AWK Job Trends

AWK
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring AWK skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 695 712
Rank change year-on-year - +17 +265
Permanent jobs citing AWK 0 4 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK - 0.007% 0.016%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 0.022% 0.042%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 8
10th Percentile - £47,300 £47,125
25th Percentile - £48,875 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £53,000 £61,003
Median % change year-on-year - -13.12% -2.78%
75th Percentile - £56,000 £69,375
90th Percentile - £56,900 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary - £53,000 £53,503
% change year-on-year - -0.94% -14.39%

All Programming Languages
UK

AWK falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 11,593 18,059 21,549
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.32% 33.75% 38.70%
Number of salaries quoted 8,500 10,546 17,601
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £83,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £110,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

AWK
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AWK relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

AWK job vacancy trend in the UK

AWK
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing AWK.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing AWK