Job market reports · Skill · October 2026

unix

290 live US technical postings name unix in October 2026. Here is which roles ask for it, what those roles pay, and where they are.

Which roles ask for it

Share of the 290 postings naming unix that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".

  1. 1Software Engineer60.3%
  2. 2DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineer14.5%
  3. 3Full-Stack Engineer8.6%
  4. 4Security Engineer6.6%
  5. 5Data Engineer3.1%
  6. 6Frontend Engineer2.1%
  7. 7Data Scientist1.7%
  8. 8AI Engineer1%

What postings asking for it pay

Across every role, for the postings that both name this skill and disclose a salary. A skill does not cause a salary — senior roles ask for more of everything — so read this as association, not as a raise.

Disclosed pay where unix is named
n = 160
10th
$117k
25th
$146k
Median
$164k
75th
$200k
90th
$225k

Where those jobs are

Metro share of the postings naming this skill.

  1. 1Silicon Valley, CA12.4%
  2. 2New York, NY6.2%
  3. 3Washington, DC5.9%
  4. 4Remote5.2%
  5. 5Chicago, IL2.4%
  6. 6San Francisco, CA2.4%
  7. 7Seattle, WA2.4%
  8. 8Austin, TX1.7%

How we counted

967,730 live US postings read directly from 82,954 employers’ own careers pages in October 2026 — not from a jobs aggregator, so a role reposted across several sites is counted once. Full methodology, limitations and external checks.