Unix Jobs with Work from Home Options

Unix
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Unix skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Unix over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 313 179 217
Rank change year-on-year -134 +38 +13
Permanent jobs citing Unix 324 771 1,471
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.91% 2.06% 1.94%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.89% 13.33% 10.96%
Number of salaries quoted 189 457 763
10th Percentile £40,828 £43,584 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,493 £52,500 £48,091
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.17%
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £97,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.07% +3.85% +8.33%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

Unix falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,702 5,785 13,425
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.23% 15.44% 17.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3,548 4,321 7,485
10th Percentile £30,294 £31,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,603 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £93,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Unix
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Unix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Unix trend for jobs with a WFH option

Unix
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Unix.

Unix salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Unix
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Unix over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Unix salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Unix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 34 (10.49%) Tomcat
2 33 (10.19%) Apache
3 29 (8.95%) IIS
4 11 (3.40%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.93%) GlassFish
5 3 (0.93%) JBoss
6 2 (0.62%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.62%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.31%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.31%) Confluence
7 1 (0.31%) IBM Domino
7 1 (0.31%) nginx
7 1 (0.31%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.62%) CATIA
2 2 (0.62%) NASTRAN
3 1 (0.31%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 27 (8.33%) NEC Housing
2 13 (4.01%) Unit4 Business World
3 2 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.62%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (0.62%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.31%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 89 (27.47%) Azure
2 85 (26.23%) AWS
3 33 (10.19%) IaaS
4 27 (8.33%) SaaS
5 15 (4.63%) GCP
6 13 (4.01%) Cloud Computing
6 13 (4.01%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (3.70%) Power Platform
8 11 (3.40%) Serverless
9 7 (2.16%) Amazon S3
10 6 (1.85%) Azure Machine Learning
11 5 (1.54%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (1.54%) GitHub
11 5 (1.54%) OCI
11 5 (1.54%) PaaS
11 5 (1.54%) Rubrik
12 4 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (1.23%) Entra ID
12 4 (1.23%) OpenShift
13 3 (0.93%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 24 (7.41%) Firewall
2 14 (4.32%) Network Security
3 12 (3.70%) DNS
3 12 (3.70%) SAN
4 11 (3.40%) VLAN
5 10 (3.09%) VPN
6 9 (2.78%) DHCP
7 4 (1.23%) PBX
7 4 (1.23%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.93%) HTTP
8 3 (0.93%) Internet
8 3 (0.93%) Reverse Proxy
8 3 (0.93%) SMTP
8 3 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.62%) Asterisk PBX
9 2 (0.62%) RTP
9 2 (0.62%) VoIP
9 2 (0.62%) Wireless
10 1 (0.31%) FTP
10 1 (0.31%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (14.81%) Oracle Database
2 45 (13.89%) SQL Server
3 31 (9.57%) MySQL
4 24 (7.41%) NoSQL
5 22 (6.79%) Relational Database
6 19 (5.86%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (5.86%) MongoDB
7 17 (5.25%) RDBMS
8 14 (4.32%) DB2
9 12 (3.70%) Power BI
10 11 (3.40%) PostgreSQL
11 10 (3.09%) Tableau
12 5 (1.54%) InfluxDB
12 5 (1.54%) Oracle Reports
13 3 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.93%) Ingres
13 3 (0.93%) InterSystems Cache
13 3 (0.93%) MariaDB
13 3 (0.93%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 13 (4.01%) JIRA
2 11 (3.40%) Git
2 11 (3.40%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.54%) DTrace
3 5 (1.54%) GDB
3 5 (1.54%) JMeter
3 5 (1.54%) Snyk
4 4 (1.23%) IBM UrbanCode
4 4 (1.23%) Postman
4 4 (1.23%) SoapUI
5 3 (0.93%) Maven
5 3 (0.93%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.62%) JUnit
6 2 (0.62%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.31%) Ant
7 1 (0.31%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.31%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.31%) Mercurial
7 1 (0.31%) Subversion
7 1 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 135 (41.67%) Finance
2 107 (33.02%) Social Skills
3 58 (17.90%) Public Sector
4 40 (12.35%) Banking
5 29 (8.95%) Police
6 28 (8.64%) Analytical Skills
7 27 (8.33%) Local Government
8 17 (5.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (4.94%) Front Office
10 14 (4.32%) Games
11 13 (4.01%) Military
12 12 (3.70%) Back Office
13 11 (3.40%) Law
14 8 (2.47%) Financial Institution
15 6 (1.85%) Telecoms
16 5 (1.54%) Retail
17 4 (1.23%) Legal
17 4 (1.23%) Welsh Language
18 3 (0.93%) Electronics
19 2 (0.62%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 58 (17.90%) Senior
2 47 (14.51%) Applications Support
3 42 (12.96%) Analyst
4 41 (12.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 30 (9.26%) Developer
6 26 (8.02%) Software Engineer
7 25 (7.72%) Support Analyst
8 21 (6.48%) DBA
9 19 (5.86%) Oracle DBA
10 16 (4.94%) Lead
10 16 (4.94%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 15 (4.63%) Security Engineer
11 15 (4.63%) Software Developer
11 15 (4.63%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
12 14 (4.32%) Architect
12 14 (4.32%) Data Engineer
13 13 (4.01%) Audit Manager
13 13 (4.01%) IT Audit Manager
13 13 (4.01%) IT Manager
14 12 (3.70%) MySQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (9.26%) Web Services
2 16 (4.94%) Node.js
3 14 (4.32%) Kafka
4 10 (3.09%) XML
5 9 (2.78%) Middleware
5 9 (2.78%) React
6 8 (2.47%) .NET
6 8 (2.47%) FIX Protocol
7 5 (1.54%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.54%) OAuth
7 5 (1.54%) SOAP
8 4 (1.23%) OAuth2
8 4 (1.23%) RESTful
9 3 (0.93%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.93%) HTML
9 3 (0.93%) jQuery
9 3 (0.93%) LDAP
9 3 (0.93%) Redux
9 3 (0.93%) SAML
9 3 (0.93%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 61 (18.83%) Public Cloud
2 30 (9.26%) Data Centre
3 29 (8.95%) Management Information System
4 25 (7.72%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (3.40%) Linux Command Line
6 10 (3.09%) Cloud Native
6 10 (3.09%) Cyber Threat
6 10 (3.09%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.09%) Replication
7 8 (2.47%) Cyberattack
7 8 (2.47%) Data Fabric
8 6 (1.85%) Algorithms
8 6 (1.85%) Client/Server
8 6 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.54%) Hedge funds
10 4 (1.23%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (1.23%) Cyber Security Posture
11 3 (0.93%) Clustering
11 3 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (0.93%) VAX
Operating Systems
1 229 (70.68%) Linux
2 204 (62.96%) Windows
3 54 (16.67%) Solaris
4 46 (14.20%) Windows Server
5 21 (6.48%) AIX
5 21 (6.48%) CentOS
6 17 (5.25%) Ubuntu
7 15 (4.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 13 (4.01%) Mac OS X
8 13 (4.01%) VMS
9 12 (3.70%) zOS
10 7 (2.16%) Windows 10
11 4 (1.23%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.93%) CoreOS
12 3 (0.93%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.93%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.62%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.62%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.31%) HPUX
14 1 (0.31%) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (20.68%) Change Management
2 66 (20.37%) ITIL
3 57 (17.59%) Mentoring
4 54 (16.67%) DevOps
5 51 (15.74%) Actionable Insight
6 46 (14.20%) Cybersecurity
7 44 (13.58%) Agile
7 44 (13.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 43 (13.27%) Incident Management
9 40 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
10 39 (12.04%) Coaching
11 38 (11.73%) Roadmaps
12 37 (11.42%) Incident Response
12 37 (11.42%) Service Delivery
13 34 (10.49%) Disaster Recovery
14 31 (9.57%) Data Security
14 31 (9.57%) Task Automation
15 29 (8.95%) Server Management
16 28 (8.64%) Architecture Roadmap
16 28 (8.64%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 91 (28.09%) SQL
2 79 (24.38%) Python
3 49 (15.12%) PowerShell
4 43 (13.27%) Shell Script
5 34 (10.49%) Java
6 25 (7.72%) Bash
7 16 (4.94%) C++
7 16 (4.94%) Ruby
8 14 (4.32%) JavaScript
9 13 (4.01%) C
10 10 (3.09%) Perl
11 7 (2.16%) PHP
12 6 (1.85%) Fortran
13 5 (1.54%) OCaml
13 5 (1.54%) SystemTap
13 5 (1.54%) T-SQL
13 5 (1.54%) TypeScript
14 4 (1.23%) C#
14 4 (1.23%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.62%) Go
Qualifications
1 120 (37.04%) Degree
2 78 (24.07%) Security Cleared
3 40 (12.35%) SC Cleared
4 17 (5.25%) CISM
4 17 (5.25%) CISSP
5 13 (4.01%) CISA
5 13 (4.01%) GCIA
5 13 (4.01%) GCIH
5 13 (4.01%) GREM
6 12 (3.70%) AWS Certification
6 12 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (3.09%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 6 (1.85%) PhD
9 5 (1.54%) CCNA
9 5 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.23%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.23%) GIAC
10 4 (1.23%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.57%) Accessibility
2 16 (4.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (4.01%) ITGC
3 13 (4.01%) PMO
4 9 (2.78%) NIST
5 5 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (0.93%) QA
6 3 (0.93%) SLA
7 2 (0.62%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.62%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.62%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.62%) SEPA
System Software
1 32 (9.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 29 (8.95%) Docker
3 19 (5.86%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (5.25%) Active Directory
4 17 (5.25%) Hyper-V
5 9 (2.78%) Firmware
6 5 (1.54%) DFS Replication
7 3 (0.93%) KVM
7 3 (0.93%) XenApp
8 2 (0.62%) Kamailio
8 2 (0.62%) vSphere
9 1 (0.31%) Lustre
9 1 (0.31%) Postfix
9 1 (0.31%) PowerHA
9 1 (0.31%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.31%) vCloud
9 1 (0.31%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 1 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 35 (10.80%) Kubernetes
2 24 (7.41%) Ansible
3 18 (5.56%) Terraform
4 17 (5.25%) SCCM
5 14 (4.32%) WSUS
6 12 (3.70%) Puppet
7 8 (2.47%) Grafana
7 8 (2.47%) NetBackup
8 5 (1.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (1.54%) Nagios
8 5 (1.54%) Nessus
8 5 (1.54%) Nexpose
8 5 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (1.54%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 4 (1.23%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.93%) EMC VPLEX
10 3 (0.93%) Oracle Statspack
11 2 (0.62%) Icinga
11 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.62%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 115 (35.49%) Oracle
2 90 (27.78%) Microsoft
3 59 (18.21%) VMware
4 27 (8.33%) NEC
5 25 (7.72%) IBM
6 24 (7.41%) Red Hat
7 23 (7.10%) Splunk
8 19 (5.86%) Dynatrace
9 16 (4.94%) Dell
10 13 (4.01%) BMC
10 13 (4.01%) Sage
10 13 (4.01%) SAP
11 12 (3.70%) Apple
12 10 (3.09%) Qualys
12 10 (3.09%) Veeam
13 9 (2.78%) Citrix
14 8 (2.47%) Algorithmics
14 8 (2.47%) Cisco
14 8 (2.47%) ION Trading
14 8 (2.47%) Murex