Debian Contracts with Work from Home Options

Debian Linux
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Debian skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Debian 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 321 461 598
Rank change year-on-year +140 +137 -141
Contract jobs citing Debian 20 7 17
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.13% 0.028% 0.039%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.28% 0.20% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 5 13
10th Percentile £511 £433 £241
25th Percentile - £463 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile - £575 £625
90th Percentile £553 - £693
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - -4.35%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

Debian is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,557 3,444 5,345
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.33% 13.73% 12.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,092 2,428 3,777
10th Percentile £225 £250 £293
25th Percentile £350 £408 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £631 £604
90th Percentile £687 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £468 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -8.24% +2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 101 157
10th Percentile £12.80 £19.00 £14.80
25th Percentile £14.27 £38.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £17.69 £55.00 £43.34
Median % change year-on-year -67.84% +26.92% +17.12%
75th Percentile £65.00 £69.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £38.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year -42.86% +67.39% +29.58%

Debian
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Debian as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Debian trend for jobs with a WFH option

Debian
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Debian.

Debian daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Debian
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Debian over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Debian daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Debian
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Debian.

Debian hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Debian
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Communications & Networking
1 17 (85.00%) SAN
1 17 (85.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.00%) BGP
2 1 (5.00%) DNS
2 1 (5.00%) GPON
2 1 (5.00%) OSPF
2 1 (5.00%) PPP
2 1 (5.00%) VLAN
General
1 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (85.00%) Developer
1 17 (85.00%) Python Developer
2 4 (20.00%) Backend Developer
2 4 (20.00%) Senior
2 4 (20.00%) Senior Developer
2 4 (20.00%) Senior Python Developer
2 4 (20.00%) Senior Software Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Software Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Audit Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Linux Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Network Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Ubuntu Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 20 (100.00%) Linux
2 19 (95.00%) Ubuntu
3 2 (10.00%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (85.00%) Data Modelling
2 16 (80.00%) Agile
2 16 (80.00%) ITIL
3 15 (75.00%) Customer Service
4 14 (70.00%) Configuration Management
4 14 (70.00%) Data Engineering
4 14 (70.00%) Matrix Organization
4 14 (70.00%) Prototyping
4 14 (70.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 9 (45.00%) Software Engineering
6 3 (15.00%) Statistics
7 2 (10.00%) Clean Code
7 2 (10.00%) Secure Coding
8 1 (5.00%) Network Architecture
8 1 (5.00%) Network Monitoring
8 1 (5.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 17 (85.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 16 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 14 (70.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) CCNP
3 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.00%) Degree
3 1 (5.00%) JNCIS
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Icinga
1 1 (5.00%) Nagios
Vendors
1 19 (95.00%) Red Hat
2 17 (85.00%) VMware
3 16 (80.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (10.00%) Remedy
5 1 (5.00%) Juniper
5 1 (5.00%) MikroTik
5 1 (5.00%) TP-LINK
5 1 (5.00%) ZyXEL