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

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 288 199 192
Rank change year-on-year -89 -7 -14
Permanent jobs citing Unix 1,008 1,921 3,322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.02% 1.90% 2.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.18% 11.87% 11.16%
Number of salaries quoted 534 982 1,569
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £52,511 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £69,447 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.60% +11.12% +4.17%
75th Percentile £82,536 £89,852 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,064 £112,375 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £56,663 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.99% +8.97% +9.47%

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 14,033 16,182 29,776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.16% 15.97% 18.98%
Number of salaries quoted 10,810 10,929 16,503
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,450
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 9 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 9 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 -68 722 £51,000 -9.99% 119
England -120 704 £60,000 -14.29% 190
Work from Home -128 328 £62,783 -4.15% 72
London -97 251 £80,000 -0.37% 78
Scotland -17 204 £42,101 -29.83% 15
North of England -61 140 £55,000 +0.92% 20
South East -35 126 £51,000 -2.86% 32
South West -58 90 £52,500 +5.00% 12
Midlands -81 77 £50,000 -23.08% 16
North West -7 71 £55,000 -6.24% 10
Wales +18 54 £42,904 -26.12%
West Midlands -11 47 £50,000 -23.08% 6
Yorkshire -31 47 £57,500 -3.36% 9
East Midlands -66 30 £50,000 -23.08% 10
North East -4 22 £47,137 +25.70% 1
Northern Ireland +8 16 £83,750 +67.50% 2
East of England -63 15 £38,750 -35.42% 24

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 (10.32%) Apache Spark
2 73 (7.24%) WebLogic
3 44 (4.37%) Oracle Service Bus
4 34 (3.37%) Microsoft Exchange
4 34 (3.37%) Tomcat
5 33 (3.27%) WebSphere
6 32 (3.17%) Apache
7 28 (2.78%) Captiva
7 28 (2.78%) FileNet
8 22 (2.18%) IIS
9 18 (1.79%) nginx
10 16 (1.59%) Apache Airflow
10 16 (1.59%) SharePoint
11 15 (1.49%) Confluence
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 76 (7.54%) Microsoft Office
2 54 (5.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 44 (4.37%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.20%) CATIA
5 2 (0.20%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 45 (4.46%) Remedy ITSM
2 40 (3.97%) NEC Housing
3 17 (1.69%) Unit4 Business World
4 16 (1.59%) Fidessa
5 6 (0.60%) Temenos T24
6 5 (0.50%) Adaptiv
7 4 (0.40%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.30%) Oracle EBS R12
9 2 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
9 2 (0.20%) Teamcenter
10 1 (0.099%) Demantra
10 1 (0.099%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.099%) Oracle ASCP
10 1 (0.099%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 1 (0.099%) SAP CRM
10 1 (0.099%) SAP GRC
10 1 (0.099%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 321 (31.85%) AWS
2 208 (20.63%) Azure
3 79 (7.84%) GCP
4 68 (6.75%) SaaS
5 63 (6.25%) IaaS
6 45 (4.46%) GitHub
7 34 (3.37%) PaaS
8 30 (2.98%) Microsoft 365
9 24 (2.38%) Amazon EKS
9 24 (2.38%) Power Platform
10 17 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
10 17 (1.69%) OpenShift
11 15 (1.49%) Serverless
12 14 (1.39%) Amazon S3
13 10 (0.99%) Entra ID
14 8 (0.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 8 (0.79%) Amazon EC2
14 8 (0.79%) Azure Data Factory
15 7 (0.69%) OCI
16 6 (0.60%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 75 (7.44%) Firewall
2 59 (5.85%) DNS
3 58 (5.75%) TCP/IP
4 43 (4.27%) DHCP
5 36 (3.57%) VPN
6 26 (2.58%) SNMP
7 25 (2.48%) SAN
8 24 (2.38%) HTTP
9 23 (2.28%) Internet
10 19 (1.88%) BGP
10 19 (1.88%) MPLS
11 18 (1.79%) Network Security
12 16 (1.59%) FIX Connectivity
12 16 (1.59%) SSH
12 16 (1.59%) WAN
13 15 (1.49%) LAN
14 13 (1.29%) VLAN
15 12 (1.19%) SMTP
16 11 (1.09%) HTTPS
16 11 (1.09%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (15.08%) NoSQL
2 108 (10.71%) Oracle Database
3 102 (10.12%) Apache Hive
3 102 (10.12%) HBase
4 101 (10.02%) SQL Server
5 80 (7.94%) MySQL
6 72 (7.14%) Hadoop
7 55 (5.46%) PostgreSQL
8 51 (5.06%) Relational Database
9 46 (4.56%) Oracle Database 11g
10 45 (4.46%) Oracle Database 10g
11 44 (4.37%) VLDB
12 43 (4.27%) Data Warehouse
13 37 (3.67%) Big Data
14 34 (3.37%) Elasticsearch
15 33 (3.27%) MongoDB
16 27 (2.68%) Data Lake
17 24 (2.38%) Power BI
18 23 (2.28%) Oracle Database 12c
19 20 (1.98%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 143 (14.19%) Git
2 123 (12.20%) Jenkins
3 99 (9.82%) JIRA
4 86 (8.53%) Bitbucket Server
5 34 (3.37%) GitLab
6 30 (2.98%) Oracle Forms
7 14 (1.39%) Eclipse
8 13 (1.29%) 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 (0.60%) Appium
13 6 (0.60%) RStudio
13 6 (0.60%) UI Automator
14 5 (0.50%) DTrace
14 5 (0.50%) GDB
14 5 (0.50%) JMeter
General
1 424 (42.06%) Finance
2 224 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 180 (17.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 165 (16.37%) Analytical Skills
5 162 (16.07%) Law
6 132 (13.10%) Banking
7 110 (10.91%) Legal
8 85 (8.43%) Public Sector
9 64 (6.35%) Police
10 45 (4.46%) Local Government
11 32 (3.17%) Back Office
12 24 (2.38%) Telecoms
13 23 (2.28%) Marketing
14 22 (2.18%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (2.08%) Front Office
16 18 (1.79%) Financial Institution
17 17 (1.69%) Retail
18 16 (1.59%) Military
19 14 (1.39%) Games
20 10 (0.99%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 200 (19.84%) Software Engineer
2 168 (16.67%) Analyst
3 163 (16.17%) Developer
4 155 (15.38%) Applications Support
5 147 (14.58%) Senior
6 128 (12.70%) Support Analyst
7 106 (10.52%) Applications Support Analyst
8 70 (6.94%) AWS Engineer
9 67 (6.65%) AWS Software Engineer
10 64 (6.35%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 62 (6.15%) Database Engineer
12 56 (5.56%) Database Developer
13 55 (5.46%) Administrator
14 53 (5.26%) Python Engineer
15 52 (5.16%) Data Engineer
16 51 (5.06%) Architect
17 47 (4.66%) SQL Analyst
17 47 (4.66%) SQL Support Analyst
18 46 (4.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
19 44 (4.37%) Oracle Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (6.55%) Spring
2 58 (5.75%) REST
3 47 (4.66%) XML
4 45 (4.46%) Web Services
5 33 (3.27%) J2EE
5 33 (3.27%) SOAP
6 31 (3.08%) Node.js
6 31 (3.08%) React
7 27 (2.68%) FIX Protocol
7 27 (2.68%) HTML
7 27 (2.68%) Java EE
8 23 (2.28%) JPA
9 22 (2.18%) CSS
10 21 (2.08%) OpenMP
11 20 (1.98%) AngularJS
11 20 (1.98%) Kafka
11 20 (1.98%) OpenID
12 16 (1.59%) JSON
12 16 (1.59%) Middleware
13 15 (1.49%) OpenACC
Miscellaneous
1 139 (13.79%) Algorithms
2 75 (7.44%) Self-Motivation
3 57 (5.65%) Public Cloud
4 55 (5.46%) Data Centre
5 46 (4.56%) Management Information System
6 39 (3.87%) Linux Command Line
7 32 (3.17%) Private Cloud
8 29 (2.88%) CUDA
9 28 (2.78%) 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 (1.69%) Eurex
14 16 (1.59%) Replication
15 15 (1.49%) Embedded Systems
16 14 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 14 (1.39%) Onboarding
17 13 (1.29%) CMDB
18 11 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 610 (60.52%) Linux
2 390 (38.69%) Windows
3 122 (12.10%) Solaris
4 79 (7.84%) Windows Server
5 63 (6.25%) CentOS
6 45 (4.46%) Ubuntu
7 31 (3.08%) AIX
8 30 (2.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 19 (1.88%) Mac OS
10 14 (1.39%) CoreOS
10 14 (1.39%) Mac OS X
10 14 (1.39%) VMS
11 13 (1.29%) Windows 10
12 12 (1.19%) zOS
13 9 (0.89%) Debian
14 6 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
15 4 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
16 3 (0.30%) Android
16 3 (0.30%) Windows 7
16 3 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 309 (30.65%) Agile
2 223 (22.12%) Artificial Intelligence
3 216 (21.43%) Software Engineering
4 190 (18.85%) CI/CD
5 179 (17.76%) ITIL
6 173 (17.16%) Problem-Solving
7 157 (15.58%) Machine Learning
8 154 (15.28%) SDLC
9 152 (15.08%) DevOps
10 150 (14.88%) Continuous Improvement
11 148 (14.68%) Open Source
12 139 (13.79%) Test Automation
13 130 (12.90%) Incident Management
14 125 (12.40%) Operational Stability
15 122 (12.10%) Actionable Insight
15 122 (12.10%) Risk Management
16 121 (12.00%) TDD
17 117 (11.61%) Community of Practice
18 115 (11.41%) Change Management
19 113 (11.21%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 419 (41.57%) SQL
2 368 (36.51%) Python
3 261 (25.89%) Java
4 142 (14.09%) PL/SQL
5 110 (10.91%) Shell Script
6 103 (10.22%) Bash
7 101 (10.02%) PowerShell
8 76 (7.54%) C
9 71 (7.04%) C++
10 61 (6.05%) JavaScript
11 57 (5.65%) Perl
12 37 (3.67%) Ruby
13 33 (3.27%) Fortran
14 24 (2.38%) C#
15 14 (1.39%) 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
1 262 (25.99%) Degree
2 194 (19.25%) Security Cleared
3 127 (12.60%) SC Cleared
4 38 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (3.27%) PhD
6 32 (3.17%) Master's Degree
7 25 (2.48%) AWS Certification
8 22 (2.18%) CISSP
9 21 (2.08%) Oracle Certification
10 19 (1.88%) CISM
11 18 (1.79%) CISA
12 16 (1.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 16 (1.59%) GCIH
13 15 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (1.49%) DV Cleared
13 15 (1.49%) GCIA
14 14 (1.39%) Azure Certification
14 14 (1.39%) GREM
14 14 (1.39%) HND
15 12 (1.19%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (10.32%) SLA
2 47 (4.66%) Accessibility
3 30 (2.98%) GDPR
4 17 (1.69%) ITGC
4 17 (1.69%) PMO
5 16 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.09%) NIST
6 11 (1.09%) QA
7 7 (0.69%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.40%) 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
11 1 (0.099%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 102 (10.12%) HDFS
2 69 (6.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 57 (5.65%) Docker
4 49 (4.86%) Active Directory
5 48 (4.76%) Oracle RAC
6 35 (3.47%) Hyper-V
7 23 (2.28%) Virtual Machines
8 16 (1.59%) Firmware
9 8 (0.79%) Embedded Firmware
10 6 (0.60%) DFS Replication
10 6 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.40%) KVM
12 3 (0.30%) VirtualBox
12 3 (0.30%) XenApp
12 3 (0.30%) XenDesktop
13 2 (0.20%) Kamailio
13 2 (0.20%) Shibboleth
13 2 (0.20%) vSphere
14 1 (0.099%) OpenSIPS
14 1 (0.099%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 124 (12.30%) Terraform
2 61 (6.05%) Kubernetes
3 58 (5.75%) Ansible
4 47 (4.66%) Data Guard
5 46 (4.56%) Oracle RMAN
6 38 (3.77%) Puppet
6 38 (3.77%) SCCM
7 34 (3.37%) Single Sign-On
8 27 (2.68%) OpenSSO
9 24 (2.38%) Grafana
10 20 (1.98%) Progress Chef
11 14 (1.39%) WSUS
12 13 (1.29%) WMI
13 12 (1.19%) Prometheus
14 10 (0.99%) Nessus
15 8 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
15 8 (0.79%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
16 7 (0.69%) NetBackup
16 7 (0.69%) Nexpose
17 6 (0.60%) Control-M
Vendors
1 325 (32.24%) Oracle
2 153 (15.18%) Microsoft
3 129 (12.80%) Databricks
4 104 (10.32%) VMware
5 87 (8.63%) Informatica
6 84 (8.33%) Remedy
7 72 (7.14%) Cloudera
8 60 (5.95%) Red Hat
9 59 (5.85%) IBM
10 55 (5.46%) Splunk
11 48 (4.76%) SAP
11 48 (4.76%) Sun
12 40 (3.97%) NEC
13 35 (3.47%) Cisco
14 32 (3.17%) ServiceNow
15 28 (2.78%) Kofax
15 28 (2.78%) Pega
16 25 (2.48%) Dynatrace
16 25 (2.48%) Google
16 25 (2.48%) Qualys