POSIX Jobs in England

Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring POSIX skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited POSIX over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 848 885 1182
Rank change year-on-year +37 +297 -289
Permanent jobs citing POSIX 15 9 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.016% 0.011% 0.003%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.081% 0.038% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 13 3 4
10th Percentile £49,800 - £55,750
25th Percentile - £39,250 £90,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,500 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.94% -60.45% +83.33%
75th Percentile - £47,750 £115,000
90th Percentile £60,600 - £124,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £43,500 £110,000
% change year-on-year +14.94% -60.45% +83.33%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

POSIX falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 18,501 23,761 57,486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 19.36% 28.95% 39.79%
Number of salaries quoted 14,592 15,693 26,430
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +18.18%

POSIX
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for POSIX in England

POSIX
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for POSIX in England

POSIX
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing POSIX within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
West Midlands -3 10 £50,000 +14.94%
Midlands -30 10 £50,000 +14.94%
South West -38 3 £50,000 - 1
North of England +12 2 £56,500 - 1
North West -22 2 £56,500 - 1
POSIX
UK

POSIX
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 9 (60.00%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) GNU Octave
1 2 (13.33%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 9 (60.00%) Firewall
2 3 (20.00%) Ethernet
3 2 (13.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (60.00%) MySQL
1 9 (60.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (93.33%) Git
2 12 (80.00%) Subversion
3 9 (60.00%) GNU Toolchain
4 3 (20.00%) Eclipse
4 3 (20.00%) JIRA
4 3 (20.00%) Visual Studio
5 2 (13.33%) PetaLinux
General
1 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (6.67%) Automotive
2 1 (6.67%) Finance
2 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Developer
1 9 (60.00%) Linux Developer
2 4 (26.67%) Software Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Embedded Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (60.00%) Node.js
2 2 (13.33%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 9 (60.00%) Embedded Systems
1 9 (60.00%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (13.33%) Algorithms
2 2 (13.33%) FPGA
2 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (13.33%) VHDL
3 1 (6.67%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (6.67%) Cyberattack
3 1 (6.67%) IoT
3 1 (6.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (93.33%) Linux
2 9 (60.00%) Unix
3 3 (20.00%) Android
3 3 (20.00%) FreeBSD
3 3 (20.00%) Mac OS X
3 3 (20.00%) Windows
4 2 (13.33%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (6.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Open Source
2 5 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 3 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
3 3 (20.00%) TDD
3 3 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 3 (20.00%) Unit Testing
4 2 (13.33%) Configuration Management
4 2 (13.33%) Digital Signal Processing
4 2 (13.33%) Mathematics
4 2 (13.33%) Signal Processing
5 1 (6.67%) Agile
5 1 (6.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 1 (6.67%) Mobile Development
5 1 (6.67%) Network Design
5 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (6.67%) Reverse Engineering
5 1 (6.67%) Threat Intelligence
5 1 (6.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 13 (86.67%) C++
2 11 (73.33%) C
3 9 (60.00%) Bash
4 5 (33.33%) Python
5 3 (20.00%) C#
5 3 (20.00%) Java
5 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
5 3 (20.00%) Perl
5 3 (20.00%) PowerShell
6 2 (13.33%) MATLAB
6 2 (13.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 3 (20.00%) Firmware
2 2 (13.33%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Xilinx