Senior Unix Engineer Jobs

Senior Unix Engineer
UK

The median Senior Unix Engineer salary in the UK is £56,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 891 983 1209
Rank change year-on-year +92 +226 -329
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Unix Engineer 3 10 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% 0.010% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.010% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile - £61,800 £38,529
25th Percentile £51,500 £61,875 £41,948
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £68,500 £49,684
Median % change year-on-year -18.25% +37.87% -0.63%
75th Percentile £60,500 £77,125 £58,360
90th Percentile - £78,250 £62,344
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £68,500 £48,750
% change year-on-year -18.25% +40.51% -2.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,901 95,961 148,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,751 60,281 85,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,495
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Senior Unix Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior Unix Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Unix Engineer in the UK

Senior Unix Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Unix Engineer.

Salary trend for Senior Unix Engineer in the UK

Senior Unix Engineer
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Unix Engineer within the UK 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
England +112 3 £56,000 -18.25%
West Midlands +20 2 £56,000 -18.25%
Midlands -1 2 £56,000 -18.25%
UK excluding London -12 2 £56,000 -18.25%
London - 1 - -

Senior Unix Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Senior Unix Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Unix Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Unix
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Problem Management
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) JBoss
2 2 (66.67%) Tomcat
2 2 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) WebLogic
2 2 (66.67%) Middleware
3 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
3 1 (33.33%) Feasibility Study

Senior Unix Engineer Skill Set
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 2 (66.67%) JBoss
1 2 (66.67%) Tomcat
1 2 (66.67%) WebLogic
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Middleware
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Unix
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Problem Management
2 1 (33.33%) Feasibility Study
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) Shell Script