The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire 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 19 March 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
6 months to 19 Mar 2024
Same period 2023
Same period 2022
Rank
17
27
20
Rank change year-on-year
+10
-7
-1
Contract jobs citing Linux
1
2
6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staffordshire
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 Staffordshire with a requirement for operating system skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills
9
33
47
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire
8.57%
21.57%
24.23%
Number of daily rates quoted
9
26
37
10th Percentile
£343
£145
£146
25th Percentile
£363
£160
£160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£375
£175
£175
Median % change year-on-year
+114.29%
-
-50.00%
75th Percentile
£425
£200
£325
90th Percentile
£638
£319
£381
West Midlands median daily rate
£400
£500
£393
% change year-on-year
-20.00%
+27.39%
+9.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted
0
2
2
10th Percentile
-
-
£14.01
25th Percentile
-
£22.13
£14.78
Median hourly rate
-
£24.25
£16.30
Median % change year-on-year
-
+48.77%
+5.16%
75th Percentile
-
£26.38
£17.58
90th Percentile
-
-
£18.19
West Midlands median hourly rate
£22.00
£16.94
£16.25
% change year-on-year
+29.91%
+4.22%
-
Linux Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire
Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.
Linux Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux in Staffordshire.
Linux Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux in Staffordshire.
Linux Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire
For the 6 months to 19 March 2024, contractor job vacancies citing Linux also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Staffordshire region with a requirement for Linux.
Linux Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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: