Linux Contracts in England

Linux
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Linux skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Linux over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 27 29
Rank change year-on-year -7 +2 0
Contract jobs citing Linux 1,885 3,270 4,547
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 5.18% 6.83% 6.46%
As % of the Operating Systems category 37.60% 42.13% 41.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,266 2,291 3,074
10th Percentile £350 £410 £405
25th Percentile £425 £488 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £675
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £583 £575
% change year-on-year -5.66% +1.39% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 150 148
10th Percentile £38.65 £26.88 £27.35
25th Percentile £55.00 £50.01 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year - +13.04% +17.35%
75th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £65.00
90th Percentile - £78.34 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +13.04% +15.00%

All Operating Systems
England

Linux is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,013 7,761 10,900
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.76% 16.22% 15.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,426 5,466 7,490
10th Percentile £185 £193 £174
25th Percentile £300 £325 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.29% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £640 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £465 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -7.05% +0.05% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 371 370 524
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.89 £13.29
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.76 £15.72
Median hourly rate £22.50 £39.80 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.47% +85.12% +22.86%
75th Percentile £61.80 £65.00 £50.19
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £40.30 £22.50
% change year-on-year -44.16% +79.09% +28.57%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in England

Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux in England.

Daily rate trend for Linux in England

Linux
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Linux in England

Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux in England.

Hourly rate trend for Linux in England

Linux
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Linux in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Linux in England

Linux
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the England region over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -14 794 £550 -12.00% 559
South East -3 409 £530 +0.95% 409
South West -8 206 £563 +2.27% 168
North of England -11 190 £485 -9.13% 133
Midlands +4 122 £539 -0.23% 135
East of England +1 115 £550 +15.79% 168
Yorkshire +15 110 £500 -9.09% 51
West Midlands -7 77 £550 - 76
North West -42 67 £450 -14.29% 72
East Midlands +25 44 £505 +12.29% 56
North East -5 13 £575 +5.75% 11
Linux
UK

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 105 (5.57%) Confluence
2 66 (3.50%) nginx
3 62 (3.29%) Apache
4 51 (2.71%) Microsoft Exchange
5 47 (2.49%) OpenStack
6 22 (1.17%) Tomcat
7 19 (1.01%) CMS
8 17 (0.90%) IIS
8 17 (0.90%) JBoss
9 15 (0.80%) Apache Spark
10 14 (0.74%) SharePoint
11 11 (0.58%) NetWeaver
12 10 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
13 6 (0.32%) Apache Solr
13 6 (0.32%) Oracle Self-Service HR
13 6 (0.32%) SAS
14 4 (0.21%) IBM Domino
14 4 (0.21%) Luigi
14 4 (0.21%) MQSeries
15 3 (0.16%) Jupyter
Applications
1 19 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.53%) Simulink
4 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.053%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.053%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.053%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.053%) Weka
Business Applications
1 12 (0.64%) ION Anvil
2 11 (0.58%) SAP IBP
3 8 (0.42%) ION MarketView
4 7 (0.37%) Temenos T24
5 6 (0.32%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.32%) SimCorp Dimension
5 6 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 5 (0.27%) Endur
7 4 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
8 3 (0.16%) Fidessa
8 3 (0.16%) Global One
8 3 (0.16%) Shopify
9 2 (0.11%) Advent Geneva
9 2 (0.11%) BusinessWorks
9 2 (0.11%) Front Arena
10 1 (0.053%) Loan IQ
10 1 (0.053%) Magento
10 1 (0.053%) RMDS
10 1 (0.053%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 411 (21.80%) AWS
2 389 (20.64%) Azure
3 110 (5.84%) GitHub
4 94 (4.99%) GCP
5 72 (3.82%) PaaS
6 71 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
7 65 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
8 54 (2.86%) OpenShift
9 52 (2.76%) Serverless
10 51 (2.71%) Amazon EC2
11 46 (2.44%) Entra ID
12 45 (2.39%) Amazon S3
13 43 (2.28%) AWS CloudFormation
14 35 (1.86%) SaaS
15 33 (1.75%) IaaS
16 29 (1.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 29 (1.54%) AWS Lambda
16 29 (1.54%) Azure Monitor
17 28 (1.49%) Azure AKS
18 27 (1.43%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 178 (9.44%) Firewall
2 144 (7.64%) DNS
3 114 (6.05%) SAN
4 107 (5.68%) TCP/IP
5 84 (4.46%) DHCP
6 59 (3.13%) WAN
7 55 (2.92%) VPN
8 51 (2.71%) SSL
9 48 (2.55%) Network Security
10 46 (2.44%) HTTP
11 45 (2.39%) LAN
12 37 (1.96%) VLAN
12 37 (1.96%) Wireless
13 30 (1.59%) NAS
14 28 (1.49%) FTP
15 26 (1.38%) SNMP
15 26 (1.38%) SSH
16 23 (1.22%) Fibre Channel
16 23 (1.22%) Intrusion Detection
17 22 (1.17%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (6.21%) SQL Server
2 84 (4.46%) Relational Database
3 81 (4.30%) MySQL
4 77 (4.08%) MongoDB
5 65 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
6 55 (2.92%) Elasticsearch
7 43 (2.28%) NoSQL
8 42 (2.23%) RDBMS
9 37 (1.96%) Big Data
10 36 (1.91%) Amazon RDS
11 33 (1.75%) Oracle Database
12 20 (1.06%) DB2
12 20 (1.06%) Hadoop
13 18 (0.95%) KDB
13 18 (0.95%) Power BI
14 16 (0.85%) Data Lake
14 16 (0.85%) SAP HANA
15 14 (0.74%) Apache Cassandra
16 11 (0.58%) SAP BW
17 10 (0.53%) Redis
Development Applications
1 219 (11.62%) Jenkins
2 194 (10.29%) Git
3 157 (8.33%) JIRA
4 136 (7.21%) GitLab
5 79 (4.19%) Bitbucket
6 33 (1.75%) Eclipse
7 29 (1.54%) GoogleTest
7 29 (1.54%) Robot Framework
8 27 (1.43%) Artifactory
9 26 (1.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 25 (1.33%) Visual Studio
11 24 (1.27%) TeamCity
12 23 (1.22%) Sonatype Nexus
13 22 (1.17%) Mockito
14 21 (1.11%) Selenium
15 19 (1.01%) Cypress.io
16 18 (0.95%) SonarQube
17 17 (0.90%) Subversion
18 16 (0.85%) Cucumber
19 15 (0.80%) JMeter
General
1 406 (21.54%) Social Skills
2 270 (14.32%) Finance
3 196 (10.40%) Analytical Skills
4 159 (8.44%) Public Sector
5 119 (6.31%) Banking
6 71 (3.77%) Telecoms
7 45 (2.39%) Investment Banking
8 44 (2.33%) Aerospace
9 39 (2.07%) Front Office
10 32 (1.70%) Manufacturing
11 31 (1.64%) Marketing
12 30 (1.59%) Electronics
13 29 (1.54%) Legal
14 27 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
15 18 (0.95%) Military
16 15 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
17 14 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
17 14 (0.74%) Retail
18 13 (0.69%) Financial Institution
19 11 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 255 (13.53%) Developer
2 181 (9.60%) DevOps Engineer
3 164 (8.70%) Senior
4 138 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 133 (7.06%) Linux Engineer
6 124 (6.58%) Software Engineer
7 115 (6.10%) Analyst
8 111 (5.89%) Architect
9 71 (3.77%) Support Engineer
10 69 (3.66%) Lead
11 66 (3.50%) Java Developer
12 61 (3.24%) AWS Engineer
13 58 (3.08%) Administrator
14 54 (2.86%) Consultant
15 53 (2.81%) Azure Engineer
16 49 (2.60%) Site Reliability Engineer
17 48 (2.55%) Senior Developer
18 47 (2.49%) Network Engineer
18 47 (2.49%) Storage Engineer
19 44 (2.33%) C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (5.57%) Kafka
2 81 (4.30%) HTML
3 76 (4.03%) Elastic Stack
4 67 (3.55%) .NET
5 65 (3.45%) CSS
6 57 (3.02%) Web Services
7 53 (2.81%) JSON
8 52 (2.76%) REST
9 51 (2.71%) LDAP
10 46 (2.44%) Spring
11 42 (2.23%) YAML
12 41 (2.18%) Node.js
13 39 (2.07%) FIX Protocol
13 39 (2.07%) XML
14 37 (1.96%) Middleware
15 35 (1.86%) RabbitMQ
16 33 (1.75%) .NET Core
17 31 (1.64%) RESTful
18 29 (1.54%) React
19 28 (1.49%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 125 (6.63%) Data Centre
2 120 (6.37%) Linux Command Line
3 82 (4.35%) PKI
4 75 (3.98%) Replication
5 71 (3.77%) Management Information System
6 58 (3.08%) Public Cloud
7 54 (2.86%) Distributed Systems
8 47 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
9 41 (2.18%) Data Protection Act
10 38 (2.02%) Algorithms
11 37 (1.96%) Data Structures
12 36 (1.91%) Clustering
12 36 (1.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 33 (1.75%) Onboarding
14 31 (1.64%) Derivative
15 29 (1.54%) Client/Server
16 28 (1.49%) Security Operations Centre
17 26 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
17 26 (1.38%) Fixed Income
18 25 (1.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 715 (37.93%) Windows
2 371 (19.68%) Unix
3 235 (12.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 187 (9.92%) Windows Server
5 89 (4.72%) Ubuntu
6 64 (3.40%) CentOS
7 57 (3.02%) Windows Server 2016
7 57 (3.02%) Windows Server 2019
8 50 (2.65%) Solaris
9 38 (2.02%) VMS
10 35 (1.86%) Mac OS X
11 34 (1.80%) zOS
12 31 (1.64%) AIX
12 31 (1.64%) Debian
13 29 (1.54%) Apple iOS
14 25 (1.33%) Android
15 24 (1.27%) Windows 10
16 23 (1.22%) Windows Server 2012
17 22 (1.17%) Oracle Linux
18 20 (1.06%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 422 (22.39%) Agile
2 407 (21.59%) DevOps
3 376 (19.95%) CI/CD
4 248 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
5 215 (11.41%) Software Engineering
6 206 (10.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 187 (9.92%) Infrastructure as Code
8 161 (8.54%) ITIL
9 159 (8.44%) Cybersecurity
10 148 (7.85%) Configuration Management
11 143 (7.59%) Scrum
12 138 (7.32%) Migration
13 130 (6.90%) Test Automation
14 126 (6.68%) Continuous Integration
15 125 (6.63%) Containerisation
16 113 (5.99%) Microservices
17 108 (5.73%) Disaster Recovery
18 105 (5.57%) Computer Science
19 99 (5.25%) TDD
20 98 (5.20%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 529 (28.06%) Python
2 249 (13.21%) Java
3 247 (13.10%) PowerShell
4 234 (12.41%) SQL
5 197 (10.45%) Bash
6 165 (8.75%) C++
7 136 (7.21%) JavaScript
8 127 (6.74%) C#
9 120 (6.37%) Shell Script
10 118 (6.26%) C
11 69 (3.66%) Go
12 65 (3.45%) Perl
13 45 (2.39%) PHP
14 40 (2.12%) VBScript
15 30 (1.59%) T-SQL
16 24 (1.27%) Bicep
17 22 (1.17%) Embedded C
18 20 (1.06%) JCL
18 20 (1.06%) VB
19 18 (0.95%) Scala
Qualifications
1 689 (36.55%) Security Cleared
2 428 (22.71%) SC Cleared
3 285 (15.12%) DV Cleared
4 184 (9.76%) Degree
5 60 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 39 (2.07%) Cisco Certification
7 32 (1.70%) AWS Certification
8 31 (1.64%) CCNA
9 23 (1.22%) CCNP
9 23 (1.22%) Master's Degree
10 18 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 16 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
12 14 (0.74%) OSCP
13 13 (0.69%) Azure Certification
13 13 (0.69%) GIAC
14 11 (0.58%) ISTQB
15 9 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
15 9 (0.48%) CEH
15 9 (0.48%) CISSP
15 9 (0.48%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (3.29%) QA
2 49 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 43 (2.28%) NIST
4 42 (2.23%) GDPR
5 31 (1.64%) SLA
6 18 (0.95%) Accessibility
7 17 (0.90%) HIPAA
7 17 (0.90%) PCI DSS
8 14 (0.74%) MISRA
9 13 (0.69%) ISO 9001
10 12 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
11 11 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 10 (0.53%) ISO 9000
13 9 (0.48%) NCSC
14 6 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 5 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 4 (0.21%) ISO 15022
17 3 (0.16%) COBIT
17 3 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 3 (0.16%) JTAG
System Software
1 254 (13.47%) Docker
2 235 (12.47%) Active Directory
3 213 (11.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 93 (4.93%) Virtual Machines
5 70 (3.71%) Hyper-V
6 69 (3.66%) VMware ESXi
7 68 (3.61%) vSphere
8 59 (3.13%) VMware NSX
9 41 (2.18%) Firmware
9 41 (2.18%) NFS
10 26 (1.38%) KVM
11 20 (1.06%) Time Sharing Option
12 19 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
13 17 (0.90%) Apache ZooKeeper
14 13 (0.69%) HDFS
15 11 (0.58%) iptables
16 7 (0.37%) Veritas Cluster Server
16 7 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
17 6 (0.32%) Slurm Workload Manager
17 6 (0.32%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 368 (19.52%) Ansible
2 314 (16.66%) Kubernetes
3 265 (14.06%) Terraform
4 107 (5.68%) Grafana
5 101 (5.36%) Puppet
6 98 (5.20%) Prometheus
7 78 (4.14%) SCCM
8 50 (2.65%) Progress Chef
9 46 (2.44%) SCOM
10 44 (2.33%) NetBackup
11 43 (2.28%) WSUS
12 38 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
12 38 (2.02%) vCenter Server
13 36 (1.91%) Packer
14 35 (1.86%) Kibana
15 30 (1.59%) EMC NetWorker
16 29 (1.54%) Red Hat Satellite
17 26 (1.38%) logstash
18 25 (1.33%) PowerCLI
18 25 (1.33%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 335 (17.77%) VMware
2 330 (17.51%) Microsoft
3 204 (10.82%) Red Hat
4 187 (9.92%) Oracle
5 110 (5.84%) IBM
6 103 (5.46%) Dell
7 96 (5.09%) Cisco
8 88 (4.67%) Splunk
9 72 (3.82%) HP
10 66 (3.50%) Google
11 58 (3.08%) Atlassian
12 57 (3.02%) SAP
13 45 (2.39%) ServiceNow
14 43 (2.28%) Brocade
15 39 (2.07%) EMC
16 36 (1.91%) Veeam
17 34 (1.80%) Palo Alto
18 33 (1.75%) Veritas
19 31 (1.64%) F5
20 29 (1.54%) Symantec