Unix Systems Administrator Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Unix System Administrator (Unix Sysadmin)
UK > Work from Home

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Unix System Administrator (Unix Sysadmin) salary in Work from Home.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 396 591 657
Rank change year-on-year +195 +66 +171
Permanent jobs requiring a Unix Systems Administrator 1 1 16
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.007% 0.003% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.003% 0.039%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £39,125
25th Percentile - £81,250 £39,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £82,500 £40,250
Median % change year-on-year - +104.97% -23.33%
75th Percentile - £83,750 £40,938
90th Percentile - - £40,975
UK median annual salary - £51,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -14.58% +14.29%

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 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,554 32,482 41,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 95.99% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,860 24,960 29,208
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

Unix Systems Administrator
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Unix Systems Administrator trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Unix Systems Administrator
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Unix Systems Administrator.

Unix Systems Administrator salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Unix Systems Administrator 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 permanent jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Unix Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) AIX
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) EDI
1 1 (100.00%) FTP
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) HTTPS
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Nagios
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) LAMP
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
1 1 (100.00%) AWK

Unix Systems Administrator 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) FTP
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) HTTPS
1 1 (100.00%) SSH
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) EDI
1 1 (100.00%) LAMP
1 1 (100.00%) Loki
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Life Science
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Command Line
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) AIX
1 1 (100.00%) CentOS
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) AWK
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Korn
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) KVM
1 1 (100.00%) Postfix
1 1 (100.00%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Grafana
1 1 (100.00%) Nagios
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable