Unix
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 282 199 189
Rank change year-on-year -83 -10 -8
Permanent jobs citing Unix 1,011 1,962 3,294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.03% 1.89% 2.13%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.18% 11.82% 11.30%
Number of salaries quoted 544 1,026 1,603
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,178 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £52,511 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +12.00% +2.46%
75th Percentile £82,548 £89,852 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,064 £111,875 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £56,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +9.80% +7.37%

All Operating Systems
UK

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 with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 14,077 16,606 29,160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.35% 15.96% 18.90%
Number of salaries quoted 10,883 11,199 16,775
10th Percentile £25,760 £27,000 £26,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Unix in the UK

Unix
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Unix in the UK

Unix
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unix over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Unix in the UK

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 28 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
UK excluding London -74 733 £52,500 -6.25% 117
England -121 699 £60,000 -14.29% 199
Work from Home -121 331 £62,783 -6.99% 96
London -85 243 £80,000 -0.37% 91
Scotland -18 206 £42,101 -35.23% 11
North of England -69 140 £55,000 +3.77% 11
South East -38 127 £52,500 - 34
South West -54 93 £52,500 +5.00% 19
Midlands -62 77 £50,000 -23.08% 15
North West -2 69 £55,000 -1.79% 4
Wales +32 58 £48,498 -16.48% 3
Yorkshire -24 50 £70,576 +15.36% 7
West Midlands -4 45 £50,000 -23.08% 7
East Midlands -52 32 £50,000 -23.08% 8
North East -6 21 £44,274 +14.26%
Northern Ireland +11 17 £77,500 +55.00% 2
East of England -73 15 £38,750 -35.42% 26

Unix
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:

Application Platforms
1 104 (10.29%) Apache Spark
2 77 (7.62%) WebLogic
3 45 (4.45%) Oracle Service Bus
4 34 (3.36%) Microsoft Exchange
5 33 (3.26%) WebSphere
6 32 (3.17%) Tomcat
7 28 (2.77%) Captiva
7 28 (2.77%) FileNet
8 25 (2.47%) Apache
9 19 (1.88%) Confluence
10 18 (1.78%) nginx
10 18 (1.78%) SharePoint
11 16 (1.58%) Apache Airflow
12 15 (1.48%) IIS
13 10 (0.99%) JBoss
14 3 (0.30%) GlassFish
14 3 (0.30%) WordPress
15 2 (0.20%) OpenStack
15 2 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
16 1 (0.099%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 79 (7.81%) Microsoft Office
2 54 (5.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 45 (4.45%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.20%) CATIA
5 2 (0.20%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 46 (4.55%) Remedy ITSM
2 27 (2.67%) NEC Housing
3 18 (1.78%) Unit4 Business World
4 16 (1.58%) Fidessa
5 6 (0.59%) Adaptiv
5 6 (0.59%) Temenos T24
6 4 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.40%) Oracle EBS R12
7 3 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.20%) Demantra
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle ASCP
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (0.20%) Teamcenter
9 1 (0.099%) ION Anvil
9 1 (0.099%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.099%) SAP CRM
9 1 (0.099%) SAP GRC
9 1 (0.099%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 317 (31.36%) AWS
2 219 (21.66%) Azure
3 83 (8.21%) GCP
4 68 (6.73%) SaaS
5 63 (6.23%) IaaS
6 45 (4.45%) GitHub
7 34 (3.36%) PaaS
8 30 (2.97%) Microsoft 365
9 27 (2.67%) Power Platform
10 24 (2.37%) Amazon EKS
11 17 (1.68%) Cloud Computing
11 17 (1.68%) OpenShift
12 16 (1.58%) Serverless
13 14 (1.38%) Amazon S3
14 10 (0.99%) Entra ID
15 9 (0.89%) Amazon EC2
16 8 (0.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 8 (0.79%) Azure Data Factory
16 8 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
17 7 (0.69%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 78 (7.72%) Firewall
2 64 (6.33%) TCP/IP
3 63 (6.23%) DNS
4 44 (4.35%) DHCP
5 36 (3.56%) VPN
6 26 (2.57%) SNMP
7 25 (2.47%) Internet
8 24 (2.37%) HTTP
8 24 (2.37%) SAN
9 19 (1.88%) BGP
9 19 (1.88%) MPLS
10 17 (1.68%) Network Security
10 17 (1.68%) WAN
11 16 (1.58%) FIX Connectivity
11 16 (1.58%) SSH
12 14 (1.38%) LAN
12 14 (1.38%) SSL
13 13 (1.29%) VLAN
14 11 (1.09%) HTTPS
14 11 (1.09%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 151 (14.94%) NoSQL
2 102 (10.09%) Apache Hive
2 102 (10.09%) HBase
3 99 (9.79%) SQL Server
4 97 (9.59%) Oracle Database
5 84 (8.31%) MySQL
6 72 (7.12%) Hadoop
7 52 (5.14%) Relational Database
8 50 (4.95%) PostgreSQL
9 47 (4.65%) Oracle Database 11g
10 46 (4.55%) Oracle Database 10g
11 45 (4.45%) VLDB
12 42 (4.15%) Data Warehouse
13 39 (3.86%) Elasticsearch
14 37 (3.66%) Big Data
15 33 (3.26%) MongoDB
16 27 (2.67%) Data Lake
16 27 (2.67%) Power BI
17 20 (1.98%) RDBMS
18 19 (1.88%) DB2
Development Applications
1 143 (14.14%) Git
2 122 (12.07%) Jenkins
3 102 (10.09%) JIRA
4 86 (8.51%) Bitbucket Server
5 30 (2.97%) Oracle Forms
6 28 (2.77%) GitLab
7 14 (1.38%) Eclipse
8 13 (1.29%) LabVIEW
8 13 (1.29%) Subversion
9 11 (1.09%) CircleCI
9 11 (1.09%) IBM UrbanCode
10 10 (0.99%) GNU Toolchain
11 8 (0.79%) Postman
12 7 (0.69%) Bitbucket
12 7 (0.69%) Snyk
13 6 (0.59%) Appium
13 6 (0.59%) RStudio
13 6 (0.59%) UI Automator
14 5 (0.49%) GDB
14 5 (0.49%) JMeter
General
1 428 (42.33%) Finance
2 221 (21.86%) Social Skills
3 181 (17.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 168 (16.62%) Analytical Skills
5 161 (15.92%) Law
6 142 (14.05%) Banking
7 110 (10.88%) Legal
8 66 (6.53%) Public Sector
9 51 (5.04%) Police
10 32 (3.17%) Local Government
11 27 (2.67%) Back Office
12 24 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
13 23 (2.27%) Marketing
13 23 (2.27%) Telecoms
14 20 (1.98%) Front Office
15 19 (1.88%) Financial Institution
15 19 (1.88%) Retail
16 16 (1.58%) Military
17 15 (1.48%) Games
18 10 (0.99%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 201 (19.88%) Software Engineer
2 173 (17.11%) Analyst
3 162 (16.02%) Developer
4 151 (14.94%) Applications Support
5 148 (14.64%) Senior
6 132 (13.06%) Support Analyst
7 110 (10.88%) Applications Support Analyst
8 70 (6.92%) AWS Engineer
9 67 (6.63%) AWS Software Engineer
10 64 (6.33%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 62 (6.13%) Database Engineer
12 56 (5.54%) Database Developer
13 53 (5.24%) Python Engineer
14 51 (5.04%) Architect
14 51 (5.04%) Data Engineer
15 49 (4.85%) Administrator
16 48 (4.75%) SQL Analyst
16 48 (4.75%) SQL Support Analyst
17 47 (4.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 46 (4.55%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (6.63%) Spring
2 58 (5.74%) REST
3 47 (4.65%) XML
4 38 (3.76%) Web Services
5 35 (3.46%) J2EE
6 33 (3.26%) SOAP
7 32 (3.17%) Node.js
7 32 (3.17%) React
8 29 (2.87%) Java EE
9 27 (2.67%) HTML
10 26 (2.57%) FIX Protocol
11 23 (2.27%) JPA
12 22 (2.18%) CSS
12 22 (2.18%) OpenMP
13 21 (2.08%) Kafka
14 20 (1.98%) AngularJS
14 20 (1.98%) OpenID
15 17 (1.68%) Middleware
16 16 (1.58%) JSON
16 16 (1.58%) OpenACC
Miscellaneous
1 141 (13.95%) Algorithms
2 70 (6.92%) Self-Motivation
3 57 (5.64%) Data Centre
4 54 (5.34%) Public Cloud
5 45 (4.45%) Management Information System
6 40 (3.96%) Linux Command Line
7 32 (3.17%) Private Cloud
8 29 (2.87%) CUDA
9 28 (2.77%) DataPower
10 26 (2.57%) Mainframe
11 23 (2.27%) Cloud Native
12 20 (1.98%) Blockchain
13 18 (1.78%) Replication
14 17 (1.68%) Embedded Systems
14 17 (1.68%) Eurex
15 13 (1.29%) CMDB
15 13 (1.29%) Driving Licence
15 13 (1.29%) Onboarding
16 12 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 12 (1.19%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 606 (59.94%) Linux
2 390 (38.58%) Windows
3 117 (11.57%) Solaris
4 79 (7.81%) Windows Server
5 62 (6.13%) CentOS
6 44 (4.35%) Ubuntu
7 31 (3.07%) AIX
8 30 (2.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 21 (2.08%) CoreOS
10 20 (1.98%) Mac OS
11 19 (1.88%) zOS
12 15 (1.48%) VMS
13 14 (1.38%) Mac OS X
14 13 (1.29%) Windows 10
15 9 (0.89%) Debian
16 6 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
17 4 (0.40%) Kali Linux
17 4 (0.40%) Windows 7
17 4 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
17 4 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (30.96%) Agile
2 225 (22.26%) Artificial Intelligence
3 218 (21.56%) Software Engineering
4 186 (18.40%) CI/CD
5 176 (17.41%) ITIL
6 171 (16.91%) Problem-Solving
7 157 (15.53%) DevOps
7 157 (15.53%) Machine Learning
8 153 (15.13%) SDLC
9 148 (14.64%) Open Source
10 143 (14.14%) Continuous Improvement
11 138 (13.65%) Test Automation
12 133 (13.16%) Incident Management
13 125 (12.36%) Actionable Insight
13 125 (12.36%) Operational Stability
14 122 (12.07%) Risk Management
15 119 (11.77%) TDD
16 117 (11.57%) Change Management
17 113 (11.18%) Microservices
18 112 (11.08%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 423 (41.84%) SQL
2 371 (36.70%) Python
3 259 (25.62%) Java
4 143 (14.14%) PL/SQL
5 106 (10.48%) Shell Script
6 102 (10.09%) Bash
7 100 (9.89%) PowerShell
8 74 (7.32%) C
9 70 (6.92%) C++
10 63 (6.23%) JavaScript
11 56 (5.54%) Perl
12 37 (3.66%) Ruby
13 34 (3.36%) Fortran
14 27 (2.67%) C#
15 15 (1.48%) PHP
16 13 (1.29%) MATLAB
17 9 (0.89%) Go
17 9 (0.89%) TypeScript
18 7 (0.69%) R
18 7 (0.69%) Rust
Qualifications
1 260 (25.72%) Degree
2 181 (17.90%) Security Cleared
3 126 (12.46%) SC Cleared
4 39 (3.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (3.36%) Master's Degree
5 34 (3.36%) PhD
6 25 (2.47%) AWS Certification
7 22 (2.18%) CISSP
8 20 (1.98%) CISA
9 19 (1.88%) CISM
10 16 (1.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 16 (1.58%) HND
11 15 (1.48%) Azure Certification
11 15 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (1.48%) DV Cleared
11 15 (1.48%) GCIH
11 15 (1.48%) Oracle Certification
12 14 (1.38%) GCIA
12 14 (1.38%) GREM
13 12 (1.19%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (10.58%) SLA
2 34 (3.36%) Accessibility
3 30 (2.97%) GDPR
4 18 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (1.78%) ITGC
4 18 (1.78%) PMO
5 11 (1.09%) QA
6 10 (0.99%) NIST
7 7 (0.69%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.20%) DO-178B
10 2 (0.20%) ISAE 3402
10 2 (0.20%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.20%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.20%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.20%) SEPA
11 1 (0.099%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 102 (10.09%) HDFS
2 67 (6.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 65 (6.43%) Docker
4 51 (5.04%) Active Directory
5 50 (4.95%) Oracle RAC
6 37 (3.66%) Hyper-V
7 23 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
8 15 (1.48%) Firmware
9 7 (0.69%) Embedded Firmware
10 6 (0.59%) DFS Replication
10 6 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.40%) KVM
12 3 (0.30%) VirtualBox
12 3 (0.30%) XenApp
13 2 (0.20%) OpenSIPS
13 2 (0.20%) Shibboleth
13 2 (0.20%) vSphere
14 1 (0.099%) Kamailio
14 1 (0.099%) Postfix
14 1 (0.099%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 118 (11.67%) Terraform
2 66 (6.53%) Kubernetes
3 58 (5.74%) Ansible
4 48 (4.75%) Data Guard
4 48 (4.75%) Oracle RMAN
5 38 (3.76%) Puppet
6 37 (3.66%) SCCM
7 36 (3.56%) Single Sign-On
8 29 (2.87%) OpenSSO
9 20 (1.98%) Progress Chef
10 17 (1.68%) Grafana
11 14 (1.38%) WSUS
12 13 (1.29%) WMI
13 9 (0.89%) Nessus
13 9 (0.89%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 8 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
14 8 (0.79%) NetBackup
15 7 (0.69%) CA Endevor
15 7 (0.69%) Nexpose
16 6 (0.59%) Control-M
Vendors
1 319 (31.55%) Oracle
2 146 (14.44%) Microsoft
3 130 (12.86%) Databricks
4 101 (9.99%) VMware
5 88 (8.70%) Informatica
6 87 (8.61%) Remedy
7 72 (7.12%) Cloudera
8 60 (5.93%) IBM
9 59 (5.84%) Red Hat
10 55 (5.44%) Splunk
11 50 (4.95%) SAP
12 49 (4.85%) Sun
13 34 (3.36%) Cisco
14 33 (3.26%) Google
14 33 (3.26%) ServiceNow
15 28 (2.77%) Kofax
15 28 (2.77%) Pega
16 27 (2.67%) NEC
17 25 (2.47%) Dynatrace
17 25 (2.47%) ION Trading