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 17 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 309 174 218
Rank change year-on-year -135 +44 -4
Permanent jobs citing Unix 317 928 1,191
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.94% 2.10% 1.81%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.63% 13.45% 10.21%
Number of salaries quoted 206 506 691
10th Percentile £40,833 £45,000 £39,000
25th Percentile £45,254 £55,000 £48,649
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,783 £69,447 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.60% +6.84% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +12.00% -

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 4,783 6,902 11,667
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.15% 15.62% 17.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3,738 5,011 7,501
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,688 £75,000 £72,600
90th Percentile £82,500 £93,750 £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 17 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 14 (4.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (3.15%) Tomcat
3 6 (1.89%) Apache
4 5 (1.58%) Confluence
5 3 (0.95%) GlassFish
5 3 (0.95%) JBoss
5 3 (0.95%) Oracle Service Bus
5 3 (0.95%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.63%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.63%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.32%) IIS
7 1 (0.32%) nginx
7 1 (0.32%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (2.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.95%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.63%) CATIA
3 2 (0.63%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 17 (5.36%) Unit4 Business World
2 3 (0.95%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.63%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (0.63%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.32%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 93 (29.34%) Azure
2 88 (27.76%) AWS
3 32 (10.09%) IaaS
4 29 (9.15%) SaaS
5 21 (6.62%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (6.31%) GCP
7 16 (5.05%) Cloud Computing
8 14 (4.42%) Power Platform
9 12 (3.79%) Serverless
10 8 (2.52%) Amazon EC2
10 8 (2.52%) Amazon S3
11 6 (1.89%) Entra ID
11 6 (1.89%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 6 (1.89%) OCI
11 6 (1.89%) Rubrik
12 5 (1.58%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (1.58%) Azure Machine Learning
12 5 (1.58%) GitHub
12 5 (1.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 4 (1.26%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 34 (10.73%) Firewall
2 19 (5.99%) SAN
3 16 (5.05%) DNS
4 15 (4.73%) Network Security
5 14 (4.42%) TCP/IP
6 12 (3.79%) VLAN
7 11 (3.47%) VPN
8 9 (2.84%) DHCP
8 9 (2.84%) Wireless
9 8 (2.52%) Internet
10 5 (1.58%) LAN
11 4 (1.26%) NAS
11 4 (1.26%) SSL
11 4 (1.26%) WAN
11 4 (1.26%) Wireless Security
12 3 (0.95%) Reverse Proxy
12 3 (0.95%) SMTP
12 3 (0.95%) VoIP
12 3 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
13 2 (0.63%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (12.62%) SQL Server
2 38 (11.99%) MySQL
3 26 (8.20%) NoSQL
4 23 (7.26%) Relational Database
5 19 (5.99%) Oracle Database
6 18 (5.68%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (5.68%) MongoDB
7 17 (5.36%) DB2
7 17 (5.36%) RDBMS
8 14 (4.42%) Power BI
9 12 (3.79%) PostgreSQL
10 9 (2.84%) Tableau
11 6 (1.89%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (1.58%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (1.58%) InfluxDB
12 5 (1.58%) Oracle Reports
13 4 (1.26%) MariaDB
13 4 (1.26%) Metadata
14 3 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
14 3 (0.95%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 14 (4.42%) Git
1 14 (4.42%) JIRA
2 13 (4.10%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.89%) Snyk
4 5 (1.58%) DTrace
4 5 (1.58%) GDB
4 5 (1.58%) JMeter
4 5 (1.58%) JUnit
4 5 (1.58%) Maven
5 4 (1.26%) Burp Suite
5 4 (1.26%) IBM UrbanCode
5 4 (1.26%) Metasploit
5 4 (1.26%) Postman
5 4 (1.26%) SoapUI
6 3 (0.95%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.95%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.63%) CMake
7 2 (0.63%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.63%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.32%) Subversion
General
1 115 (36.28%) Finance
2 112 (35.33%) Social Skills
3 42 (13.25%) Banking
4 38 (11.99%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (11.04%) Public Sector
6 17 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (4.42%) Games
7 14 (4.42%) Military
8 13 (4.10%) Front Office
9 11 (3.47%) Law
9 11 (3.47%) Retail
10 8 (2.52%) Back Office
11 7 (2.21%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.89%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.58%) Fire and Rescue
13 5 (1.58%) Local Government
14 4 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.26%) Welsh Language
15 3 (0.95%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 60 (18.93%) Senior
2 47 (14.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 45 (14.20%) Analyst
4 33 (10.41%) Developer
5 28 (8.83%) Support Analyst
6 26 (8.20%) Software Engineer
7 21 (6.62%) DBA
8 20 (6.31%) Oracle DBA
9 19 (5.99%) Applications Support
10 18 (5.68%) IT Manager
11 17 (5.36%) Audit Manager
11 17 (5.36%) IT Audit Manager
11 17 (5.36%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 16 (5.05%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
13 15 (4.73%) Lead
14 14 (4.42%) Security Engineer
14 14 (4.42%) Software Developer
15 13 (4.10%) Architect
16 12 (3.79%) Applications Support Analyst
16 12 (3.79%) MySQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.73%) Node.js
2 11 (3.47%) Kafka
3 9 (2.84%) XML
4 8 (2.52%) FIX Protocol
4 8 (2.52%) React
5 6 (1.89%) Middleware
6 5 (1.58%) AngularJS
6 5 (1.58%) Hibernate
6 5 (1.58%) SOAP
6 5 (1.58%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.26%) LDAP
7 4 (1.26%) OAuth
7 4 (1.26%) OAuth2
7 4 (1.26%) SAML
8 3 (0.95%) FreeSWITCH
8 3 (0.95%) jQuery
8 3 (0.95%) RESTful
8 3 (0.95%) Spring
8 3 (0.95%) Web Services
9 2 (0.63%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 38 (11.99%) Data Centre
2 37 (11.67%) Public Cloud
3 29 (9.15%) Management Information System
4 26 (8.20%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (3.47%) Cloud Native
5 11 (3.47%) Replication
6 9 (2.84%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (2.84%) Linux Command Line
7 8 (2.52%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.21%) Algorithms
9 6 (1.89%) Cyberattack
9 6 (1.89%) Data Fabric
9 6 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.58%) Client/Server
11 4 (1.26%) Clustering
11 4 (1.26%) Cyber Security Posture
11 4 (1.26%) Embedded Systems
11 4 (1.26%) Hedge funds
11 4 (1.26%) Mobile App
12 3 (0.95%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 208 (65.62%) Linux
2 192 (60.57%) Windows
3 55 (17.35%) Windows Server
4 26 (8.20%) Solaris
5 21 (6.62%) AIX
6 18 (5.68%) CentOS
7 15 (4.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 15 (4.73%) Ubuntu
8 14 (4.42%) Mac OS X
9 13 (4.10%) VMS
10 9 (2.84%) zOS
11 6 (1.89%) Windows 10
12 4 (1.26%) Kali Linux
13 3 (0.95%) CoreOS
13 3 (0.95%) Debian
13 3 (0.95%) Mac OS
13 3 (0.95%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.95%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (0.95%) Windows Server 2016
14 2 (0.63%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (23.34%) Change Management
2 72 (22.71%) ITIL
3 62 (19.56%) Mentoring
4 61 (19.24%) Agile
5 60 (18.93%) DevOps
6 55 (17.35%) Actionable Insight
7 50 (15.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 49 (15.46%) Incident Management
9 47 (14.83%) Cybersecurity
10 45 (14.20%) Problem-Solving
11 41 (12.93%) Incident Response
12 40 (12.62%) Roadmaps
13 39 (12.30%) Coaching
13 39 (12.30%) Service Delivery
14 32 (10.09%) Software Engineering
15 29 (9.15%) Disaster Recovery
15 29 (9.15%) Project Management
16 28 (8.83%) Architecture Roadmap
17 27 (8.52%) Open Source
18 26 (8.20%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 90 (28.39%) SQL
2 83 (26.18%) Python
3 47 (14.83%) PowerShell
4 32 (10.09%) Java
5 28 (8.83%) Bash
6 17 (5.36%) Shell Script
7 15 (4.73%) C++
7 15 (4.73%) JavaScript
8 14 (4.42%) Ruby
9 9 (2.84%) C
9 9 (2.84%) PHP
10 8 (2.52%) Perl
11 7 (2.21%) C#
11 7 (2.21%) PL/SQL
11 7 (2.21%) TypeScript
12 6 (1.89%) Fortran
13 5 (1.58%) Go
13 5 (1.58%) OCaml
13 5 (1.58%) SystemTap
13 5 (1.58%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 102 (32.18%) Degree
2 50 (15.77%) Security Cleared
3 40 (12.62%) SC Cleared
4 18 (5.68%) CISM
4 18 (5.68%) CISSP
5 17 (5.36%) CISA
6 15 (4.73%) GCIH
7 14 (4.42%) GCIA
7 14 (4.42%) GREM
8 12 (3.79%) AWS Certification
9 11 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (3.15%) Master's Degree
11 7 (2.21%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (1.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (1.89%) CREST Certified
12 6 (1.89%) PhD
13 5 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (1.26%) CCNA
14 4 (1.26%) MCSE
14 4 (1.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.36%) ITGC
1 17 (5.36%) PMO
2 16 (5.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (3.79%) NIST
4 8 (2.52%) SLA
5 5 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.26%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (0.95%) QA
8 2 (0.63%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.63%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.63%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.63%) SEPA
System Software
1 41 (12.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 33 (10.41%) Docker
3 24 (7.57%) Active Directory
4 22 (6.94%) Virtual Machines
5 21 (6.62%) Hyper-V
6 8 (2.52%) Firmware
7 6 (1.89%) DFS Replication
8 3 (0.95%) KVM
8 3 (0.95%) OpenSIPS
8 3 (0.95%) Oracle RAC
8 3 (0.95%) XenApp
9 1 (0.32%) Lustre
9 1 (0.32%) Postfix
9 1 (0.32%) Shibboleth
9 1 (0.32%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.32%) vCloud
9 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 35 (11.04%) Kubernetes
2 26 (8.20%) Terraform
3 24 (7.57%) Ansible
4 22 (6.94%) SCCM
5 14 (4.42%) WSUS
6 12 (3.79%) Puppet
7 7 (2.21%) Grafana
8 6 (1.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 6 (1.89%) Nessus
8 6 (1.89%) NetBackup
8 6 (1.89%) Nexpose
8 6 (1.89%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 5 (1.58%) Nmap
10 4 (1.26%) Nagios
10 4 (1.26%) Progress Chef
10 4 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.95%) EMC VPLEX
11 3 (0.95%) Failover Clustering
11 3 (0.95%) Istio
11 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 87 (27.44%) Oracle
2 70 (22.08%) Microsoft
3 69 (21.77%) VMware
4 23 (7.26%) IBM
5 22 (6.94%) Red Hat
5 22 (6.94%) Splunk
6 20 (6.31%) Dell
7 19 (5.99%) Dynatrace
8 18 (5.68%) SAP
9 17 (5.36%) Sage
10 14 (4.42%) Veeam
11 13 (4.10%) BMC
12 12 (3.79%) Apple
13 11 (3.47%) Citrix
14 9 (2.84%) Qualys
15 8 (2.52%) Algorithmics
15 8 (2.52%) Google
15 8 (2.52%) ION Trading
16 6 (1.89%) Cisco
16 6 (1.89%) Murex