Linux Kernel Development Contracts in the Thames Valley

Linux Kernel Development
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Linux Kernel Development skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Linux Kernel Development over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 - 187
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Linux Kernel Development 7 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.33% - 0.050%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% - 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £410
75th Percentile - - £415
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £400 - £410

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Linux Kernel Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,861 2,411 3,599
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.00% 90.74% 90.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,069 1,584 2,502
10th Percentile £300 £245 £305
25th Percentile £411 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% - +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £612
90th Percentile £675 £700 £675
South East median daily rate £511 £520 £513
% change year-on-year -1.70% +1.46% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 100 72
10th Percentile £18.00 £16.39 £11.42
25th Percentile £27.75 £24.00 £14.06
Median hourly rate £57.50 £50.00 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +159.74% -
75th Percentile £62.69 £66.11 £50.31
90th Percentile £70.72 £75.67 £75.75
South East median hourly rate £58.30 £52.30 £37.13
% change year-on-year +11.47% +40.86% +35.02%

Linux Kernel Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Linux Kernel Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Linux Kernel Development in the Thames Valley

Linux Kernel Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux Kernel Development in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Linux Kernel Development in the Thames Valley

Linux Kernel Development
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Kernel Development within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Berkshire - 7 £400 -
Linux Kernel Development
South East

Linux Kernel Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Git
2 2 (28.57%) CMake
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) C Developer
1 4 (57.14%) C/C++ Developer
1 4 (57.14%) C++ Developer
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (14.29%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (14.29%) Open Source
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C
1 7 (100.00%) Python
2 6 (85.71%) C++
2 6 (85.71%) Rust
3 2 (28.57%) Shell Script
4 1 (14.29%) Bash
4 1 (14.29%) C#