Unix Jobs with Work from Home Options

Unix
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 301 174 221
Rank change year-on-year -127 +47 +10
Permanent jobs citing Unix 325 777 1,460
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.92% 2.06% 1.93%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.93% 13.33% 10.89%
Number of salaries quoted 189 459 761
10th Percentile £40,828 £43,231 £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 £58,228 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -13.74% +3.85% +8.33%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,687 5,827 13,403
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.29% 15.44% 17.75%
Number of salaries quoted 3,536 4,329 7,497
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,063 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £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 9 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 (10.46%) Tomcat
2 33 (10.15%) Apache
3 29 (8.92%) IIS
4 11 (3.38%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.92%) GlassFish
5 3 (0.92%) 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 Service Bus
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.31%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.62%) CATIA
2 2 (0.62%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.62%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 27 (8.31%) NEC Housing
2 13 (4.00%) 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%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.31%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 89 (27.38%) Azure
2 85 (26.15%) AWS
3 33 (10.15%) IaaS
4 27 (8.31%) SaaS
5 15 (4.62%) GCP
6 13 (4.00%) Cloud Computing
6 13 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (3.69%) Power Platform
8 11 (3.38%) Serverless
9 7 (2.15%) 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 (0.92%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 24 (7.38%) Firewall
2 14 (4.31%) Network Security
3 12 (3.69%) DNS
3 12 (3.69%) SAN
4 11 (3.38%) VLAN
5 10 (3.08%) VPN
6 9 (2.77%) DHCP
7 4 (1.23%) PBX
7 4 (1.23%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.92%) HTTP
8 3 (0.92%) Internet
8 3 (0.92%) Reverse Proxy
8 3 (0.92%) SMTP
8 3 (0.92%) 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 49 (15.08%) Oracle Database
2 45 (13.85%) SQL Server
3 31 (9.54%) MySQL
4 24 (7.38%) NoSQL
5 22 (6.77%) Relational Database
6 19 (5.85%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (5.85%) MongoDB
7 17 (5.23%) RDBMS
8 14 (4.31%) DB2
9 12 (3.69%) Power BI
10 11 (3.38%) PostgreSQL
11 10 (3.08%) Tableau
12 5 (1.54%) InfluxDB
12 5 (1.54%) Oracle Reports
13 3 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.92%) Ingres
13 3 (0.92%) InterSystems Cache
13 3 (0.92%) Metadata
13 3 (0.92%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 13 (4.00%) JIRA
2 11 (3.38%) Git
2 11 (3.38%) 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 (0.92%) Maven
5 3 (0.92%) 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 (41.54%) Finance
2 107 (32.92%) Social Skills
3 58 (17.85%) Public Sector
4 40 (12.31%) Banking
5 29 (8.92%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (8.92%) Police
6 27 (8.31%) Local Government
7 17 (5.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (4.92%) Front Office
9 14 (4.31%) Games
10 13 (4.00%) Military
11 12 (3.69%) Back Office
12 11 (3.38%) Law
13 8 (2.46%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.85%) Telecoms
15 5 (1.54%) Retail
16 4 (1.23%) Legal
16 4 (1.23%) Welsh Language
17 3 (0.92%) Electronics
18 2 (0.62%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 58 (17.85%) Senior
2 48 (14.77%) Applications Support
3 43 (13.23%) Analyst
4 41 (12.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 30 (9.23%) Developer
6 26 (8.00%) Software Engineer
6 26 (8.00%) Support Analyst
7 21 (6.46%) DBA
8 19 (5.85%) Oracle DBA
9 16 (4.92%) Lead
9 16 (4.92%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 15 (4.62%) Security Engineer
10 15 (4.62%) Software Developer
10 15 (4.62%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
11 14 (4.31%) Architect
11 14 (4.31%) Data Engineer
12 13 (4.00%) Audit Manager
12 13 (4.00%) IT Audit Manager
12 13 (4.00%) IT Manager
13 12 (3.69%) MySQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (9.23%) Web Services
2 16 (4.92%) Node.js
3 14 (4.31%) Kafka
4 10 (3.08%) XML
5 9 (2.77%) Middleware
5 9 (2.77%) React
6 8 (2.46%) .NET
6 8 (2.46%) 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 (0.92%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.92%) HTML
9 3 (0.92%) jQuery
9 3 (0.92%) LDAP
9 3 (0.92%) Redux
9 3 (0.92%) SAML
9 3 (0.92%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 61 (18.77%) Public Cloud
2 30 (9.23%) Data Centre
3 29 (8.92%) Management Information System
4 25 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (3.38%) Linux Command Line
6 10 (3.08%) Cloud Native
6 10 (3.08%) Cyber Threat
6 10 (3.08%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.08%) Replication
7 8 (2.46%) Cyberattack
7 8 (2.46%) 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 (0.92%) Clustering
11 3 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (0.92%) VAX
Operating Systems
1 230 (70.77%) Linux
2 204 (62.77%) Windows
3 55 (16.92%) Solaris
4 46 (14.15%) Windows Server
5 21 (6.46%) AIX
5 21 (6.46%) CentOS
6 17 (5.23%) Ubuntu
7 15 (4.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 13 (4.00%) Mac OS X
8 13 (4.00%) VMS
9 12 (3.69%) zOS
10 7 (2.15%) Windows 10
11 4 (1.23%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.92%) CoreOS
12 3 (0.92%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.92%) 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 (20.62%) Change Management
2 66 (20.31%) ITIL
3 57 (17.54%) Mentoring
4 54 (16.62%) DevOps
5 52 (16.00%) Actionable Insight
6 46 (14.15%) Cybersecurity
7 44 (13.54%) Agile
7 44 (13.54%) Incident Management
7 44 (13.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 40 (12.31%) Problem-Solving
9 39 (12.00%) Coaching
10 38 (11.69%) Roadmaps
11 37 (11.38%) Incident Response
11 37 (11.38%) Service Delivery
12 34 (10.46%) Disaster Recovery
13 31 (9.54%) Data Security
13 31 (9.54%) Task Automation
14 29 (8.92%) Server Management
15 28 (8.62%) Architecture Roadmap
15 28 (8.62%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 92 (28.31%) SQL
2 79 (24.31%) Python
3 49 (15.08%) PowerShell
4 43 (13.23%) Shell Script
5 34 (10.46%) Java
6 25 (7.69%) Bash
7 16 (4.92%) C++
7 16 (4.92%) Ruby
8 14 (4.31%) JavaScript
9 13 (4.00%) C
10 10 (3.08%) Perl
11 7 (2.15%) PHP
12 6 (1.85%) Fortran
13 5 (1.54%) OCaml
13 5 (1.54%) PL/SQL
13 5 (1.54%) SystemTap
13 5 (1.54%) T-SQL
13 5 (1.54%) TypeScript
14 4 (1.23%) C#
15 2 (0.62%) Go
Qualifications
1 121 (37.23%) Degree
2 79 (24.31%) Security Cleared
3 41 (12.62%) SC Cleared
4 17 (5.23%) CISM
4 17 (5.23%) CISSP
5 13 (4.00%) CISA
5 13 (4.00%) GCIA
5 13 (4.00%) GCIH
5 13 (4.00%) GREM
6 12 (3.69%) AWS Certification
6 12 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (3.08%) 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 (9.54%) Accessibility
2 16 (4.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (4.00%) ITGC
3 13 (4.00%) PMO
4 9 (2.77%) NIST
5 5 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 4 (1.23%) SLA
7 3 (0.92%) QA
8 2 (0.62%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.62%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.62%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.62%) SEPA
System Software
1 32 (9.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 29 (8.92%) Docker
3 19 (5.85%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (5.23%) Active Directory
4 17 (5.23%) Hyper-V
5 9 (2.77%) Firmware
6 5 (1.54%) DFS Replication
7 3 (0.92%) KVM
7 3 (0.92%) XenApp
8 2 (0.62%) Kamailio
8 2 (0.62%) vSphere
9 1 (0.31%) Lustre
9 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
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 (10.77%) Kubernetes
2 24 (7.38%) Ansible
3 18 (5.54%) Terraform
4 17 (5.23%) SCCM
5 14 (4.31%) WSUS
6 12 (3.69%) Puppet
7 8 (2.46%) Grafana
7 8 (2.46%) 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 (0.92%) EMC VPLEX
10 3 (0.92%) Oracle Statspack
11 2 (0.62%) Icinga
11 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.62%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 116 (35.69%) Oracle
2 90 (27.69%) Microsoft
3 59 (18.15%) VMware
4 27 (8.31%) NEC
5 25 (7.69%) IBM
6 24 (7.38%) Red Hat
7 23 (7.08%) Splunk
8 19 (5.85%) Dynatrace
9 16 (4.92%) Dell
10 13 (4.00%) BMC
10 13 (4.00%) Sage
10 13 (4.00%) SAP
11 12 (3.69%) Apple
12 10 (3.08%) Qualys
12 10 (3.08%) Veeam
13 9 (2.77%) Citrix
14 8 (2.46%) Algorithmics
14 8 (2.46%) Cisco
14 8 (2.46%) ION Trading
14 8 (2.46%) Murex