Unix Security Engineer Job Trends, Salaries & Skill Sets

Unix Security Engineer
UK

As of 16 October 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Unix Security Engineer salary in the UK.

Location	6 months to 16 Oct 2025	Same period 2024	Same period 2023
Rank	-	754	743
Rank change year-on-year	-	-11	-
Permanent jobs requiring a Unix Security Engineer	0	1	5
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	-	0.001%	0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category	-	0.001%	0.009%
Number of salaries quoted	0	0	5
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	-	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	-	-	£80,000
75^th Percentile	-	-	£95,000
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
UK excluding London median annual salary	-	-	-

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	43,959	67,207	53,648
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title	89.90%	95.34%	95.58%
Number of salaries quoted	25,826	38,508	41,480
10^th Percentile	£28,000	£31,250	£32,000
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£41,250	£43,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£53,500	£55,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	-2.73%	-8.33%	-
75^th Percentile	£73,750	£75,000	£80,000
90^th Percentile	£95,000	£95,000	£97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary	£46,000	£50,000	£52,500
% change year-on-year	-8.00%	-4.76%	-

Unix Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Unix Security Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.