Linux Contracts in Cambridge

Linux
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 8 6
Rank change year-on-year -14 -2 +7
Contract jobs citing Linux 9 30 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 4.69% 10.20% 13.03%
As % of the Operating Systems category 37.50% 43.48% 60.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 15 24
10th Percentile - £180 £383
25th Percentile £235 £419 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -10.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £638 £481 £538
90th Percentile £703 £519 £550
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £440 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -10.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 2
Median hourly rate £95.00 £52.50 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +80.95% -38.24% -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £60.09 £52.50 £85.00
% change year-on-year +14.46% -38.24% -

All Operating Systems
Cambridge

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 Cambridge with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 24 69 71
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 12.50% 23.47% 21.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 45 45
10th Percentile £163 £143 £280
25th Percentile £225 £150 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £250 £475
Median % change year-on-year +24.00% -47.37% +26.67%
75th Percentile £535 £475 £538
90th Percentile £638 £506 £550
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £273 £363 £425
% change year-on-year -24.83% -14.71% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 5
10th Percentile - £15.35 £13.55
25th Percentile £58.75 £17.47 £15.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £52.50 £16.25
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +223.08% +25.00%
75th Percentile £66.75 £53.75 £85.00
90th Percentile £83.70 - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £14.08 £14.59 £14.50
% change year-on-year -3.50% +0.62% +16.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Cambridge

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Daily rate trend for Linux in Cambridge

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux in Cambridge over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Linux in Cambridge

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Hourly rate trend for Linux in Cambridge

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 3 (33.33%) VPN
2 2 (22.22%) Firewall
2 2 (22.22%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Git
2 2 (22.22%) JIRA
2 2 (22.22%) Subversion
3 1 (11.11%) Gerrit
3 1 (11.11%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
1 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Linux Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Linux Support
1 3 (33.33%) Linux Support Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Support Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Windows Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Windows Support Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Security Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Senior
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Security Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Verification Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Kernel Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Linux Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) JSON
1 2 (22.22%) YAML
2 1 (11.11%) FFmpeg
2 1 (11.11%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Clustering
2 2 (22.22%) ASIC
2 2 (22.22%) FPGA
2 2 (22.22%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 2 (22.22%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (22.22%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 2 (22.22%) Unix
4 1 (11.11%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (11.11%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) High Availability
1 3 (33.33%) ITIL
1 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (33.33%) Release Management
1 3 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Blue Team
2 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (22.22%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
2 2 (22.22%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) OO
2 2 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Problem Management
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) Red Team
2 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
2 2 (22.22%) SIEM
2 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (22.22%) Validation
2 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Bash
1 3 (33.33%) Python
2 2 (22.22%) Assembly Language
2 2 (22.22%) C
2 2 (22.22%) C++
2 2 (22.22%) Shell Script
2 2 (22.22%) SystemVerilog
2 2 (22.22%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) CISSP
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (33.33%) VMware Workstation
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) VMware
2 2 (22.22%) Cadence
2 2 (22.22%) Synopsys
2 2 (22.22%) Xilinx
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) Red Hat
3 1 (11.11%) Splunk