Unix Engineer
UK
The median Unix Engineer salary in the UK is £71,991 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 689 | 891 | 943 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +202 | +52 | +247 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Unix Engineer | 11 | 13 | 51 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.021% | 0.013% | 0.049% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.023% | 0.014% | 0.054% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 11 | 8 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £52,500 | - | £50,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £55,000 | £48,750 | £52,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £71,991 | £52,500 | £62,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +37.13% | -15.32% | +24.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £73,886 | £58,250 | £77,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £60,500 | £77,800 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £67,246 | £52,500 | £59,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +28.09% | -11.02% | +18.00% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 | 47,541 | 93,322 | 94,998 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.35% | 94.63% | 91.54% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,467 | 66,921 | 59,760 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,550 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.42% | -12.42% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
Unix Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Unix Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Unix Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Unix Engineer.
Unix Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Unix Engineer over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.
Unix Engineer
Top 8 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unix Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +197 | 10 | £67,246 | +28.09% | 4 |
| England | +175 | 8 | £71,991 | +37.13% | 5 |
| Work from Home | +170 | 7 | £71,991 | +37.13% | 4 |
| South West | +113 | 5 | £71,991 | +37.13% | 2 |
| Scotland | - | 3 | £60,000 | - | |
| North of England | +66 | 2 | £52,500 | +5.00% | 2 |
| North East | +44 | 2 | £52,500 | +5.00% | |
| London | +102 | 1 | £100,000 | - | 1 |
Unix Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, 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 Unix Engineer in the job title.
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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: