Linux Contracts in the South East

Linux
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 20 26
Rank change year-on-year 0 +6 -9
Contract jobs citing Linux 397 469 579
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 7.21% 8.24% 7.58%
As % of the Operating Systems category 41.10% 39.98% 38.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 319 349
10th Percentile £351 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £446 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +16.30%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £638
90th Percentile £638 £700 £700
England median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 26 24
10th Percentile £32.00 £49.25 £27.84
25th Percentile £48.13 £53.31 £46.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £52.89
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +22.91% +11.34%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £67.63
90th Percentile £74.00 - £83.93
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +26.32%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 966 1,173 1,502
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.54% 20.62% 19.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 640 798 964
10th Percentile £200 £196 £155
25th Percentile £280 £263 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +5.56% +8.11%
75th Percentile £575 £586 £575
90th Percentile £639 £650 £650
England median daily rate £470 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -8.29% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 72 106
10th Percentile £15.96 £17.78 £12.53
25th Percentile £17.69 £18.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £53.75 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% +168.75% -
75th Percentile £62.50 £67.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £71.13 £75.00 £63.20
England median hourly rate £22.00 £37.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -41.33% +70.45% +23.94%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the South East

Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Linux in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux in the South East over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Linux in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Linux in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Linux in the South East over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Linux in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 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
Hampshire -2 163 £545 -3.07% 62
Thames Valley -6 141 £550 +10.00% 89
Berkshire -9 95 £605 +24.10% 52
Surrey +8 45 £450 -25.00% 34
Buckinghamshire +15 34 £520 +0.78% 12
West Sussex +7 27 £475 +55.74% 13
Oxfordshire -6 12 £500 +2.56% 25
East Sussex +11 8 £538 +10.26% 4
Middlesex - 3 £275 -
Sussex - 2 £550 - 2
Linux
England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 31 (7.81%) Confluence
2 27 (6.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (2.77%) Apache
4 4 (1.01%) NetWeaver
4 4 (1.01%) nginx
4 4 (1.01%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.50%) IBM Domino
5 2 (0.50%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.25%) Drupal
6 1 (0.25%) IIS
6 1 (0.25%) Jadu
6 1 (0.25%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.25%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 6 (1.51%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.01%) SAP IBP
3 3 (0.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.50%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 97 (24.43%) Azure
2 51 (12.85%) AWS
3 33 (8.31%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (6.55%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (5.29%) Entra ID
6 19 (4.79%) Azure Monitor
7 16 (4.03%) Azure Storage
8 14 (3.53%) OCI
9 10 (2.52%) AWS CloudFormation
9 10 (2.52%) GitHub
10 7 (1.76%) Amazon EC2
10 7 (1.76%) Amazon S3
10 7 (1.76%) IaaS
11 6 (1.51%) PaaS
12 5 (1.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 5 (1.26%) CloudFront
12 5 (1.26%) Datadog
12 5 (1.26%) Power Platform
13 4 (1.01%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (1.01%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 69 (17.38%) SAN
2 64 (16.12%) DNS
3 53 (13.35%) Firewall
4 52 (13.10%) DHCP
5 33 (8.31%) TCP/IP
6 20 (5.04%) Software-Defined Radio
7 18 (4.53%) SNMP
7 18 (4.53%) SSL
7 18 (4.53%) Wireless
8 14 (3.53%) WAN
9 10 (2.52%) VLAN
9 10 (2.52%) VPN
10 9 (2.27%) iSCSI
11 8 (2.02%) Cisco IOS
11 8 (2.02%) NAS
11 8 (2.02%) SD-WAN
12 7 (1.76%) Fibre Channel
13 5 (1.26%) Network Security
13 5 (1.26%) OpenLDAP
14 4 (1.01%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.54%) MySQL
1 22 (5.54%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (4.79%) SQL Server
3 11 (2.77%) Relational Database
4 10 (2.52%) MongoDB
4 10 (2.52%) Oracle Database
5 9 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (1.76%) RDBMS
7 6 (1.51%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (1.26%) MariaDB
8 5 (1.26%) Power BI
8 5 (1.26%) SAP HANA
9 4 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (1.01%) SAP BW
10 3 (0.76%) Geospatial Data
10 3 (0.76%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.50%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.50%) CouchDB
11 2 (0.50%) Oracle Exadata
12 1 (0.25%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 55 (13.85%) Git
2 34 (8.56%) JIRA
3 29 (7.30%) Bitbucket
4 23 (5.79%) Robot Framework
5 22 (5.54%) GitLab
6 20 (5.04%) Eclipse
7 18 (4.53%) GoogleTest
8 10 (2.52%) Jenkins
9 8 (2.02%) Selenium
10 6 (1.51%) Artifactory
11 5 (1.26%) Rational DOORS
12 4 (1.01%) TestRail
13 3 (0.76%) ClearCase
13 3 (0.76%) ClearQuest
13 3 (0.76%) Hudson
13 3 (0.76%) Visual Studio
14 2 (0.50%) JMeter
14 2 (0.50%) Oracle APEX
14 2 (0.50%) Subversion
15 1 (0.25%) MagicDraw
General
1 75 (18.89%) Social Skills
2 33 (8.31%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (6.55%) Public Sector
4 18 (4.53%) Telecoms
5 11 (2.77%) Aerospace
6 10 (2.52%) Finance
7 5 (1.26%) Automotive
7 5 (1.26%) Billing
7 5 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.26%) Electronics
7 5 (1.26%) Marketing
8 4 (1.01%) Front Office
9 3 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.50%) Back Office
10 2 (0.50%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.50%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.25%) Banking
11 1 (0.25%) Legal
11 1 (0.25%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (14.11%) Developer
2 50 (12.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 39 (9.82%) Senior
4 35 (8.82%) Software Engineer
5 34 (8.56%) Linux Engineer
6 28 (7.05%) Analyst
7 23 (5.79%) Architect
8 20 (5.04%) Python Developer
9 19 (4.79%) C++ Software Engineer
10 18 (4.53%) Administrator
11 16 (4.03%) Active Directory Support
12 15 (3.78%) Consultant
13 14 (3.53%) Active Directory Specialist
13 14 (3.53%) Azure Specialist
13 14 (3.53%) Platform Engineer
13 14 (3.53%) Support Specialist
13 14 (3.53%) Systems Administrator
14 13 (3.27%) Applications Engineer
14 13 (3.27%) Support Engineer
15 12 (3.02%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.54%) HTML
2 21 (5.29%) CSS
3 16 (4.03%) ARM Templates
3 16 (4.03%) Flash
4 13 (3.27%) Web Services
5 11 (2.77%) RESTful
6 9 (2.27%) .NET
6 9 (2.27%) XML
7 8 (2.02%) ADO
8 7 (1.76%) Elastic Stack
8 7 (1.76%) REST
8 7 (1.76%) SOAP
9 6 (1.51%) Django
9 6 (1.51%) LAMP
9 6 (1.51%) LDAP
10 4 (1.01%) JSON
10 4 (1.01%) Kafka
10 4 (1.01%) Node.js
10 4 (1.01%) RabbitMQ
10 4 (1.01%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 36 (9.07%) PKI
2 28 (7.05%) Data Centre
3 24 (6.05%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (5.29%) Linux Command Line
5 20 (5.04%) Client/Server
6 13 (3.27%) Management Information System
7 11 (2.77%) CCTV
8 8 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.02%) Product Ownership
9 7 (1.76%) Clustering
9 7 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.76%) Public Cloud
9 7 (1.76%) Smart Meter
10 6 (1.51%) Replication
11 5 (1.26%) Enterprise Storage
11 5 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.01%) Fat Client
12 4 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.01%) Thin Client
13 3 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 200 (50.38%) Windows
2 81 (20.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 77 (19.40%) Windows Server
4 56 (14.11%) Unix
5 44 (11.08%) Windows Server 2019
6 39 (9.82%) Ubuntu
7 36 (9.07%) Windows Server 2016
8 24 (6.05%) Debian
9 20 (5.04%) Windows Server 2012
10 17 (4.28%) Windows 10
11 14 (3.53%) Windows XP
12 13 (3.27%) AIX
12 13 (3.27%) VMS
13 12 (3.02%) Solaris
14 8 (2.02%) Embedded Linux
15 4 (1.01%) Android
16 3 (0.76%) Windows Server 2008
17 2 (0.50%) Mac OS
17 2 (0.50%) Oracle Linux
17 2 (0.50%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (29.97%) Agile
2 76 (19.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 67 (16.88%) ITIL
4 65 (16.37%) Software Engineering
5 64 (16.12%) Scrum
6 53 (13.35%) DevOps
7 51 (12.85%) Problem-Solving
8 39 (9.82%) Infrastructure as Code
9 33 (8.31%) Release Management
10 32 (8.06%) Disaster Recovery
10 32 (8.06%) Performance Tuning
11 31 (7.81%) CI/CD
12 30 (7.56%) Prototyping
13 28 (7.05%) Test Automation
14 26 (6.55%) Application Packaging
15 25 (6.30%) Analytics
15 25 (6.30%) Storage Management
16 24 (6.05%) RBAC
17 23 (5.79%) Project Management
17 23 (5.79%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 86 (21.66%) Python
2 74 (18.64%) PowerShell
3 53 (13.35%) C++
4 41 (10.33%) SQL
5 40 (10.08%) Bash
6 39 (9.82%) C#
7 36 (9.07%) VBScript
8 29 (7.30%) JavaScript
9 28 (7.05%) Shell Script
10 23 (5.79%) C
11 19 (4.79%) Java
12 16 (4.03%) Bicep
12 16 (4.03%) VB
13 9 (2.27%) Perl
14 8 (2.02%) ProC
15 7 (1.76%) Go
15 7 (1.76%) PHP
16 6 (1.51%) PL/SQL
16 6 (1.51%) T-SQL
17 3 (0.76%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 207 (52.14%) Security Cleared
2 135 (34.01%) SC Cleared
3 86 (21.66%) DV Cleared
4 85 (21.41%) Degree
5 21 (5.29%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (4.79%) CCNA
7 16 (4.03%) CCNP
7 16 (4.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 10 (2.52%) Master's Degree
9 9 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (1.26%) RHCSA
12 4 (1.01%) Azure Certification
12 4 (1.01%) HNC
12 4 (1.01%) ISTQB
12 4 (1.01%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (1.01%) MCSE
12 4 (1.01%) SAP Certification
12 4 (1.01%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.27%) ISO 9001
2 11 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (2.52%) QA
4 8 (2.02%) GDPR
4 8 (2.02%) SLA
5 5 (1.26%) ISO 9000
5 5 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 3 (0.76%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.25%) COBIT
7 1 (0.25%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.25%) MISRA
7 1 (0.25%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.25%) PMO
System Software
1 94 (23.68%) Active Directory
2 85 (21.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (8.82%) vSphere
4 32 (8.06%) Hyper-V
5 30 (7.56%) Virtual Machines
6 24 (6.05%) VMware ESXi
7 21 (5.29%) Firmware
8 16 (4.03%) Virtual Desktop
9 11 (2.77%) Docker
10 10 (2.52%) VMware NSX
11 6 (1.51%) VirtualBox
12 4 (1.01%) KVM
12 4 (1.01%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (0.76%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 2 (0.50%) Ceph
14 2 (0.50%) NFS
14 2 (0.50%) Varnish
14 2 (0.50%) Veritas Cluster Server
14 2 (0.50%) XenApp
15 1 (0.25%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 61 (15.37%) Ansible
2 53 (13.35%) SCCM
3 48 (12.09%) Kubernetes
4 39 (9.82%) WSUS
5 34 (8.56%) SCOM
6 28 (7.05%) Microsoft Intune
7 22 (5.54%) Terraform
8 21 (5.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 19 (4.79%) NetBackup
9 19 (4.79%) vCenter Server
10 16 (4.03%) EMC NetWorker
11 14 (3.53%) Red Hat Satellite
12 9 (2.27%) Packer
12 9 (2.27%) vRealize
13 6 (1.51%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 5 (1.26%) IBM BigFix
14 5 (1.26%) Nessus
14 5 (1.26%) Rancher
14 5 (1.26%) Tivoli
15 4 (1.01%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 128 (32.24%) VMware
2 102 (25.69%) Microsoft
3 67 (16.88%) Red Hat
4 57 (14.36%) Oracle
5 34 (8.56%) Cisco
6 26 (6.55%) HP
7 22 (5.54%) Veeam
8 21 (5.29%) Dell
9 19 (4.79%) 3PAR
9 19 (4.79%) EMC
10 18 (4.53%) Google
10 18 (4.53%) Juniper
11 17 (4.28%) IBM
11 17 (4.28%) Symantec
12 16 (4.03%) Atlassian
12 16 (4.03%) SolarWinds
13 15 (3.78%) Palo Alto
14 14 (3.53%) Extreme Networks
15 13 (3.27%) ArcSight
15 13 (3.27%) Brocade