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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 281 198 197
Rank change year-on-year -83 -1 -14
Permanent jobs citing Unix 1,008 1,913 3,408
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.01% 1.92% 2.09%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.22% 11.96% 11.07%
Number of salaries quoted 527 974 1,572
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,400 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £52,810 £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 £82,500 £89,852 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,125 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £57,413 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.17% +9.36% +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 13,959 15,993 30,791
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.97% 16.08% 18.91%
Number of salaries quoted 10,719 10,770 16,579
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,750
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 20 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 20 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 -77 717 £51,000 -11.17% 140
England -123 712 £60,000 -14.29% 221
Work from Home -108 335 £65,000 -0.54% 72
London -97 259 £80,000 -0.37% 121
Scotland -25 201 £42,000 -30.00% 18
North of England -75 138 £55,000 -1.79% 17
South East -10 127 £51,750 -1.43% 51
South West -61 89 £52,500 -0.19% 13
Midlands -82 78 £50,000 -23.08% 10
North West -25 72 £55,000 -8.33% 9
Wales +17 53 £42,904 -26.12% 4
West Midlands -3 49 £50,000 -23.08% 3
Yorkshire -41 44 £57,500 -4.17% 8
East Midlands -83 29 £50,000 -18.37% 7
North East 0 22 £47,137 +25.70%
East of England -74 16 £40,000 -33.33% 26
Northern Ireland +8 15 £90,000 +77.34% 4

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 72 (7.14%) WebLogic
3 44 (4.37%) Oracle Service Bus
4 40 (3.97%) Tomcat
5 37 (3.67%) Apache
6 33 (3.27%) Microsoft Exchange
7 29 (2.88%) IIS
8 26 (2.58%) WebSphere
9 21 (2.08%) Captiva
9 21 (2.08%) FileNet
10 18 (1.79%) nginx
11 16 (1.59%) Apache Airflow
12 15 (1.49%) Confluence
13 14 (1.39%) SharePoint
14 9 (0.89%) JBoss
15 3 (0.30%) GlassFish
15 3 (0.30%) WordPress
16 2 (0.20%) OpenStack
16 2 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
17 1 (0.099%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 76 (7.54%) Microsoft Office
2 55 (5.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 45 (4.46%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.20%) CATIA
5 2 (0.20%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 49 (4.86%) NEC Housing
2 45 (4.46%) Remedy ITSM
3 17 (1.69%) Unit4 Business World
4 16 (1.59%) Fidessa
5 6 (0.60%) Temenos T24
6 4 (0.40%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.20%) Adaptiv
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.20%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.099%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.099%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.099%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.099%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.099%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 315 (31.25%) AWS
2 193 (19.15%) Azure
3 70 (6.94%) GCP
4 65 (6.45%) SaaS
5 61 (6.05%) IaaS
6 38 (3.77%) GitHub
7 32 (3.17%) PaaS
8 31 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
9 24 (2.38%) Amazon EKS
9 24 (2.38%) Power Platform
10 17 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
11 16 (1.59%) OpenShift
12 15 (1.49%) Serverless
13 14 (1.39%) Amazon S3
14 10 (0.99%) Entra ID
15 8 (0.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 8 (0.79%) Amazon EC2
15 8 (0.79%) Azure Data Factory
16 6 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
16 6 (0.60%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 78 (7.74%) Firewall
2 62 (6.15%) DNS
3 59 (5.85%) TCP/IP
4 45 (4.46%) DHCP
5 37 (3.67%) VPN
6 27 (2.68%) SNMP
7 24 (2.38%) HTTP
8 23 (2.28%) Internet
8 23 (2.28%) SAN
9 19 (1.88%) BGP
9 19 (1.88%) LAN
9 19 (1.88%) MPLS
9 19 (1.88%) WAN
10 18 (1.79%) Network Security
11 16 (1.59%) FIX Connectivity
11 16 (1.59%) SSH
12 13 (1.29%) VLAN
13 12 (1.19%) SMTP
13 12 (1.19%) SSL
14 11 (1.09%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (14.78%) NoSQL
2 118 (11.71%) Oracle Database
3 106 (10.52%) SQL Server
4 102 (10.12%) Apache Hive
4 102 (10.12%) HBase
5 79 (7.84%) MySQL
6 72 (7.14%) Hadoop
7 57 (5.65%) PostgreSQL
8 51 (5.06%) Relational Database
9 46 (4.56%) Oracle Database 11g
10 44 (4.37%) Oracle Database 10g
10 44 (4.37%) VLDB
11 40 (3.97%) Data Warehouse
12 37 (3.67%) Big Data
13 33 (3.27%) Elasticsearch
13 33 (3.27%) MongoDB
14 26 (2.58%) Oracle Database 12c
15 24 (2.38%) Power BI
16 23 (2.28%) Data Lake
17 20 (1.98%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 140 (13.89%) Git
2 123 (12.20%) Jenkins
3 94 (9.33%) JIRA
4 86 (8.53%) Bitbucket Server
5 35 (3.47%) GitLab
6 23 (2.28%) Oracle Forms
7 14 (1.39%) Eclipse
8 13 (1.29%) Subversion
9 11 (1.09%) CircleCI
10 10 (0.99%) GNU Toolchain
10 10 (0.99%) LabVIEW
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
1 422 (41.87%) Finance
2 226 (22.42%) Social Skills
3 181 (17.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 167 (16.57%) Analytical Skills
5 163 (16.17%) Law
6 124 (12.30%) Banking
7 111 (11.01%) Legal
8 94 (9.33%) Public Sector
9 73 (7.24%) Police
10 54 (5.36%) Local Government
11 39 (3.87%) Back Office
12 25 (2.48%) Front Office
13 24 (2.38%) Telecoms
14 23 (2.28%) Marketing
15 21 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
16 16 (1.59%) Military
17 13 (1.29%) Financial Institution
17 13 (1.29%) Games
17 13 (1.29%) Retail
18 10 (0.99%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 192 (19.05%) Software Engineer
2 167 (16.57%) Analyst
3 163 (16.17%) Applications Support
3 163 (16.17%) Developer
4 149 (14.78%) Senior
5 129 (12.80%) Support Analyst
6 107 (10.62%) Applications Support Analyst
7 70 (6.94%) AWS Engineer
8 67 (6.65%) AWS Software Engineer
9 64 (6.35%) Developer/Software Engineer
10 62 (6.15%) Database Engineer
11 57 (5.65%) Administrator
12 56 (5.56%) Database Developer
13 53 (5.26%) Python Engineer
14 52 (5.16%) Data Engineer
15 48 (4.76%) Architect
16 47 (4.66%) SQL Analyst
16 47 (4.66%) SQL Support Analyst
17 46 (4.56%) DBA
17 46 (4.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (6.45%) Spring
2 58 (5.75%) REST
3 51 (5.06%) Web Services
4 48 (4.76%) XML
5 33 (3.27%) SOAP
6 32 (3.17%) J2EE
7 31 (3.08%) Node.js
7 31 (3.08%) React
8 27 (2.68%) HTML
9 26 (2.58%) FIX Protocol
9 26 (2.58%) Java EE
10 23 (2.28%) JPA
11 22 (2.18%) CSS
12 20 (1.98%) AngularJS
12 20 (1.98%) Kafka
12 20 (1.98%) OpenMP
13 17 (1.69%) Middleware
14 16 (1.59%) JSON
14 16 (1.59%) OpenID
15 14 (1.39%) OpenACC
Miscellaneous
1 139 (13.79%) Algorithms
2 76 (7.54%) Self-Motivation
3 63 (6.25%) Public Cloud
4 53 (5.26%) Data Centre
5 48 (4.76%) Management Information System
6 39 (3.87%) Linux Command Line
7 28 (2.78%) CUDA
8 25 (2.48%) Private Cloud
9 22 (2.18%) Cloud Native
9 22 (2.18%) Driving Licence
10 21 (2.08%) DataPower
11 16 (1.59%) Blockchain
11 16 (1.59%) Eurex
11 16 (1.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 16 (1.59%) Onboarding
12 15 (1.49%) Embedded Systems
12 15 (1.49%) Mainframe
13 14 (1.39%) Replication
14 13 (1.29%) CMDB
15 11 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 616 (61.11%) Linux
2 401 (39.78%) Windows
3 135 (13.39%) Solaris
4 81 (8.04%) Windows Server
5 62 (6.15%) CentOS
6 45 (4.46%) Ubuntu
7 32 (3.17%) AIX
8 31 (3.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 19 (1.88%) Mac OS
10 14 (1.39%) Mac OS X
10 14 (1.39%) VMS
10 14 (1.39%) Windows 10
11 13 (1.29%) CoreOS
12 12 (1.19%) zOS
13 9 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
14 8 (0.79%) Debian
15 7 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
16 4 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
17 3 (0.30%) Android
17 3 (0.30%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 300 (29.76%) Agile
2 221 (21.92%) Artificial Intelligence
3 208 (20.63%) Software Engineering
4 187 (18.55%) CI/CD
5 186 (18.45%) ITIL
6 170 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
7 155 (15.38%) Machine Learning
7 155 (15.38%) SDLC
8 150 (14.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 147 (14.58%) Open Source
10 140 (13.89%) DevOps
11 139 (13.79%) Test Automation
12 129 (12.80%) Incident Management
13 126 (12.50%) Risk Management
14 125 (12.40%) Operational Stability
15 122 (12.10%) TDD
16 121 (12.00%) Actionable Insight
17 117 (11.61%) Community of Practice
18 110 (10.91%) Visualisation
19 109 (10.81%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 414 (41.07%) SQL
2 367 (36.41%) Python
3 255 (25.30%) Java
4 141 (13.99%) PL/SQL
5 117 (11.61%) Shell Script
6 102 (10.12%) Bash
6 102 (10.12%) PowerShell
7 76 (7.54%) C
8 71 (7.04%) C++
9 60 (5.95%) JavaScript
10 57 (5.65%) Perl
11 36 (3.57%) Ruby
12 32 (3.17%) Fortran
13 20 (1.98%) C#
14 14 (1.39%) PHP
15 10 (0.99%) MATLAB
16 9 (0.89%) Rust
17 7 (0.69%) Go
17 7 (0.69%) R
17 7 (0.69%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 266 (26.39%) Degree
2 208 (20.63%) Security Cleared
3 133 (13.19%) SC Cleared
4 39 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (3.17%) Master's Degree
5 32 (3.17%) PhD
6 26 (2.58%) AWS Certification
7 23 (2.28%) Oracle Certification
8 22 (2.18%) CISSP
9 19 (1.88%) CISM
9 19 (1.88%) DV Cleared
10 17 (1.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 17 (1.69%) CISA
10 17 (1.69%) GCIH
11 16 (1.59%) Azure Certification
11 16 (1.59%) GCIA
12 15 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
13 14 (1.39%) GREM
14 13 (1.29%) HND
15 12 (1.19%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (10.02%) SLA
2 56 (5.56%) Accessibility
3 23 (2.28%) GDPR
4 17 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (1.69%) ITGC
4 17 (1.69%) PMO
5 15 (1.49%) NIST
6 11 (1.09%) QA
7 7 (0.69%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.20%) COBIT
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%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 102 (10.12%) HDFS
2 70 (6.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 56 (5.56%) Docker
4 47 (4.66%) Oracle RAC
5 46 (4.56%) Active Directory
6 36 (3.57%) Hyper-V
7 24 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
8 17 (1.69%) Firmware
9 9 (0.89%) VMware ESXi
10 8 (0.79%) Embedded Firmware
11 5 (0.50%) DFS Replication
12 4 (0.40%) KVM
12 4 (0.40%) vSphere
13 3 (0.30%) VirtualBox
13 3 (0.30%) XenApp
13 3 (0.30%) XenDesktop
14 2 (0.20%) Kamailio
14 2 (0.20%) Shibboleth
15 1 (0.099%) OpenSIPS
15 1 (0.099%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 122 (12.10%) Terraform
2 62 (6.15%) Kubernetes
3 59 (5.85%) Ansible
4 46 (4.56%) Data Guard
4 46 (4.56%) Oracle RMAN
5 38 (3.77%) SCCM
6 37 (3.67%) Puppet
7 34 (3.37%) Single Sign-On
8 26 (2.58%) OpenSSO
9 23 (2.28%) Grafana
10 19 (1.88%) 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%) NetBackup
16 7 (0.69%) Nexpose
17 6 (0.60%) ITRS Geneos
17 6 (0.60%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 324 (32.14%) Oracle
2 159 (15.77%) Microsoft
3 129 (12.80%) Databricks
4 108 (10.71%) VMware
5 87 (8.63%) Informatica
6 83 (8.23%) Remedy
7 72 (7.14%) Cloudera
8 67 (6.65%) Red Hat
9 56 (5.56%) Splunk
10 54 (5.36%) IBM
11 49 (4.86%) NEC
12 48 (4.76%) Sun
13 39 (3.87%) SAP
14 36 (3.57%) Cisco
15 29 (2.88%) ServiceNow
16 26 (2.58%) Google
17 25 (2.48%) Dynatrace
17 25 (2.48%) Qualys
18 24 (2.38%) ION Trading
19 22 (2.18%) Dell