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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 279 196 227
Rank change year-on-year -83 +31 -36
Permanent jobs citing Unix 702 1,046 1,254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.92% 1.85% 1.70%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.54% 10.91% 8.33%
Number of salaries quoted 322 415 659
10th Percentile £33,000 £34,875 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +6.67% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,375 £80,000 £74,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +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 10,738 9,590 15,054
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.13% 16.96% 20.35%
Number of salaries quoted 8,185 5,970 9,259
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 £72,500 £73,750
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 1 June 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 1 June 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 -31 197 £42,000 -30.00% 17
South East -10 135 £52,500 - 32
North of England -85 128 £51,250 -11.88% 26
South West -77 80 £52,500 -0.38% 14
Midlands -79 76 £50,000 -23.08% 10
North West -39 68 £53,847 -10.26% 15
Wales +11 53 £42,904 -26.12% 4
West Midlands -14 48 £50,000 -21.26% 6
Yorkshire -51 38 £47,500 -20.83% 11
East Midlands -85 28 £50,000 -23.08% 4
North East -6 22 £47,137 +17.84%
East of England -72 18 £50,000 -13.04% 15
Northern Ireland -2 15 £90,000 +77.34% 3
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 98 (13.96%) Apache Spark
2 72 (10.26%) WebLogic
3 44 (6.27%) Oracle Service Bus
4 27 (3.85%) Tomcat
5 21 (2.99%) Apache
6 16 (2.28%) IIS
7 14 (1.99%) Apache Airflow
8 12 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
9 11 (1.57%) WebSphere
10 10 (1.42%) nginx
10 10 (1.42%) SharePoint
11 8 (1.14%) Confluence
12 6 (0.85%) Captiva
12 6 (0.85%) FileNet
13 4 (0.57%) JBoss
14 3 (0.43%) GlassFish
15 2 (0.28%) OpenStack
15 2 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
16 1 (0.14%) IBM Domino
16 1 (0.14%) WildFly
Applications
1 68 (9.69%) Microsoft Office
2 53 (7.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 44 (6.27%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.28%) CATIA
5 2 (0.28%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 45 (6.41%) Remedy ITSM
2 30 (4.27%) NEC Housing
3 11 (1.57%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.28%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.28%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.14%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.14%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.14%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 228 (32.48%) AWS
2 104 (14.81%) Azure
3 48 (6.84%) SaaS
4 45 (6.41%) IaaS
5 37 (5.27%) GCP
6 25 (3.56%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (2.99%) Amazon EKS
8 17 (2.42%) GitHub
9 16 (2.28%) PaaS
10 15 (2.14%) OpenShift
11 12 (1.71%) Serverless
12 9 (1.28%) Power Platform
13 8 (1.14%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
14 6 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
15 5 (0.71%) Amazon EC2
15 5 (0.71%) Entra ID
16 4 (0.57%) Google Docs
16 4 (0.57%) OCI
17 3 (0.43%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (5.98%) Firewall
2 30 (4.27%) TCP/IP
3 20 (2.85%) DNS
4 16 (2.28%) Internet
4 16 (2.28%) SNMP
5 14 (1.99%) Network Security
6 13 (1.85%) SSH
6 13 (1.85%) VLAN
6 13 (1.85%) VPN
7 12 (1.71%) DHCP
7 12 (1.71%) HTTP
8 9 (1.28%) SAN
9 8 (1.14%) SMTP
10 4 (0.57%) LAN
10 4 (0.57%) PBX
11 3 (0.43%) Reverse Proxy
12 2 (0.28%) Asterisk PBX
12 2 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
12 2 (0.28%) VoIP
12 2 (0.28%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (14.81%) NoSQL
2 98 (13.96%) Apache Hive
2 98 (13.96%) HBase
3 89 (12.68%) Oracle Database
4 68 (9.69%) Hadoop
5 57 (8.12%) MySQL
6 49 (6.98%) SQL Server
7 46 (6.55%) Oracle Database 11g
8 44 (6.27%) Oracle Database 10g
8 44 (6.27%) VLDB
9 36 (5.13%) Relational Database
10 35 (4.99%) Big Data
11 33 (4.70%) PostgreSQL
12 27 (3.85%) Elasticsearch
13 26 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
14 18 (2.56%) Oracle Database 12c
15 14 (1.99%) RDBMS
16 13 (1.85%) DB2
17 12 (1.71%) Data Lake
18 9 (1.28%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 122 (17.38%) Git
2 110 (15.67%) Jenkins
3 84 (11.97%) Bitbucket Server
4 41 (5.84%) JIRA
5 19 (2.71%) GitLab
6 13 (1.85%) Eclipse
7 11 (1.57%) CircleCI
8 10 (1.42%) GNU Toolchain
8 10 (1.42%) Subversion
9 8 (1.14%) LabVIEW
9 8 (1.14%) Oracle Forms
10 6 (0.85%) Appium
10 6 (0.85%) RStudio
10 6 (0.85%) UI Automator
11 5 (0.71%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.43%) IBM UrbanCode
12 3 (0.43%) Oracle APEX
13 2 (0.28%) Maven
13 2 (0.28%) VectorCAST
14 1 (0.14%) Gradle
General
1 231 (32.91%) Finance
2 159 (22.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 149 (21.23%) Law
4 139 (19.80%) Social Skills
5 130 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
6 106 (15.10%) Legal
7 65 (9.26%) Public Sector
8 54 (7.69%) Police
9 34 (4.84%) Local Government
10 20 (2.85%) Marketing
11 19 (2.71%) Presentation Skills
12 16 (2.28%) Banking
12 16 (2.28%) Military
13 15 (2.14%) Back Office
14 11 (1.57%) Games
15 9 (1.28%) Retail
15 9 (1.28%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.85%) Automotive
17 3 (0.43%) Electronics
17 3 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 179 (25.50%) Software Engineer
2 121 (17.24%) Analyst
3 115 (16.38%) Developer
4 113 (16.10%) Senior
5 100 (14.25%) Applications Support
6 95 (13.53%) Support Analyst
7 77 (10.97%) Applications Support Analyst
8 69 (9.83%) AWS Engineer
9 67 (9.54%) AWS Software Engineer
10 62 (8.83%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 58 (8.26%) Database Engineer
12 54 (7.69%) Database Developer
13 47 (6.70%) SQL Analyst
13 47 (6.70%) SQL Support Analyst
14 44 (6.27%) Oracle Analyst
14 44 (6.27%) Oracle Support Analyst
15 41 (5.84%) Administrator
16 40 (5.70%) Python Engineer
17 39 (5.56%) Java Engineer
17 39 (5.56%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (8.26%) Spring
2 33 (4.70%) Web Services
3 31 (4.42%) REST
4 29 (4.13%) J2EE
4 29 (4.13%) Node.js
5 27 (3.85%) Java EE
6 23 (3.28%) React
7 20 (2.85%) CSS
7 20 (2.85%) OpenMP
7 20 (2.85%) XML
8 19 (2.71%) JPA
9 17 (2.42%) AngularJS
9 17 (2.42%) HTML
10 16 (2.28%) SOAP
11 14 (1.99%) OpenACC
12 13 (1.85%) Ajax
12 13 (1.85%) JDBC
12 13 (1.85%) ODBC
12 13 (1.85%) XHTML
13 10 (1.42%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 147 (20.94%) Algorithms
2 59 (8.40%) Self-Motivation
3 45 (6.41%) Public Cloud
4 38 (5.41%) Data Centre
5 32 (4.56%) Management Information System
6 28 (3.99%) CUDA
6 28 (3.99%) Linux Command Line
7 19 (2.71%) Cloud Native
8 14 (1.99%) Driving Licence
9 13 (1.85%) CMDB
9 13 (1.85%) Embedded Systems
10 9 (1.28%) Product Ownership
10 9 (1.28%) Tandem
11 8 (1.14%) GNSS
11 8 (1.14%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.14%) Private Cloud
12 7 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (0.85%) Blockchain
13 6 (0.85%) DataPower
13 6 (0.85%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 387 (55.13%) Linux
2 247 (35.19%) Windows
3 98 (13.96%) Solaris
4 50 (7.12%) Windows Server
5 21 (2.99%) AIX
6 19 (2.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 18 (2.56%) CentOS
8 17 (2.42%) Mac OS
9 16 (2.28%) Ubuntu
10 14 (1.99%) Mac OS X
11 13 (1.85%) CoreOS
12 10 (1.42%) VMS
12 10 (1.42%) Windows 10
13 7 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
14 6 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
15 4 (0.57%) Windows Server 2008
16 3 (0.43%) Debian
16 3 (0.43%) Windows 7
17 2 (0.28%) Android
17 2 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (29.49%) Agile
2 189 (26.92%) Artificial Intelligence
3 185 (26.35%) Software Engineering
4 152 (21.65%) CI/CD
5 149 (21.23%) SDLC
6 141 (20.09%) Open Source
7 135 (19.23%) ITIL
8 133 (18.95%) Problem-Solving
9 128 (18.23%) Machine Learning
10 121 (17.24%) Operational Stability
11 117 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
12 116 (16.52%) Continuous Improvement
12 116 (16.52%) Test Automation
13 113 (16.10%) Community of Practice
14 112 (15.95%) Risk Management
15 110 (15.67%) Incident Management
16 104 (14.81%) Visualisation
17 98 (13.96%) TDD
18 85 (12.11%) Mentoring
19 84 (11.97%) Batch Processing
Programming Languages
1 279 (39.74%) SQL
2 261 (37.18%) Python
3 201 (28.63%) Java
4 135 (19.23%) PL/SQL
5 83 (11.82%) Shell Script
6 72 (10.26%) C
7 71 (10.11%) Bash
8 64 (9.12%) C++
9 52 (7.41%) PowerShell
10 42 (5.98%) Fortran
11 32 (4.56%) Perl
12 23 (3.28%) JavaScript
13 15 (2.14%) Ruby
14 9 (1.28%) PHP
15 8 (1.14%) MATLAB
16 7 (1.00%) C#
16 7 (1.00%) R
17 4 (0.57%) COBOL
17 4 (0.57%) T-SQL
17 4 (0.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 218 (31.05%) Degree
2 192 (27.35%) Security Cleared
3 125 (17.81%) SC Cleared
4 42 (5.98%) PhD
5 40 (5.70%) Master's Degree
6 30 (4.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (3.28%) DV Cleared
8 22 (3.13%) AWS Certification
9 15 (2.14%) CISSP
10 14 (1.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 14 (1.99%) Azure Certification
10 14 (1.99%) CISM
10 14 (1.99%) GCIA
10 14 (1.99%) GCIH
10 14 (1.99%) GREM
10 14 (1.99%) Oracle Certification
11 11 (1.57%) CISA
11 11 (1.57%) HND
12 6 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (11.25%) SLA
2 31 (4.42%) Accessibility
3 11 (1.57%) ITGC
3 11 (1.57%) PMO
4 10 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.14%) QA
6 7 (1.00%) GDPR
7 6 (0.85%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.43%) NIST
9 2 (0.28%) DO-178B
9 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.14%) SEPA
System Software
1 98 (13.96%) HDFS
2 46 (6.55%) Oracle RAC
3 38 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 33 (4.70%) Hyper-V
5 30 (4.27%) Active Directory
6 26 (3.70%) Docker
7 18 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
8 16 (2.28%) Firmware
9 8 (1.14%) Embedded Firmware
9 8 (1.14%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.57%) KVM
11 3 (0.43%) VirtualBox
11 3 (0.43%) XenApp
12 2 (0.28%) Kamailio
12 2 (0.28%) vSphere
13 1 (0.14%) PowerHA
13 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.14%) Veritas Cluster Server
13 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
13 1 (0.14%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 98 (13.96%) Terraform
2 45 (6.41%) Data Guard
2 45 (6.41%) Oracle RMAN
3 30 (4.27%) Ansible
4 29 (4.13%) Single Sign-On
5 26 (3.70%) OpenSSO
6 25 (3.56%) Kubernetes
7 21 (2.99%) Puppet
8 15 (2.14%) SCCM
9 13 (1.85%) WMI
10 12 (1.71%) WSUS
11 11 (1.57%) Grafana
12 7 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
13 6 (0.85%) ITRS Geneos
13 6 (0.85%) Nagios
13 6 (0.85%) Progress Chef
14 5 (0.71%) Opsgenie
14 5 (0.71%) Prometheus
15 3 (0.43%) EMC VPLEX
15 3 (0.43%) SCOM
Vendors
1 216 (30.77%) Oracle
2 124 (17.66%) Databricks
3 105 (14.96%) Microsoft
4 85 (12.11%) Informatica
5 77 (10.97%) Remedy
6 68 (9.69%) Cloudera
7 58 (8.26%) VMware
8 47 (6.70%) Sun
9 45 (6.41%) Splunk
10 40 (5.70%) Red Hat
11 30 (4.27%) NEC
12 25 (3.56%) Dynatrace
13 20 (2.85%) Dell
13 20 (2.85%) IBM
14 18 (2.56%) SAP
15 15 (2.14%) AppDynamics
16 14 (1.99%) BMC
17 13 (1.85%) Apple
17 13 (1.85%) Citrix
18 11 (1.57%) Sage