Unix Job Trends
Unix
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Unix skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 531 | 362 | 252 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -169 | -110 | -45 |
| Permanent jobs citing Unix | 297 | 343 | 753 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.25% | 0.70% | 1.07% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 4.43% | 5.89% | 8.22% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 210 | 208 | 306 |
| 10th Percentile | £36,457 | £35,000 | £38,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £42,188 | £50,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,576 | £65,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.89% | +8.33% | -7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £80,000 | £77,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £86,250 | £91,125 | £91,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £65,576 | £45,000 | £54,835 |
| % change year-on-year | +45.72% | -17.94% | -4.63% |
All Operating Systems
UK
Unix falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 6,697 | 5,823 | 9,166 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 5.62% | 11.91% | 13.00% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4,805 | 3,985 | 5,325 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,000 | £27,000 | £28,100 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,000 | £31,250 | £36,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £41,500 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.43% | -17.00% | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £63,750 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,000 | £82,500 | £85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £42,500 | £37,733 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.63% | -20.56% | +1.06% |
Unix Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Unix relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
Unix Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Unix.
Unix Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Unix over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.
Unix Top 17 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unix within the UK over the 6 months to 16 October 2026. 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 | -159 | 258 | £69,305 | -0.99% | 325 |
| UK excluding London | -148 | 158 | £65,576 | +45.72% | 142 |
| London | -118 | 110 | £71,250 | -10.94% | 199 |
| Work from Home | -82 | 97 | £69,305 | -0.99% | 118 |
| North of England | -25 | 60 | £69,305 | +45.91% | 33 |
| South West | -55 | 48 | £73,750 | +34.09% | 20 |
| North West | -9 | 28 | £65,576 | +63.94% | 19 |
| Yorkshire | -22 | 20 | £69,305 | +17.97% | 9 |
| Midlands | -51 | 19 | £61,500 | -12.14% | 15 |
| West Midlands | -44 | 16 | £65,903 | -12.13% | 9 |
| North East | -64 | 12 | £69,306 | +45.91% | 5 |
| Wales | -75 | 12 | £36,961 | -29.60% | 7 |
| Scotland | -6 | 6 | £63,451 | +69.20% | 14 |
| East of England | -70 | 6 | £50,000 | +17.65% | 16 |
| South East | -96 | 6 | £62,500 | +47.06% | 26 |
| East Midlands | -42 | 3 | £61,500 | +25.51% | 6 |
| Northern Ireland | -81 | 1 | £71,991 | -2.45% | 13 |
Unix Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Operating Systems
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linux | 88.2% | 262 |
| 2 | Windows | 29.3% | 87 |
| 3 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 9.1% | 27 |
| 4 | Solaris | 4.4% | 13 |
| 5 | AIX | 4.0% | 12 |
| 6 | CentOS | 3.7% | 11 |
| 6 | Windows Server | 3.7% | 11 |
| 8 | Oracle Linux | 3.4% | 10 |
| 8 | Ubuntu | 3.4% | 10 |
| 10 | macOS | 3.0% | 9 |
| 10 | Rocky | 3.0% | 9 |
| 12 | Windows 10 | 2.4% | 7 |
| 13 | Debian | 0.3% | 1 |