Linux+ Certification Contracts

CompTIA Linux+ Certification
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Linux+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 581 695 -
Rank change year-on-year +114 - -
Contract jobs citing Linux+ Certification 3 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.004% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.023% 0.013% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £713 £400 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £401 -
Median % change year-on-year +81.02% - -
75th Percentile £738 £401 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

Linux+ Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,062 15,003 18,971
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.91% 27.01% 21.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,100 9,981 12,683
10th Percentile £310 £349 £345
25th Percentile £425 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £740 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +10.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,112 750 778
10th Percentile £13.99 £15.19 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.34 £21.67 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%
75th Percentile £63.49 £68.75 £59.22
90th Percentile £76.15 £80.00 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.27 £52.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.40% +50.00% +25.00%

Linux+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Linux+ Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Linux+ Certification in the UK

Linux+ Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Linux+ Certification in the UK

Linux+ Certification
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux+ Certification within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
England +87 3 £725 +81.02%
Work from Home +116 2 £725 +81.02%
London +82 2 £725 +81.02%
East of England - 1 - -
UK excluding London - 1 - - 1

Linux+ Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
General
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Linux Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Security Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Native
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) CentOS
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Antivirus Management
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (66.67%) Identity Management
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) Malware Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) SIEM
1 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
2 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 1 (33.33%) Patch Management
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (33.33%) Security Hardening
2 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
3 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (66.67%) GCIH
1 2 (66.67%) GIAC
1 2 (66.67%) GSEC
1 2 (66.67%) Server+ Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) LPIC
2 1 (33.33%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (66.67%) NIST
1 2 (66.67%) NIST 800
1 2 (66.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Docker
2 2 (66.67%) Snort
3 1 (33.33%) KVM
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (33.33%) Xen
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (66.67%) logstash
2 2 (66.67%) Terraform
3 1 (33.33%) Ansible
3 1 (33.33%) Progress Chef
3 1 (33.33%) Puppet
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) CrowdStrike
1 2 (66.67%) Cybereason
1 2 (66.67%) Splunk
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat
2 1 (33.33%) VMware