Unix Support Jobs

Unix Support
UK

The median Unix Support salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 905 990 1179
Rank change year-on-year +85 +189 -314
Permanent jobs requiring a Unix Support 3 8 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% 0.008% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.008% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 3 6 26
10th Percentile £41,000 £50,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £52,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +8.33% -33.33%
75th Percentile £64,375 £83,750 £73,438
90th Percentile £76,000 £100,000 £75,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 - £28,500
% change year-on-year - - +3.64%

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 91,989 97,583 147,027
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.61% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 66,379 61,119 85,881
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Unix Support
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Unix Support in the UK

Unix Support
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Unix Support in the UK

Unix Support
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unix Support over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Unix Support in the UK

Unix Support
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unix Support within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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 +127 3 £45,000 -30.77%
UK excluding London - 2 £42,500 -
South East - 2 £42,500 -
London +146 1 £82,500 +26.92%
Work from Home +97 1 £82,500 +50.00%

Unix Support Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Unix Support 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 Support in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Unix
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) COBOL
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) AIX
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) Red Hat
3 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
3 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 1 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps

Unix Support 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
General
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Unix
2 1 (33.33%) AIX
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) DevOps
1 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) COBOL
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Red Hat