Unix Contracts with Work from Home Options

Unix
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Unix skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Unix over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 152 87 119
Rank change year-on-year -65 +32 -2
Contract jobs citing Unix 219 649 959
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.45% 2.58% 2.17%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.01% 18.79% 17.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 434 680
10th Percentile £334 £445 £400
25th Percentile £425 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £750 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 16 6
10th Percentile - £43.13 £62.50
25th Percentile - £51.25 £63.38
Median hourly rate - £58.05 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year - -12.05% +20.82%
75th Percentile - £73.75 £71.25
90th Percentile - £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £58.59 £65.00
% change year-on-year -31.73% -9.86% +42.86%

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 contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,563 3,454 5,394
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.35% 13.75% 12.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,095 2,433 3,815
10th Percentile £222 £250 £298
25th Percentile £350 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £630 £606
90th Percentile £683 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £468 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -8.24% +2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 101 158
10th Percentile £12.85 £19.00 £14.43
25th Percentile £14.27 £38.50 £17.94
Median hourly rate £17.69 £55.00 £42.92
Median % change year-on-year -67.84% +28.15% +15.99%
75th Percentile £65.00 £69.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £38.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -42.86% +71.11% +26.76%

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
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Unix daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Unix
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Unix over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Unix daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Unix
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Unix hourly rate 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 21 (9.59%) nginx
2 14 (6.39%) Confluence
3 11 (5.02%) NetWeaver
4 6 (2.74%) JBoss
5 5 (2.28%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (2.28%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.83%) Apache
6 4 (1.83%) Oracle Workflow
6 4 (1.83%) Tomcat
7 3 (1.37%) Cloud Foundry
7 3 (1.37%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.91%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.91%) IIS
8 2 (0.91%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.46%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.46%) SAS
9 1 (0.46%) WildFly
Applications
1 10 (4.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.83%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (5.02%) SAP IBP
2 3 (1.37%) Oracle Assets
2 3 (1.37%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.37%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (1.37%) Oracle FAH
2 3 (1.37%) Oracle Financials
2 3 (1.37%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (1.37%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.37%) Oracle Receivables
2 3 (1.37%) Temenos T24
3 2 (0.91%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (0.91%) Shopify
4 1 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.46%) MFGPRO
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.46%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 47 (21.46%) AWS
2 34 (15.53%) Azure
3 19 (8.68%) PaaS
4 17 (7.76%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
4 17 (7.76%) GCP
5 11 (5.02%) IaaS
6 9 (4.11%) SaaS
7 8 (3.65%) Serverless
8 6 (2.74%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.83%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (1.83%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (1.83%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.83%) GitHub
10 3 (1.37%) Apigee
10 3 (1.37%) AWS Control Tower
10 3 (1.37%) Azure Key Vault
10 3 (1.37%) Datadog
10 3 (1.37%) OCI
10 3 (1.37%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 21 (9.59%) Firewall
2 9 (4.11%) DNS
3 8 (3.65%) FTP
4 6 (2.74%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.83%) FIX Connectivity
6 3 (1.37%) DHCP
6 3 (1.37%) HTTP
6 3 (1.37%) Internet
6 3 (1.37%) LAN
6 3 (1.37%) PuTTY
7 2 (0.91%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.91%) DSL
7 2 (0.91%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.91%) SAN
7 2 (0.91%) SNMP
8 1 (0.46%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.46%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.46%) Cisco PIX
8 1 (0.46%) Network Security
8 1 (0.46%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.22%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.48%) Oracle Database
3 11 (5.02%) MongoDB
3 11 (5.02%) SAP BW
3 11 (5.02%) SAP HANA
4 9 (4.11%) Relational Database
5 8 (3.65%) Hadoop
6 7 (3.20%) NoSQL
7 6 (2.74%) MySQL
7 6 (2.74%) Oracle Reports
7 6 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (2.28%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (2.28%) Apache Hive
8 5 (2.28%) Impala
8 5 (2.28%) KDB
8 5 (2.28%) Kdb+
8 5 (2.28%) RDBMS
9 4 (1.83%) Big Data
9 4 (1.83%) DB2
9 4 (1.83%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 25 (11.42%) Git
2 20 (9.13%) JIRA
3 18 (8.22%) Jenkins
4 8 (3.65%) GitLab
4 8 (3.65%) TeamCity
5 6 (2.74%) Bitbucket
6 5 (2.28%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (1.83%) Artifactory
7 4 (1.83%) Mockito
7 4 (1.83%) Oracle APEX
7 4 (1.83%) Visual Studio
8 3 (1.37%) Maven
8 3 (1.37%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (1.37%) Toad
9 2 (0.91%) Ant
9 2 (0.91%) JUnit
9 2 (0.91%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.91%) Subversion
9 2 (0.91%) Vagrant
10 1 (0.46%) Gatling
General
1 71 (32.42%) Finance
2 35 (15.98%) Social Skills
3 27 (12.33%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (10.50%) Public Sector
5 22 (10.05%) Front Office
6 21 (9.59%) Banking
7 12 (5.48%) Investment Banking
8 11 (5.02%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (3.65%) Marketing
10 5 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.83%) Retail
11 4 (1.83%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.37%) German Language
12 3 (1.37%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.91%) Japanese Language
13 2 (0.91%) Korean Language
13 2 (0.91%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 67 (30.59%) Developer
2 21 (9.59%) Senior
3 19 (8.68%) Consultant
4 16 (7.31%) Analyst
5 15 (6.85%) Full Stack Developer
6 13 (5.94%) Architect
7 12 (5.48%) SQL Developer
7 12 (5.48%) Vulnerability Specialist
8 11 (5.02%) Java Developer
8 11 (5.02%) SAP Basis Consultant
8 11 (5.02%) SAP Consultant
9 10 (4.57%) Lead
10 9 (4.11%) Applications Support
10 9 (4.11%) DevOps Engineer
10 9 (4.11%) Network Engineer
11 8 (3.65%) Linux Engineer
11 8 (3.65%) Linux Scripter
12 7 (3.20%) Platform Engineer
12 7 (3.20%) Unix Linux Engineer
12 7 (3.20%) Unix Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (9.13%) HTML
2 19 (8.68%) CSS
2 19 (8.68%) Sass
3 17 (7.76%) Laravel
4 14 (6.39%) XML
5 11 (5.02%) SAP Basis
5 11 (5.02%) SAP Fiori
5 11 (5.02%) WebSockets
6 8 (3.65%) LDAP
6 8 (3.65%) Middleware
6 8 (3.65%) Spring
7 7 (3.20%) Kafka
8 6 (2.74%) JSON
8 6 (2.74%) Node.js
8 6 (2.74%) REST
9 5 (2.28%) SOAP
10 4 (1.83%) AWS SAM
10 4 (1.83%) FIX Protocol
11 3 (1.37%) IBM Integration Bus
11 3 (1.37%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.02%) Management Information System
2 9 (4.11%) Equities
2 9 (4.11%) Replication
3 8 (3.65%) Algorithms
3 8 (3.65%) Fixed Income
4 7 (3.20%) Data Centre
4 7 (3.20%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (3.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 7 (3.20%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.28%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.28%) Data Structures
5 5 (2.28%) Derivative
5 5 (2.28%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.83%) Distributed Computing
6 4 (1.83%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.83%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.37%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (1.37%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 135 (61.64%) Linux
2 78 (35.62%) Windows
3 14 (6.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (4.11%) Windows Server
5 8 (3.65%) Solaris
6 7 (3.20%) VMS
7 5 (2.28%) Android
7 5 (2.28%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.37%) Mac OS X
8 3 (1.37%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.91%) AIX
9 2 (0.91%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.91%) Windows 2000
9 2 (0.91%) Windows XP
10 1 (0.46%) CentOS
10 1 (0.46%) HPUX
10 1 (0.46%) Windows Mobile
10 1 (0.46%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (17.81%) Agile
1 39 (17.81%) Test Automation
2 34 (15.53%) DevOps
3 33 (15.07%) CI/CD
4 27 (12.33%) Microservices
4 27 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (11.87%) Migration
5 26 (11.87%) Performance Tuning
6 25 (11.42%) TDD
7 22 (10.05%) OO
8 21 (9.59%) ITIL
9 19 (8.68%) Data Modelling
9 19 (8.68%) Disaster Recovery
9 19 (8.68%) Full Stack Development
9 19 (8.68%) Web Development
10 18 (8.22%) Scrum
11 16 (7.31%) Analytics
11 16 (7.31%) Configuration Management
12 15 (6.85%) Risk Management
13 14 (6.39%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 67 (30.59%) SQL
2 55 (25.11%) Python
3 30 (13.70%) Java
4 27 (12.33%) JavaScript
5 25 (11.42%) Perl
6 22 (10.05%) Shell Script
7 19 (8.68%) Bash
7 19 (8.68%) PL/SQL
8 17 (7.76%) PHP
9 14 (6.39%) PowerShell
10 10 (4.57%) C#
11 9 (4.11%) C++
11 9 (4.11%) Scala
12 8 (3.65%) Go
13 4 (1.83%) Bourne shell
13 4 (1.83%) Korn
13 4 (1.83%) VBA
14 2 (0.91%) AWK
14 2 (0.91%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.91%) XPath
Qualifications
1 34 (15.53%) Degree
2 26 (11.87%) Security Cleared
3 23 (10.50%) SC Cleared
4 9 (4.11%) Master's Degree
5 8 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (3.65%) SAP Certification
6 7 (3.20%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.83%) ISTQB
7 4 (1.83%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (1.37%) CTC Cleared
8 3 (1.37%) ISEB
9 2 (0.91%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.46%) CEH
10 1 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.46%) CISSP
10 1 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.46%) JNCIP
10 1 (0.46%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.02%) Accessibility
1 11 (5.02%) SLA
2 9 (4.11%) QA
3 6 (2.74%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.28%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.91%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.91%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.46%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.46%) GDPR
6 1 (0.46%) MiFID
6 1 (0.46%) NIST
System Software
1 15 (6.85%) Docker
2 13 (5.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (5.48%) Active Directory
4 8 (3.65%) HDFS
5 7 (3.20%) NFS
6 5 (2.28%) vSphere
7 3 (1.37%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.91%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.46%) KVM
9 1 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 24 (10.96%) Ansible
1 24 (10.96%) Kubernetes
2 16 (7.31%) Terraform
3 8 (3.65%) Progress Chef
4 6 (2.74%) Puppet
5 5 (2.28%) Grafana
5 5 (2.28%) SCCM
6 3 (1.37%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.91%) CFEngine
7 2 (0.91%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.91%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (0.91%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.91%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.91%) PowerBroker
7 2 (0.91%) Salt
7 2 (0.91%) TIBCO Hawk
7 2 (0.91%) Tivoli
7 2 (0.91%) WSUS
8 1 (0.46%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 48 (21.92%) Oracle
2 17 (7.76%) VMware
3 15 (6.85%) SAP
4 14 (6.39%) Microsoft
5 13 (5.94%) Qualys
6 12 (5.48%) Red Hat
7 8 (3.65%) Google
8 7 (3.20%) IBM
8 7 (3.20%) Isilon
9 6 (2.74%) Dell
10 4 (1.83%) Bloomberg
10 4 (1.83%) Cisco
10 4 (1.83%) ION Trading
10 4 (1.83%) Juniper
10 4 (1.83%) MarketAxess
10 4 (1.83%) Splunk
10 4 (1.83%) Tradeweb
11 3 (1.37%) F5
11 3 (1.37%) Informatica
11 3 (1.37%) Microgen