IBM AIX
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring AIX skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited AIX over the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 694 825 725
Rank change year-on-year +131 -100 +419
Permanent jobs citing AIX 25 91 193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.045% 0.082% 0.21%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.35% 0.63% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 18 65 47
10th Percentile £55,875 - £42,300
25th Percentile £56,250 £43,750 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £65,351
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -23.49% +29.41%
75th Percentile £75,625 £68,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £79,125 £83,250 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £47,500 £61,180
% change year-on-year +36.84% -22.36% +35.95%

All Operating Systems
UK

AIX 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 7,110 14,442 14,943
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.68% 12.96% 16.31%
Number of salaries quoted 4,329 10,800 10,207
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% -

AIX
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing AIX as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for AIX in the UK

AIX
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing AIX.

Salary trend for AIX in the UK

AIX
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing AIX over the 6 months to 19 June 2025.

Salary histogram for AIX in the UK

AIX
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AIX within the UK over the 6 months to 19 June 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
England +116 21 £65,000 +18.18% 187
UK excluding London +137 17 £65,000 +36.84% 176
Midlands +103 11 £65,000 +30.00% 41
Work from Home +76 8 £63,750 +34.21% 93
East Midlands +53 7 £72,500 +48.72% 25
London +88 6 £77,500 - 31
West Midlands +75 4 £65,000 -13.33% 16
Scotland +98 2 £60,000 +26.32% 11
South West +86 1 £57,000 - 18
South East +81 1 £85,000 +70.00% 35
North of England +61 1 £60,000 +26.32% 37
North East +47 1 £60,000 +23.08% 3
East of England +38 1 £65,000 +36.84% 26

AIX
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 9 (36.00%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (32.00%) AWS
3 4 (16.00%) IaaS
3 4 (16.00%) PaaS
4 3 (12.00%) Azure
5 2 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (4.00%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.00%) Ethernet
1 4 (16.00%) LAN
1 4 (16.00%) Network Security
1 4 (16.00%) Software-Defined Networking
1 4 (16.00%) WAN
2 2 (8.00%) Firewall
2 2 (8.00%) VPN
3 1 (4.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (24.00%) DB2
1 6 (24.00%) SAP HANA
2 4 (16.00%) MaxDB
2 4 (16.00%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (8.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (4.00%) Oracle Database
4 1 (4.00%) RDBMS
4 1 (4.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Oracle APEX
General
1 7 (28.00%) Finance
2 3 (12.00%) Retail
3 2 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Administrator
2 5 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Architect
3 4 (16.00%) Consultant
3 4 (16.00%) Infrastructure Architect
3 4 (16.00%) SAP Basis Consultant
3 4 (16.00%) SAP Basis Support
3 4 (16.00%) SAP Consultant
3 4 (16.00%) SAP Support
3 4 (16.00%) SAP Support Consultant
3 4 (16.00%) Senior
3 4 (16.00%) Support Consultant
4 3 (12.00%) AWS Administrator
4 3 (12.00%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Server Administrator
4 3 (12.00%) VMWare Administrator
4 3 (12.00%) Windows Administrator
4 3 (12.00%) Windows Server Administrator
4 3 (12.00%) Windows Server Support
4 3 (12.00%) Windows Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.00%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 9 (36.00%) Data Centre
2 4 (16.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (16.00%) Public Cloud
3 2 (8.00%) Mainframe
4 1 (4.00%) Clustering
4 1 (4.00%) IBM Mainframe
4 1 (4.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 19 (76.00%) Linux
2 18 (72.00%) Windows
3 10 (40.00%) Windows Server
4 7 (28.00%) Unix
5 5 (20.00%) Solaris
5 5 (20.00%) Windows 10
6 3 (12.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (8.00%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 1 (4.00%) SUSE
8 1 (4.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (32.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 8 (32.00%) ITIL
2 5 (20.00%) Agile
2 5 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (16.00%) Analytics
3 4 (16.00%) Business Analytics
3 4 (16.00%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (16.00%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (16.00%) CRM
3 4 (16.00%) Data Privacy
3 4 (16.00%) ERP
3 4 (16.00%) High Availability
3 4 (16.00%) Performance Tuning
3 4 (16.00%) Project Delivery
3 4 (16.00%) Project Management
3 4 (16.00%) SAP Security
3 4 (16.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 3 (12.00%) Data Analysis
4 3 (12.00%) Problem Management
4 3 (12.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 8 (32.00%) SQL
2 4 (16.00%) ABAP
2 4 (16.00%) Java
3 2 (8.00%) Bash
3 2 (8.00%) Korn
3 2 (8.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (28.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (20.00%) Degree
3 4 (16.00%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (12.00%) AWS Certification
4 3 (12.00%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (12.00%) IBM AIX Certification
4 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (8.00%) DV Cleared
6 1 (4.00%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (24.00%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (32.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (8.00%) Docker
3 2 (8.00%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (8.00%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (8.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (20.00%) SCCM
2 2 (8.00%) Ansible
2 2 (8.00%) Grafana
2 2 (8.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (8.00%) Red Hat Satellite
2 2 (8.00%) Terraform
2 2 (8.00%) ZABBIX
3 1 (4.00%) Backup Exec
3 1 (4.00%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 11 (44.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (36.00%) Oracle
3 8 (32.00%) VMware
4 6 (24.00%) IBM
4 6 (24.00%) SAP
5 5 (20.00%) Citrix
6 4 (16.00%) Cisco
6 4 (16.00%) Red Hat
7 1 (4.00%) Hitachi
7 1 (4.00%) NetApp
7 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow
7 1 (4.00%) Snow
7 1 (4.00%) Veritas