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
Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing AWK.
