Unix Jobs in the Thames Valley

Unix
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 21 January 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 126 84
Rank change year-on-year -27 -42 +71
Permanent jobs citing Unix 21 86 195
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.62% 1.80% 3.36%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.23% 10.54% 17.87%
Number of salaries quoted 17 33 77
10th Percentile £35,750 £40,850 £27,875
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £34,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £47,500 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year +9.47% +9.83% -4.95%
75th Percentile £57,854 £63,856 £55,000
90th Percentile £76,738 £76,750 £70,000
South East median annual salary £52,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% +20.00% -9.09%

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 496 816 1,091
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.73% 17.05% 18.77%
Number of salaries quoted 300 663 726
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,500 £24,000
25th Percentile £36,125 £34,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% -15.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,300 £71,000 £72,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £44,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +12.36% -1.11% -5.26%

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Unix in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Unix in the Thames Valley

Unix
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unix in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 21 January 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 21 January 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 -7 15 £42,000 -9.68% 1
Oxfordshire -4 4 £73,254 +17.21% 3
Buckinghamshire +1 2 - - 1
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 3 (14.29%) Azure
2 2 (9.52%) AWS
2 2 (9.52%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (9.52%) GCP
3 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle Database
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle Database 12c
1 1 (4.76%) Power BI
1 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.52%) Automotive
2 2 (9.52%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (47.62%) Software Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Developer
2 4 (19.05%) Senior
2 4 (19.05%) Senior Software Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Applications Support
3 2 (9.52%) Applications Support Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Linux Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Network Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Platform Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Support Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) DBA
4 1 (4.76%) Lead
4 1 (4.76%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) EDI
1 2 (9.52%) OpenMP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (57.14%) Algorithms
2 2 (9.52%) CUDA
2 2 (9.52%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (9.52%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (9.52%) Fat Client
2 2 (9.52%) Robotics
2 2 (9.52%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 20 (95.24%) Linux
2 2 (9.52%) Embedded Linux
2 2 (9.52%) VMS
2 2 (9.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) Mathematics
1 14 (66.67%) Physics
2 12 (57.14%) Computer Science
3 10 (47.62%) Open Source
3 10 (47.62%) Parallel Programming
3 10 (47.62%) Performance Analysis
3 10 (47.62%) SDLC
3 10 (47.62%) Software Engineering
3 10 (47.62%) Software Testing
4 4 (19.05%) Model Validation
4 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (9.52%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (9.52%) Benchmarking
6 2 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (9.52%) Logistics
6 2 (9.52%) Network Design
6 2 (9.52%) Quality Management
6 2 (9.52%) Service Delivery
6 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 16 (76.19%) Fortran
1 16 (76.19%) Python
2 15 (71.43%) C++
3 12 (57.14%) Bash
3 12 (57.14%) C
4 2 (9.52%) C-shell
5 1 (4.76%) PowerShell
5 1 (4.76%) Shell Script
5 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (80.95%) Security Cleared
2 16 (76.19%) Degree
2 16 (76.19%) SC Cleared
3 14 (66.67%) DV Cleared
4 12 (57.14%) Master's Degree
4 12 (57.14%) PhD
5 2 (9.52%) AWS Certification
5 2 (9.52%) Azure Certification
5 2 (9.52%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (9.52%) CCNA
5 2 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (9.52%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) IBM
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) Oracle