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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 292 201 190
Rank change year-on-year -91 -11 -10
Permanent jobs citing Unix 1,012 1,908 3,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.02% 1.89% 2.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.23% 11.83% 11.16%
Number of salaries quoted 535 984 1,569
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £52,533 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £69,447 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.60% +11.12% +4.17%
75th Percentile £82,548 £89,852 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,064 £112,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £57,325 £51,000
% change year-on-year -11.03% +12.40% +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 14,005 16,129 29,820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.12% 15.97% 18.96%
Number of salaries quoted 10,789 10,915 16,509
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,250
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 10 May 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 10 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
UK excluding London -78 721 £51,000 -11.03% 114
England -122 708 £60,000 -14.29% 190
Work from Home -128 332 £65,000 -0.76% 62
London -89 256 £80,000 -0.37% 81
Scotland -13 204 £42,101 -29.83% 12
North of England -59 140 £55,000 +0.92% 19
South East -18 126 £51,000 -2.86% 29
South West -55 90 £52,500 +5.00% 12
Midlands -86 76 £50,000 -23.08% 16
North West -16 71 £55,000 -6.24% 9
Wales +22 54 £42,904 -26.12% 1
Yorkshire -29 47 £57,500 -3.36% 9
West Midlands -24 46 £50,000 -23.08% 6
East Midlands -67 30 £50,000 -23.08% 10
North East -6 22 £47,137 +25.70% 1
Northern Ireland +2 16 £83,750 +67.50% 2
East of England -64 15 £38,750 -35.42% 25

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 (10.28%) Apache Spark
2 73 (7.21%) WebLogic
3 44 (4.35%) Oracle Service Bus
4 34 (3.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 34 (3.36%) Tomcat
5 33 (3.26%) WebSphere
6 32 (3.16%) Apache
7 28 (2.77%) Captiva
7 28 (2.77%) FileNet
8 23 (2.27%) IIS
9 18 (1.78%) nginx
10 16 (1.58%) Apache Airflow
11 15 (1.48%) Confluence
11 15 (1.48%) SharePoint
12 9 (0.89%) JBoss
13 3 (0.30%) GlassFish
13 3 (0.30%) WordPress
14 2 (0.20%) OpenStack
14 2 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
15 1 (0.099%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 77 (7.61%) 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 45 (4.45%) Remedy ITSM
2 40 (3.95%) NEC Housing
3 17 (1.68%) Unit4 Business World
4 16 (1.58%) Fidessa
5 6 (0.59%) Temenos T24
6 4 (0.40%) Adaptiv
6 4 (0.40%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.30%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.20%) Teamcenter
9 1 (0.099%) Demantra
9 1 (0.099%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.099%) Oracle ASCP
9 1 (0.099%) SAP CRM
9 1 (0.099%) SAP GRC
9 1 (0.099%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.099%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 321 (31.72%) AWS
2 210 (20.75%) Azure
3 79 (7.81%) GCP
4 68 (6.72%) SaaS
5 64 (6.32%) IaaS
6 45 (4.45%) GitHub
7 35 (3.46%) PaaS
8 31 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
9 25 (2.47%) Power Platform
10 24 (2.37%) Amazon EKS
11 17 (1.68%) Cloud Computing
11 17 (1.68%) OpenShift
12 15 (1.48%) Serverless
13 14 (1.38%) Amazon S3
14 11 (1.09%) Entra ID
15 8 (0.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 8 (0.79%) Amazon EC2
15 8 (0.79%) Azure Data Factory
16 7 (0.69%) OCI
17 6 (0.59%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 77 (7.61%) Firewall
2 60 (5.93%) DNS
3 58 (5.73%) TCP/IP
4 44 (4.35%) DHCP
5 37 (3.66%) VPN
6 26 (2.57%) SNMP
7 25 (2.47%) SAN
8 24 (2.37%) HTTP
9 23 (2.27%) Internet
10 19 (1.88%) BGP
10 19 (1.88%) MPLS
11 18 (1.78%) Network Security
12 17 (1.68%) WAN
13 16 (1.58%) FIX Connectivity
13 16 (1.58%) LAN
13 16 (1.58%) SSH
14 13 (1.28%) VLAN
15 12 (1.19%) SMTP
16 11 (1.09%) HTTPS
16 11 (1.09%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (15.12%) NoSQL
2 110 (10.87%) Oracle Database
3 103 (10.18%) SQL Server
4 102 (10.08%) Apache Hive
4 102 (10.08%) HBase
5 80 (7.91%) MySQL
6 72 (7.11%) Hadoop
7 56 (5.53%) PostgreSQL
8 51 (5.04%) Relational Database
9 46 (4.55%) Oracle Database 11g
10 45 (4.45%) Oracle Database 10g
11 44 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
11 44 (4.35%) VLDB
12 37 (3.66%) Big Data
13 34 (3.36%) Elasticsearch
13 34 (3.36%) MongoDB
14 27 (2.67%) Data Lake
15 25 (2.47%) Power BI
16 23 (2.27%) Oracle Database 12c
17 20 (1.98%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 142 (14.03%) Git
2 123 (12.15%) Jenkins
3 100 (9.88%) JIRA
4 86 (8.50%) Bitbucket Server
5 34 (3.36%) GitLab
6 30 (2.96%) Oracle Forms
7 14 (1.38%) Eclipse
8 13 (1.28%) Subversion
9 11 (1.09%) CircleCI
9 11 (1.09%) LabVIEW
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%) DTrace
14 5 (0.49%) GDB
14 5 (0.49%) JMeter
General
1 427 (42.19%) Finance
2 227 (22.43%) Social Skills
3 180 (17.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 166 (16.40%) Analytical Skills
5 163 (16.11%) Law
6 134 (13.24%) Banking
7 111 (10.97%) Legal
8 85 (8.40%) Public Sector
9 64 (6.32%) Police
10 45 (4.45%) Local Government
11 35 (3.46%) Back Office
12 24 (2.37%) Telecoms
13 23 (2.27%) Marketing
14 22 (2.17%) Front Office
14 22 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
15 17 (1.68%) Financial Institution
15 17 (1.68%) Retail
16 16 (1.58%) Military
17 13 (1.28%) Games
18 11 (1.09%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 200 (19.76%) Software Engineer
2 168 (16.60%) Analyst
3 163 (16.11%) Developer
4 157 (15.51%) Applications Support
5 149 (14.72%) Senior
6 129 (12.75%) Support Analyst
7 107 (10.57%) Applications Support Analyst
8 70 (6.92%) AWS Engineer
9 67 (6.62%) AWS Software Engineer
10 64 (6.32%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 62 (6.13%) Database Engineer
12 56 (5.53%) Database Developer
13 55 (5.43%) Administrator
14 54 (5.34%) Python Engineer
15 53 (5.24%) Data Engineer
16 51 (5.04%) Architect
17 47 (4.64%) SQL Analyst
17 47 (4.64%) SQL Support Analyst
18 46 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
19 44 (4.35%) Oracle Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (6.52%) Spring
2 58 (5.73%) REST
3 47 (4.64%) XML
4 45 (4.45%) Web Services
5 33 (3.26%) J2EE
5 33 (3.26%) SOAP
6 31 (3.06%) Node.js
6 31 (3.06%) React
7 27 (2.67%) FIX Protocol
7 27 (2.67%) HTML
7 27 (2.67%) Java EE
8 23 (2.27%) JPA
9 22 (2.17%) CSS
10 21 (2.08%) OpenMP
11 20 (1.98%) AngularJS
11 20 (1.98%) Kafka
11 20 (1.98%) OpenID
12 16 (1.58%) JSON
12 16 (1.58%) Middleware
13 15 (1.48%) OpenACC
Miscellaneous
1 139 (13.74%) Algorithms
2 75 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
3 57 (5.63%) Public Cloud
4 55 (5.43%) Data Centre
5 47 (4.64%) Management Information System
6 40 (3.95%) Linux Command Line
7 32 (3.16%) Private Cloud
8 29 (2.87%) CUDA
9 28 (2.77%) DataPower
10 21 (2.08%) Cloud Native
11 20 (1.98%) Blockchain
12 19 (1.88%) Driving Licence
12 19 (1.88%) Mainframe
13 17 (1.68%) Eurex
14 16 (1.58%) Replication
15 15 (1.48%) Embedded Systems
15 15 (1.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 15 (1.48%) Onboarding
16 13 (1.28%) CMDB
17 11 (1.09%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 613 (60.57%) Linux
2 394 (38.93%) Windows
3 122 (12.06%) Solaris
4 81 (8.00%) Windows Server
5 63 (6.23%) CentOS
6 45 (4.45%) Ubuntu
7 31 (3.06%) AIX
7 31 (3.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 19 (1.88%) Mac OS
9 14 (1.38%) CoreOS
9 14 (1.38%) Mac OS X
9 14 (1.38%) VMS
9 14 (1.38%) Windows 10
10 12 (1.19%) zOS
11 10 (0.99%) Debian
12 7 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
13 5 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
14 3 (0.30%) Android
14 3 (0.30%) Windows 7
14 3 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 309 (30.53%) Agile
2 224 (22.13%) Artificial Intelligence
3 216 (21.34%) Software Engineering
4 190 (18.77%) CI/CD
5 183 (18.08%) ITIL
6 173 (17.09%) Problem-Solving
7 158 (15.61%) Machine Learning
8 154 (15.22%) SDLC
9 151 (14.92%) DevOps
10 150 (14.82%) Continuous Improvement
11 148 (14.62%) Open Source
12 139 (13.74%) Test Automation
13 130 (12.85%) Incident Management
14 125 (12.35%) Operational Stability
15 123 (12.15%) Risk Management
16 122 (12.06%) Actionable Insight
17 121 (11.96%) TDD
18 117 (11.56%) Community of Practice
19 115 (11.36%) Change Management
20 113 (11.17%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 423 (41.80%) SQL
2 369 (36.46%) Python
3 261 (25.79%) Java
4 142 (14.03%) PL/SQL
5 110 (10.87%) Shell Script
6 104 (10.28%) Bash
7 102 (10.08%) PowerShell
8 76 (7.51%) C
9 71 (7.02%) C++
10 61 (6.03%) JavaScript
11 57 (5.63%) Perl
12 37 (3.66%) Ruby
13 33 (3.26%) Fortran
14 24 (2.37%) C#
15 14 (1.38%) PHP
16 11 (1.09%) MATLAB
17 8 (0.79%) Go
17 8 (0.79%) Rust
18 7 (0.69%) R
18 7 (0.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 263 (25.99%) Degree
2 195 (19.27%) Security Cleared
3 128 (12.65%) SC Cleared
4 38 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (3.26%) PhD
6 32 (3.16%) Master's Degree
7 25 (2.47%) AWS Certification
8 22 (2.17%) CISSP
9 21 (2.08%) Oracle Certification
10 19 (1.88%) CISM
11 17 (1.68%) CISA
12 16 (1.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 16 (1.58%) GCIH
13 15 (1.48%) Azure Certification
13 15 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (1.48%) DV Cleared
13 15 (1.48%) GCIA
14 14 (1.38%) GREM
14 14 (1.38%) HND
15 12 (1.19%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (10.18%) SLA
2 47 (4.64%) Accessibility
3 30 (2.96%) GDPR
4 17 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (1.68%) ITGC
4 17 (1.68%) PMO
5 13 (1.28%) NIST
6 11 (1.09%) QA
7 7 (0.69%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.20%) DO-178B
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%) COBIT
11 1 (0.099%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 102 (10.08%) HDFS
2 70 (6.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 57 (5.63%) Docker
4 48 (4.74%) Active Directory
4 48 (4.74%) Oracle RAC
5 35 (3.46%) Hyper-V
6 23 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
7 17 (1.68%) Firmware
8 8 (0.79%) Embedded Firmware
9 7 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (0.59%) DFS Replication
11 4 (0.40%) KVM
12 3 (0.30%) VirtualBox
12 3 (0.30%) vSphere
12 3 (0.30%) XenApp
12 3 (0.30%) XenDesktop
13 2 (0.20%) Kamailio
13 2 (0.20%) Shibboleth
14 1 (0.099%) OpenSIPS
14 1 (0.099%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 123 (12.15%) Terraform
2 62 (6.13%) Kubernetes
3 58 (5.73%) Ansible
4 47 (4.64%) Data Guard
5 46 (4.55%) Oracle RMAN
6 39 (3.85%) Puppet
7 38 (3.75%) SCCM
8 35 (3.46%) Single Sign-On
9 27 (2.67%) OpenSSO
10 24 (2.37%) Grafana
11 20 (1.98%) Progress Chef
12 14 (1.38%) WSUS
13 13 (1.28%) WMI
14 12 (1.19%) Prometheus
15 10 (0.99%) Nessus
16 8 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
16 8 (0.79%) NetBackup
17 7 (0.69%) Nexpose
17 7 (0.69%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
18 6 (0.59%) Nagios
Vendors
1 326 (32.21%) Oracle
2 155 (15.32%) Microsoft
3 129 (12.75%) Databricks
4 105 (10.38%) VMware
5 87 (8.60%) Informatica
6 84 (8.30%) Remedy
7 72 (7.11%) Cloudera
8 61 (6.03%) Red Hat
9 59 (5.83%) IBM
10 55 (5.43%) Splunk
11 48 (4.74%) Sun
12 47 (4.64%) SAP
13 40 (3.95%) NEC
14 35 (3.46%) Cisco
15 34 (3.36%) ServiceNow
16 28 (2.77%) Kofax
16 28 (2.77%) Pega
17 25 (2.47%) Dynatrace
17 25 (2.47%) Google
17 25 (2.47%) Qualys