32%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.18% 0.59% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 14
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £70,097 £57,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £71,991 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -20.82% +20.88% +3.57%
75th Percentile - £73,886 £69,605
90th Percentile - - £72,433
England median annual salary £42,250 £71,991 £72,788
% change year-on-year -41.31% -1.09% +21.31%

All Operating Systems
South West

AIX 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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 547 842 918
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 10.83% 19.30% 20.78%
Number of salaries quoted 313 535 732
10th Percentile £26,500 £10,258 £28,311
25th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £40,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -18.37% +4.81%
75th Percentile £56,250 £57,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% - -4.76%

AIX
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

AIX job vacancy trend in the South West

AIX
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing AIX.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing AIX

AIX
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AIX within the South West region over the 6 months to 28 December 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
Somerset - 1 £57,000 -
AIX
England

AIX
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Backup Exec
1 1 (100.00%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Hitachi
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Snow
1 1 (100.00%) Veritas
1 1 (100.00%) VMware