Unix Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Unix Engineer
UK > Work from Home

As of 9 May 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Unix Engineer daily rate in Work from Home.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 334 414 579
Rank change year-on-year +80 +165 -120
Contract jobs requiring a Unix Engineer 7 54 36
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.046% 0.22% 0.082%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.23% 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 40 28
10th Percentile - £440 £337
25th Percentile - £512 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £525 £393
Median % change year-on-year - +33.76% -12.78%
75th Percentile - £558 £481
90th Percentile - £587 £573
UK median daily rate £519 £545 £450
% change year-on-year -4.82% +21.11% +6.51%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,102 23,924 42,008
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 95.36% 95.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,465 16,894 30,368
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 574 548 593
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.50 £13.27
25th Percentile £23.37 £25.71 £18.76
Median hourly rate £44.87 £54.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.91% +54.29% +42.86%
75th Percentile £63.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

Unix Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Unix Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Unix Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Unix Engineer
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 Engineer.

Unix Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Unix Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Unix Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Unix Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Perl
1 7 (100.00%) Unix
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
1 7 (100.00%) Python
2 6 (85.71%) Platform Engineering
2 6 (85.71%) OO
3 2 (28.57%) Dell DRAC
3 2 (28.57%) BMC
4 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
4 1 (14.29%) DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) Git
4 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
4 1 (14.29%) Open Source
4 1 (14.29%) C
4 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Server Management
4 1 (14.29%) Agile

Unix Engineer Skill Set
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
1 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
1 7 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) OO
1 6 (85.71%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) Agile
2 1 (14.29%) DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) Open Source
2 1 (14.29%) Server Management
2 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Perl
1 7 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) C
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) BMC