Unix Jobs in the UK excluding London

Unix
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Unix skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Unix over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 267 191 220
Rank change year-on-year -76 +29 -13
Permanent jobs citing Unix 730 1,108 1,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.04% 1.79% 1.74%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.87% 10.87% 8.36%
Number of salaries quoted 360 454 640
10th Percentile £33,000 £34,875 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% +7.89%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £65,313
90th Percentile £83,293 £80,000 £73,675
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +12.00% +2.46%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

Unix is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 10,619 10,190 14,695
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.14% 16.48% 20.82%
Number of salaries quoted 8,266 6,439 9,393
10th Percentile £25,250 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +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 26 April 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 26 April 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 -19 207 £42,101 -32.64% 9
North of England -62 137 £55,000 +3.77% 13
South East -38 127 £52,500 - 30
South West -71 93 £52,500 +5.00% 19
Midlands -54 75 £50,000 -23.08% 13
North West -14 66 £55,000 -1.79% 5
Wales +30 58 £48,498 -16.48% 4
Yorkshire -18 50 £70,576 +15.36% 8
West Midlands -7 43 £50,000 -23.08% 6
East Midlands -48 32 £50,000 -23.08% 7
North East -2 21 £44,274 +14.26%
Northern Ireland +13 18 £71,250 +42.50% 3
East of England -64 15 £38,750 -35.42% 23
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
1 102 (13.97%) Apache Spark
2 77 (10.55%) WebLogic
3 45 (6.16%) Oracle Service Bus
4 27 (3.70%) WebSphere
5 22 (3.01%) Captiva
5 22 (3.01%) FileNet
6 19 (2.60%) Tomcat
7 16 (2.19%) Apache Airflow
8 12 (1.64%) Confluence
8 12 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
8 12 (1.64%) SharePoint
9 10 (1.37%) Apache
9 10 (1.37%) nginx
10 5 (0.68%) JBoss
11 4 (0.55%) IIS
12 3 (0.41%) GlassFish
13 2 (0.27%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
14 1 (0.14%) NetWeaver
14 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 74 (10.14%) Microsoft Office
2 54 (7.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 45 (6.16%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.27%) CATIA
5 2 (0.27%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 46 (6.30%) Remedy ITSM
2 13 (1.78%) Unit4 Business World
3 10 (1.37%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.55%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.27%) Demantra
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle ASCP
5 2 (0.27%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.14%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.14%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 248 (33.97%) AWS
2 142 (19.45%) Azure
3 67 (9.18%) GCP
4 58 (7.95%) SaaS
5 56 (7.67%) IaaS
6 33 (4.52%) GitHub
7 28 (3.84%) Microsoft 365
8 27 (3.70%) PaaS
9 23 (3.15%) Amazon EKS
10 17 (2.33%) OpenShift
11 13 (1.78%) Power Platform
12 12 (1.64%) Serverless
13 8 (1.10%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (0.96%) Entra ID
15 6 (0.82%) Amazon EC2
15 6 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
16 5 (0.68%) OCI
17 4 (0.55%) Amazon ECS
17 4 (0.55%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 48 (6.58%) Firewall
2 37 (5.07%) TCP/IP
3 23 (3.15%) DNS
4 22 (3.01%) Internet
5 16 (2.19%) SNMP
6 13 (1.78%) Network Security
6 13 (1.78%) SSH
6 13 (1.78%) VLAN
6 13 (1.78%) VPN
7 12 (1.64%) DHCP
7 12 (1.64%) HTTP
8 11 (1.51%) SAN
9 9 (1.23%) WAN
10 7 (0.96%) SMTP
10 7 (0.96%) Wireless
11 6 (0.82%) LAN
12 5 (0.68%) 5G
12 5 (0.68%) SD-WAN
13 4 (0.55%) SSL
13 4 (0.55%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (16.30%) NoSQL
2 102 (13.97%) Apache Hive
2 102 (13.97%) HBase
3 72 (9.86%) Hadoop
4 71 (9.73%) Oracle Database
5 64 (8.77%) MySQL
6 47 (6.44%) Oracle Database 11g
7 46 (6.30%) Oracle Database 10g
8 45 (6.16%) VLDB
9 44 (6.03%) SQL Server
10 37 (5.07%) Big Data
10 37 (5.07%) Data Warehouse
10 37 (5.07%) Relational Database
11 33 (4.52%) Elasticsearch
12 28 (3.84%) PostgreSQL
13 25 (3.42%) Data Lake
14 14 (1.92%) DB2
14 14 (1.92%) RDBMS
15 13 (1.78%) Power BI
16 10 (1.37%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 129 (17.67%) Git
2 111 (15.21%) Jenkins
3 86 (11.78%) Bitbucket Server
4 59 (8.08%) JIRA
5 24 (3.29%) Oracle Forms
6 16 (2.19%) GitLab
7 13 (1.78%) Eclipse
7 13 (1.78%) LabVIEW
8 11 (1.51%) CircleCI
9 10 (1.37%) GNU Toolchain
9 10 (1.37%) Subversion
10 8 (1.10%) IBM UrbanCode
11 6 (0.82%) Appium
11 6 (0.82%) RStudio
11 6 (0.82%) UI Automator
12 5 (0.68%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.55%) Burp Suite
13 4 (0.55%) Metasploit
14 3 (0.41%) Oracle APEX
15 2 (0.27%) Maven
General
1 265 (36.30%) Finance
2 163 (22.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 152 (20.82%) Law
4 146 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 134 (18.36%) Analytical Skills
6 108 (14.79%) Legal
7 54 (7.40%) Banking
8 42 (5.75%) Public Sector
9 34 (4.66%) Police
10 24 (3.29%) Presentation Skills
11 22 (3.01%) Marketing
12 16 (2.19%) Local Government
12 16 (2.19%) Military
13 15 (2.05%) Retail
14 13 (1.78%) Games
15 8 (1.10%) Telecoms
16 7 (0.96%) Back Office
17 6 (0.82%) Automotive
18 5 (0.68%) Aerospace
18 5 (0.68%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 189 (25.89%) Software Engineer
2 132 (18.08%) Analyst
3 117 (16.03%) Developer
4 112 (15.34%) Senior
5 105 (14.38%) Support Analyst
6 99 (13.56%) Applications Support
7 87 (11.92%) Applications Support Analyst
8 69 (9.45%) AWS Engineer
9 67 (9.18%) AWS Software Engineer
10 64 (8.77%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 60 (8.22%) Database Engineer
12 56 (7.67%) Database Developer
13 48 (6.58%) SQL Analyst
13 48 (6.58%) SQL Support Analyst
14 45 (6.16%) Oracle Analyst
14 45 (6.16%) Oracle Support Analyst
15 43 (5.89%) Python Engineer
16 41 (5.62%) Java Engineer
16 41 (5.62%) Java Software Engineer
17 39 (5.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (8.49%) Spring
2 32 (4.38%) J2EE
2 32 (4.38%) REST
3 29 (3.97%) Java EE
4 28 (3.84%) Node.js
5 25 (3.42%) React
6 22 (3.01%) OpenMP
7 21 (2.88%) JPA
7 21 (2.88%) Web Services
8 20 (2.74%) XML
9 19 (2.60%) CSS
9 19 (2.60%) OpenID
10 17 (2.33%) AngularJS
11 16 (2.19%) HTML
11 16 (2.19%) OpenACC
12 15 (2.05%) SOAP
13 13 (1.78%) Ajax
13 13 (1.78%) JDBC
13 13 (1.78%) ODBC
13 13 (1.78%) XHTML
Miscellaneous
1 141 (19.32%) Algorithms
2 55 (7.53%) Self-Motivation
3 42 (5.75%) Data Centre
4 37 (5.07%) Public Cloud
5 34 (4.66%) Management Information System
6 29 (3.97%) CUDA
7 28 (3.84%) Linux Command Line
8 24 (3.29%) Mainframe
8 24 (3.29%) Private Cloud
9 22 (3.01%) DataPower
10 19 (2.60%) Blockchain
10 19 (2.60%) Cloud Native
11 16 (2.19%) Embedded Systems
12 13 (1.78%) CMDB
13 12 (1.64%) GNSS
14 11 (1.51%) Mobile App
15 9 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
15 9 (1.23%) Product Ownership
16 8 (1.10%) Tandem
17 7 (0.96%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 385 (52.74%) Linux
2 253 (34.66%) Windows
3 76 (10.41%) Solaris
4 53 (7.26%) Windows Server
5 22 (3.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 21 (2.88%) AIX
7 19 (2.60%) CentOS
7 19 (2.60%) CoreOS
8 18 (2.47%) Mac OS
9 15 (2.05%) Ubuntu
10 14 (1.92%) Mac OS X
11 10 (1.37%) VMS
11 10 (1.37%) Windows 10
12 6 (0.82%) Debian
13 5 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
13 5 (0.68%) zOS
14 4 (0.55%) Kali Linux
14 4 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
15 3 (0.41%) Windows 7
15 3 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (33.42%) Agile
2 207 (28.36%) Artificial Intelligence
3 196 (26.85%) Software Engineering
4 153 (20.96%) CI/CD
5 145 (19.86%) Machine Learning
6 141 (19.32%) SDLC
7 139 (19.04%) Problem-Solving
8 136 (18.63%) Open Source
9 135 (18.49%) ITIL
10 125 (17.12%) Operational Stability
11 122 (16.71%) Test Automation
12 121 (16.58%) Actionable Insight
13 118 (16.16%) Risk Management
14 116 (15.89%) Incident Management
15 113 (15.48%) Continuous Improvement
16 111 (15.21%) Community of Practice
17 109 (14.93%) Visualisation
18 101 (13.84%) Microservices
19 99 (13.56%) TDD
20 95 (13.01%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 309 (42.33%) SQL
2 264 (36.16%) Python
3 223 (30.55%) Java
4 140 (19.18%) PL/SQL
5 79 (10.82%) Shell Script
6 68 (9.32%) Bash
7 61 (8.36%) C
8 55 (7.53%) C++
9 51 (6.99%) PowerShell
10 34 (4.66%) Fortran
11 31 (4.25%) Perl
12 25 (3.42%) JavaScript
13 14 (1.92%) Ruby
14 13 (1.78%) MATLAB
15 12 (1.64%) C#
16 9 (1.23%) PHP
17 7 (0.96%) R
17 7 (0.96%) TypeScript
18 5 (0.68%) COBOL
19 4 (0.55%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 215 (29.45%) Degree
2 156 (21.37%) Security Cleared
3 118 (16.16%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.66%) PhD
5 33 (4.52%) Master's Degree
6 32 (4.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (2.74%) AWS Certification
8 16 (2.19%) HND
9 15 (2.05%) CISSP
9 15 (2.05%) DV Cleared
10 14 (1.92%) CISM
10 14 (1.92%) GCIA
10 14 (1.92%) GCIH
10 14 (1.92%) GREM
11 13 (1.78%) Azure Certification
11 13 (1.78%) CISA
12 12 (1.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 8 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (1.10%) Oracle Certification
14 7 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (11.51%) SLA
2 23 (3.15%) GDPR
3 13 (1.78%) ITGC
3 13 (1.78%) PMO
4 12 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.51%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.10%) QA
7 6 (0.82%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.68%) NIST
9 3 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.27%) DO-178B
10 2 (0.27%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.14%) SEPA
System Software
1 102 (13.97%) HDFS
2 50 (6.85%) Oracle RAC
3 36 (4.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 34 (4.66%) Docker
5 32 (4.38%) Hyper-V
6 31 (4.25%) Active Directory
7 18 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
8 15 (2.05%) Firmware
9 7 (0.96%) Embedded Firmware
10 6 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.55%) KVM
12 3 (0.41%) VirtualBox
12 3 (0.41%) XenApp
13 2 (0.27%) Shibboleth
14 1 (0.14%) Kamailio
14 1 (0.14%) Lustre
14 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.14%) Squid
14 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
14 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 98 (13.42%) Terraform
2 48 (6.58%) Data Guard
2 48 (6.58%) Oracle RMAN
3 32 (4.38%) Ansible
3 32 (4.38%) Single Sign-On
4 29 (3.97%) Kubernetes
4 29 (3.97%) OpenSSO
5 22 (3.01%) Puppet
6 17 (2.33%) SCCM
7 13 (1.78%) WMI
8 12 (1.64%) WSUS
9 9 (1.23%) Grafana
9 9 (1.23%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
11 6 (0.82%) ITRS Geneos
12 5 (0.68%) CA Endevor
12 5 (0.68%) Nagios
12 5 (0.68%) Opsgenie
13 4 (0.55%) Nmap
14 3 (0.41%) SCOM
Vendors
1 219 (30.00%) Oracle
2 129 (17.67%) Databricks
3 89 (12.19%) Microsoft
4 88 (12.05%) Informatica
5 81 (11.10%) Remedy
6 72 (9.86%) Cloudera
7 57 (7.81%) VMware
8 47 (6.44%) Sun
9 45 (6.16%) Splunk
10 36 (4.93%) IBM
10 36 (4.93%) SAP
11 32 (4.38%) Red Hat
12 25 (3.42%) Dynatrace
12 25 (3.42%) ServiceNow
13 22 (3.01%) Kofax
13 22 (3.01%) Pega
14 20 (2.74%) Dell
15 17 (2.33%) Google
16 15 (2.05%) AppDynamics
17 14 (1.92%) BMC