Linux Developer Contracts

Linux Developer
UK

The median Linux Developer daily rate in the UK is £631 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 542 664 816
Rank change year-on-year +122 +152 -168
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Developer 37 36 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.085% 0.060% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% 0.063% 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 10 19
10th Percentile £255 - £415
25th Percentile £325 £359 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £631 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.75% +14.90% +25.00%
75th Percentile £750 £1,000 £597
90th Percentile £777 £1,106 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £750 - £500
% change year-on-year - - +51.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £82.50 - -
90th Percentile £90.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 - £55.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,413 56,730 84,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,320 39,605 59,435
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £726
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,653 1,602 2,109
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.28 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £42.37 £19.50
% change year-on-year -10.30% +117.26% +2.47%

Linux Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux Developer in the UK

Linux Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Linux Developer in the UK

Linux Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux Developer over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Linux Developer in the UK

Linux Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Linux Developer in the UK

Linux Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Linux Developer over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Linux Developer in the UK

Linux Developer
Top 7 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 26 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
UK excluding London +84 23 £750 - 6
England +103 19 £350 -26.32% 7
Scotland +45 15 £750 - 1
Work from Home +120 13 £350 -68.18% 7
London +98 11 £350 -26.32% 2
South East +27 5 £511 - 1
East of England +15 3 - - 1

Linux Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 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 featuring Linux Developer in the job title.

1 37 (100.00%) Linux
2 16 (43.24%) Java
2 16 (43.24%) C++
2 16 (43.24%) Bash
3 15 (40.54%) Software Engineering
4 13 (35.14%) Scala
4 13 (35.14%) C
5 9 (24.32%) Yocto
5 9 (24.32%) Multithreading
6 8 (21.62%) Finance
6 8 (21.62%) Financial Institution
7 7 (18.92%) Unix
8 6 (16.22%) Python
8 6 (16.22%) TCP/IP
9 5 (13.51%) OO
9 5 (13.51%) Agile
9 5 (13.51%) SC Cleared
9 5 (13.51%) Security Cleared
9 5 (13.51%) Git
9 5 (13.51%) Prototyping
10 4 (10.81%) Social Skills
10 4 (10.81%) Algorithms
10 4 (10.81%) Design Patterns
10 4 (10.81%) SSL
11 3 (8.11%) Microsoft
11 3 (8.11%) SAN
11 3 (8.11%) Red Hat
11 3 (8.11%) Data Modelling
11 3 (8.11%) HTTP
11 3 (8.11%) ITIL

Linux Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (5.41%) Appian
1 2 (5.41%) Confluence
2 1 (2.70%) Apache Spark
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.22%) TCP/IP
2 4 (10.81%) SSL
3 3 (8.11%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 3 (8.11%) HTTP
3 3 (8.11%) NetScaler
3 3 (8.11%) SAN
4 2 (5.41%) SNMP
4 2 (5.41%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (2.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (13.51%) Git
2 3 (8.11%) Jenkins
3 2 (5.41%) Bitbucket
3 2 (5.41%) Eclipse
3 2 (5.41%) GoogleTest
3 2 (5.41%) JIRA
3 2 (5.41%) Robot Framework
General
1 8 (21.62%) Finance
1 8 (21.62%) Financial Institution
2 4 (10.81%) Social Skills
3 3 (8.11%) Banking
3 3 (8.11%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (5.41%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (24.32%) Yocto
2 3 (8.11%) REST
3 2 (5.41%) CSS
3 2 (5.41%) HTML
4 1 (2.70%) FFmpeg
4 1 (2.70%) Kafka
4 1 (2.70%) Spark Streaming
4 1 (2.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Algorithms
2 1 (2.70%) Device Driver
2 1 (2.70%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 37 (100.00%) Linux
2 7 (18.92%) Unix
3 3 (8.11%) Debian
3 3 (8.11%) Ubuntu
4 1 (2.70%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (40.54%) Software Engineering
2 9 (24.32%) Multithreading
3 5 (13.51%) Agile
3 5 (13.51%) OO
3 5 (13.51%) Prototyping
4 4 (10.81%) Design Patterns
5 3 (8.11%) CI/CD
5 3 (8.11%) Configuration Management
5 3 (8.11%) Data Engineering
5 3 (8.11%) Data Modelling
5 3 (8.11%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (8.11%) Infrastructure Automation
5 3 (8.11%) ITIL
5 3 (8.11%) Low Latency
5 3 (8.11%) Ultra-Low Latency
5 3 (8.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 2 (5.41%) Scrum
6 2 (5.41%) SysML
6 2 (5.41%) UML
6 2 (5.41%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 16 (43.24%) Bash
1 16 (43.24%) C++
1 16 (43.24%) Java
2 13 (35.14%) C
2 13 (35.14%) Scala
3 6 (16.22%) Python
4 3 (8.11%) Perl
5 2 (5.41%) JavaScript
5 2 (5.41%) SQL
6 1 (2.70%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (13.51%) SC Cleared
1 5 (13.51%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.41%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (5.41%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (8.11%) F5
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft
1 3 (8.11%) Red Hat
1 3 (8.11%) VMware
2 2 (5.41%) Atlassian
2 2 (5.41%) Google