Linux Contracts in the South East

Linux
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 20 25
Rank change year-on-year -1 +5 -6
Contract jobs citing Linux 401 465 576
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 7.34% 8.25% 7.45%
As % of the Operating Systems category 41.34% 40.36% 38.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 308 355
10th Percentile £355 £325 £375
25th Percentile £419 £430 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -2.33% +16.22%
75th Percentile £608 £619 £638
90th Percentile £638 £688 £700
England median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 27 20
10th Percentile £35.35 £49.40 £41.03
25th Percentile £53.13 £53.13 £46.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £50.39
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +29.01% -1.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £71.64
90th Percentile £74.75 - £84.08
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +13.04% +19.79%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 970 1,152 1,486
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.75% 20.43% 19.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 640 779 960
10th Percentile £200 £195 £154
25th Percentile £285 £250 £222
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +2.78% +9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £583 £581
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
England median daily rate £470 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -8.29% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 68 103
10th Percentile £15.96 £17.38 £12.51
25th Percentile £17.69 £18.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £55.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +214.29% -15.66%
75th Percentile £63.44 £67.50 £34.63
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £58.05
England median hourly rate £22.00 £38.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -42.11% +76.74% +22.86%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the South East

Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Linux in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux in the South East over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Linux in the South East

Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Linux in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Linux in the South East over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Linux in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 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
Hampshire -2 165 £548 -0.45% 62
Thames Valley -4 138 £550 +10.00% 93
Berkshire -14 96 £605 +21.00% 59
Surrey +7 45 £450 -25.00% 28
Buckinghamshire +21 32 £511 -0.05% 15
West Sussex +11 32 £475 +55.74% 9
Oxfordshire -4 10 £469 -3.85% 19
East Sussex +9 8 £538 +10.26% 8
Middlesex - 3 £275 -
Sussex - 2 £550 -
Linux
England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 30 (7.48%) Confluence
2 26 (6.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (2.74%) Apache
4 4 (1.00%) NetWeaver
4 4 (1.00%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.50%) IBM Domino
5 2 (0.50%) nginx
5 2 (0.50%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.25%) Drupal
6 1 (0.25%) IIS
6 1 (0.25%) Jadu
6 1 (0.25%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.25%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 6 (1.50%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.00%) SAP IBP
3 3 (0.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 104 (25.94%) Azure
2 57 (14.21%) AWS
3 33 (8.23%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (6.73%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (5.49%) Entra ID
6 20 (4.99%) Azure Monitor
7 17 (4.24%) Azure Storage
8 14 (3.49%) OCI
9 10 (2.49%) GitHub
10 9 (2.24%) AWS CloudFormation
11 8 (2.00%) PaaS
12 7 (1.75%) IaaS
13 6 (1.50%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (1.50%) Amazon S3
13 6 (1.50%) OpenShift
14 5 (1.25%) CloudFront
14 5 (1.25%) Datadog
14 5 (1.25%) GCP
14 5 (1.25%) Power Platform
15 4 (1.00%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 64 (15.96%) DNS
2 61 (15.21%) SAN
3 53 (13.22%) Firewall
4 52 (12.97%) DHCP
5 26 (6.48%) TCP/IP
6 20 (4.99%) Software-Defined Radio
7 19 (4.74%) SNMP
8 18 (4.49%) SSL
9 16 (3.99%) Wireless
10 14 (3.49%) WAN
11 10 (2.49%) VPN
12 9 (2.24%) iSCSI
12 9 (2.24%) SD-WAN
12 9 (2.24%) VLAN
13 8 (2.00%) NAS
14 7 (1.75%) Fibre Channel
15 6 (1.50%) Cisco IOS
16 5 (1.25%) Network Security
16 5 (1.25%) OpenLDAP
17 4 (1.00%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (5.99%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (5.24%) MySQL
3 16 (3.99%) SQL Server
4 11 (2.74%) MongoDB
4 11 (2.74%) Relational Database
5 9 (2.24%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (2.24%) Oracle Database
6 8 (2.00%) RDBMS
7 5 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.25%) MariaDB
7 5 (1.25%) Power BI
7 5 (1.25%) SAP HANA
8 4 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (1.00%) SAP BW
9 3 (0.75%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.50%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.50%) CouchDB
11 1 (0.25%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 57 (14.21%) Git
2 32 (7.98%) JIRA
3 28 (6.98%) Bitbucket
4 23 (5.74%) Robot Framework
5 22 (5.49%) GitLab
6 20 (4.99%) Eclipse
7 17 (4.24%) GoogleTest
8 11 (2.74%) Jenkins
9 8 (2.00%) Selenium
10 6 (1.50%) Artifactory
11 4 (1.00%) Rational DOORS
12 3 (0.75%) ClearCase
12 3 (0.75%) ClearQuest
12 3 (0.75%) Hudson
12 3 (0.75%) TestRail
13 2 (0.50%) JMeter
13 2 (0.50%) Oracle APEX
13 2 (0.50%) Subversion
13 2 (0.50%) Visual Studio
14 1 (0.25%) MagicDraw
General
1 76 (18.95%) Social Skills
2 31 (7.73%) Analytical Skills
2 31 (7.73%) Public Sector
3 19 (4.74%) Telecoms
4 12 (2.99%) Aerospace
5 11 (2.74%) Finance
6 5 (1.25%) Automotive
6 5 (1.25%) Billing
6 5 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (1.25%) Electronics
6 5 (1.25%) Front Office
6 5 (1.25%) Marketing
7 3 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (0.50%) Back Office
8 2 (0.50%) Banking
8 2 (0.50%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.25%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.25%) Legal
9 1 (0.25%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 54 (13.47%) Developer
2 52 (12.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 39 (9.73%) Senior
4 35 (8.73%) Software Engineer
5 34 (8.48%) Linux Engineer
6 26 (6.48%) Analyst
7 24 (5.99%) Architect
8 19 (4.74%) C++ Software Engineer
9 18 (4.49%) Administrator
10 17 (4.24%) Active Directory Support
11 15 (3.74%) DevOps Engineer
11 15 (3.74%) Python Developer
12 14 (3.49%) Active Directory Specialist
12 14 (3.49%) Azure Specialist
12 14 (3.49%) Consultant
12 14 (3.49%) Platform Engineer
12 14 (3.49%) Support Engineer
12 14 (3.49%) Support Specialist
12 14 (3.49%) Systems Administrator
13 13 (3.24%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (5.24%) HTML
2 19 (4.74%) CSS
3 17 (4.24%) ARM Templates
4 14 (3.49%) Flash
5 12 (2.99%) Web Services
6 11 (2.74%) RESTful
6 11 (2.74%) XML
7 8 (2.00%) .NET
7 8 (2.00%) ADO
8 7 (1.75%) Django
8 7 (1.75%) REST
8 7 (1.75%) SOAP
9 6 (1.50%) Elastic Stack
9 6 (1.50%) LAMP
9 6 (1.50%) LDAP
10 5 (1.25%) Node.js
11 4 (1.00%) AngularJS
11 4 (1.00%) JSON
11 4 (1.00%) Kafka
11 4 (1.00%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 37 (9.23%) PKI
2 27 (6.73%) Data Centre
3 22 (5.49%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (4.99%) Client/Server
5 19 (4.74%) Linux Command Line
6 13 (3.24%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.24%) CCTV
8 8 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.00%) Product Ownership
9 7 (1.75%) Clustering
9 7 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.75%) Public Cloud
9 7 (1.75%) Smart Meter
10 6 (1.50%) Replication
11 5 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.00%) Fat Client
12 4 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.00%) Thin Client
13 3 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
14 2 (0.50%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 197 (49.13%) Windows
2 80 (19.95%) Windows Server
3 79 (19.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 59 (14.71%) Unix
5 41 (10.22%) Windows Server 2019
6 35 (8.73%) Windows Server 2016
7 30 (7.48%) Ubuntu
8 19 (4.74%) Debian
9 17 (4.24%) Windows 10
10 16 (3.99%) Windows Server 2012
11 14 (3.49%) AIX
11 14 (3.49%) Windows XP
12 13 (3.24%) Solaris
12 13 (3.24%) VMS
13 7 (1.75%) Embedded Linux
14 2 (0.50%) Oracle Linux
14 2 (0.50%) Windows Server 2003
15 1 (0.25%) Android
15 1 (0.25%) VxWorks
15 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (30.17%) Agile
2 77 (19.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 67 (16.71%) Scrum
4 65 (16.21%) Software Engineering
5 64 (15.96%) DevOps
6 57 (14.21%) ITIL
7 49 (12.22%) Problem-Solving
8 42 (10.47%) Infrastructure as Code
9 35 (8.73%) CI/CD
10 32 (7.98%) Performance Tuning
10 32 (7.98%) Release Management
11 29 (7.23%) Disaster Recovery
12 27 (6.73%) Analytics
13 26 (6.48%) Application Packaging
13 26 (6.48%) Prototyping
14 25 (6.23%) Computer Science
14 25 (6.23%) RBAC
14 25 (6.23%) Storage Management
14 25 (6.23%) Test Automation
15 23 (5.74%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 83 (20.70%) Python
2 77 (19.20%) PowerShell
3 53 (13.22%) C++
4 42 (10.47%) Bash
5 39 (9.73%) C#
5 39 (9.73%) SQL
6 37 (9.23%) VBScript
7 28 (6.98%) JavaScript
8 26 (6.48%) Shell Script
9 24 (5.99%) C
10 22 (5.49%) Java
11 17 (4.24%) Bicep
11 17 (4.24%) VB
12 9 (2.24%) Perl
13 8 (2.00%) ProC
14 7 (1.75%) Go
14 7 (1.75%) PHP
15 6 (1.50%) PL/SQL
15 6 (1.50%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.75%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 209 (52.12%) Security Cleared
2 134 (33.42%) SC Cleared
3 88 (21.95%) DV Cleared
4 87 (21.70%) Degree
5 21 (5.24%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (4.74%) CCNA
7 17 (4.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 16 (3.99%) CCNP
9 13 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (2.24%) Master's Degree
11 7 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (1.25%) RHCSA
13 4 (1.00%) Azure Certification
13 4 (1.00%) HNC
13 4 (1.00%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (1.00%) MCSE
13 4 (1.00%) SAP Certification
13 4 (1.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (0.75%) ISTQB
14 3 (0.75%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.99%) ISO 9001
2 10 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.24%) GDPR
4 8 (2.00%) QA
4 8 (2.00%) SLA
5 5 (1.25%) ISO 9000
6 4 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 3 (0.75%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.25%) COBIT
8 1 (0.25%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.25%) MISRA
8 1 (0.25%) MISRA C
8 1 (0.25%) PMO
System Software
1 92 (22.94%) Active Directory
2 84 (20.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (8.73%) vSphere
4 31 (7.73%) Hyper-V
4 31 (7.73%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (5.99%) VMware ESXi
6 21 (5.24%) Firmware
7 18 (4.49%) Docker
8 17 (4.24%) Virtual Desktop
9 11 (2.74%) VMware NSX
10 6 (1.50%) VirtualBox
11 4 (1.00%) KVM
11 4 (1.00%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.75%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 2 (0.50%) Ceph
13 2 (0.50%) NFS
13 2 (0.50%) Varnish
13 2 (0.50%) Veritas Cluster Server
13 2 (0.50%) XenApp
14 1 (0.25%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 62 (15.46%) Ansible
2 57 (14.21%) Kubernetes
3 52 (12.97%) SCCM
4 40 (9.98%) WSUS
5 35 (8.73%) SCOM
6 27 (6.73%) Microsoft Intune
7 23 (5.74%) Terraform
8 22 (5.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 19 (4.74%) vCenter Server
10 17 (4.24%) NetBackup
11 16 (3.99%) EMC NetWorker
12 15 (3.74%) Red Hat Satellite
13 9 (2.24%) Packer
13 9 (2.24%) vRealize
14 6 (1.50%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
15 5 (1.25%) Nessus
15 5 (1.25%) Rancher
16 4 (1.00%) IBM BigFix
16 4 (1.00%) Prometheus
16 4 (1.00%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 121 (30.17%) VMware
2 98 (24.44%) Microsoft
3 59 (14.71%) Red Hat
4 57 (14.21%) Oracle
5 32 (7.98%) Cisco
6 21 (5.24%) HP
7 20 (4.99%) Dell
7 20 (4.99%) Google
7 20 (4.99%) Veeam
8 19 (4.74%) EMC
9 18 (4.49%) Juniper
10 17 (4.24%) IBM
10 17 (4.24%) Symantec
11 16 (3.99%) 3PAR
11 16 (3.99%) SolarWinds
12 15 (3.74%) Atlassian
12 15 (3.74%) Palo Alto
13 14 (3.49%) Extreme Networks
14 13 (3.24%) ArcSight
14 13 (3.24%) Brocade