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

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 284 196 191
Rank change year-on-year -88 -5 -9
Permanent jobs citing Unix 1,003 1,965 3,315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.02% 1.89% 2.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.11% 11.84% 11.19%
Number of salaries quoted 538 1,016 1,593
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £69,447 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.60% +11.12% +1.63%
75th Percentile £82,548 £89,852 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,064 £111,875 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,325 £50,173
% change year-on-year -8.42% +14.26% +5.63%

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 14,101 16,590 29,623
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.30% 15.99% 18.93%
Number of salaries quoted 10,896 11,178 16,749
10th Percentile £25,760 £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 3 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 3 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 -73 723 £52,500 -8.42% 111
England -124 693 £60,000 -14.29% 190
Work from Home -123 327 £63,891 -5.35% 79
London -93 245 £80,000 -0.37% 84
Scotland -24 205 £42,202 -32.48% 11
North of England -69 136 £55,000 -0.45% 18
South East -39 128 £51,750 -1.43% 24
South West -58 92 £52,500 +5.00% 14
Midlands -58 73 £50,000 -23.08% 17
North West -13 68 £55,000 -4.06% 8
Wales +26 57 £45,000 -22.51% 1
Yorkshire -38 47 £73,122 +19.52% 9
West Midlands -15 42 £50,000 -23.08% 8
East Midlands -54 31 £50,000 -23.08% 9
North East -6 21 £44,274 +14.26% 1
Northern Ireland +12 17 £77,500 +55.00% 2
East of England -71 15 £38,750 -35.42% 28

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 (10.37%) Apache Spark
2 77 (7.68%) WebLogic
3 45 (4.49%) Oracle Service Bus
4 33 (3.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 33 (3.29%) WebSphere
5 30 (2.99%) Tomcat
6 28 (2.79%) Captiva
6 28 (2.79%) FileNet
7 25 (2.49%) Apache
8 18 (1.79%) nginx
9 17 (1.69%) Confluence
9 17 (1.69%) SharePoint
10 16 (1.60%) Apache Airflow
11 15 (1.50%) IIS
12 10 (1.00%) JBoss
13 3 (0.30%) GlassFish
13 3 (0.30%) WordPress
14 2 (0.20%) OpenStack
14 2 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
15 1 (0.100%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 78 (7.78%) Microsoft Office
2 54 (5.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 45 (4.49%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.20%) CATIA
5 2 (0.20%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 46 (4.59%) Remedy ITSM
2 27 (2.69%) NEC Housing
3 18 (1.79%) Unit4 Business World
4 15 (1.50%) Fidessa
5 6 (0.60%) Adaptiv
5 6 (0.60%) Temenos T24
6 3 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.30%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.20%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.100%) Demantra
8 1 (0.100%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.100%) Oracle ASCP
8 1 (0.100%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 1 (0.100%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.100%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.100%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 320 (31.90%) AWS
2 216 (21.54%) Azure
3 80 (7.98%) GCP
4 68 (6.78%) SaaS
5 63 (6.28%) IaaS
6 45 (4.49%) GitHub
7 34 (3.39%) PaaS
8 30 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
9 26 (2.59%) Power Platform
10 24 (2.39%) Amazon EKS
11 17 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
11 17 (1.69%) OpenShift
12 16 (1.60%) Serverless
13 14 (1.40%) Amazon S3
14 10 (1.00%) Entra ID
15 8 (0.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 8 (0.80%) Amazon EC2
15 8 (0.80%) Azure Data Factory
16 7 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
17 6 (0.60%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 75 (7.48%) Firewall
2 60 (5.98%) DNS
2 60 (5.98%) TCP/IP
3 42 (4.19%) DHCP
4 36 (3.59%) VPN
5 26 (2.59%) SAN
5 26 (2.59%) SNMP
6 24 (2.39%) HTTP
6 24 (2.39%) Internet
7 19 (1.89%) BGP
7 19 (1.89%) MPLS
8 17 (1.69%) Network Security
9 16 (1.60%) SSH
9 16 (1.60%) WAN
10 15 (1.50%) FIX Connectivity
11 14 (1.40%) LAN
12 13 (1.30%) VLAN
13 12 (1.20%) SMTP
13 12 (1.20%) SSL
14 11 (1.10%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 151 (15.05%) NoSQL
2 102 (10.17%) Apache Hive
2 102 (10.17%) HBase
3 96 (9.57%) Oracle Database
4 95 (9.47%) SQL Server
5 82 (8.18%) MySQL
6 72 (7.18%) Hadoop
7 51 (5.08%) PostgreSQL
7 51 (5.08%) Relational Database
8 47 (4.69%) Oracle Database 11g
9 46 (4.59%) Oracle Database 10g
10 45 (4.49%) VLDB
11 42 (4.19%) Data Warehouse
12 37 (3.69%) Big Data
12 37 (3.69%) Elasticsearch
13 33 (3.29%) MongoDB
14 27 (2.69%) Data Lake
15 26 (2.59%) Power BI
16 20 (1.99%) RDBMS
17 19 (1.89%) DB2
Development Applications
1 143 (14.26%) Git
2 123 (12.26%) Jenkins
3 100 (9.97%) JIRA
4 86 (8.57%) Bitbucket Server
5 30 (2.99%) Oracle Forms
6 28 (2.79%) GitLab
7 14 (1.40%) Eclipse
8 13 (1.30%) Subversion
9 12 (1.20%) LabVIEW
10 11 (1.10%) CircleCI
10 11 (1.10%) IBM UrbanCode
11 10 (1.00%) GNU Toolchain
12 8 (0.80%) Postman
13 7 (0.70%) Bitbucket
13 7 (0.70%) Snyk
14 6 (0.60%) Appium
14 6 (0.60%) RStudio
14 6 (0.60%) UI Automator
15 5 (0.50%) DTrace
15 5 (0.50%) GDB
General
1 422 (42.07%) Finance
2 222 (22.13%) Social Skills
3 181 (18.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 165 (16.45%) Analytical Skills
5 161 (16.05%) Law
6 141 (14.06%) Banking
7 110 (10.97%) Legal
8 66 (6.58%) Public Sector
9 51 (5.08%) Police
10 32 (3.19%) Local Government
11 26 (2.59%) Back Office
12 23 (2.29%) Marketing
12 23 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
12 23 (2.29%) Telecoms
13 20 (1.99%) Front Office
14 19 (1.89%) Financial Institution
15 18 (1.79%) Retail
16 16 (1.60%) Military
17 14 (1.40%) Games
18 11 (1.10%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 200 (19.94%) Software Engineer
2 169 (16.85%) Analyst
3 162 (16.15%) Developer
4 148 (14.76%) Applications Support
5 147 (14.66%) Senior
6 129 (12.86%) Support Analyst
7 107 (10.67%) Applications Support Analyst
8 70 (6.98%) AWS Engineer
9 67 (6.68%) AWS Software Engineer
10 64 (6.38%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 62 (6.18%) Database Engineer
12 56 (5.58%) Database Developer
13 53 (5.28%) Python Engineer
14 52 (5.18%) Data Engineer
15 51 (5.08%) Architect
16 49 (4.89%) Administrator
17 48 (4.79%) SQL Analyst
17 48 (4.79%) SQL Support Analyst
18 47 (4.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
19 45 (4.49%) Oracle Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (6.78%) Spring
2 58 (5.78%) REST
3 47 (4.69%) XML
4 38 (3.79%) Web Services
5 35 (3.49%) J2EE
6 33 (3.29%) SOAP
7 31 (3.09%) Node.js
7 31 (3.09%) React
8 29 (2.89%) Java EE
9 27 (2.69%) HTML
10 26 (2.59%) FIX Protocol
11 23 (2.29%) JPA
12 22 (2.19%) CSS
12 22 (2.19%) OpenMP
13 20 (1.99%) AngularJS
13 20 (1.99%) Kafka
13 20 (1.99%) OpenID
14 17 (1.69%) Middleware
15 16 (1.60%) JSON
15 16 (1.60%) OpenACC
Miscellaneous
1 141 (14.06%) Algorithms
2 70 (6.98%) Self-Motivation
3 56 (5.58%) Data Centre
4 52 (5.18%) Public Cloud
5 46 (4.59%) Management Information System
6 39 (3.89%) Linux Command Line
7 32 (3.19%) Private Cloud
8 30 (2.99%) CUDA
9 28 (2.79%) DataPower
10 26 (2.59%) Mainframe
11 22 (2.19%) Cloud Native
12 20 (1.99%) Blockchain
13 17 (1.69%) Replication
14 16 (1.60%) Embedded Systems
14 16 (1.60%) Eurex
15 13 (1.30%) CMDB
15 13 (1.30%) Driving Licence
15 13 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 13 (1.30%) Onboarding
16 12 (1.20%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 606 (60.42%) Linux
2 390 (38.88%) Windows
3 116 (11.57%) Solaris
4 80 (7.98%) Windows Server
5 62 (6.18%) CentOS
6 44 (4.39%) Ubuntu
7 31 (3.09%) AIX
8 30 (2.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 21 (2.09%) CoreOS
10 20 (1.99%) Mac OS
11 19 (1.89%) zOS
12 15 (1.50%) VMS
13 14 (1.40%) Mac OS X
14 13 (1.30%) Windows 10
15 9 (0.90%) Debian
16 6 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
17 4 (0.40%) Windows 7
17 4 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
17 4 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
18 3 (0.30%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (30.91%) Agile
2 224 (22.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 217 (21.64%) Software Engineering
4 185 (18.44%) CI/CD
5 175 (17.45%) ITIL
6 170 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
7 157 (15.65%) Machine Learning
8 155 (15.45%) DevOps
9 153 (15.25%) SDLC
10 150 (14.96%) Open Source
11 143 (14.26%) Continuous Improvement
12 139 (13.86%) Test Automation
13 133 (13.26%) Incident Management
14 125 (12.46%) Actionable Insight
14 125 (12.46%) Operational Stability
15 121 (12.06%) Risk Management
16 120 (11.96%) TDD
17 116 (11.57%) Change Management
18 113 (11.27%) Microservices
19 112 (11.17%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 418 (41.67%) SQL
2 369 (36.79%) Python
3 262 (26.12%) Java
4 142 (14.16%) PL/SQL
5 105 (10.47%) Shell Script
6 101 (10.07%) Bash
7 99 (9.87%) PowerShell
8 76 (7.58%) C
9 71 (7.08%) C++
10 60 (5.98%) JavaScript
11 56 (5.58%) Perl
12 36 (3.59%) Ruby
13 34 (3.39%) Fortran
14 26 (2.59%) C#
15 14 (1.40%) PHP
16 12 (1.20%) MATLAB
17 9 (0.90%) Go
18 8 (0.80%) Rust
18 8 (0.80%) TypeScript
19 7 (0.70%) R
Qualifications
1 259 (25.82%) Degree
2 183 (18.25%) Security Cleared
3 129 (12.86%) SC Cleared
4 39 (3.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (3.39%) PhD
6 33 (3.29%) Master's Degree
7 25 (2.49%) AWS Certification
8 22 (2.19%) CISSP
9 19 (1.89%) CISA
9 19 (1.89%) CISM
10 16 (1.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 15 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (1.50%) DV Cleared
11 15 (1.50%) GCIH
11 15 (1.50%) HND
11 15 (1.50%) Oracle Certification
12 14 (1.40%) Azure Certification
12 14 (1.40%) GCIA
12 14 (1.40%) GREM
13 12 (1.20%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (10.77%) SLA
2 34 (3.39%) Accessibility
3 30 (2.99%) GDPR
4 18 (1.79%) ITGC
4 18 (1.79%) PMO
5 17 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.10%) QA
7 10 (1.00%) NIST
8 7 (0.70%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.20%) DO-178B
11 2 (0.20%) JSP 440
11 2 (0.20%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.20%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.20%) SEPA
12 1 (0.100%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.100%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 102 (10.17%) HDFS
2 70 (6.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 64 (6.38%) Docker
4 50 (4.99%) Active Directory
4 50 (4.99%) Oracle RAC
5 36 (3.59%) Hyper-V
6 23 (2.29%) Virtual Machines
7 16 (1.60%) Firmware
8 8 (0.80%) Embedded Firmware
9 6 (0.60%) DFS Replication
9 6 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.40%) KVM
11 3 (0.30%) VirtualBox
11 3 (0.30%) XenApp
11 3 (0.30%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.20%) Kamailio
12 2 (0.20%) Shibboleth
12 2 (0.20%) vSphere
13 1 (0.100%) OpenAM
13 1 (0.100%) OpenSIPS
Systems Management
1 118 (11.76%) Terraform
2 67 (6.68%) Kubernetes
3 58 (5.78%) Ansible
4 48 (4.79%) Data Guard
4 48 (4.79%) Oracle RMAN
5 38 (3.79%) Puppet
5 38 (3.79%) SCCM
6 36 (3.59%) Single Sign-On
7 29 (2.89%) OpenSSO
8 20 (1.99%) Progress Chef
9 18 (1.79%) Grafana
10 14 (1.40%) WSUS
11 13 (1.30%) WMI
12 10 (1.00%) Nessus
13 9 (0.90%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 8 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
14 8 (0.80%) NetBackup
15 7 (0.70%) CA Endevor
15 7 (0.70%) Nexpose
16 6 (0.60%) Control-M
Vendors
1 315 (31.41%) Oracle
2 147 (14.66%) Microsoft
3 129 (12.86%) Databricks
4 104 (10.37%) VMware
5 87 (8.67%) Informatica
5 87 (8.67%) Remedy
6 72 (7.18%) Cloudera
7 59 (5.88%) IBM
7 59 (5.88%) Red Hat
8 55 (5.48%) Splunk
9 49 (4.89%) SAP
9 49 (4.89%) Sun
10 34 (3.39%) Cisco
11 33 (3.29%) ServiceNow
12 32 (3.19%) Google
13 28 (2.79%) Kofax
13 28 (2.79%) Pega
14 27 (2.69%) NEC
15 25 (2.49%) Dynatrace
15 25 (2.49%) Qualys