Hybrid/Remote Unix Support Specialist Job Trends

Unix Support Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median Unix Support Specialist salary for remote/hybrid work is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 368 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Unix Support Specialist 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.026% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £86,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 - -
75th Percentile £88,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £87,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,256 16,805 18,972
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 96.24% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 9,246 10,446 15,419
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Unix Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Unix Support Specialist' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Unix Support Specialist job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Unix Support Specialist
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Unix Support Specialist job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Unix Support Specialist job vacancies

Unix Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 18 December 2025, Unix Support Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Unix Support Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Ansible
1 4 (100.00%) AWS
1 4 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Change Management
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 4 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 4 (100.00%) SLA
1 4 (100.00%) Symantec
1 4 (100.00%) Unix
1 4 (100.00%) Veritas Cluster Server
1 4 (100.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure

Unix Support Specialist Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) AWS
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Clustering
1 4 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Change Management
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Veritas Cluster Server
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 4 (100.00%) Symantec
1 4 (100.00%) VMware