Unix Jobs in England

Unix
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Unix skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Unix over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 330 207 183
Rank change year-on-year -123 -24 -10
Permanent jobs citing Unix 708 1,602 2,988
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.82% 1.81% 2.21%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.67% 11.23% 11.50%
Number of salaries quoted 472 853 1,420
10th Percentile £37,525 £40,506 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,063 £53,750 £47,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +12.00% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,064 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £69,447 £62,500
% change year-on-year -13.60% +11.12% +4.17%

All Operating Systems
England

Unix is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 12,487 14,270 25,977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.45% 16.16% 19.23%
Number of salaries quoted 9,837 9,792 14,947
10th Percentile £25,760 £26,762 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,233
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Unix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Unix in England

Unix
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Unix in England

Unix
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unix in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Unix in England

Unix
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unix within the England region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
London -85 260 £80,000 -0.37% 108
North of England -74 137 £55,000 -1.79% 15
South East -22 127 £51,750 -1.43% 47
South West -55 87 £52,500 - 11
Midlands -84 77 £50,000 -23.08% 10
North West -29 71 £55,000 -8.33% 9
West Midlands -3 48 £50,000 -23.08% 3
Yorkshire -49 44 £57,500 -3.36% 6
East Midlands -72 29 £50,000 -18.37% 7
North East -2 22 £47,137 +25.70%
East of England -68 15 £38,750 -35.42% 24
Unix
UK

Unix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 38 (5.37%) WebLogic
2 33 (4.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 32 (4.52%) Apache
4 29 (4.10%) Tomcat
5 23 (3.25%) IIS
6 18 (2.54%) nginx
7 15 (2.12%) Confluence
7 15 (2.12%) SharePoint
8 14 (1.98%) Oracle Service Bus
9 13 (1.84%) Captiva
9 13 (1.84%) FileNet
9 13 (1.84%) WebSphere
10 9 (1.27%) JBoss
11 3 (0.42%) GlassFish
11 3 (0.42%) WordPress
12 2 (0.28%) Apache Spark
12 2 (0.28%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.14%) Apache Pulsar
13 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 40 (5.65%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (2.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (2.12%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.28%) CATIA
4 2 (0.28%) NASTRAN
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 42 (5.93%) NEC Housing
2 16 (2.26%) Fidessa
3 15 (2.12%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (0.85%) Temenos T24
4 6 (0.85%) Unit4 Business World
5 4 (0.56%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.42%) Adaptiv
6 3 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.42%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.28%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.14%) Demantra
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle ASCP
8 1 (0.14%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.14%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.14%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 164 (23.16%) AWS
2 154 (21.75%) Azure
3 56 (7.91%) GCP
4 54 (7.63%) IaaS
5 44 (6.21%) SaaS
6 28 (3.95%) GitHub
7 25 (3.53%) PaaS
8 24 (3.39%) Power Platform
9 23 (3.25%) Microsoft 365
10 15 (2.12%) OpenShift
11 11 (1.55%) Serverless
12 10 (1.41%) Entra ID
13 9 (1.27%) Amazon S3
14 8 (1.13%) Azure Data Factory
15 7 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
16 6 (0.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 6 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
17 5 (0.71%) AWS Direct Connect
17 5 (0.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 5 (0.71%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 71 (10.03%) Firewall
2 60 (8.47%) DNS
3 57 (8.05%) TCP/IP
4 43 (6.07%) DHCP
5 36 (5.08%) VPN
6 26 (3.67%) SNMP
7 24 (3.39%) HTTP
8 21 (2.97%) Internet
9 19 (2.68%) BGP
9 19 (2.68%) MPLS
9 19 (2.68%) SAN
10 18 (2.54%) LAN
10 18 (2.54%) WAN
11 16 (2.26%) FIX Connectivity
11 16 (2.26%) SSH
12 13 (1.84%) Network Security
12 13 (1.84%) VLAN
13 12 (1.69%) SMTP
13 12 (1.69%) SSL
14 11 (1.55%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (14.12%) SQL Server
2 77 (10.88%) Oracle Database
3 66 (9.32%) MySQL
4 54 (7.63%) PostgreSQL
5 52 (7.34%) NoSQL
6 40 (5.65%) Relational Database
7 36 (5.08%) Data Warehouse
8 29 (4.10%) MongoDB
9 28 (3.95%) Elasticsearch
10 25 (3.53%) Oracle Database 12c
11 24 (3.39%) Power BI
12 20 (2.82%) Data Lake
13 16 (2.26%) Oracle Database 11g
14 14 (1.98%) Oracle Database 10g
14 14 (1.98%) VLDB
15 11 (1.55%) RDBMS
15 11 (1.55%) Tableau
16 7 (0.99%) DB2
16 7 (0.99%) MariaDB
16 7 (0.99%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 78 (11.02%) JIRA
2 53 (7.49%) Git
3 24 (3.39%) GitLab
4 20 (2.82%) Jenkins
5 15 (2.12%) Oracle Forms
6 14 (1.98%) Eclipse
7 13 (1.84%) Subversion
8 10 (1.41%) GNU Toolchain
8 10 (1.41%) LabVIEW
9 7 (0.99%) Snyk
10 6 (0.85%) Appium
10 6 (0.85%) RStudio
10 6 (0.85%) UI Automator
11 5 (0.71%) DTrace
11 5 (0.71%) GDB
12 4 (0.56%) IBM UrbanCode
12 4 (0.56%) JUnit
12 4 (0.56%) Postman
13 3 (0.42%) Maven
13 3 (0.42%) Oracle APEX
General
1 245 (34.60%) Finance
2 180 (25.42%) Social Skills
3 126 (17.80%) Analytical Skills
4 113 (15.96%) Banking
5 74 (10.45%) Public Sector
6 66 (9.32%) Police
7 46 (6.50%) Local Government
8 37 (5.23%) Back Office
9 24 (3.39%) Front Office
9 24 (3.39%) Telecoms
10 21 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 18 (2.54%) Law
12 14 (1.98%) Financial Institution
13 11 (1.55%) Investment Banking
13 11 (1.55%) Retail
14 8 (1.13%) Games
15 6 (0.85%) Automotive
16 5 (0.71%) Electronics
17 2 (0.28%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 125 (17.66%) Senior
2 117 (16.53%) Applications Support
3 114 (16.10%) Analyst
4 91 (12.85%) Developer
5 80 (11.30%) Support Analyst
6 73 (10.31%) Applications Support Analyst
7 56 (7.91%) Administrator
8 50 (7.06%) Software Engineer
9 42 (5.93%) Architect
9 42 (5.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 38 (5.37%) Support Engineer
11 34 (4.80%) Senior Analyst
12 33 (4.66%) DBA
12 33 (4.66%) Oracle DBA
13 32 (4.52%) Lead
14 27 (3.81%) Systems Administrator
15 26 (3.67%) Senior Applications Support
15 26 (3.67%) Senior Support Analyst
16 25 (3.53%) Linux Engineer
16 25 (3.53%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (6.36%) Web Services
2 44 (6.21%) XML
3 42 (5.93%) REST
4 31 (4.38%) Spring
5 29 (4.10%) SOAP
6 28 (3.95%) J2EE
7 27 (3.81%) HTML
8 26 (3.67%) FIX Protocol
8 26 (3.67%) Node.js
9 22 (3.11%) CSS
9 22 (3.11%) Java EE
10 20 (2.82%) AngularJS
10 20 (2.82%) OpenMP
11 17 (2.40%) Middleware
12 16 (2.26%) JSON
13 15 (2.12%) Kafka
14 14 (1.98%) OpenACC
14 14 (1.98%) React
15 13 (1.84%) Ajax
15 13 (1.84%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 61 (8.62%) Self-Motivation
2 57 (8.05%) Public Cloud
3 42 (5.93%) Data Centre
4 39 (5.51%) Linux Command Line
5 36 (5.08%) Management Information System
6 32 (4.52%) Algorithms
7 28 (3.95%) CUDA
8 21 (2.97%) Driving Licence
9 17 (2.40%) Private Cloud
10 16 (2.26%) Eurex
11 15 (2.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 14 (1.98%) Onboarding
13 13 (1.84%) Blockchain
13 13 (1.84%) CMDB
13 13 (1.84%) DataPower
13 13 (1.84%) Embedded Systems
14 12 (1.69%) Mainframe
14 12 (1.69%) Replication
15 11 (1.55%) Cloud Native
15 11 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 494 (69.77%) Linux
2 329 (46.47%) Windows
3 84 (11.86%) Solaris
4 70 (9.89%) Windows Server
5 61 (8.62%) CentOS
6 44 (6.21%) Ubuntu
7 29 (4.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 22 (3.11%) AIX
9 19 (2.68%) Mac OS
10 13 (1.84%) CoreOS
10 13 (1.84%) Windows 10
11 12 (1.69%) zOS
12 9 (1.27%) VMS
13 8 (1.13%) Windows Server 2019
14 7 (0.99%) Debian
15 6 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
16 3 (0.42%) Android
16 3 (0.42%) Windows 7
16 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
17 2 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (22.74%) ITIL
2 136 (19.21%) Problem-Solving
3 124 (17.51%) Agile
4 101 (14.27%) DevOps
5 82 (11.58%) Change Management
6 81 (11.44%) Computer Science
7 72 (10.17%) Incident Management
8 71 (10.03%) Mentoring
9 66 (9.32%) Roadmaps
10 65 (9.18%) Cybersecurity
11 62 (8.76%) Containerisation
12 61 (8.62%) Software Engineering
13 52 (7.34%) Actionable Insight
13 52 (7.34%) Coaching
14 50 (7.06%) Customer Service
14 50 (7.06%) Performance Tuning
15 49 (6.92%) Artificial Intelligence
15 49 (6.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 46 (6.50%) Test Automation
17 45 (6.36%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 218 (30.79%) Python
2 216 (30.51%) SQL
3 125 (17.66%) Java
4 94 (13.28%) PowerShell
5 91 (12.85%) Bash
6 84 (11.86%) Shell Script
7 74 (10.45%) C
8 71 (10.03%) C++
9 55 (7.77%) Perl
10 54 (7.63%) JavaScript
11 32 (4.52%) Fortran
12 27 (3.81%) Ruby
13 25 (3.53%) PL/SQL
14 19 (2.68%) C#
15 10 (1.41%) MATLAB
15 10 (1.41%) PHP
16 9 (1.27%) Rust
17 7 (0.99%) Go
17 7 (0.99%) R
18 6 (0.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 189 (26.69%) Degree
2 147 (20.76%) Security Cleared
3 79 (11.16%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (4.52%) Master's Degree
5 32 (4.52%) PhD
6 23 (3.25%) AWS Certification
7 22 (3.11%) Oracle Certification
8 15 (2.12%) DV Cleared
9 14 (1.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 14 (1.98%) Cisco Certification
10 13 (1.84%) Azure Certification
11 11 (1.55%) CCNA
12 10 (1.41%) HND
13 8 (1.13%) CISSP
13 8 (1.13%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (0.85%) CISA
14 6 (0.85%) MCSE
14 6 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (0.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (9.46%) SLA
2 44 (6.21%) Accessibility
3 15 (2.12%) GDPR
4 13 (1.84%) NIST
5 10 (1.41%) QA
6 9 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.99%) Data Quality
8 6 (0.85%) ITGC
8 6 (0.85%) PMO
9 5 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.28%) COBIT
11 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.28%) SEPA
12 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 49 (6.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 44 (6.21%) Active Directory
3 43 (6.07%) Docker
4 32 (4.52%) Hyper-V
5 16 (2.26%) Oracle RAC
5 16 (2.26%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (1.27%) Firmware
7 8 (1.13%) Embedded Firmware
8 7 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.71%) DFS Replication
10 4 (0.56%) KVM
10 4 (0.56%) vSphere
11 3 (0.42%) VirtualBox
11 3 (0.42%) XenApp
11 3 (0.42%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.28%) Kamailio
12 2 (0.28%) Shibboleth
13 1 (0.14%) OpenAM
13 1 (0.14%) OpenSIPS
13 1 (0.14%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 50 (7.06%) Kubernetes
2 46 (6.50%) Ansible
3 35 (4.94%) Puppet
4 31 (4.38%) SCCM
5 30 (4.24%) Single Sign-On
6 25 (3.53%) Terraform
7 22 (3.11%) OpenSSO
8 18 (2.54%) Progress Chef
9 15 (2.12%) Data Guard
9 15 (2.12%) Oracle RMAN
10 13 (1.84%) Grafana
10 13 (1.84%) WMI
11 12 (1.69%) Prometheus
12 10 (1.41%) Nessus
13 9 (1.27%) WSUS
14 8 (1.13%) NetBackup
15 7 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
15 7 (0.99%) Nexpose
16 6 (0.85%) Control-M
16 6 (0.85%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 212 (29.94%) Oracle
2 128 (18.08%) Microsoft
3 77 (10.88%) VMware
4 53 (7.49%) Red Hat
5 47 (6.64%) Remedy
6 46 (6.50%) Splunk
7 45 (6.36%) IBM
8 42 (5.93%) NEC
9 33 (4.66%) Cisco
10 25 (3.53%) Qualys
11 24 (3.39%) ION Trading
12 22 (3.11%) Dynatrace
13 21 (2.97%) Citrix
14 20 (2.82%) SAP
14 20 (2.82%) ServiceNow
15 19 (2.68%) Google
16 18 (2.54%) Sun
17 16 (2.26%) Patsystems
17 16 (2.26%) Reuters
17 16 (2.26%) Trayport