Unix Support Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Unix Support
UK > Work from Home

The median Unix Support daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 297 338 476
Rank change year-on-year +41 +138 +154
Contract jobs requiring a Unix Support 7 7 1
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.071% 0.046% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.075% 0.049% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 1
10th Percentile £423 - -
25th Percentile £463 £450 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £603 £594 -
90th Percentile £650 - -
UK median daily rate £538 £563 £688
% change year-on-year -4.44% -18.18% +57.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Unix Support
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Unix Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Unix Support trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Unix Support
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Unix Support.

Unix Support daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Unix Support
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Unix Support over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Unix Support daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Unix Support
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Unix Support.

Unix Support hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Unix Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Unix Support 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 Support in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Unix
2 6 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (57.14%) SQL
3 4 (57.14%) Python
3 4 (57.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (57.14%) Banking
3 4 (57.14%) Derivative
3 4 (57.14%) French Language
3 4 (57.14%) Electronic Trading
4 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (42.86%) VMware
4 3 (42.86%) IBM
4 3 (42.86%) AIX
5 2 (28.57%) Linux
5 2 (28.57%) Oracle
5 2 (28.57%) ITIL
5 2 (28.57%) SLA
5 2 (28.57%) Service Management
5 2 (28.57%) ITSM
5 2 (28.57%) Tivoli
5 2 (28.57%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 2 (28.57%) Oracle Database
5 2 (28.57%) Storage Management
5 2 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
5 2 (28.57%) SAN
6 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
6 1 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring

Unix Support 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle Database
General
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (57.14%) Banking
1 4 (57.14%) French Language
2 2 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Derivative
1 4 (57.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Unix
2 3 (42.86%) AIX
3 2 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) Electronic Trading
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) ITSM
3 2 (28.57%) Service Management
3 2 (28.57%) Storage Management
4 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
4 1 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Python
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Tivoli
1 2 (28.57%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) IBM
1 3 (42.86%) VMware
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft