Unix Jobs in the Thames Valley

Unix
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 147 173 222
Rank change year-on-year +26 +49 -94
Permanent jobs citing Unix 102 80 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.43% 1.40% 0.93%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.44% 7.47% 3.99%
Number of salaries quoted 50 29 34
10th Percentile £34,750 £34,875 £41,250
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,250 £44,389
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,293 £45,500 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +1.74% -22.55% +20.51%
75th Percentile £61,000 £80,000 £69,880
90th Percentile £64,750 £83,500 £75,250
South East median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -12.50% +27.66%

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 977 1,071 1,706
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.72% 18.77% 23.30%
Number of salaries quoted 822 668 991
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £26,989
25th Percentile £34,750 £30,438 £34,990
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £50,845
Median % change year-on-year - -16.41% -7.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £68,500 £80,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £44,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.27% -7.37% -

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Unix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Unix in the Thames Valley

Unix
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Unix in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Unix in the Thames Valley

Unix
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unix in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Unix in the Thames Valley

Unix
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unix within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 2 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
Berkshire +18 71 £48,000 +8.17% 4
Oxfordshire +26 25 £46,293 +5.91% 8
Buckinghamshire -22 6 £47,500 -38.71% 1
Unix
South East

Unix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 36 (35.29%) WebLogic
2 14 (13.73%) Oracle Service Bus
3 1 (0.98%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 16 (15.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (13.73%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (13.73%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (14.71%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.96%) Datadog
2 1 (0.98%) Azure
2 1 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (0.98%) Azure Functions
2 1 (0.98%) Power Platform
2 1 (0.98%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.94%) SNMP
2 2 (1.96%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.98%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.98%) Firewall
3 1 (0.98%) FTP
3 1 (0.98%) HTTP
3 1 (0.98%) Internet
3 1 (0.98%) Network Security
3 1 (0.98%) RNC
3 1 (0.98%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (21.57%) Elasticsearch
2 15 (14.71%) Oracle Database
2 15 (14.71%) Oracle Database 11g
3 14 (13.73%) Oracle Database 10g
3 14 (13.73%) VLDB
4 1 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.98%) GIS
4 1 (0.98%) MySQL
4 1 (0.98%) Power BI
4 1 (0.98%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.98%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.98%) Spatial Data
4 1 (0.98%) SQL Server
General
1 37 (36.27%) Analytical Skills
2 32 (31.37%) Social Skills
3 22 (21.57%) Police
4 3 (2.94%) Telecoms
5 2 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (0.98%) Advertising
6 1 (0.98%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.98%) Finance
6 1 (0.98%) Games
Job Titles
1 41 (40.20%) Senior
2 39 (38.24%) Applications Support
3 38 (37.25%) Analyst
4 37 (36.27%) Applications Support Analyst
4 37 (36.27%) Support Analyst
5 22 (21.57%) Senior Analyst
5 22 (21.57%) Senior Applications Support
5 22 (21.57%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
5 22 (21.57%) Senior Support Analyst
6 17 (16.67%) Software Engineer
7 14 (13.73%) Oracle Analyst
7 14 (13.73%) Oracle Support Analyst
7 14 (13.73%) SQL Analyst
7 14 (13.73%) SQL Support Analyst
8 12 (11.76%) Senior Software Engineer
9 11 (10.78%) Physicist
10 7 (6.86%) Research Engineer
10 7 (6.86%) Research Software Engineer
11 6 (5.88%) Junior
12 5 (4.90%) Unix Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (21.57%) J2EE
1 22 (21.57%) Java EE
1 22 (21.57%) Spring
2 20 (19.61%) OpenMP
3 14 (13.73%) OpenACC
4 2 (1.96%) EDI
5 1 (0.98%) OpenLayers
5 1 (0.98%) Regular Expression
5 1 (0.98%) XML
5 1 (0.98%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 42 (41.18%) Algorithms
2 20 (19.61%) CUDA
3 7 (6.86%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.96%) Grid Computing
6 1 (0.98%) ARM Cortex
6 1 (0.98%) CAN bus
6 1 (0.98%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.98%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.98%) Raspberry Pi
6 1 (0.98%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 66 (64.71%) Linux
2 14 (13.73%) Solaris
3 8 (7.84%) Windows
4 2 (1.96%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.96%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.96%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.98%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.98%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (41.18%) Mathematics
1 42 (41.18%) Physics
2 39 (38.24%) Computer Science
3 38 (37.25%) Actionable Insight
3 38 (37.25%) Incident Management
4 35 (34.31%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (30.39%) Parallel Programming
6 28 (27.45%) ITIL
7 24 (23.53%) Containerisation
7 24 (23.53%) Service Management
7 24 (23.53%) Software Testing
8 23 (22.55%) Impact Assessments
9 22 (21.57%) Enterprise Architecture
9 22 (21.57%) Enterprise Search
9 22 (21.57%) Information Management
10 17 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
10 17 (16.67%) Open Source
10 17 (16.67%) Performance Analysis
10 17 (16.67%) SDLC
10 17 (16.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 45 (44.12%) Python
2 42 (41.18%) Fortran
3 39 (38.24%) C
4 34 (33.33%) C++
5 24 (23.53%) Shell Script
6 23 (22.55%) Bash
6 23 (22.55%) Java
7 21 (20.59%) SQL
8 14 (13.73%) PL/SQL
9 6 (5.88%) Perl
10 3 (2.94%) C#
10 3 (2.94%) COBOL
11 1 (0.98%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.98%) Embedded C++
11 1 (0.98%) Groovy
11 1 (0.98%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 68 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 61 (59.80%) Degree
3 42 (41.18%) PhD
4 38 (37.25%) SC Cleared
5 36 (35.29%) Master's Degree
6 8 (7.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.96%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.96%) HNC
7 2 (1.96%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (35.29%) SLA
2 1 (0.98%) GDPR
System Software
1 14 (13.73%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 22 (21.57%) OpenSSO
1 22 (21.57%) Single Sign-On
2 14 (13.73%) Data Guard
2 14 (13.73%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (1.96%) Nagios
3 2 (1.96%) Netcool
3 2 (1.96%) ZABBIX
4 1 (0.98%) SCCM
4 1 (0.98%) WSUS
Vendors
1 40 (39.22%) Oracle
2 37 (36.27%) Remedy
3 30 (29.41%) Microsoft
4 16 (15.69%) Sun
5 2 (1.96%) BigPanda
5 2 (1.96%) Dell
5 2 (1.96%) Dynatrace
5 2 (1.96%) IBM
5 2 (1.96%) LogicMonitor
5 2 (1.96%) New Relic
5 2 (1.96%) ScienceLogic
5 2 (1.96%) SolarWinds
5 2 (1.96%) Splunk
6 1 (0.98%) Ab Initio
6 1 (0.98%) Apple
6 1 (0.98%) BMC
6 1 (0.98%) Ericsson
6 1 (0.98%) Informatica
6 1 (0.98%) Nokia
6 1 (0.98%) VMware