Job market reports · Skill · September 2026
unix
254 live US technical postings name unix in September 2026. Here is which roles ask for it, what those roles pay, and where they are.
Which roles ask for it
Share of the 254 postings naming unix that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".
- 1Software Engineer57.9%
- 2DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineer15.4%
- 3Full-Stack Engineer9.4%
- 4Security Engineer6.3%
- 5Data Engineer3.5%
- 6Data Scientist2.4%
- 7Frontend Engineer2.4%
- 8Backend Engineer1.2%
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.
Where those jobs are
Metro share of the postings naming this skill.
- 1Silicon Valley, CA10.6%
- 2New York, NY7.9%
- 3Remote7.5%
- 4Washington, DC3.9%
- 5Austin, TX2.8%
- 6Chicago, IL2.8%
- 7Seattle, WA2.8%
- 8San Francisco, CA2.4%
How we counted
668,970 live US postings read directly from 79,892 employers’ own careers pages in September 2026 — not from a jobs aggregator, so a role reposted across several sites is counted once. Full methodology, limitations and external checks.