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Unix

Skill in demand · Lightcast

Unix is a specialized skill in the Lightcast Open Skills taxonomy — the vocabulary employers use to describe what work requires. It maps to 85 occupations that together employ about 18,149,750 workers, with a median wage of $101,755. Its reach across the occupation map is high. The occupations that use it sit, on average, at the 85th percentile of AI task-exposure ( high) — a measure of how much the work overlaps with what AI can do, not of the skill's value. See where every skill sits.

This page is built from a crosswalk that maps each occupation's O*NET knowledge, skill, and ability requirements to the named Lightcast skill — it reflects which jobs require the skill, not a direct count of job postings. Employment and pay are BLS OEWS national figures for the occupations, not for the skill itself.

Occupations that need this skill

Occupations whose O*NET requirements map to Unix, ranked by employment. Wage and employment are BLS OEWS (national, cross-industry, May 2024).

Occupation Workers Median pay
Accountants and Auditors 1,448,290 $81,680
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 1,266,860 $66,780
Security Management Specialists 1,128,200 $81,270
Management Analysts 893,900 $101,190
Computer User Support Specialists 697,210 $60,340
Computer and Information Systems Managers 645,970 $171,200
Computer Systems Analysts 497,800 $103,790
Health Informatics Specialists 497,800 $103,790
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 472,300 $78,140
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 439,380 $108,970
Digital Forensics Analysts 439,380 $108,970
Document Management Specialists 439,380 $108,970
Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians 439,380 $108,970
Information Security Engineers 439,380 $108,970
Information Technology Project Managers 439,380 $108,970
Penetration Testers 439,380 $108,970
Web Administrators 439,380 $108,970
Coroners 397,770 $78,420
Environmental Compliance Inspectors 397,770 $78,420
Validation Engineers 350,230 $101,140
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 318,570 $96,800
Automotive Engineers 286,760 $102,320
Business Intelligence Analysts 233,440 $112,590
Data Scientists 233,440 $112,590
Architectural and Engineering Managers 210,340 $167,740
Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers 210,340 $167,740
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 199,800 $102,610
Electrical Engineers 188,790 $111,910
Information Security Analysts 179,430 $124,910
Computer Network Architects 177,010 $130,390
Telecommunications Engineering Specialists 177,010 $130,390
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 156,300 $100,590
Microsystems Engineers 150,750 $117,750
Photonics Engineers 150,750 $117,750
Robotics Engineers 150,750 $117,750
Wind Energy Engineers 150,750 $117,750
Computer Network Support Specialists 146,450 $73,340
Media Technical Directors/Managers 145,270 $83,480
Talent Directors 145,270 $83,480
Energy Auditors 137,210 $72,120
Financial Quantitative Analysts 127,450 $80,190
Web and Digital Interface Designers 111,400 $98,090
Intelligence Analysts 110,790 $93,580
Computer Programmers 109,870 $98,670
Operations Research Analysts 107,760 $91,290
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 93,940 $127,590
Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists 93,940 $127,590
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians 92,710 $77,180
Climate Change Policy Analysts 84,930 $80,060
Computer Hardware Engineers 75,710 $155,020
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians 73,410 $64,790
Database Administrators 73,180 $104,620
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers 73,010 $46,860
Remote Sensing Technicians 71,400 $60,130
Aerospace Engineers 68,440 $134,830
Data Warehousing Specialists 64,770 $135,980
Database Architects 64,770 $135,980
Bioinformatics Scientists 59,710 $93,330
Biologists 59,710 $93,330
Geneticists 59,710 $93,330
Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 40 occupations in occupations that need Unix. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers Energy Auditors Coroners Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers Electrical Engineers Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians Intelligence Analysts Media Technical Directors/Managers Remote Sensing Technicians Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that need Unix, by AI task-overlap and median pay

How this skill maps to occupations

The O*NET attribute types that bridge to this Lightcast skill, and how many of the mapped occupations each accounts for.

  • O*NET software example 85

Datasets behind this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Unix." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/unix

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Unix. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/unix

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-unix,
  title  = {Unix},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/unix}
}

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