Linux Contracts in the Thames Valley

Linux
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 26 30
Rank change year-on-year -6 +4 +8
Contract jobs citing Linux 142 217 229
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.38% 7.53% 6.35%
As % of the Operating Systems category 40.11% 48.87% 39.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 139 149
10th Percentile £403 £324 £360
25th Percentile £463 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £608 £581 £650
90th Percentile - £638 £695
South East median daily rate £535 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +1.90% - +11.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 5
10th Percentile £47.00 £25.40 £28.25
25th Percentile £48.13 £43.13 £46.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £64.38 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.33% +35.53% +20.25%
75th Percentile £59.38 £76.59 £67.50
90th Percentile £65.00 £83.21 £79.50
South East median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £50.39
% change year-on-year -3.85% +29.01% -13.13%

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 354 444 581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.42% 15.42% 16.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 306 395
10th Percentile £203 £200 £149
25th Percentile £244 £350 £216
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £478 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.99% +6.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £575
90th Percentile £608 £675 £650
South East median daily rate £475 £464 £450
% change year-on-year +2.43% +3.06% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 15 22
10th Percentile £18.00 £18.08 -
25th Percentile £22.51 £18.29 £13.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +142.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £59.00 £65.31 £42.50
90th Percentile £61.60 £78.82 £66.25
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £55.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -13.64% +214.29% -20.45%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the Thames Valley

Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Linux in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Linux in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Linux in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Linux in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Linux in the Thames Valley

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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 within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 June 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 -12 98 £605 +24.10% 44
Buckinghamshire +22 34 £511 -0.05% 21
Oxfordshire -8 10 £469 -1.32% 16
Linux
South East

Linux
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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (14.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.82%) NetWeaver
3 2 (1.41%) Confluence
4 1 (0.70%) Apache
4 1 (0.70%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.70%) Drupal
4 1 (0.70%) Jadu
4 1 (0.70%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.82%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 64 (45.07%) Azure
2 23 (16.20%) Azure Monitor
3 21 (14.79%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (14.08%) Azure Storage
4 20 (14.08%) Entra ID
5 16 (11.27%) AWS
6 14 (9.86%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (9.86%) OCI
7 6 (4.23%) PaaS
8 5 (3.52%) Power Platform
9 4 (2.82%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (2.82%) Azure Functions
9 4 (2.82%) GCP
9 4 (2.82%) Serverless
10 3 (2.11%) Azure AKS
10 3 (2.11%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (2.11%) OpenShift
11 2 (1.41%) Slack
12 1 (0.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 1 (0.70%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 44 (30.99%) DNS
2 39 (27.46%) DHCP
3 38 (26.76%) Firewall
4 29 (20.42%) SAN
5 11 (7.75%) TCP/IP
6 8 (5.63%) SSL
7 6 (4.23%) WAN
8 5 (3.52%) SD-WAN
9 4 (2.82%) NAS
9 4 (2.82%) Network Security
10 2 (1.41%) Broadband
10 2 (1.41%) InfiniBand
10 2 (1.41%) tcpdump
10 2 (1.41%) VPN
10 2 (1.41%) Wireshark
11 1 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.34%) MySQL
1 9 (6.34%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (4.23%) Oracle Database
2 6 (4.23%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.52%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (3.52%) Power BI
4 4 (2.82%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (2.82%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (2.82%) SAP BW
4 4 (2.82%) SAP HANA
5 3 (2.11%) MongoDB
5 3 (2.11%) RDBMS
5 3 (2.11%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.41%) Big Data
6 2 (1.41%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.70%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.70%) Impala
7 1 (0.70%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 10 (7.04%) Git
2 5 (3.52%) GitLab
3 3 (2.11%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.11%) JIRA
3 3 (2.11%) Robot Framework
3 3 (2.11%) Selenium
4 1 (0.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.70%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.70%) CMake
4 1 (0.70%) Maven
4 1 (0.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 40 (28.17%) Social Skills
2 17 (11.97%) Telecoms
3 12 (8.45%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (5.63%) Public Sector
5 3 (2.11%) Finance
6 2 (1.41%) Marketing
6 2 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.70%) Banking
7 1 (0.70%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (0.70%) Electronics
7 1 (0.70%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.70%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (16.20%) Developer
2 21 (14.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 20 (14.08%) Active Directory Support
4 14 (9.86%) Active Directory Specialist
4 14 (9.86%) Azure Specialist
4 14 (9.86%) Support Specialist
5 13 (9.15%) Analyst
5 13 (9.15%) Senior
6 12 (8.45%) Python Developer
6 12 (8.45%) Support Engineer
7 11 (7.75%) Architect
8 10 (7.04%) Azure Engineer
8 10 (7.04%) Storage Engineer
9 9 (6.34%) Security Analyst
10 7 (4.93%) Consultant
11 6 (4.23%) C# Developer
11 6 (4.23%) Linux Engineer
11 6 (4.23%) Security Specialist
11 6 (4.23%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 6 (4.23%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (14.08%) ARM Templates
2 8 (5.63%) Web Services
3 7 (4.93%) XML
4 4 (2.82%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (2.82%) SAP Basis
4 4 (2.82%) SAP Fiori
5 2 (1.41%) Django
5 2 (1.41%) Fluent Bit
5 2 (1.41%) Kafka
5 2 (1.41%) Loki
5 2 (1.41%) SOAP
6 1 (0.70%) .NET
6 1 (0.70%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.70%) JSON
6 1 (0.70%) Node.js
6 1 (0.70%) Regular Expression
6 1 (0.70%) REST
6 1 (0.70%) RESTful
6 1 (0.70%) Spring
6 1 (0.70%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 32 (22.54%) PKI
2 20 (14.08%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (10.56%) Data Centre
4 8 (5.63%) Client/Server
5 7 (4.93%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (4.93%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.82%) Fat Client
6 4 (2.82%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (2.82%) Smart Meter
6 4 (2.82%) Thin Client
7 2 (1.41%) Grid Computing
7 2 (1.41%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.41%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.41%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.70%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.70%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.70%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.70%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.70%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 78 (54.93%) Windows
2 49 (34.51%) Windows Server
3 39 (27.46%) Windows Server 2019
4 35 (24.65%) Windows Server 2016
5 20 (14.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 17 (11.97%) Unix
7 16 (11.27%) Ubuntu
8 15 (10.56%) Windows Server 2012
9 14 (9.86%) Windows 10
9 14 (9.86%) Windows XP
10 13 (9.15%) Debian
11 4 (2.82%) Solaris
11 4 (2.82%) VMS
12 2 (1.41%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.70%) Android
13 1 (0.70%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (33.10%) ITIL
2 46 (32.39%) Agile
3 42 (29.58%) DevOps
4 27 (19.01%) Release Management
5 26 (18.31%) CI/CD
6 25 (17.61%) Analytics
6 25 (17.61%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (16.90%) Performance Tuning
8 23 (16.20%) Infrastructure as Code
8 23 (16.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 21 (14.79%) Identity Management
9 21 (14.79%) Service Management
10 20 (14.08%) Log Analytics
10 20 (14.08%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 20 (14.08%) Privileged Identity Management
10 20 (14.08%) RBAC
11 19 (13.38%) Proactive Monitoring
12 18 (12.68%) Disaster Recovery
13 16 (11.27%) Project Management
14 15 (10.56%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 48 (33.80%) PowerShell
2 33 (23.24%) Python
3 28 (19.72%) VBScript
4 26 (18.31%) C#
5 20 (14.08%) Bicep
5 20 (14.08%) VB
6 15 (10.56%) SQL
7 6 (4.23%) Bash
8 4 (2.82%) Java
9 3 (2.11%) JavaScript
9 3 (2.11%) Shell Script
9 3 (2.11%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.41%) Go
10 2 (1.41%) PHP
11 1 (0.70%) C
11 1 (0.70%) C++
11 1 (0.70%) Perl
11 1 (0.70%) Scala
Qualifications
1 90 (63.38%) Security Cleared
2 62 (43.66%) SC Cleared
3 57 (40.14%) DV Cleared
4 47 (33.10%) Degree
5 20 (14.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 14 (9.86%) CCNA
6 14 (9.86%) CCNP
6 14 (9.86%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.82%) SAP Certification
8 3 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.70%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.70%) HNC
9 1 (0.70%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.70%) RHCE
9 1 (0.70%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.52%) GDPR
1 5 (3.52%) ISO 9000
2 1 (0.70%) COBIT
2 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.70%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.70%) QA
System Software
1 48 (33.80%) Active Directory
2 31 (21.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (15.49%) Virtual Machines
4 20 (14.08%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (12.68%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (9.86%) Hyper-V
7 4 (2.82%) Docker
8 3 (2.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (1.41%) KVM
9 2 (1.41%) NFS
9 2 (1.41%) vSphere
10 1 (0.70%) Firmware
10 1 (0.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 38 (26.76%) WSUS
2 35 (24.65%) SCCM
3 34 (23.94%) SCOM
4 32 (22.54%) Kubernetes
5 24 (16.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 20 (14.08%) Microsoft Intune
7 18 (12.68%) vCenter Server
8 17 (11.97%) Ansible
9 15 (10.56%) NetBackup
10 14 (9.86%) EMC NetWorker
11 8 (5.63%) Terraform
12 4 (2.82%) Nessus
12 4 (2.82%) Prometheus
12 4 (2.82%) Red Hat Satellite
12 4 (2.82%) ZABBIX
13 3 (2.11%) Grafana
14 2 (1.41%) Packer
14 2 (1.41%) Rancher
14 2 (1.41%) SELinux
14 2 (1.41%) vRealize
Vendors
1 64 (45.07%) Microsoft
2 47 (33.10%) VMware
3 28 (19.72%) Oracle
4 24 (16.90%) Red Hat
5 21 (14.79%) Cisco
6 18 (12.68%) Veeam
7 15 (10.56%) 3PAR
7 15 (10.56%) Dell
7 15 (10.56%) HP
8 14 (9.86%) EMC
8 14 (9.86%) Extreme Networks
8 14 (9.86%) Juniper
8 14 (9.86%) Palo Alto
8 14 (9.86%) Symantec
9 10 (7.04%) Splunk
10 7 (4.93%) SAP
11 4 (2.82%) Ab Initio
12 3 (2.11%) Google
13 2 (1.41%) ArcSight
13 2 (1.41%) ServiceNow