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 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 366 274 198
Rank change year-on-year -92 -76 +25
Permanent jobs citing Unix 243 714 1,081
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.61% 1.00% 1.83%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.69% 6.76% 11.07%
Number of salaries quoted 143 339 420
10th Percentile £27,500 £33,000 £34,875
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,375 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £57,413
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -12.91% +10.41%
75th Percentile £78,125 £67,968 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,751 £82,548 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £69,447
% change year-on-year +8.33% -13.60% +11.12%

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 5,177 10,569 9,765
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.99% 14.75% 16.51%
Number of salaries quoted 3,089 8,153 6,139
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £56,500 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £73,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -14.29% -

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 20 May 2025.

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 20 May 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
South East +38 75 £41,750 -19.32% 108
North of England -45 41 £69,384 +26.15% 60
East of England +59 37 £27,500 -29.03% 35
Wales +15 26 £76,250 +77.72% 4
North West -54 26 £68,505 +24.55% 22
Scotland -21 24 £60,000 +42.86% 29
Midlands +2 21 £60,000 +20.00% 34
West Midlands +29 18 £60,000 +20.00% 28
South West +33 17 £71,991 +37.13% 19
Yorkshire +36 9 £78,810 +37.06% 25
North East +25 6 £69,384 +47.20% 13
East Midlands -2 3 £70,000 +40.00% 6
Northern Ireland +24 2 - - 10
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 15 (6.17%) Apache
2 12 (4.94%) IIS
3 11 (4.53%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (4.12%) Tomcat
5 9 (3.70%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (3.70%) SharePoint
6 8 (3.29%) Apache Spark
7 4 (1.65%) GemFire
8 2 (0.82%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.82%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.41%) Confluence
9 1 (0.41%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.41%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (6.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (2.47%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (2.06%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.82%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.82%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 104 (42.80%) AWS
2 73 (30.04%) Pulumi
3 68 (27.98%) Azure
4 25 (10.29%) GCP
5 23 (9.47%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (4.12%) Apigee
6 10 (4.12%) Cloud Computing
6 10 (4.12%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 9 (3.70%) Entra ID
7 9 (3.70%) GitHub
8 8 (3.29%) Amazon ECR
8 8 (3.29%) Amazon ECS
8 8 (3.29%) Amazon ElastiCache
8 8 (3.29%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 8 (3.29%) AWS CloudFormation
8 8 (3.29%) AWS CodeBuild
8 8 (3.29%) dbt
8 8 (3.29%) Microsoft Copilot
8 8 (3.29%) Power Automate
9 6 (2.47%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 65 (26.75%) Broadband
2 24 (9.88%) TCP/IP
3 22 (9.05%) Network Security
4 18 (7.41%) DNS
5 17 (7.00%) Firewall
6 15 (6.17%) SSL
7 14 (5.76%) DHCP
8 13 (5.35%) DMARC
9 10 (4.12%) Modbus
9 10 (4.12%) MQTT
10 7 (2.88%) VLAN
10 7 (2.88%) VPN
11 6 (2.47%) LAN
12 5 (2.06%) DKIM
12 5 (2.06%) IPv4
12 5 (2.06%) WAN
12 5 (2.06%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (1.65%) 5G
13 4 (1.65%) FTP
13 4 (1.65%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (37.45%) NoSQL
2 89 (36.63%) RDBMS
2 89 (36.63%) Relational Database
3 39 (16.05%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (7.82%) SQL Server
5 12 (4.94%) Redis
6 11 (4.53%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (3.70%) Oracle Database
8 8 (3.29%) DB2
8 8 (3.29%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (3.29%) Oracle Reports
9 7 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (2.88%) Hadoop
10 6 (2.47%) Apache Hudi
10 6 (2.47%) Apache Iceberg
10 6 (2.47%) Delta Lake
10 6 (2.47%) Oracle Exadata
10 6 (2.47%) SAP HANA
11 5 (2.06%) MongoDB
12 4 (1.65%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 65 (26.75%) Jaeger
2 22 (9.05%) Git
3 17 (7.00%) Jenkins
4 11 (4.53%) JUnit
5 10 (4.12%) Maven
5 10 (4.12%) SonarQube
5 10 (4.12%) Sonatype Nexus
6 6 (2.47%) Bitbucket
7 5 (2.06%) JIRA
7 5 (2.06%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (1.65%) LabVIEW
9 3 (1.23%) IBM UrbanCode
9 3 (1.23%) JMeter
10 1 (0.41%) GitLab
10 1 (0.41%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.41%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.41%) Spinnaker
10 1 (0.41%) Subversion
General
1 90 (37.04%) Social Skills
2 82 (33.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 33 (13.58%) Finance
4 27 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (8.23%) Banking
6 14 (5.76%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (4.12%) Law
8 8 (3.29%) Czech Language
8 8 (3.29%) Front Office
8 8 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.88%) Retail
9 7 (2.88%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.47%) Billing
11 5 (2.06%) Electronics
11 5 (2.06%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.23%) Automotive
13 3 (1.23%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.82%) Advertising
14 2 (0.82%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 91 (37.45%) Lead
2 78 (32.10%) Team Leader
3 45 (18.52%) Senior
4 34 (13.99%) Software Engineer
5 23 (9.47%) Developer
6 18 (7.41%) Senior Software Engineer
7 14 (5.76%) Analyst
7 14 (5.76%) IT Support
8 13 (5.35%) Administrator
9 12 (4.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (4.53%) Lead Software Engineer
11 10 (4.12%) Data Engineer
11 10 (4.12%) Support Analyst
12 8 (3.29%) IT Administrator
12 8 (3.29%) Lead Developer
12 8 (3.29%) Senior Developer
12 8 (3.29%) Software Team Leader
12 8 (3.29%) Technical Support
12 8 (3.29%) Test Engineer
13 7 (2.88%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (26.75%) Elastic Stack
1 65 (26.75%) OpenTelemetry
2 21 (8.64%) .NET
3 14 (5.76%) Spring
4 13 (5.35%) Kafka
5 11 (4.53%) Middleware
5 11 (4.53%) REST
5 11 (4.53%) RESTful
5 11 (4.53%) SOAP
5 11 (4.53%) Spring Boot
5 11 (4.53%) XML
6 10 (4.12%) Hibernate
7 9 (3.70%) JSON
8 8 (3.29%) Django
9 7 (2.88%) PySpark
10 6 (2.47%) Oracle Fusion
10 6 (2.47%) Oracle GoldenGate
10 6 (2.47%) PyArrow
11 5 (2.06%) HTML
12 4 (1.65%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.82%) IoT
2 17 (7.00%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (6.17%) Algorithms
4 10 (4.12%) Device Driver
5 9 (3.70%) Linux Command Line
6 8 (3.29%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.88%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (2.47%) Data Centre
8 6 (2.47%) Self-Driving Car
9 5 (2.06%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.65%) Derivative
11 3 (1.23%) Credit Derivative
11 3 (1.23%) Enterprise Cloud
11 3 (1.23%) Equities
11 3 (1.23%) Fixed Income
11 3 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (1.23%) Mainframe
11 3 (1.23%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.23%) Public Cloud
12 2 (0.82%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 194 (79.84%) Linux
2 73 (30.04%) Windows
3 13 (5.35%) Windows Server
4 11 (4.53%) AIX
5 5 (2.06%) VMS
6 4 (1.65%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.65%) Solaris
7 3 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.23%) zOS
8 2 (0.82%) CentOS
8 2 (0.82%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.82%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (46.50%) Agile
2 102 (41.98%) DevOps
3 90 (37.04%) Mentoring
4 87 (35.80%) Roadmaps
5 79 (32.51%) Infrastructure as Code
6 77 (31.69%) Continuous Integration
7 76 (31.28%) Problem-Solving
8 73 (30.04%) Containerisation
9 72 (29.63%) Task Automation
10 66 (27.16%) Cost Optimisation
10 66 (27.16%) Product Management
11 65 (26.75%) Budget Control
11 65 (26.75%) GitOps
11 65 (26.75%) High Availability
11 65 (26.75%) Performance Optimisation
11 65 (26.75%) Resource Management
12 47 (19.34%) CI/CD
13 46 (18.93%) Software Engineering
14 21 (8.64%) Technical Leadership
15 20 (8.23%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 123 (50.62%) Python
2 110 (45.27%) Java
3 91 (37.45%) JavaScript
3 91 (37.45%) SQL
4 89 (36.63%) Bash
5 76 (31.28%) Go
6 30 (12.35%) PowerShell
7 27 (11.11%) C
7 27 (11.11%) C++
8 21 (8.64%) C#
9 16 (6.58%) Shell Script
10 10 (4.12%) Fortran
10 10 (4.12%) Perl
11 9 (3.70%) VBA
12 7 (2.88%) MATLAB
12 7 (2.88%) PHP
12 7 (2.88%) PL/SQL
13 4 (1.65%) ABAP
14 3 (1.23%) Groovy
14 3 (1.23%) JCL
Qualifications
1 67 (27.57%) AWS Certification
2 28 (11.52%) Degree
3 24 (9.88%) Security Cleared
4 18 (7.41%) SC Cleared
5 12 (4.94%) DV Cleared
6 10 (4.12%) Master's Degree
6 10 (4.12%) PhD
7 5 (2.06%) OCA
7 5 (2.06%) OCP
7 5 (2.06%) Oracle Certification
8 4 (1.65%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.65%) HND
8 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.23%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.41%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.41%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 1 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.41%) PMP
10 1 (0.41%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.76%) Accessibility
2 10 (4.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.88%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.47%) QA
5 4 (1.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.41%) GDPR
8 1 (0.41%) NIST
8 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.41%) SLA
8 1 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 90 (37.04%) Docker
2 24 (9.88%) Active Directory
3 13 (5.35%) Hyper-V
4 11 (4.53%) Firmware
5 9 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (3.29%) HDFS
7 2 (0.82%) KVM
7 2 (0.82%) Postfix
7 2 (0.82%) Sendmail
7 2 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.82%) vSphere
8 1 (0.41%) Apache Flume
8 1 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.41%) LXC
8 1 (0.41%) NFS
8 1 (0.41%) Samba
8 1 (0.41%) vCloud
8 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 89 (36.63%) Kubernetes
2 88 (36.21%) Terraform
3 69 (28.40%) Ansible
4 65 (26.75%) Argo
4 65 (26.75%) Kustomize
4 65 (26.75%) Prometheus
5 16 (6.58%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (4.12%) Istio
7 8 (3.29%) AWS Copilot
7 8 (3.29%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (2.47%) Oracle RMAN
9 5 (2.06%) Grafana
10 4 (1.65%) SCCM
11 3 (1.23%) CA Endevor
12 2 (0.82%) Nagios
12 2 (0.82%) Nessus
12 2 (0.82%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 1 (0.41%) PowerCLI
13 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
13 1 (0.41%) vRealize
Vendors
1 74 (30.45%) Google
2 39 (16.05%) Oracle
3 32 (13.17%) Microsoft
4 14 (5.76%) VMware
5 10 (4.12%) SAP
6 9 (3.70%) Red Hat
7 7 (2.88%) IBM
8 6 (2.47%) Apple
8 6 (2.47%) Veeam
9 4 (1.65%) Solace
9 4 (1.65%) Sybase
9 4 (1.65%) TIBCO
10 3 (1.23%) Informatica
11 2 (0.82%) Splunk
11 2 (0.82%) Tenable
12 1 (0.41%) AppDynamics
12 1 (0.41%) Databricks
12 1 (0.41%) Dynatrace
12 1 (0.41%) Nimble Storage
12 1 (0.41%) SolarWinds