Unix Job Trends in Surrey

Unix
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring Unix skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 109 80
Rank change year-on-year +21 -29 +55
Permanent jobs citing Unix 12 5 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.98% 0.34% 0.55%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.09% 2.16% 2.37%
Number of salaries quoted 11 2 5
10th Percentile - - £55,500
25th Percentile £36,250 - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 - £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 - -
South East median annual salary £56,430 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.60% +2.80% +2.88%

All Operating Systems
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 197 231 211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 16.16% 15.62% 23.34%
Number of salaries quoted 155 129 167
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,375 £40,000 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £44,000 £63,750 £55,375
90th Percentile £59,500 £85,000 £63,750
South East median annual salary £40,000 £51,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -22.33% +14.44% -

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Unix job vacancy trend in Surrey

Unix
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Unix.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Unix

Unix
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unix in Surrey over the 6 months to 9 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Unix in Surrey

Unix
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unix within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 9 November 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
Epsom - 4 £37,500 -
Redhill - 3 £45,000 -
Staines - 1 - - 2
Unix
South East

Unix
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 5 (41.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) SaaS
1 1 (8.33%) Sauce Labs
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.33%) MySQL
2 1 (8.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Android Studio
1 1 (8.33%) Browser DevTools
1 1 (8.33%) Eclipse
1 1 (8.33%) Xcode
General
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Finance
2 5 (41.67%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Analyst
2 5 (41.67%) Support Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Administrator
3 3 (25.00%) Linux Administrator
3 3 (25.00%) Pensions Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Support
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Ajax
1 1 (8.33%) AngularJS
1 1 (8.33%) CSS
1 1 (8.33%) GraphQL
1 1 (8.33%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Linux Command Line
1 3 (25.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Linux
2 3 (25.00%) CentOS
2 3 (25.00%) Solaris
3 1 (8.33%) Android
3 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (41.67%) Robotic Process Automation
2 3 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (8.33%) Backlog Management
3 1 (8.33%) Case Management
3 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (8.33%) Mobile Application Development
3 1 (8.33%) OO
3 1 (8.33%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) SQL
2 5 (41.67%) C#
3 4 (33.33%) Python
4 1 (8.33%) Java
4 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
4 1 (8.33%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) RHCE
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (50.00%) Oracle
2 3 (25.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (8.33%) Splunk