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 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 347 208 187
Rank change year-on-year -139 -21 -14
Permanent jobs citing Unix 712 1,526 3,101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.78% 1.81% 2.20%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.64% 11.06% 11.54%
Number of salaries quoted 467 843 1,414
10th Percentile £37,000 £40,371 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £69,447 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.60% +11.12% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £89,852 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +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 12,627 13,801 26,870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.88% 16.40% 19.03%
Number of salaries quoted 9,835 9,490 14,814
10th Percentile £25,760 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,000
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 £88,750
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 1 June 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 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
London -85 270 £80,000 -0.37% 101
South East -10 135 £52,500 - 32
North of England -85 128 £51,250 -11.88% 25
South West -77 80 £52,500 -0.38% 13
Midlands -79 76 £50,000 -23.08% 10
North West -39 68 £53,847 -10.26% 14
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
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 (5.34%) WebLogic
2 34 (4.78%) Apache
2 34 (4.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 33 (4.63%) Tomcat
4 26 (3.65%) IIS
5 18 (2.53%) nginx
6 16 (2.25%) Confluence
7 14 (1.97%) Oracle Service Bus
8 10 (1.40%) SharePoint
9 9 (1.26%) JBoss
10 3 (0.42%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.42%) GlassFish
11 2 (0.28%) Captiva
11 2 (0.28%) FileNet
11 2 (0.28%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.28%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.28%) WordPress
12 1 (0.14%) IBM Domino
12 1 (0.14%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 39 (5.48%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (3.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (2.11%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.28%) CATIA
4 2 (0.28%) NASTRAN
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 45 (6.32%) NEC Housing
2 17 (2.39%) Fidessa
3 15 (2.11%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (0.84%) Temenos T24
4 6 (0.84%) Unit4 Business World
5 5 (0.70%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.28%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.28%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.14%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.14%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.14%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 160 (22.47%) AWS
2 137 (19.24%) Azure
3 48 (6.74%) IaaS
4 39 (5.48%) GCP
5 36 (5.06%) SaaS
6 24 (3.37%) Power Platform
7 21 (2.95%) Microsoft 365
8 19 (2.67%) PaaS
9 17 (2.39%) GitHub
10 14 (1.97%) OpenShift
11 12 (1.69%) Serverless
12 9 (1.26%) Entra ID
13 8 (1.12%) Azure Data Factory
14 7 (0.98%) Amazon S3
15 6 (0.84%) Cloud Computing
15 6 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
16 5 (0.70%) AWS Direct Connect
16 5 (0.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 5 (0.70%) Rubrik
17 4 (0.56%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 70 (9.83%) Firewall
2 64 (8.99%) DNS
3 57 (8.01%) TCP/IP
4 45 (6.32%) DHCP
5 36 (5.06%) VPN
6 27 (3.79%) SNMP
7 24 (3.37%) HTTP
8 22 (3.09%) LAN
9 20 (2.81%) SAN
9 20 (2.81%) WAN
10 19 (2.67%) BGP
10 19 (2.67%) MPLS
11 17 (2.39%) FIX Connectivity
11 17 (2.39%) SSH
12 16 (2.25%) Internet
13 14 (1.97%) SSL
14 13 (1.83%) VLAN
15 12 (1.69%) Network Security
15 12 (1.69%) SMTP
16 11 (1.54%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (14.61%) SQL Server
2 82 (11.52%) Oracle Database
3 63 (8.85%) MySQL
4 54 (7.58%) PostgreSQL
5 47 (6.60%) NoSQL
6 39 (5.48%) Relational Database
7 31 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
8 28 (3.93%) Elasticsearch
8 28 (3.93%) MongoDB
9 25 (3.51%) Oracle Database 12c
10 24 (3.37%) Power BI
11 16 (2.25%) Oracle Database 11g
12 14 (1.97%) Data Lake
12 14 (1.97%) Oracle Database 10g
12 14 (1.97%) VLDB
13 12 (1.69%) Tableau
14 11 (1.54%) RDBMS
15 8 (1.12%) DB2
16 7 (0.98%) MariaDB
17 6 (0.84%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 69 (9.69%) JIRA
2 52 (7.30%) Git
3 23 (3.23%) GitLab
4 19 (2.67%) Jenkins
5 14 (1.97%) Eclipse
6 13 (1.83%) Subversion
7 10 (1.40%) GNU Toolchain
8 8 (1.12%) LabVIEW
9 7 (0.98%) Snyk
10 6 (0.84%) Appium
10 6 (0.84%) RStudio
10 6 (0.84%) UI Automator
11 5 (0.70%) DTrace
11 5 (0.70%) GDB
11 5 (0.70%) JUnit
12 4 (0.56%) IBM UrbanCode
12 4 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
13 3 (0.42%) Cucumber
13 3 (0.42%) Maven
13 3 (0.42%) TeamCity
General
1 234 (32.87%) Finance
2 174 (24.44%) Social Skills
3 127 (17.84%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (13.90%) Banking
5 77 (10.81%) Public Sector
6 69 (9.69%) Police
7 48 (6.74%) Local Government
8 40 (5.62%) Back Office
9 26 (3.65%) Front Office
10 22 (3.09%) Telecoms
11 18 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 18 (2.53%) Law
11 18 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (1.69%) Financial Institution
12 12 (1.69%) Investment Banking
13 9 (1.26%) Retail
14 8 (1.12%) Games
15 6 (0.84%) Automotive
16 5 (0.70%) Electronics
17 2 (0.28%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 132 (18.54%) Senior
2 122 (17.13%) Applications Support
3 111 (15.59%) Analyst
4 89 (12.50%) Developer
5 77 (10.81%) Support Analyst
6 72 (10.11%) Applications Support Analyst
7 56 (7.87%) Administrator
8 51 (7.16%) Software Engineer
9 41 (5.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 39 (5.48%) Support Engineer
11 36 (5.06%) Architect
12 34 (4.78%) Senior Analyst
13 33 (4.63%) DBA
14 32 (4.49%) Linux Engineer
14 32 (4.49%) Oracle DBA
15 30 (4.21%) Lead
16 27 (3.79%) Senior Applications Support
17 26 (3.65%) Senior Support Analyst
17 26 (3.65%) Systems Administrator
18 25 (3.51%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (6.88%) Web Services
2 47 (6.60%) XML
3 44 (6.18%) REST
4 32 (4.49%) Spring
5 30 (4.21%) SOAP
6 29 (4.07%) J2EE
7 28 (3.93%) FIX Protocol
7 28 (3.93%) HTML
7 28 (3.93%) Node.js
8 23 (3.23%) CSS
9 22 (3.09%) Java EE
10 21 (2.95%) AngularJS
11 20 (2.81%) OpenMP
12 19 (2.67%) Middleware
13 18 (2.53%) JSON
14 16 (2.25%) Kafka
14 16 (2.25%) React
15 15 (2.11%) .NET
16 14 (1.97%) OpenACC
17 13 (1.83%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 60 (8.43%) Public Cloud
2 59 (8.29%) Self-Motivation
3 45 (6.32%) Algorithms
4 41 (5.76%) Data Centre
4 41 (5.76%) Linux Command Line
5 37 (5.20%) Management Information System
6 28 (3.93%) CUDA
7 21 (2.95%) Driving Licence
8 17 (2.39%) Eurex
8 17 (2.39%) Onboarding
9 16 (2.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 13 (1.83%) CMDB
11 12 (1.69%) Cloud Native
11 12 (1.69%) Embedded Systems
11 12 (1.69%) Replication
12 11 (1.54%) Clustering
12 11 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
12 11 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
13 10 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
14 9 (1.26%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 511 (71.77%) Linux
2 333 (46.77%) Windows
3 98 (13.76%) Solaris
4 71 (9.97%) Windows Server
5 63 (8.85%) CentOS
6 43 (6.04%) Ubuntu
7 31 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 25 (3.51%) AIX
9 19 (2.67%) Mac OS
10 13 (1.83%) CoreOS
10 13 (1.83%) Windows 10
11 12 (1.69%) zOS
12 9 (1.26%) VMS
12 9 (1.26%) Windows Server 2019
13 7 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
14 4 (0.56%) Debian
14 4 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (0.56%) Windows XP
15 3 (0.42%) Android
15 3 (0.42%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (22.89%) ITIL
2 135 (18.96%) Problem-Solving
3 110 (15.45%) Agile
4 90 (12.64%) Computer Science
5 89 (12.50%) DevOps
6 73 (10.25%) Change Management
7 72 (10.11%) Incident Management
8 71 (9.97%) Mentoring
9 62 (8.71%) Containerisation
10 61 (8.57%) Cybersecurity
11 60 (8.43%) Software Engineering
12 59 (8.29%) Roadmaps
13 52 (7.30%) Actionable Insight
14 50 (7.02%) Open Source
14 50 (7.02%) Performance Tuning
15 48 (6.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 45 (6.32%) Artificial Intelligence
16 45 (6.32%) CI/CD
17 44 (6.18%) Mathematics
17 44 (6.18%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 231 (32.44%) Python
2 207 (29.07%) SQL
3 119 (16.71%) Java
4 100 (14.04%) Bash
5 97 (13.62%) PowerShell
6 88 (12.36%) Shell Script
7 83 (11.66%) C
8 79 (11.10%) C++
9 60 (8.43%) Perl
10 55 (7.72%) JavaScript
11 42 (5.90%) Fortran
12 30 (4.21%) Ruby
13 23 (3.23%) PL/SQL
14 15 (2.11%) C#
15 10 (1.40%) Rust
16 9 (1.26%) PHP
17 8 (1.12%) MATLAB
17 8 (1.12%) TypeScript
18 7 (0.98%) Go
18 7 (0.98%) R
Qualifications
1 192 (26.97%) Degree
2 170 (23.88%) Security Cleared
3 88 (12.36%) SC Cleared
4 42 (5.90%) Master's Degree
4 42 (5.90%) PhD
5 33 (4.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (3.37%) AWS Certification
7 23 (3.23%) DV Cleared
8 21 (2.95%) Oracle Certification
9 15 (2.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 14 (1.97%) Azure Certification
10 14 (1.97%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (1.69%) CCNA
12 9 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (1.12%) HND
14 7 (0.98%) CISSP
15 6 (0.84%) CISA
16 5 (0.70%) MCSE
16 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
16 5 (0.70%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (8.99%) SLA
2 48 (6.74%) Accessibility
3 16 (2.25%) NIST
4 12 (1.69%) QA
5 9 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.98%) Data Quality
7 6 (0.84%) ITGC
7 6 (0.84%) PMO
8 5 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (0.56%) COBIT
9 4 (0.56%) GDPR
10 2 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.28%) SEPA
11 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 52 (7.30%) VMware Infrastructure
2 41 (5.76%) Active Directory
2 41 (5.76%) Docker
3 34 (4.78%) Hyper-V
4 18 (2.53%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (2.11%) Oracle RAC
6 9 (1.26%) Firmware
6 9 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (1.12%) Embedded Firmware
8 5 (0.70%) DFS Replication
9 4 (0.56%) KVM
9 4 (0.56%) VirtualBox
9 4 (0.56%) vSphere
10 3 (0.42%) LXC
10 3 (0.42%) Squid
10 3 (0.42%) XenApp
10 3 (0.42%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.28%) Kamailio
12 1 (0.14%) Postfix
12 1 (0.14%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 50 (7.02%) Ansible
1 50 (7.02%) Kubernetes
2 36 (5.06%) Puppet
3 30 (4.21%) SCCM
3 30 (4.21%) Single Sign-On
4 24 (3.37%) Terraform
5 22 (3.09%) OpenSSO
6 15 (2.11%) Progress Chef
7 14 (1.97%) Data Guard
7 14 (1.97%) Oracle RMAN
8 13 (1.83%) Prometheus
8 13 (1.83%) WMI
9 12 (1.69%) Grafana
10 10 (1.40%) Nessus
11 9 (1.26%) NetBackup
11 9 (1.26%) WSUS
12 7 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
12 7 (0.98%) Nagios
12 7 (0.98%) Nexpose
13 6 (0.84%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 209 (29.35%) Oracle
2 143 (20.08%) Microsoft
3 84 (11.80%) VMware
4 65 (9.13%) Red Hat
5 48 (6.74%) Splunk
6 45 (6.32%) NEC
6 45 (6.32%) Remedy
7 37 (5.20%) IBM
8 35 (4.92%) Cisco
9 25 (3.51%) ION Trading
9 25 (3.51%) Qualys
10 22 (3.09%) Dynatrace
11 21 (2.95%) Citrix
12 20 (2.81%) Sun
13 19 (2.67%) Google
14 17 (2.39%) Bloomberg
14 17 (2.39%) CQG
14 17 (2.39%) Patsystems
14 17 (2.39%) Reuters
14 17 (2.39%) Trayport