Hybrid/Remote AIX Contract Job Trends

IBM AIX
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring AIX skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 315 314 343
Rank change year-on-year -1 +29 +160
Contract jobs citing AIX 7 11 46
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.070% 0.091% 0.25%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.62% 0.77% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 31
10th Percentile - £411 £463
25th Percentile £126 £441 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £127 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -71.89% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £557 £469 £553
90th Percentile £706 £569 £600
UK median daily rate £425 £431 £500
% change year-on-year -1.45% -13.75% -4.76%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,132 1,436 2,327
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.36% 11.94% 12.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 743 905 1,661
10th Percentile £219 £250 £255
25th Percentile £357 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.87% -2.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £679 £650 £713
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -5.26% -2.56% -2.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 18 82
10th Percentile £23.60 £14.16 £17.53
25th Percentile £59.00 £18.02 £23.06
Median hourly rate £65.00 £46.25 £55.50
Median % change year-on-year +40.54% -16.67% -14.62%
75th Percentile £67.00 £65.00 £67.81
90th Percentile £69.59 £67.16 £73.63
UK median hourly rate £24.25 £52.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -53.81% +61.54% +32.65%

AIX
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing AIX and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

AIX job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

AIX
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing AIX.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing AIX

AIX
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing AIX over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

AIX daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

AIX
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing AIX.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing AIX

AIX
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) Oracle Database
2 4 (57.14%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle Database 11g
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle Database 12c
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle Exadata
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Support Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Technical Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Technical Support
1 4 (57.14%) Technical Support Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) DBA
3 1 (14.29%) Operations Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle DBA
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Tuning DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle GoldenGate
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 4 (57.14%) Windows 10
2 4 (57.14%) Windows 7
2 4 (57.14%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (57.14%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (42.86%) Linux
4 2 (28.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Proactive Monitoring
2 3 (42.86%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) Patch Management
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Management
3 2 (28.57%) Task Automation
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Ansible
1 2 (28.57%) SCCM
1 2 (28.57%) SCOM
2 1 (14.29%) Data Guard
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Oracle
2 4 (57.14%) Citrix
2 4 (57.14%) IBM
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) Red Hat
3 2 (28.57%) VMware