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 29 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 172 150 115
Rank change year-on-year -22 -35 0
Permanent jobs citing Unix 15 45 72
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.41% 1.04% 2.14%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.31% 7.83% 10.04%
Number of salaries quoted 12 13 46
10th Percentile - £35,750 £37,328
25th Percentile £39,750 £38,620 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,765 £56,509 £53,760
Median % change year-on-year -20.78% +5.11% +7.52%
75th Percentile £60,715 £61,000 £59,380
90th Percentile £61,197 £64,563 £78,750
South East median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -3.85%

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 348 575 717
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.40% 13.24% 21.32%
Number of salaries quoted 303 333 544
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £45,000 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £64,632 £78,750 £78,925
South East median annual salary £38,325 £50,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year -23.35% +8.70% +2.22%

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 29 October 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 29 October 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 -24 6 £47,520 -8.62% 19
Oxfordshire +26 5 £41,500 -26.56% 2
Buckinghamshire +10 4 £62,750 - 1
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 (6.67%) Anypoint
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) Azure
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (26.67%) Entra ID
3 2 (13.33%) GCP
4 1 (6.67%) AWS
4 1 (6.67%) Boomi
4 1 (6.67%) iPaaS
4 1 (6.67%) Power Automate
4 1 (6.67%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) Firewall
1 4 (26.67%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) BigQuery
2 1 (6.67%) Relational Database
General
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (6.67%) Games
3 1 (6.67%) Law
3 1 (6.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (26.67%) Infrastructure Support
1 4 (26.67%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
1 4 (26.67%) IT Engineer
1 4 (26.67%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (26.67%) IT Support
1 4 (26.67%) IT Support Engineer
1 4 (26.67%) Software Engineer
1 4 (26.67%) Support Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Senior
3 2 (13.33%) Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Data Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Mathematical Modeller
3 2 (13.33%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Integration Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Python Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) FastAPI
1 1 (6.67%) JSON
1 1 (6.67%) REST
1 1 (6.67%) RESTful
1 1 (6.67%) SOAP
1 1 (6.67%) Web Services
1 1 (6.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Algorithms
2 2 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (6.67%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 12 (80.00%) Linux
2 4 (26.67%) Apple iOS
2 4 (26.67%) Mac OS
2 4 (26.67%) Windows
2 4 (26.67%) Windows Server
3 1 (6.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Computer Science
1 6 (40.00%) Mathematics
2 5 (33.33%) Agile
2 5 (33.33%) Open Source
3 4 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (26.67%) Information Security
3 4 (26.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (26.67%) ITIL
3 4 (26.67%) Knowledge Transfer
3 4 (26.67%) Parallel Programming
3 4 (26.67%) Performance Analysis
3 4 (26.67%) Physics
3 4 (26.67%) SDLC
3 4 (26.67%) Software Engineering
3 4 (26.67%) Software Testing
4 2 (13.33%) Data Integration
4 2 (13.33%) Data Modelling
4 2 (13.33%) ETL
4 2 (13.33%) Revenue Assurance
4 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (66.67%) Python
2 5 (33.33%) Bash
3 4 (26.67%) C
3 4 (26.67%) C++
3 4 (26.67%) Fortran
4 3 (20.00%) SQL
5 2 (13.33%) MATLAB
6 1 (6.67%) C#
6 1 (6.67%) Java
6 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
6 1 (6.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Degree
2 4 (26.67%) Master's Degree
2 4 (26.67%) PhD
3 2 (13.33%) Numerate Degree
3 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (26.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 4 (26.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (20.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (26.67%) Active Directory
1 4 (26.67%) Hyper-V
1 4 (26.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (6.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (26.67%) SCCM
2 1 (6.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Apple
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
1 4 (26.67%) Sophos
1 4 (26.67%) VMware
2 2 (13.33%) Google
3 1 (6.67%) Dell
3 1 (6.67%) Epicor
3 1 (6.67%) IBM
3 1 (6.67%) IFS
3 1 (6.67%) Infor
3 1 (6.67%) Informatica
3 1 (6.67%) Jitterbit
3 1 (6.67%) MuleSoft
3 1 (6.67%) Oracle
3 1 (6.67%) Red Hat
3 1 (6.67%) SAP
3 1 (6.67%) SnapLogic
3 1 (6.67%) Software AG
3 1 (6.67%) Talend
3 1 (6.67%) TIBCO