Linux Contracts in Fife

Linux
Scotland > Fife

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Fife 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 6 5
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 -3
Contract jobs citing Linux 2 1 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Fife 16.67% 7.14% 19.35%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 33.33% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £321 - -
25th Percentile £338 - £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 - £150
Median % change year-on-year - - -53.85%
75th Percentile £393 - £165
90th Percentile £409 - -
Scotland median daily rate £595 £525 £493
% change year-on-year +13.33% +6.49% +16.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - £45.36
25th Percentile - - £50.77
Median hourly rate - £59.03 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year - +8.31% -
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £60.50 £59.79 £52.81
% change year-on-year +1.19% +13.22% -20.59%

All Operating Systems
Fife

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 Fife with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2 3 9
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Fife 16.67% 21.43% 29.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £321 - £113
25th Percentile £338 - £121
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £160 £150
Median % change year-on-year +128.13% +6.67% -53.85%
75th Percentile £393 - £420
90th Percentile £409 - £573
Scotland median daily rate £500 £480 £450
% change year-on-year +4.28% +6.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - £45.36
25th Percentile - - £50.77
Median hourly rate - £59.03 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year - +8.31% +362.65%
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £52.50 £52.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +162.50% +33.33%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Fife

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Fife

Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Fife

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

Daily rate trend for Linux in Fife

Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Fife

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

Hourly rate trend for Linux in Fife

Linux
Contract Job Locations in Fife

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Fife region over the 6 months to 27 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
Glenrothes - 2 £365 -
Linux
Scotland

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Fife 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 2 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) SNMP
2 1 (50.00%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) NonStop SQL
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Technology Integration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Operations Management
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Nagios
1 2 (100.00%) OpenView
2 1 (50.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (50.00%) AlienVault