Unix Jobs in the UK excluding London

Unix
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 272 193 220
Rank change year-on-year -79 +27 -23
Permanent jobs citing Unix 721 1,070 1,238
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.02% 1.79% 1.73%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.85% 10.93% 8.28%
Number of salaries quoted 346 416 651
10th Percentile £33,000 £34,875 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,500 £43,000 £39,682
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £57,413 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.17% +12.57% +7.37%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £65,720
90th Percentile £82,548 £80,000 £73,675
UK median annual salary £60,000 £69,447 £62,500
% change year-on-year -13.60% +11.12% +4.17%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 10,529 9,794 14,951
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.86% 16.42% 20.85%
Number of salaries quoted 8,141 6,182 9,398
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Unix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Unix in the UK excluding London

Unix
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Unix in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Unix in the UK excluding London

Unix
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unix in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Unix in the UK excluding London

Unix
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unix within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
Scotland -19 203 £42,000 -30.00% 13
North of England -76 141 £55,000 -0.45% 18
South East -16 126 £51,000 -2.86% 25
South West -55 90 £52,500 - 13
Midlands -68 77 £50,000 -23.08% 14
North West -17 72 £55,000 -6.24% 10
Wales +23 53 £42,904 -26.12% 1
West Midlands -16 47 £50,000 -23.08% 5
Yorkshire -35 47 £57,500 -4.17% 7
East Midlands -73 30 £50,000 -23.08% 9
North East -6 22 £47,137 +25.70% 1
Northern Ireland +10 16 £83,750 +65.02% 2
East of England -78 15 £38,750 -35.42% 19
Unix
UK

Unix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 102 (14.15%) Apache Spark
2 72 (9.99%) WebLogic
3 44 (6.10%) Oracle Service Bus
4 27 (3.74%) WebSphere
5 24 (3.33%) Tomcat
6 22 (3.05%) Captiva
6 22 (3.05%) FileNet
7 20 (2.77%) Apache
8 16 (2.22%) Apache Airflow
9 14 (1.94%) IIS
10 11 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
10 11 (1.53%) SharePoint
11 10 (1.39%) nginx
12 8 (1.11%) Confluence
13 4 (0.55%) JBoss
14 3 (0.42%) GlassFish
15 2 (0.28%) OpenStack
15 2 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
16 1 (0.14%) SAP Portal
16 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 71 (9.85%) Microsoft Office
2 53 (7.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 44 (6.10%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.28%) CATIA
5 2 (0.28%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 45 (6.24%) Remedy ITSM
2 26 (3.61%) NEC Housing
3 11 (1.53%) Unit4 Business World
4 3 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.42%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.28%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.14%) Demantra
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle ASCP
6 1 (0.14%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.14%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 244 (33.84%) AWS
2 131 (18.17%) Azure
3 63 (8.74%) GCP
4 59 (8.18%) SaaS
5 57 (7.91%) IaaS
6 33 (4.58%) GitHub
7 28 (3.88%) PaaS
8 26 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
9 23 (3.19%) Amazon EKS
10 17 (2.36%) OpenShift
11 11 (1.53%) Serverless
12 9 (1.25%) Power Platform
13 8 (1.11%) Azure Data Factory
14 7 (0.97%) Cloud Computing
15 6 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
15 6 (0.83%) Entra ID
16 5 (0.69%) Amazon EC2
17 4 (0.55%) Google Docs
17 4 (0.55%) OCI
18 3 (0.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 44 (6.10%) Firewall
2 31 (4.30%) TCP/IP
3 20 (2.77%) Internet
4 19 (2.64%) DNS
5 16 (2.22%) SNMP
6 14 (1.94%) Network Security
7 13 (1.80%) SSH
7 13 (1.80%) VLAN
7 13 (1.80%) VPN
8 12 (1.66%) HTTP
9 11 (1.53%) DHCP
10 10 (1.39%) SAN
11 8 (1.11%) SMTP
12 6 (0.83%) WAN
13 5 (0.69%) LAN
14 4 (0.55%) PBX
14 4 (0.55%) Wireless
15 3 (0.42%) 5G
15 3 (0.42%) Reverse Proxy
15 3 (0.42%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (16.23%) NoSQL
2 102 (14.15%) Apache Hive
2 102 (14.15%) HBase
3 84 (11.65%) Oracle Database
4 72 (9.99%) Hadoop
5 60 (8.32%) MySQL
6 46 (6.38%) Oracle Database 11g
7 45 (6.24%) SQL Server
8 44 (6.10%) Oracle Database 10g
8 44 (6.10%) VLDB
9 38 (5.27%) Data Warehouse
10 37 (5.13%) Big Data
11 36 (4.99%) Relational Database
12 32 (4.44%) PostgreSQL
13 27 (3.74%) Elasticsearch
14 25 (3.47%) Data Lake
15 16 (2.22%) Oracle Database 12c
16 14 (1.94%) RDBMS
17 12 (1.66%) DB2
18 9 (1.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 127 (17.61%) Git
2 112 (15.53%) Jenkins
3 86 (11.93%) Bitbucket Server
4 56 (7.77%) JIRA
5 24 (3.33%) Oracle Forms
6 20 (2.77%) GitLab
7 13 (1.80%) Eclipse
8 11 (1.53%) CircleCI
8 11 (1.53%) LabVIEW
9 10 (1.39%) GNU Toolchain
9 10 (1.39%) Subversion
10 6 (0.83%) Appium
10 6 (0.83%) RStudio
10 6 (0.83%) UI Automator
11 5 (0.69%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.42%) IBM UrbanCode
12 3 (0.42%) Oracle APEX
13 2 (0.28%) Burp Suite
13 2 (0.28%) Maven
13 2 (0.28%) Metasploit
General
1 265 (36.75%) Finance
2 162 (22.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 153 (21.22%) Law
4 144 (19.97%) Social Skills
5 129 (17.89%) Analytical Skills
6 108 (14.98%) Legal
7 61 (8.46%) Public Sector
8 50 (6.93%) Police
9 45 (6.24%) Banking
10 31 (4.30%) Local Government
11 22 (3.05%) Marketing
11 22 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
12 16 (2.22%) Military
13 13 (1.80%) Back Office
14 12 (1.66%) Retail
15 11 (1.53%) Games
16 10 (1.39%) Telecoms
17 6 (0.83%) Automotive
18 3 (0.42%) Aerospace
18 3 (0.42%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 188 (26.07%) Software Engineer
2 126 (17.48%) Analyst
3 116 (16.09%) Developer
4 108 (14.98%) Senior
5 103 (14.29%) Applications Support
6 100 (13.87%) Support Analyst
7 82 (11.37%) Applications Support Analyst
8 69 (9.57%) AWS Engineer
9 67 (9.29%) AWS Software Engineer
10 64 (8.88%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 60 (8.32%) Database Engineer
12 56 (7.77%) Database Developer
13 47 (6.52%) SQL Analyst
13 47 (6.52%) SQL Support Analyst
14 44 (6.10%) Oracle Analyst
14 44 (6.10%) Oracle Support Analyst
15 42 (5.83%) Python Engineer
16 41 (5.69%) Administrator
16 41 (5.69%) Java Engineer
16 41 (5.69%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (8.18%) Spring
2 32 (4.44%) REST
3 31 (4.30%) Web Services
4 29 (4.02%) J2EE
5 27 (3.74%) Node.js
6 26 (3.61%) Java EE
7 24 (3.33%) React
8 21 (2.91%) JPA
8 21 (2.91%) OpenMP
9 20 (2.77%) XML
10 19 (2.64%) CSS
10 19 (2.64%) OpenID
11 16 (2.22%) AngularJS
11 16 (2.22%) HTML
12 15 (2.08%) OpenACC
12 15 (2.08%) SOAP
13 13 (1.80%) Ajax
13 13 (1.80%) JDBC
13 13 (1.80%) ODBC
13 13 (1.80%) XHTML
Miscellaneous
1 139 (19.28%) Algorithms
2 60 (8.32%) Self-Motivation
3 43 (5.96%) Public Cloud
4 39 (5.41%) Data Centre
5 33 (4.58%) Management Information System
6 29 (4.02%) CUDA
7 27 (3.74%) Linux Command Line
8 24 (3.33%) Private Cloud
9 22 (3.05%) DataPower
10 19 (2.64%) Blockchain
10 19 (2.64%) Mainframe
11 18 (2.50%) Cloud Native
12 14 (1.94%) Embedded Systems
13 13 (1.80%) CMDB
14 12 (1.66%) Driving Licence
15 11 (1.53%) GNSS
16 9 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
16 9 (1.25%) Mobile App
16 9 (1.25%) Product Ownership
16 9 (1.25%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 385 (53.40%) Linux
2 251 (34.81%) Windows
3 86 (11.93%) Solaris
4 50 (6.93%) Windows Server
5 22 (3.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 21 (2.91%) AIX
7 20 (2.77%) CentOS
8 17 (2.36%) Mac OS
8 17 (2.36%) Ubuntu
9 14 (1.94%) CoreOS
9 14 (1.94%) Mac OS X
10 10 (1.39%) VMS
10 10 (1.39%) Windows 10
11 6 (0.83%) Debian
12 5 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
13 4 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
14 3 (0.42%) Windows 7
14 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.28%) Android
15 2 (0.28%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (32.73%) Agile
2 205 (28.43%) Artificial Intelligence
3 195 (27.05%) Software Engineering
4 157 (21.78%) CI/CD
5 145 (20.11%) Machine Learning
6 142 (19.69%) SDLC
7 136 (18.86%) Open Source
8 135 (18.72%) ITIL
9 134 (18.59%) Problem-Solving
10 125 (17.34%) Operational Stability
11 121 (16.78%) Test Automation
12 117 (16.23%) Actionable Insight
12 117 (16.23%) Continuous Improvement
12 117 (16.23%) Risk Management
13 115 (15.95%) Community of Practice
14 111 (15.40%) Incident Management
15 108 (14.98%) Visualisation
16 100 (13.87%) Microservices
17 99 (13.73%) TDD
18 93 (12.90%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 302 (41.89%) SQL
2 257 (35.64%) Python
3 219 (30.37%) Java
4 139 (19.28%) PL/SQL
5 85 (11.79%) Shell Script
6 66 (9.15%) Bash
7 63 (8.74%) C
8 55 (7.63%) C++
9 51 (7.07%) PowerShell
10 33 (4.58%) Fortran
11 29 (4.02%) Perl
12 24 (3.33%) JavaScript
13 13 (1.80%) Ruby
14 11 (1.53%) MATLAB
15 10 (1.39%) C#
16 9 (1.25%) PHP
17 7 (0.97%) R
18 5 (0.69%) COBOL
18 5 (0.69%) TypeScript
19 4 (0.55%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 217 (30.10%) Degree
2 168 (23.30%) Security Cleared
3 116 (16.09%) SC Cleared
4 33 (4.58%) PhD
5 31 (4.30%) Master's Degree
6 30 (4.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 21 (2.91%) AWS Certification
8 15 (2.08%) CISSP
9 14 (1.94%) CISM
9 14 (1.94%) DV Cleared
9 14 (1.94%) GCIA
9 14 (1.94%) GCIH
9 14 (1.94%) GREM
9 14 (1.94%) HND
10 13 (1.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 13 (1.80%) Azure Certification
10 13 (1.80%) Oracle Certification
11 11 (1.53%) CISA
12 7 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (10.96%) SLA
2 27 (3.74%) Accessibility
3 23 (3.19%) GDPR
4 11 (1.53%) ITGC
4 11 (1.53%) PMO
5 10 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.11%) QA
7 6 (0.83%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.55%) NIST
9 2 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.28%) DO-178B
9 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.14%) SEPA
System Software
1 102 (14.15%) HDFS
2 47 (6.52%) Oracle RAC
3 35 (4.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 31 (4.30%) Hyper-V
5 29 (4.02%) Active Directory
6 28 (3.88%) Docker
7 18 (2.50%) Virtual Machines
8 16 (2.22%) Firmware
9 8 (1.11%) Embedded Firmware
10 6 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.55%) KVM
12 3 (0.42%) VirtualBox
12 3 (0.42%) XenApp
13 2 (0.28%) Kamailio
13 2 (0.28%) Shibboleth
14 1 (0.14%) Lustre
14 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
14 1 (0.14%) vSphere
14 1 (0.14%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 100 (13.87%) Terraform
2 46 (6.38%) Data Guard
2 46 (6.38%) Oracle RMAN
3 31 (4.30%) Ansible
4 29 (4.02%) Single Sign-On
5 26 (3.61%) OpenSSO
6 24 (3.33%) Kubernetes
7 22 (3.05%) Puppet
8 16 (2.22%) SCCM
9 13 (1.80%) Grafana
9 13 (1.80%) WMI
10 12 (1.66%) WSUS
11 9 (1.25%) Progress Chef
12 7 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
12 7 (0.97%) Prometheus
13 6 (0.83%) ITRS Geneos
14 5 (0.69%) Nagios
14 5 (0.69%) Opsgenie
15 3 (0.42%) EMC VPLEX
15 3 (0.42%) Oracle Statspack
Vendors
1 226 (31.35%) Oracle
2 128 (17.75%) Databricks
3 94 (13.04%) Microsoft
4 87 (12.07%) Informatica
5 77 (10.68%) Remedy
6 72 (9.99%) Cloudera
7 56 (7.77%) VMware
8 46 (6.38%) Sun
9 45 (6.24%) Splunk
10 35 (4.85%) IBM
11 34 (4.72%) SAP
12 33 (4.58%) Red Hat
13 26 (3.61%) NEC
14 25 (3.47%) Dynatrace
15 24 (3.33%) ServiceNow
16 22 (3.05%) Kofax
16 22 (3.05%) Pega
17 19 (2.64%) Dell
18 15 (2.08%) AppDynamics
19 14 (1.94%) BMC