Unix Jobs in the UK excluding London

Unix
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 27 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 303 167 201
Rank change year-on-year -136 +34 -12
Permanent jobs citing Unix 513 998 1,462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.79% 2.09% 1.87%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.81% 11.86% 10.27%
Number of salaries quoted 208 408 715
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,600 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,938 £41,433
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £59,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.02% +7.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £64,672 £72,500 £69,880
90th Percentile £75,750 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.75% +5.20% +4.17%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 8,833 8,416 14,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.54% 17.58% 18.20%
Number of salaries quoted 6,372 5,595 9,332
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £74,250 £73,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - +5.00%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Unix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Unix in the UK excluding London

Unix
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Unix in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Unix in the UK excluding London

Unix
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unix in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Unix in the UK excluding London

Unix
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unix within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 July 2024. 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
Scotland -40 140 £42,000 -38.24% 3
South East -47 100 £48,000 -10.71% 19
North of England -112 91 £52,500 -19.23% 14
South West -61 68 £52,500 -6.25% 7
North West -35 57 £53,750 -17.31% 8
Midlands -91 50 £52,500 -5.41% 11
Wales +3 36 £46,402 -20.09% 4
West Midlands -8 31 £105,000 +90.91% 9
Yorkshire -65 27 £40,000 -34.62% 5
East of England -49 19 £52,500 - 8
East Midlands -101 19 £52,500 -8.70% 2
Northern Ireland +1 9 £90,000 +38.46% 10
North East -13 7 £62,783 +44.33% 1
Unix
UK

Unix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 59 (11.50%) Apache Spark
2 40 (7.80%) WebLogic
3 27 (5.26%) Oracle Service Bus
4 25 (4.87%) Tomcat
5 21 (4.09%) Apache
6 16 (3.12%) IIS
7 11 (2.14%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (1.17%) SharePoint
9 5 (0.97%) WebSphere
10 4 (0.78%) Confluence
10 4 (0.78%) WildFly
11 3 (0.58%) GlassFish
11 3 (0.58%) JBoss
11 3 (0.58%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.39%) Mule
12 2 (0.39%) nginx
13 1 (0.19%) IBM Domino
13 1 (0.19%) NetWeaver
13 1 (0.19%) Oracle Spatial
13 1 (0.19%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 48 (9.36%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (6.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (5.26%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.19%) CATIA
5 1 (0.19%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 30 (5.85%) NEC Housing
2 28 (5.46%) Remedy ITSM
3 9 (1.75%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.19%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.19%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.19%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.19%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 151 (29.43%) AWS
2 77 (15.01%) Azure
3 26 (5.07%) IaaS
4 25 (4.87%) GCP
5 24 (4.68%) SaaS
6 20 (3.90%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (2.53%) GitHub
8 12 (2.34%) Power Platform
8 12 (2.34%) Serverless
9 10 (1.95%) PaaS
10 7 (1.36%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (1.17%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (1.17%) OpenShift
12 5 (0.97%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (0.78%) Amazon EC2
13 4 (0.78%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (0.78%) Entra ID
13 4 (0.78%) Google Docs
13 4 (0.78%) Nutanix
14 3 (0.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.87%) Firewall
2 16 (3.12%) DNS
3 14 (2.73%) TCP/IP
4 11 (2.14%) HTTP
4 11 (2.14%) Internet
5 9 (1.75%) SAN
6 8 (1.56%) DHCP
6 8 (1.56%) SMTP
7 6 (1.17%) VLAN
7 6 (1.17%) WAN
8 5 (0.97%) Ethernet
8 5 (0.97%) Network Security
8 5 (0.97%) PBX
8 5 (0.97%) SD-WAN
8 5 (0.97%) VPN
9 4 (0.78%) 5G
10 3 (0.58%) Asterisk PBX
10 3 (0.58%) NAS
10 3 (0.58%) Reverse Proxy
10 3 (0.58%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (15.01%) Oracle Database
2 73 (14.23%) NoSQL
3 59 (11.50%) Apache Hive
3 59 (11.50%) HBase
4 51 (9.94%) SQL Server
5 35 (6.82%) MySQL
6 30 (5.85%) Big Data
7 29 (5.65%) Hadoop
7 29 (5.65%) Oracle Database 11g
8 27 (5.26%) Oracle Database 10g
8 27 (5.26%) VLDB
9 26 (5.07%) PostgreSQL
10 23 (4.48%) Oracle Database 12c
11 22 (4.29%) Relational Database
12 16 (3.12%) RDBMS
13 13 (2.53%) Elasticsearch
14 12 (2.34%) Power BI
15 11 (2.14%) DB2
16 7 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
17 6 (1.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 83 (16.18%) Git
2 78 (15.20%) Jenkins
3 59 (11.50%) Bitbucket Server
4 30 (5.85%) JIRA
5 14 (2.73%) GitLab
6 13 (2.53%) LabVIEW
7 7 (1.36%) CircleCI
8 6 (1.17%) RStudio
9 5 (0.97%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.58%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.39%) Appium
11 2 (0.39%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.39%) GNU Toolchain
11 2 (0.39%) Subversion
11 2 (0.39%) UI Automator
12 1 (0.19%) Gradle
12 1 (0.19%) Maven
12 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.19%) VectorCAST
General
1 152 (29.63%) Finance
2 108 (21.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 107 (20.86%) Analytical Skills
4 100 (19.49%) Social Skills
5 98 (19.10%) Law
6 86 (16.76%) Legal
7 58 (11.31%) Public Sector
8 42 (8.19%) Police
9 30 (5.85%) Local Government
10 23 (4.48%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (2.73%) Back Office
12 9 (1.75%) Retail
13 8 (1.56%) Telecoms
14 7 (1.36%) Electronics
15 6 (1.17%) Military
16 4 (0.78%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.78%) Marketing
17 3 (0.58%) Aerospace
17 3 (0.58%) Automotive
17 3 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 146 (28.46%) Software Engineer
2 85 (16.57%) Senior
3 71 (13.84%) Developer
4 66 (12.87%) Applications Support
5 65 (12.67%) Analyst
6 59 (11.50%) AWS Engineer
6 59 (11.50%) AWS Software Engineer
7 53 (10.33%) Support Analyst
8 45 (8.77%) Applications Support Analyst
9 38 (7.41%) DBA
10 37 (7.21%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 36 (7.02%) Data Engineer
12 34 (6.63%) Database Engineer
13 33 (6.43%) Administrator
14 32 (6.24%) SQL Analyst
15 31 (6.04%) Oracle DBA
16 30 (5.85%) Big Data Engineer
16 30 (5.85%) Big Data Software Engineer
16 30 (5.85%) Senior Software Engineer
16 30 (5.85%) SQL Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (5.65%) Spring
2 18 (3.51%) Web Services
3 16 (3.12%) Java EE
3 16 (3.12%) Node.js
4 15 (2.92%) J2EE
5 13 (2.53%) pytest
6 10 (1.95%) Middleware
6 10 (1.95%) OpenMP
7 8 (1.56%) RESTful
7 8 (1.56%) SOAP
8 7 (1.36%) AngularJS
8 7 (1.36%) CSS
8 7 (1.36%) LDAP
8 7 (1.36%) Spring Boot
9 6 (1.17%) Kafka
9 6 (1.17%) REST
10 5 (0.97%) HTML
10 5 (0.97%) XML
11 4 (0.78%) .NET
11 4 (0.78%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 126 (24.56%) Algorithms
2 52 (10.14%) Self-Motivation
3 31 (6.04%) Public Cloud
4 20 (3.90%) Linux Command Line
5 18 (3.51%) CUDA
6 16 (3.12%) Data Centre
7 14 (2.73%) Cloud Native
7 14 (2.73%) Driving Licence
7 14 (2.73%) Management Information System
8 10 (1.95%) Product Ownership
9 9 (1.75%) Tandem
10 8 (1.56%) Client/Server
10 8 (1.56%) GNSS
11 6 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (0.97%) Reference Data
13 4 (0.78%) Cyber Threat
13 4 (0.78%) Replication
14 3 (0.58%) Clustering
14 3 (0.58%) Embedded Systems
14 3 (0.58%) VAX
Operating Systems
1 305 (59.45%) Linux
2 159 (30.99%) Windows
3 85 (16.57%) Solaris
4 29 (5.65%) Windows Server
5 13 (2.53%) Ubuntu
6 10 (1.95%) AIX
7 8 (1.56%) CentOS
8 7 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (1.36%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (1.17%) Mac OS
9 6 (1.17%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (0.97%) Mac OS X
10 5 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (0.78%) Windows 10
12 3 (0.58%) CoreOS
12 3 (0.58%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.39%) FreeRTOS
13 2 (0.39%) SUSE
13 2 (0.39%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (29.04%) Software Engineering
2 146 (28.46%) Agile
3 134 (26.12%) Artificial Intelligence
4 122 (23.78%) SDLC
5 110 (21.44%) Open Source
5 110 (21.44%) Problem-Solving
6 108 (21.05%) CI/CD
7 94 (18.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 87 (16.96%) Test Automation
9 86 (16.76%) Community of Practice
10 84 (16.37%) Risk Management
11 83 (16.18%) Machine Learning
11 83 (16.18%) Operational Stability
12 81 (15.79%) Visualisation
13 75 (14.62%) Computer Science
14 69 (13.45%) TDD
15 64 (12.48%) Actionable Insight
16 62 (12.09%) Incident Management
17 60 (11.70%) ITIL
17 60 (11.70%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 206 (40.16%) Python
2 203 (39.57%) SQL
3 120 (23.39%) Java
4 94 (18.32%) PL/SQL
5 71 (13.84%) C
6 66 (12.87%) Shell Script
7 65 (12.67%) C++
8 56 (10.92%) Bash
9 47 (9.16%) Fortran
10 40 (7.80%) PowerShell
11 26 (5.07%) Perl
12 13 (2.53%) MATLAB
13 11 (2.14%) JavaScript
13 11 (2.14%) Ruby
14 7 (1.36%) R
15 5 (0.97%) PHP
16 4 (0.78%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.78%) VB
17 3 (0.58%) C#
17 3 (0.58%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 185 (36.06%) Degree
2 171 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 83 (16.18%) SC Cleared
4 44 (8.58%) PhD
5 41 (7.99%) Master's Degree
6 29 (5.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (5.07%) DV Cleared
8 17 (3.31%) AWS Certification
9 15 (2.92%) HND
10 14 (2.73%) Oracle Certification
11 12 (2.34%) Azure Certification
12 9 (1.75%) CISA
13 8 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 6 (1.17%) CISSP
15 5 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.97%) CISM
15 5 (0.97%) GCIA
15 5 (0.97%) GCIH
15 5 (0.97%) GREM
16 4 (0.78%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (8.77%) SLA
2 30 (5.85%) Accessibility
3 9 (1.75%) ITGC
3 9 (1.75%) PMO
4 7 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.17%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.78%) QA
7 2 (0.39%) NIST
7 2 (0.39%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.19%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.19%) GDPR
8 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 59 (11.50%) HDFS
2 29 (5.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (5.46%) Oracle RAC
4 21 (4.09%) Active Directory
5 20 (3.90%) Hyper-V
6 14 (2.73%) Docker
7 13 (2.53%) Firmware
8 10 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (1.56%) Embedded Firmware
10 6 (1.17%) VMware ESXi
11 5 (0.97%) Lustre
11 5 (0.97%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 5 (0.97%) vSphere
12 3 (0.58%) Kamailio
12 3 (0.58%) XenApp
13 1 (0.19%) KVM
13 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.19%) PowerHA
13 1 (0.19%) Veritas Cluster Server
13 1 (0.19%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 76 (14.81%) Terraform
2 29 (5.65%) Data Guard
2 29 (5.65%) Oracle RMAN
3 18 (3.51%) Ansible
4 16 (3.12%) Kubernetes
4 16 (3.12%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (2.34%) OpenSSO
6 11 (2.14%) Grafana
7 5 (0.97%) ITRS Geneos
7 5 (0.97%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.78%) Nagios
8 4 (0.78%) NetBackup
8 4 (0.78%) Puppet
9 3 (0.58%) EMC VPLEX
9 3 (0.58%) Oracle Statspack
9 3 (0.58%) SCCM
9 3 (0.58%) SCOM
10 2 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.39%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 172 (33.53%) Oracle
2 99 (19.30%) Microsoft
3 85 (16.57%) Databricks
4 60 (11.70%) Informatica
5 49 (9.55%) VMware
6 41 (7.99%) Remedy
7 40 (7.80%) Red Hat
8 30 (5.85%) NEC
8 30 (5.85%) Sun
9 29 (5.65%) Cloudera
10 13 (2.53%) Dell
10 13 (2.53%) Sybase
11 12 (2.34%) BMC
12 11 (2.14%) SAP
13 10 (1.95%) IBM
13 10 (1.95%) Splunk
14 9 (1.75%) AppDynamics
14 9 (1.75%) Sage
15 8 (1.56%) Facebook
15 8 (1.56%) Veeam