AWK Job Trends in the UK excluding London

AWK
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring AWK skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 562 566
Rank change year-on-year - +4 +174
Permanent jobs citing AWK 0 4 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London - 0.011% 0.020%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 0.036% 0.056%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 6
10th Percentile - £47,300 £46,875
25th Percentile - £48,875 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £53,000 £53,503
Median % change year-on-year - -0.94% -14.39%
75th Percentile - £56,000 £65,401
90th Percentile - £56,900 £67,500
UK median annual salary - £53,000 £61,003
% change year-on-year - -13.12% -2.78%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

AWK falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 6,602 11,050 12,509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.57% 30.76% 36.25%
Number of salaries quoted 4,969 5,968 9,805
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

AWK
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AWK relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

AWK job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

AWK
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing AWK.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing AWK