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

6 months to
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 293 193 200
Rank change year-on-year -100 +7 -21
Permanent jobs citing Unix 996 1,811 3,557
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.94% 1.94% 2.09%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.02% 11.86% 11.16%
Number of salaries quoted 509 931 1,575
10th Percentile £35,840 £40,371 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £52,500 £48,091
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £89,852 £83,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £108,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £56,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.71% +6.67% +10.53%

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 14,178 15,267 31,879
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.32% 16.35% 18.73%
Number of salaries quoted 10,712 10,286 16,401
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,625
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 £91,250 £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 5 June 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 5 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
England -129 710 £60,000 -13.60% 180
UK excluding London -87 698 £50,000 -10.71% 107
Work from Home -126 331 £66,250 +1.92% 101
London -88 269 £80,000 -0.37% 91
Scotland -29 195 £42,000 -30.00% 13
South East -6 136 £52,500 - 27
North of England -101 127 £50,000 -14.03% 25
South West -82 80 £52,500 -0.38% 13
Midlands -84 74 £50,000 -23.08% 10
North West -35 70 £53,174 -11.38% 16
Wales +5 53 £42,904 -26.12% 4
West Midlands -20 45 £56,000 -11.81% 7
Yorkshire -55 35 £41,250 -32.58% 9
East Midlands -88 29 £50,000 -23.08% 3
North East -11 22 £47,137 +17.84%
East of England -86 19 £50,000 -13.04% 16
Northern Ireland -4 14 £90,000 +77.34% 3

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 99 (9.94%) Apache Spark
2 72 (7.23%) WebLogic
3 44 (4.42%) Oracle Service Bus
4 41 (4.12%) Tomcat
5 37 (3.71%) Apache
6 34 (3.41%) Microsoft Exchange
7 29 (2.91%) IIS
8 17 (1.71%) nginx
9 16 (1.61%) Confluence
10 14 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
11 10 (1.00%) SharePoint
12 9 (0.90%) JBoss
12 9 (0.90%) WebSphere
13 4 (0.40%) Captiva
13 4 (0.40%) FileNet
14 3 (0.30%) GlassFish
15 2 (0.20%) OpenStack
15 2 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
15 2 (0.20%) WordPress
16 1 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 74 (7.43%) Microsoft Office
2 58 (5.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 45 (4.52%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.20%) CATIA
5 2 (0.20%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 49 (4.92%) NEC Housing
2 45 (4.52%) Remedy ITSM
3 18 (1.81%) Fidessa
4 17 (1.71%) Unit4 Business World
5 6 (0.60%) Oracle Cash Management
5 6 (0.60%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.20%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.10%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.10%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.10%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 300 (30.12%) AWS
2 167 (16.77%) Azure
3 54 (5.42%) SaaS
4 51 (5.12%) IaaS
5 45 (4.52%) GCP
6 26 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
7 24 (2.41%) Power Platform
8 22 (2.21%) PaaS
9 21 (2.11%) Amazon EKS
9 21 (2.11%) GitHub
10 16 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
10 16 (1.61%) Serverless
11 15 (1.51%) OpenShift
12 10 (1.00%) Amazon S3
13 8 (0.80%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (0.80%) Entra ID
14 7 (0.70%) Amazon EC2
15 6 (0.60%) Azure Machine Learning
15 6 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
15 6 (0.60%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 76 (7.63%) Firewall
2 66 (6.63%) DNS
3 57 (5.72%) TCP/IP
4 47 (4.72%) DHCP
5 37 (3.71%) VPN
6 27 (2.71%) SNMP
7 24 (2.41%) HTTP
8 22 (2.21%) SAN
9 20 (2.01%) LAN
10 19 (1.91%) BGP
10 19 (1.91%) MPLS
10 19 (1.91%) WAN
11 18 (1.81%) FIX Connectivity
12 17 (1.71%) Internet
12 17 (1.71%) Network Security
12 17 (1.71%) SSH
13 14 (1.41%) SSL
14 13 (1.31%) VLAN
15 12 (1.20%) SMTP
16 11 (1.10%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (13.96%) NoSQL
2 121 (12.15%) Oracle Database
3 111 (11.14%) SQL Server
4 96 (9.64%) Apache Hive
4 96 (9.64%) HBase
5 73 (7.33%) MySQL
6 67 (6.73%) Hadoop
7 56 (5.62%) PostgreSQL
8 49 (4.92%) Relational Database
9 46 (4.62%) Oracle Database 11g
10 44 (4.42%) Oracle Database 10g
10 44 (4.42%) VLDB
11 35 (3.51%) Big Data
12 33 (3.31%) Elasticsearch
12 33 (3.31%) MongoDB
13 31 (3.11%) Data Warehouse
14 26 (2.61%) Oracle Database 12c
15 24 (2.41%) Power BI
16 20 (2.01%) RDBMS
17 19 (1.91%) DB2
Development Applications
1 135 (13.55%) Git
2 118 (11.85%) Jenkins
3 83 (8.33%) Bitbucket Server
4 77 (7.73%) JIRA
5 34 (3.41%) GitLab
6 14 (1.41%) Eclipse
7 12 (1.20%) Subversion
8 11 (1.10%) CircleCI
9 9 (0.90%) GNU Toolchain
10 8 (0.80%) LabVIEW
11 7 (0.70%) Bitbucket
11 7 (0.70%) Snyk
12 6 (0.60%) Appium
12 6 (0.60%) Oracle Forms
12 6 (0.60%) RStudio
12 6 (0.60%) UI Automator
13 5 (0.50%) DTrace
13 5 (0.50%) GDB
13 5 (0.50%) JUnit
13 5 (0.50%) Postman
General
1 392 (39.36%) Finance
2 219 (21.99%) Social Skills
3 176 (17.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 171 (17.17%) Analytical Skills
5 157 (15.76%) Law
6 108 (10.84%) Legal
7 102 (10.24%) Banking
8 94 (9.44%) Public Sector
9 73 (7.33%) Police
10 52 (5.22%) Local Government
11 42 (4.22%) Back Office
12 26 (2.61%) Front Office
13 22 (2.21%) Telecoms
14 20 (2.01%) Marketing
15 19 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
16 16 (1.61%) Military
17 13 (1.31%) Games
18 12 (1.20%) Financial Institution
18 12 (1.20%) Investment Banking
18 12 (1.20%) Retail
Job Titles
1 183 (18.37%) Software Engineer
2 168 (16.87%) Analyst
3 165 (16.57%) Applications Support
4 160 (16.06%) Developer
5 154 (15.46%) Senior
6 126 (12.65%) Support Analyst
7 107 (10.74%) Applications Support Analyst
8 70 (7.03%) AWS Engineer
9 67 (6.73%) AWS Software Engineer
10 61 (6.12%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 59 (5.92%) Database Engineer
12 57 (5.72%) Administrator
13 53 (5.32%) Data Engineer
13 53 (5.32%) Database Developer
14 50 (5.02%) Python Engineer
15 47 (4.72%) SQL Analyst
15 47 (4.72%) SQL Support Analyst
16 46 (4.62%) DBA
17 44 (4.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 44 (4.42%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (6.43%) Spring
2 58 (5.82%) REST
3 53 (5.32%) Web Services
4 51 (5.12%) XML
5 35 (3.51%) SOAP
6 33 (3.31%) J2EE
6 33 (3.31%) Node.js
7 31 (3.11%) React
8 30 (3.01%) FIX Protocol
9 29 (2.91%) HTML
10 27 (2.71%) Java EE
11 24 (2.41%) CSS
12 22 (2.21%) AngularJS
13 21 (2.11%) JPA
13 21 (2.11%) Kafka
14 20 (2.01%) OpenMP
15 19 (1.91%) Middleware
16 18 (1.81%) JSON
17 15 (1.51%) .NET
18 14 (1.41%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 148 (14.86%) Algorithms
2 74 (7.43%) Self-Motivation
3 63 (6.33%) Public Cloud
4 50 (5.02%) Data Centre
5 45 (4.52%) Management Information System
6 43 (4.32%) Linux Command Line
7 28 (2.81%) CUDA
8 23 (2.31%) Cloud Native
9 22 (2.21%) Driving Licence
10 19 (1.91%) Onboarding
11 18 (1.81%) Eurex
12 16 (1.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 13 (1.31%) CMDB
13 13 (1.31%) Embedded Systems
13 13 (1.31%) Replication
14 11 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
14 11 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
15 10 (1.00%) Client/Server
15 10 (1.00%) Clustering
15 10 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 629 (63.15%) Linux
2 397 (39.86%) Windows
3 147 (14.76%) Solaris
4 80 (8.03%) Windows Server
5 63 (6.33%) CentOS
6 43 (4.32%) Ubuntu
7 35 (3.51%) AIX
8 33 (3.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 18 (1.81%) Mac OS
10 14 (1.41%) Mac OS X
10 14 (1.41%) VMS
10 14 (1.41%) Windows 10
11 13 (1.31%) CoreOS
12 12 (1.20%) zOS
13 9 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
14 7 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
15 4 (0.40%) Debian
15 4 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.40%) Windows XP
16 3 (0.30%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (26.91%) Agile
2 208 (20.88%) Artificial Intelligence
3 197 (19.78%) Software Engineering
4 183 (18.37%) CI/CD
5 182 (18.27%) ITIL
6 171 (17.17%) Problem-Solving
7 161 (16.16%) SDLC
8 151 (15.16%) Continuous Improvement
9 150 (15.06%) Open Source
10 141 (14.16%) Machine Learning
11 135 (13.55%) Test Automation
12 128 (12.85%) Incident Management
13 124 (12.45%) DevOps
14 122 (12.25%) TDD
15 121 (12.15%) Actionable Insight
15 121 (12.15%) Risk Management
16 120 (12.05%) Operational Stability
17 114 (11.45%) Community of Practice
18 107 (10.74%) Visualisation
19 99 (9.94%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 398 (39.96%) SQL
2 378 (37.95%) Python
3 237 (23.80%) Java
4 138 (13.86%) PL/SQL
5 116 (11.65%) Shell Script
6 109 (10.94%) Bash
7 107 (10.74%) PowerShell
8 84 (8.43%) C
9 79 (7.93%) C++
10 65 (6.53%) JavaScript
10 65 (6.53%) Perl
11 42 (4.22%) Fortran
11 42 (4.22%) Ruby
12 17 (1.71%) C#
13 13 (1.31%) PHP
14 10 (1.00%) Rust
15 9 (0.90%) TypeScript
16 8 (0.80%) MATLAB
17 7 (0.70%) R
17 7 (0.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 266 (26.71%) Degree
2 228 (22.89%) Security Cleared
3 142 (14.26%) SC Cleared
4 42 (4.22%) Master's Degree
4 42 (4.22%) PhD
5 37 (3.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (2.71%) AWS Certification
6 27 (2.71%) DV Cleared
7 22 (2.21%) Oracle Certification
8 21 (2.11%) CISSP
9 18 (1.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 18 (1.81%) CISM
9 18 (1.81%) GCIA
9 18 (1.81%) GCIH
10 17 (1.71%) Azure Certification
10 17 (1.71%) CISA
11 14 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
11 14 (1.41%) GREM
12 13 (1.31%) CCNA
13 11 (1.10%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (9.74%) SLA
2 57 (5.72%) Accessibility
3 17 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (1.71%) ITGC
3 17 (1.71%) NIST
3 17 (1.71%) PMO
4 14 (1.41%) QA
5 7 (0.70%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.60%) GDPR
7 5 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 4 (0.40%) COBIT
9 2 (0.20%) DO-178B
9 2 (0.20%) JSP 440
9 2 (0.20%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.20%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.20%) SEPA
10 1 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 96 (9.64%) HDFS
2 66 (6.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 55 (5.52%) Docker
4 46 (4.62%) Oracle RAC
5 41 (4.12%) Active Directory
6 34 (3.41%) Hyper-V
7 26 (2.61%) Virtual Machines
8 17 (1.71%) Firmware
9 9 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
10 8 (0.80%) Embedded Firmware
11 5 (0.50%) DFS Replication
12 4 (0.40%) KVM
12 4 (0.40%) VirtualBox
12 4 (0.40%) vSphere
13 3 (0.30%) LXC
13 3 (0.30%) Squid
13 3 (0.30%) XenApp
13 3 (0.30%) XenDesktop
14 2 (0.20%) Kamailio
15 1 (0.10%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 117 (11.75%) Terraform
2 62 (6.22%) Kubernetes
3 61 (6.12%) Ansible
4 46 (4.62%) Data Guard
4 46 (4.62%) Oracle RMAN
5 38 (3.82%) Puppet
6 35 (3.51%) Single Sign-On
7 34 (3.41%) SCCM
8 26 (2.61%) OpenSSO
9 22 (2.21%) Grafana
10 16 (1.61%) Progress Chef
11 14 (1.41%) WSUS
12 13 (1.31%) Prometheus
12 13 (1.31%) WMI
13 9 (0.90%) Nessus
13 9 (0.90%) NetBackup
14 7 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
14 7 (0.70%) Nagios
14 7 (0.70%) Nexpose
15 6 (0.60%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 317 (31.83%) Oracle
2 167 (16.77%) Microsoft
3 123 (12.35%) Databricks
4 108 (10.84%) VMware
5 84 (8.43%) Informatica
6 80 (8.03%) Red Hat
6 80 (8.03%) Remedy
7 66 (6.63%) Cloudera
8 58 (5.82%) Splunk
9 50 (5.02%) Sun
10 49 (4.92%) NEC
11 39 (3.92%) IBM
12 37 (3.71%) Cisco
13 26 (2.61%) Google
13 26 (2.61%) ION Trading
14 25 (2.51%) Dynatrace
15 24 (2.41%) Qualys
16 22 (2.21%) SAP
17 21 (2.11%) Citrix
17 21 (2.11%) Dell