Unix Jobs with Work from Home Options

Unix
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Unix skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Unix over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 304 177 222
Rank change year-on-year -127 +45 +5
Permanent jobs citing Unix 332 876 1,225
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.98% 2.03% 1.83%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.05% 13.15% 10.39%
Number of salaries quoted 209 490 703
10th Percentile £40,828 £45,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,493 £55,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,783 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.99% +3.85% +5.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £88,438 £82,500
90th Percentile £101,500 £97,500 £91,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +12.00% +1.63%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

Unix is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,708 6,663 11,793
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.95% 15.44% 17.66%
Number of salaries quoted 3,659 4,860 7,445
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £73,675
90th Percentile £82,500 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Unix
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Unix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Unix trend for jobs with a WFH option

Unix
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Unix.

Unix salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Unix
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Unix over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Unix salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Unix
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 24 (7.23%) Tomcat
2 20 (6.02%) Apache
3 15 (4.52%) IIS
4 14 (4.22%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (1.51%) Confluence
6 3 (0.90%) GlassFish
6 3 (0.90%) JBoss
6 3 (0.90%) Oracle Service Bus
6 3 (0.90%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.60%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.60%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.30%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.30%) nginx
8 1 (0.30%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.90%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.60%) CATIA
3 2 (0.60%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 15 (4.52%) Unit4 Business World
2 14 (4.22%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.90%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.60%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.60%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.30%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 95 (28.61%) Azure
2 89 (26.81%) AWS
3 32 (9.64%) IaaS
4 28 (8.43%) SaaS
5 18 (5.42%) GCP
5 18 (5.42%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (4.52%) Power Platform
7 14 (4.22%) Cloud Computing
8 12 (3.61%) Serverless
9 9 (2.71%) Amazon S3
10 8 (2.41%) Amazon EC2
11 6 (1.81%) Entra ID
11 6 (1.81%) OCI
11 6 (1.81%) Rubrik
12 5 (1.51%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (1.51%) Azure Machine Learning
12 5 (1.51%) GitHub
12 5 (1.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 4 (1.20%) OpenShift
13 4 (1.20%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (9.64%) Firewall
2 19 (5.72%) SAN
3 16 (4.82%) DNS
4 15 (4.52%) Network Security
5 14 (4.22%) TCP/IP
6 12 (3.61%) VLAN
7 11 (3.31%) VPN
8 9 (2.71%) DHCP
9 8 (2.41%) Internet
10 7 (2.11%) Wireless
11 4 (1.20%) NAS
11 4 (1.20%) SSL
11 4 (1.20%) Wireless Security
12 3 (0.90%) LAN
12 3 (0.90%) PBX
12 3 (0.90%) Reverse Proxy
12 3 (0.90%) SMTP
12 3 (0.90%) VoIP
12 3 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
13 2 (0.60%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (13.86%) SQL Server
2 39 (11.75%) MySQL
3 33 (9.94%) Oracle Database
4 25 (7.53%) Relational Database
5 23 (6.93%) NoSQL
6 19 (5.72%) MongoDB
7 18 (5.42%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (5.12%) RDBMS
9 15 (4.52%) DB2
9 15 (4.52%) Power BI
10 12 (3.61%) PostgreSQL
11 9 (2.71%) Tableau
12 6 (1.81%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (1.51%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (1.51%) InfluxDB
13 5 (1.51%) Oracle Reports
14 4 (1.20%) MariaDB
14 4 (1.20%) Metadata
15 3 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
15 3 (0.90%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 16 (4.82%) JIRA
2 12 (3.61%) Git
3 11 (3.31%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.81%) Snyk
5 5 (1.51%) DTrace
5 5 (1.51%) GDB
5 5 (1.51%) JMeter
6 4 (1.20%) Burp Suite
6 4 (1.20%) IBM UrbanCode
6 4 (1.20%) Metasploit
6 4 (1.20%) Postman
6 4 (1.20%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.90%) Maven
8 2 (0.60%) CMake
8 2 (0.60%) JUnit
8 2 (0.60%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.60%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.30%) Ant
9 1 (0.30%) Mercurial
9 1 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 126 (37.95%) Finance
2 109 (32.83%) Social Skills
3 47 (14.16%) Public Sector
4 42 (12.65%) Banking
5 36 (10.84%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (5.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (4.82%) Local Government
7 16 (4.82%) Police
8 14 (4.22%) Games
8 14 (4.22%) Military
9 13 (3.92%) Front Office
10 11 (3.31%) Law
11 9 (2.71%) Back Office
12 8 (2.41%) Financial Institution
12 8 (2.41%) Retail
13 7 (2.11%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.20%) Welsh Language
15 3 (0.90%) Electronics
16 2 (0.60%) Legal
Job Titles
1 61 (18.37%) Senior
2 46 (13.86%) Analyst
3 44 (13.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 33 (9.94%) Developer
5 32 (9.64%) Applications Support
6 28 (8.43%) Support Analyst
7 25 (7.53%) Software Engineer
8 21 (6.33%) DBA
9 20 (6.02%) Oracle DBA
10 18 (5.42%) Lead
11 16 (4.82%) IT Manager
11 16 (4.82%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 16 (4.82%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
12 15 (4.52%) Audit Manager
12 15 (4.52%) IT Audit Manager
12 15 (4.52%) Security Engineer
13 14 (4.22%) Architect
13 14 (4.22%) Software Developer
14 13 (3.92%) Data Engineer
15 12 (3.61%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.12%) Web Services
2 16 (4.82%) Node.js
3 15 (4.52%) Kafka
4 9 (2.71%) React
4 9 (2.71%) XML
5 8 (2.41%) FIX Protocol
5 8 (2.41%) Middleware
6 6 (1.81%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.51%) SOAP
8 4 (1.20%) .NET
8 4 (1.20%) LDAP
8 4 (1.20%) OAuth
8 4 (1.20%) OAuth2
8 4 (1.20%) RESTful
8 4 (1.20%) SAML
9 3 (0.90%) jQuery
9 3 (0.90%) Spring
10 2 (0.60%) Hibernate
10 2 (0.60%) OpenMP
10 2 (0.60%) Oracle ADF
Miscellaneous
1 52 (15.66%) Public Cloud
2 36 (10.84%) Data Centre
3 26 (7.83%) Management Information System
3 26 (7.83%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (3.92%) Replication
5 11 (3.31%) Cloud Native
5 11 (3.31%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (2.71%) Algorithms
6 9 (2.71%) Linux Command Line
7 8 (2.41%) Cyberattack
7 8 (2.41%) Data Fabric
7 8 (2.41%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.51%) Client/Server
10 4 (1.20%) Clustering
10 4 (1.20%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (1.20%) Cyber Security Posture
10 4 (1.20%) Embedded Systems
10 4 (1.20%) Hedge funds
10 4 (1.20%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 226 (68.07%) Linux
2 206 (62.05%) Windows
3 53 (15.96%) Windows Server
4 44 (13.25%) Solaris
5 22 (6.63%) CentOS
6 21 (6.33%) AIX
7 19 (5.72%) Ubuntu
8 16 (4.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 14 (4.22%) Mac OS X
10 13 (3.92%) VMS
11 12 (3.61%) zOS
12 6 (1.81%) Windows 10
13 4 (1.20%) Kali Linux
14 3 (0.90%) CoreOS
14 3 (0.90%) Debian
14 3 (0.90%) Mac OS
14 3 (0.90%) Windows 7
14 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
15 2 (0.60%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (21.39%) Change Management
2 69 (20.78%) ITIL
3 61 (18.37%) Mentoring
4 58 (17.47%) DevOps
5 55 (16.57%) Actionable Insight
6 54 (16.27%) Agile
7 48 (14.46%) Cybersecurity
8 47 (14.16%) Incident Management
8 47 (14.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 46 (13.86%) Problem-Solving
10 42 (12.65%) Incident Response
11 39 (11.75%) Coaching
11 39 (11.75%) Roadmaps
12 37 (11.14%) Service Delivery
13 33 (9.94%) Disaster Recovery
14 30 (9.04%) Software Engineering
15 28 (8.43%) Architecture Roadmap
16 27 (8.13%) Open Source
17 26 (7.83%) Artificial Intelligence
17 26 (7.83%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 88 (26.51%) SQL
2 84 (25.30%) Python
3 47 (14.16%) PowerShell
4 33 (9.94%) Shell Script
5 32 (9.64%) Java
6 29 (8.73%) Bash
7 18 (5.42%) C++
8 16 (4.82%) JavaScript
9 14 (4.22%) Ruby
10 12 (3.61%) C
11 9 (2.71%) PHP
12 8 (2.41%) Fortran
12 8 (2.41%) Perl
12 8 (2.41%) TypeScript
13 7 (2.11%) C#
13 7 (2.11%) PL/SQL
14 5 (1.51%) Go
14 5 (1.51%) OCaml
14 5 (1.51%) SystemTap
14 5 (1.51%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 118 (35.54%) Degree
2 66 (19.88%) Security Cleared
3 40 (12.05%) SC Cleared
4 19 (5.72%) CISM
4 19 (5.72%) CISSP
5 15 (4.52%) CISA
5 15 (4.52%) GCIH
6 14 (4.22%) GCIA
6 14 (4.22%) GREM
7 12 (3.61%) AWS Certification
7 12 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (3.61%) Master's Degree
8 8 (2.41%) PhD
9 7 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (1.81%) CREST Certified
11 5 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (1.20%) CCNA
12 4 (1.20%) MCSE
12 4 (1.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.42%) Accessibility
2 17 (5.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (4.52%) ITGC
3 15 (4.52%) PMO
4 10 (3.01%) NIST
5 6 (1.81%) SLA
6 4 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (0.90%) QA
8 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.60%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.60%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.60%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.60%) SEPA
System Software
1 41 (12.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 31 (9.34%) Docker
3 22 (6.63%) Virtual Machines
4 21 (6.33%) Active Directory
4 21 (6.33%) Hyper-V
5 8 (2.41%) Firmware
6 6 (1.81%) DFS Replication
7 3 (0.90%) KVM
7 3 (0.90%) Oracle RAC
7 3 (0.90%) XenApp
8 2 (0.60%) OpenSIPS
9 1 (0.30%) Kamailio
9 1 (0.30%) Lustre
9 1 (0.30%) Postfix
9 1 (0.30%) Shibboleth
9 1 (0.30%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.30%) vCloud
9 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (9.94%) Kubernetes
2 25 (7.53%) Ansible
3 23 (6.93%) Terraform
4 21 (6.33%) SCCM
5 14 (4.22%) WSUS
6 13 (3.92%) Puppet
7 7 (2.11%) Grafana
8 6 (1.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 6 (1.81%) Nessus
8 6 (1.81%) NetBackup
8 6 (1.81%) Nexpose
8 6 (1.81%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 5 (1.51%) Nmap
9 5 (1.51%) Progress Chef
10 4 (1.20%) Nagios
10 4 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.90%) EMC VPLEX
11 3 (0.90%) Failover Clustering
11 3 (0.90%) Oracle RMAN
11 3 (0.90%) SCOM
Vendors
1 100 (30.12%) Oracle
2 82 (24.70%) Microsoft
3 69 (20.78%) VMware
4 25 (7.53%) IBM
5 24 (7.23%) Red Hat
6 23 (6.93%) Splunk
7 20 (6.02%) Dell
8 19 (5.72%) Dynatrace
9 16 (4.82%) SAP
10 15 (4.52%) Sage
11 14 (4.22%) NEC
11 14 (4.22%) Veeam
12 13 (3.92%) BMC
13 12 (3.61%) Apple
14 11 (3.31%) Qualys
15 10 (3.01%) Citrix
16 8 (2.41%) Algorithmics
16 8 (2.41%) Google
16 8 (2.41%) ION Trading
17 7 (2.11%) Cisco