Linux Contracts in Cheshire

Linux
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 42 22 18
Rank change year-on-year -20 -4 +7
Contract jobs citing Linux 15 45 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 2.99% 8.49% 9.25%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.83% 40.18% 37.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 34 27
10th Percentile £190 £305 £324
25th Percentile £463 £325 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £499 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.28% -5.00% +20.27%
75th Percentile £582 £565 £624
90th Percentile - £628 £631
North West median daily rate £450 £530 £575
% change year-on-year -15.09% -7.83% +27.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £65.50 -
North West median hourly rate £48.00 £40.00 £44.94
% change year-on-year +20.00% -10.99% -18.30%

All Operating Systems
Cheshire

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 Cheshire with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 72 112 130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 14.37% 21.13% 24.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 85 75
10th Percentile £126 £200 £163
25th Percentile £200 £213 £191
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £326 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.66% -18.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £497 £563 £538
90th Percentile £582 £611 £630
North West median daily rate £438 £476 £425
% change year-on-year -7.99% +11.88% +16.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 1
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.35 -
25th Percentile £16.54 £14.00 -
Median hourly rate £17.72 £18.82 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.84% -5.90% +15.47%
75th Percentile - £22.41 -
90th Percentile £17.73 £48.41 -
North West median hourly rate £16.00 £29.30 £18.00
% change year-on-year -45.39% +62.78% +5.88%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Cheshire

Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Linux in Cheshire

Linux
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Linux in Cheshire

Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Linux in Cheshire

Linux
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Knutsford -2 9 £582 +13.01%
Warrington +6 3 £325 -50.00%
Chester +5 1 - - 1
Crewe - 1 £500 - 4
Ellesmere Port - 1 £130 -
Linux
North West

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 1 (6.67%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 8 (53.33%) Azure
2 7 (46.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (46.67%) DSL
2 1 (6.67%) SAN
2 1 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) SAP BW
1 1 (6.67%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (53.33%) Jenkins
1 8 (53.33%) JIRA
2 1 (6.67%) Git
2 1 (6.67%) GitLab
General
1 11 (73.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (53.33%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (53.33%) Finance
3 5 (33.33%) Public Sector
4 3 (20.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Windows Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Audit Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Build Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Developer
3 1 (6.67%) ETL Developer
3 1 (6.67%) Implementation Specialist
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Network Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) SAP Basis Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Ubuntu Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Windows Build Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) SAP Basis
1 1 (6.67%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 7 (46.67%) Public Cloud
1 7 (46.67%) Virtual Team
2 1 (6.67%) Algorithms
2 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 10 (66.67%) Windows
2 9 (60.00%) Unix
3 1 (6.67%) CentOS
3 1 (6.67%) Debian
3 1 (6.67%) Mac OS
3 1 (6.67%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (53.33%) CI/CD
2 8 (53.33%) DevOps
3 7 (46.67%) Knowledge Transfer
3 7 (46.67%) Platform Engineering
3 7 (46.67%) Project Delivery
3 7 (46.67%) Server Building
4 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
5 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (6.67%) ETL
5 1 (6.67%) Information Governance
5 1 (6.67%) Low Latency
5 1 (6.67%) Open Source
5 1 (6.67%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (6.67%) Problem Management
5 1 (6.67%) SAP Security
5 1 (6.67%) Software Testing
5 1 (6.67%) Test Automation
5 1 (6.67%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) Ruby
2 2 (13.33%) Python
3 1 (6.67%) Bash
3 1 (6.67%) C
3 1 (6.67%) C++
3 1 (6.67%) Go
3 1 (6.67%) Java
3 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
3 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 7 (46.67%) Ansible
1 7 (46.67%) CFEngine
1 7 (46.67%) PowerBroker
1 7 (46.67%) Progress Chef
1 7 (46.67%) Puppet
2 1 (6.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) Atlassian
2 2 (13.33%) Red Hat
3 1 (6.67%) Oracle
3 1 (6.67%) SAP