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

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 679 822 767
Rank change year-on-year +143 -55 +381
Permanent jobs citing AIX 23 85 202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.082% 0.21%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.32% 0.60% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 14 61 55
10th Percentile £55,375 - £42,500
25th Percentile £56,438 £43,750 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -23.08% +30.00%
75th Percentile £69,375 £62,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £84,875 £75,000 £98,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £48,750 £61,180
% change year-on-year +33.33% -20.32% +31.57%

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 7,159 14,054 15,540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.82% 13.56% 16.22%
Number of salaries quoted 4,235 10,700 10,440
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £91,250
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 31 May 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 31 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
England +120 20 £65,000 +30.00% 23
UK excluding London +126 11 £65,000 +33.33% 20
London +100 10 £83,750 +11.67% 8
Work from Home +76 10 £70,000 +47.37% 13
Midlands +64 6 £65,000 +30.00% 7
West Midlands +59 4 £65,000 -13.33% 2
East Midlands +39 2 £70,000 +43.59% 5
Scotland +119 1 £60,000 +26.32% 5
South West +90 1 £57,000 - 1
South East +67 1 £85,000 +54.55%
East of England +48 1 £65,000 +36.84%
North East +47 1 £60,000 +23.08% 3
North of England +28 1 £60,000 +26.32% 7

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 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 11 (47.83%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (43.48%) AWS
3 1 (4.35%) Azure
3 1 (4.35%) IaaS
3 1 (4.35%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) Ethernet
1 1 (4.35%) LAN
1 1 (4.35%) Network Security
1 1 (4.35%) SAN
1 1 (4.35%) Software-Defined Networking
1 1 (4.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (21.74%) DB2
2 4 (17.39%) MaxDB
2 4 (17.39%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (17.39%) SAP HANA
3 2 (8.70%) SQL Server
4 1 (4.35%) Oracle Database
4 1 (4.35%) RDBMS
4 1 (4.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Oracle APEX
General
1 10 (43.48%) Finance
2 3 (13.04%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Aviation
4 1 (4.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (30.43%) Administrator
3 5 (21.74%) AWS Administrator
3 5 (21.74%) Citrix Administrator
3 5 (21.74%) Citrix Support
3 5 (21.74%) Linux Engineer
3 5 (21.74%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (21.74%) Server Administrator
3 5 (21.74%) Server Support
3 5 (21.74%) VMWare Administrator
3 5 (21.74%) Windows Administrator
3 5 (21.74%) Windows Server Administrator
3 5 (21.74%) Windows Server Support
3 5 (21.74%) Windows Systems Administrator
4 4 (17.39%) Consultant
4 4 (17.39%) SAP Basis Support
4 4 (17.39%) SAP Support
4 4 (17.39%) SAP Support Consultant
4 4 (17.39%) Senior
4 4 (17.39%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (17.39%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 9 (39.13%) Data Centre
2 8 (34.78%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.35%) Clustering
3 1 (4.35%) IBM Mainframe
3 1 (4.35%) Mainframe
3 1 (4.35%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (78.26%) Windows
2 17 (73.91%) Linux
3 12 (52.17%) Windows Server
4 10 (43.48%) Windows 10
5 7 (30.43%) Unix
6 4 (17.39%) Solaris
7 1 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (4.35%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) Disaster Recovery
2 11 (47.83%) ITIL
3 8 (34.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 7 (30.43%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 5 (21.74%) Problem Management
5 5 (21.74%) Time Management
6 4 (17.39%) Analytics
6 4 (17.39%) Business Analytics
6 4 (17.39%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (17.39%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (17.39%) CRM
6 4 (17.39%) Data Privacy
6 4 (17.39%) ERP
6 4 (17.39%) Project Delivery
6 4 (17.39%) Project Management
6 4 (17.39%) SAP Security
7 3 (13.04%) Customer Requirements
8 2 (8.70%) Customer Service
8 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (8.70%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (34.78%) SQL
2 4 (17.39%) ABAP
2 4 (17.39%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) Security Cleared
2 6 (26.09%) Degree
2 6 (26.09%) ITIL Certification
3 5 (21.74%) AWS Certification
3 5 (21.74%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (21.74%) IBM AIX Certification
4 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
5 2 (8.70%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (47.83%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (47.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (34.78%) Active Directory
3 2 (8.70%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 10 (43.48%) SCCM
2 1 (4.35%) Backup Exec
2 1 (4.35%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 13 (56.52%) Microsoft
2 11 (47.83%) VMware
3 10 (43.48%) Citrix
4 9 (39.13%) Oracle
5 8 (34.78%) Cisco
6 4 (17.39%) SAP
7 3 (13.04%) IBM
7 3 (13.04%) ServiceNow
8 2 (8.70%) Red Hat
9 1 (4.35%) Hitachi
9 1 (4.35%) NetApp
9 1 (4.35%) Snow
9 1 (4.35%) Veritas