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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 161 123
Rank change year-on-year -2 -38 -40
Permanent jobs citing Unix 12 20 56
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.30% 0.58% 1.63%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.07% 3.92% 8.50%
Number of salaries quoted 9 12 34
10th Percentile £37,012 £35,750 £42,150
25th Percentile £40,015 £38,938 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,520 £54,254 £53,760
Median % change year-on-year -12.41% +0.92% +21.23%
75th Percentile £60,715 £59,641 £62,813
90th Percentile £62,600 £64,563 £76,375
South East median annual salary £58,000 £55,000 £53,760
% change year-on-year +5.45% +2.31% +7.52%

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 295 510 659
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.40% 14.75% 19.15%
Number of salaries quoted 238 308 565
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,175 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.21% -5.00% +15.61%
75th Percentile £50,000 £61,250 £59,380
90th Percentile £68,750 £71,125 £71,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% -

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Unix job vacancy trend 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 3 January 2026.

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 3 January 2026. 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 -10 7 £47,520 -8.62% 13
Buckinghamshire +7 5 £62,750 - 4
Unix
South East

Unix
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (8.33%) Anypoint
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) GCP
2 2 (16.67%) AWS
2 2 (16.67%) Azure
3 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (8.33%) Boomi
3 1 (8.33%) iPaaS
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (8.33%) Power Automate
3 1 (8.33%) Workato
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) BigQuery
2 1 (8.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Git
1 1 (8.33%) GitLab
1 1 (8.33%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 1 (8.33%) Law
3 1 (8.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Data Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Mathematical Modeller
2 2 (16.67%) Senior
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Graduate
3 1 (8.33%) Graduate Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Graduate Technical Support
3 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Integration Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Platform Integration Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) .NET
1 1 (8.33%) ASP.NET
1 1 (8.33%) JSON
1 1 (8.33%) REST
1 1 (8.33%) RESTful
1 1 (8.33%) SOAP
1 1 (8.33%) Web Services
1 1 (8.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 2 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (8.33%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 10 (83.33%) Linux
2 1 (8.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 6 (50.00%) Mathematics
3 5 (41.67%) Open Source
4 4 (33.33%) Parallel Programming
4 4 (33.33%) Performance Analysis
4 4 (33.33%) Physics
4 4 (33.33%) SDLC
4 4 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 4 (33.33%) Software Testing
5 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (16.67%) Analytics
6 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management
6 2 (16.67%) Data Governance
6 2 (16.67%) Data Ingestion
6 2 (16.67%) Data Modelling
6 2 (16.67%) ETL
6 2 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (16.67%) Revenue Assurance
6 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 10 (83.33%) Python
2 5 (41.67%) Bash
3 4 (33.33%) C
3 4 (33.33%) C++
3 4 (33.33%) Fortran
3 4 (33.33%) SQL
4 2 (16.67%) C#
4 2 (16.67%) MATLAB
5 1 (8.33%) Java
5 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
5 1 (8.33%) Shell Script
5 1 (8.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) Degree
2 4 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 4 (33.33%) PhD
3 2 (16.67%) Numerate Degree
3 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Kubernetes
2 1 (8.33%) Ansible
2 1 (8.33%) Grafana
2 1 (8.33%) Prometheus
2 1 (8.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Google
1 2 (16.67%) Red Hat
2 1 (8.33%) Dell
2 1 (8.33%) Epicor
2 1 (8.33%) IBM
2 1 (8.33%) IFS
2 1 (8.33%) Infor
2 1 (8.33%) Informatica
2 1 (8.33%) Jitterbit
2 1 (8.33%) MuleSoft
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle
2 1 (8.33%) SAP
2 1 (8.33%) SnapLogic
2 1 (8.33%) Software AG
2 1 (8.33%) Talend
2 1 (8.33%) TIBCO
2 1 (8.33%) Workday