Linux Developer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Linux Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Linux Developer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £750 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 365 440 498
Rank change year-on-year +75 +58 -69
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Developer 23 7 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.029% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.031% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 0 7
10th Percentile £506 - £421
25th Percentile - - £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +51.52%
75th Percentile - - £575
90th Percentile £780 - £585
UK median daily rate £631 £575 £500
% change year-on-year +9.75% +14.90% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £55.00
75th Percentile £82.50 - -
90th Percentile £90.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +40.00% -9.09% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,104 22,515 29,589
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 94.27% 95.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,669 15,787 20,737
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £397 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £597 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,253 1,161 1,465
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.16 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -5.11% +115.96% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £43.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Linux Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Linux Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Linux Developer in the UK excluding London

Linux Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux Developer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Linux Developer in the UK excluding London

Linux Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Linux Developer in the UK excluding London

Linux Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux Developer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Linux Developer in the UK excluding London

Linux Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Linux Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Linux Developer in the UK excluding London

Linux Developer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 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
Scotland +51 15 £750 - 1
South East +23 5 £511 - 2
East of England - 3 - -
Linux Developer
UK

Linux Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Linux Developer contract job roles required 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 UK excluding London region featuring Linux Developer in the job title.

1 23 (100.00%) Linux
2 15 (65.22%) Java
2 15 (65.22%) Software Engineering
3 12 (52.17%) Scala
4 8 (34.78%) Financial Institution
4 8 (34.78%) Finance
5 7 (30.43%) Unix
6 6 (26.09%) Python
6 6 (26.09%) TCP/IP
7 5 (21.74%) Bash
7 5 (21.74%) Agile
7 5 (21.74%) SC Cleared
7 5 (21.74%) Security Cleared
7 5 (21.74%) Git
7 5 (21.74%) Prototyping
8 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
8 4 (17.39%) Design Patterns
8 4 (17.39%) Algorithms
8 4 (17.39%) OO
8 4 (17.39%) C++
9 3 (13.04%) Perl
9 3 (13.04%) ITIL
9 3 (13.04%) Data Modelling
9 3 (13.04%) HTTP
9 3 (13.04%) SSL
9 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
9 3 (13.04%) SAN
9 3 (13.04%) Red Hat
9 3 (13.04%) VMware
9 3 (13.04%) Debian

Linux Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (8.70%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 6 (26.09%) TCP/IP
2 3 (13.04%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 3 (13.04%) HTTP
2 3 (13.04%) NetScaler
2 3 (13.04%) SAN
2 3 (13.04%) SSL
3 2 (8.70%) SNMP
3 2 (8.70%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 5 (21.74%) Git
2 3 (13.04%) Jenkins
3 2 (8.70%) Bitbucket
3 2 (8.70%) Eclipse
3 2 (8.70%) GoogleTest
3 2 (8.70%) JIRA
3 2 (8.70%) Robot Framework
General
1 8 (34.78%) Finance
1 8 (34.78%) Financial Institution
2 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Banking
3 3 (13.04%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (8.70%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.04%) REST
1 3 (13.04%) Yocto
2 2 (8.70%) CSS
2 2 (8.70%) HTML
3 1 (4.35%) FFmpeg
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 23 (100.00%) Linux
2 7 (30.43%) Unix
3 3 (13.04%) Debian
3 3 (13.04%) Ubuntu
4 1 (4.35%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (65.22%) Software Engineering
2 5 (21.74%) Agile
2 5 (21.74%) Prototyping
3 4 (17.39%) Design Patterns
3 4 (17.39%) OO
4 3 (13.04%) CI/CD
4 3 (13.04%) Configuration Management
4 3 (13.04%) Data Engineering
4 3 (13.04%) Data Modelling
4 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Automation
4 3 (13.04%) ITIL
4 3 (13.04%) Low Latency
4 3 (13.04%) Ultra-Low Latency
4 3 (13.04%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (8.70%) Multithreading
5 2 (8.70%) SysML
5 2 (8.70%) UML
5 2 (8.70%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 15 (65.22%) Java
2 12 (52.17%) Scala
3 6 (26.09%) Python
4 5 (21.74%) Bash
5 4 (17.39%) C++
6 3 (13.04%) Perl
7 2 (8.70%) C
7 2 (8.70%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (21.74%) SC Cleared
1 5 (21.74%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) F5
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
1 3 (13.04%) Red Hat
1 3 (13.04%) VMware
2 2 (8.70%) Atlassian
2 2 (8.70%) Google