Linux Contracts in Somerset

Linux
South West > Somerset

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

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 13 20
Rank change year-on-year -10 +7 -9
Contract jobs citing Linux 6 22 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 2.91% 10.58% 7.50%
As % of the Operating Systems category 18.75% 57.89% 38.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 14 11
10th Percentile - £413 £313
25th Percentile £463 £435 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% +13.33%
75th Percentile £488 £647 £464
90th Percentile - £717 £638
South West median daily rate £600 £550 £513
% change year-on-year +9.09% +7.32% +10.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 3
10th Percentile - £49.60 £50.75
25th Percentile - £52.38 £51.88
Median hourly rate £48.00 £56.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.67% +2.27% +22.22%
75th Percentile - £64.00 £60.00
90th Percentile - £68.30 £62.25
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £65.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +6.87% +0.77% +30.00%

All Operating Systems
Somerset

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 Somerset with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 32 38 39
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 15.53% 18.27% 19.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 22 26
10th Percentile £121 £171 £183
25th Percentile £121 £213 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 £443 £416
Median % change year-on-year -62.73% +6.49% +25.04%
75th Percentile £215 £594 £472
90th Percentile £294 £650 £513
South West median daily rate £500 £500 £448
% change year-on-year - +11.73% +14.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 3
10th Percentile £12.50 £17.60 £50.75
25th Percentile - £33.13 £51.88
Median hourly rate £40.00 £56.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.89% +2.27% +38.09%
75th Percentile - £62.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £46.40 £66.87 £62.25
South West median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £53.49
% change year-on-year -3.85% +21.51% +118.34%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Somerset

Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Linux in Somerset

Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for Linux in Somerset

Linux
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Yeovil -6 2 - - 2
Taunton +6 1 - -
Bath -10 1 £475 +5.79% 2
Cheddar - 1 - -
Wedmore - 1 - -
Linux
South West

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Tactical Data Link
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Git
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
1 2 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Software Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) SDLC
1 4 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (33.33%) OO
2 2 (33.33%) OOD
2 2 (33.33%) Scrum
2 2 (33.33%) Situational Awareness
2 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Time Management
2 2 (33.33%) UML
2 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
3 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes