Unix Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Unix
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Unix skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 187 132 121
Rank change year-on-year -55 -11 +47
Permanent jobs citing Unix 19 65 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.49% 1.34% 2.03%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.83% 10.55% 9.53%
Number of salaries quoted 16 35 49
10th Percentile £39,750 £34,750 £37,328
25th Percentile £39,949 £37,070 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,710 £48,000 £53,760
Median % change year-on-year -8.94% -10.71% +7.52%
75th Percentile £60,283 £61,000 £59,380
90th Percentile £62,858 - £80,000
South East median annual salary £41,500 £48,000 £53,760
% change year-on-year -13.54% -10.71% -2.25%

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 393 616 787
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 10.18% 12.66% 21.26%
Number of salaries quoted 307 406 598
10th Percentile £25,750 £31,250 £27,588
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.74% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £45,000 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £61,700 £75,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +7.53% -

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Unix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Unix in the Thames Valley

Unix
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Unix.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Unix

Unix
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unix in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Unix in the Thames Valley

Unix
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unix within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Berkshire -40 11 £47,520 -1.00% 9
Oxfordshire +16 5 £41,500 -10.35% 1
Buckinghamshire -9 3 £68,000 - 2
Unix
South East

Unix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) Azure
1 4 (21.05%) Entra ID
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (10.53%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (21.05%) Firewall
1 4 (21.05%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) BigQuery
1 2 (10.53%) Metadata
1 2 (10.53%) RDBMS
1 2 (10.53%) Relational Database
2 1 (5.26%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Jenkins
1 1 (5.26%) JIRA
1 1 (5.26%) SoapUI
General
1 11 (57.89%) Social Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.26%) Games
4 1 (5.26%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Mathematical Modeller
2 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Support
2 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) IT Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) IT Support
2 4 (21.05%) IT Support Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) Senior
2 4 (21.05%) Support Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Developer
3 3 (15.79%) Senior Developer
3 3 (15.79%) Software Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Statistical Modeller
4 2 (10.53%) Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Data Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Scientific Software Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Software Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Software Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (15.79%) Algorithms
3 2 (10.53%) Acoustics
3 2 (10.53%) Data Centre
4 1 (5.26%) Mobile App
4 1 (5.26%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 16 (84.21%) Linux
2 6 (31.58%) Mac OS
3 4 (21.05%) Apple iOS
3 4 (21.05%) Windows
3 4 (21.05%) Windows Server
4 1 (5.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (5.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Computer Science
2 8 (42.11%) Mathematics
3 6 (31.58%) Physics
4 5 (26.32%) Software Engineering
4 5 (26.32%) Software Testing
5 4 (21.05%) Agile
5 4 (21.05%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (21.05%) Information Security
5 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (21.05%) ITIL
5 4 (21.05%) Knowledge Transfer
6 3 (15.79%) Experimental Design
6 3 (15.79%) Mathematical Modelling
6 3 (15.79%) Open Source
6 3 (15.79%) Parallel Programming
6 3 (15.79%) Performance Analysis
6 3 (15.79%) Project Management
6 3 (15.79%) SDLC
6 3 (15.79%) Statistical Modelling
6 3 (15.79%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 13 (68.42%) Python
2 8 (42.11%) C++
3 6 (31.58%) Bash
4 5 (26.32%) C
4 5 (26.32%) Fortran
4 5 (26.32%) MATLAB
5 4 (21.05%) SQL
6 1 (5.26%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (52.63%) Degree
2 5 (26.32%) Master's Degree
2 5 (26.32%) Numerate Degree
2 5 (26.32%) PhD
3 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (21.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 4 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (10.53%) GDPR
3 1 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 4 (21.05%) Active Directory
1 4 (21.05%) Hyper-V
1 4 (21.05%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (21.05%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Apple
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
1 4 (21.05%) Sophos
1 4 (21.05%) VMware
2 2 (10.53%) Google
3 1 (5.26%) Red Hat