Linux DevOps Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Linux Development Operations Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Linux Development Operations Engineer daily rate in Work from Home is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 344 457 610
Rank change year-on-year +113 +153 -158
Contract jobs requiring a Linux DevOps Engineer 8 13 24
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.052% 0.050% 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.053% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 16
10th Percentile - £463 £481
25th Percentile £575 £468 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £594 £606
90th Percentile - £599 £638
UK median daily rate £600 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +9.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,380 24,650 42,718
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 95.33% 95.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,617 17,416 30,864
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +2.81% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 564 610
10th Percentile £14.30 £18.50 £13.10
25th Percentile £23.25 £26.19 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £45.00 £23.46
% change year-on-year -20.00% +91.86% +3.42%

Linux DevOps Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Linux DevOps Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Linux DevOps Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Linux DevOps Engineer
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 Linux DevOps Engineer.

Linux DevOps Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Linux DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Linux DevOps Engineer 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Linux DevOps Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Linux
1 8 (100.00%) DevOps
2 5 (62.50%) Python
3 4 (50.00%) Java
3 4 (50.00%) Perl
3 4 (50.00%) Finance
3 4 (50.00%) Agile
4 3 (37.50%) TDD
4 3 (37.50%) Spring
4 3 (37.50%) YAML
4 3 (37.50%) Scrum
4 3 (37.50%) Oracle
4 3 (37.50%) Unix
4 3 (37.50%) Shell Script
4 3 (37.50%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (37.50%) WhatsApp
4 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
4 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (37.50%) Microservices
4 3 (37.50%) GitLab
4 3 (37.50%) Kubernetes
4 3 (37.50%) Spring Boot
4 3 (37.50%) SDLC
4 3 (37.50%) Oracle Database
4 3 (37.50%) OpenShift
4 3 (37.50%) Docker
4 3 (37.50%) Kanban
4 3 (37.50%) Gradle

Linux DevOps Engineer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) OpenShift
1 3 (37.50%) WhatsApp
2 1 (12.50%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) HTTP
1 1 (12.50%) SSL
1 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Artifactory
1 3 (37.50%) GitLab
1 3 (37.50%) Gradle
2 1 (12.50%) Git
2 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) Spring
1 3 (37.50%) Spring Boot
1 3 (37.50%) YAML
2 1 (12.50%) AngularJS
2 1 (12.50%) FastAPI
2 1 (12.50%) Twisted
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (37.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) DevOps
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
3 3 (37.50%) Kanban
3 3 (37.50%) Microservices
3 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (37.50%) Scrum
3 3 (37.50%) SDLC
3 3 (37.50%) TDD
4 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (25.00%) Load Balancing
4 2 (25.00%) Open Source
5 1 (12.50%) Containerisation
5 1 (12.50%) High Availability
5 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Automation
5 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (12.50%) Low Latency
5 1 (12.50%) Server Management
5 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) Python
2 4 (50.00%) Java
2 4 (50.00%) Perl
3 3 (37.50%) Shell Script
4 1 (12.50%) Bash
4 1 (12.50%) C
4 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
4 1 (12.50%) SQL
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Docker
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) VMware
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