Linux Contract Job Trends in Bedford

Linux
Bedfordshire > Bedford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedford requiring Linux skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Linux 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bedford 15.63% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 83.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £475 - £413
% change year-on-year - - +6.45%

All Operating Systems
Bedford

Linux falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Bedford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 6 0 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedford 18.75% - 41.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 8
10th Percentile £322 - £171
25th Percentile - - £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £213
Median % change year-on-year - - +21.43%
75th Percentile - - £278
90th Percentile - - £288
Bedfordshire median daily rate £475 £224 £300
% change year-on-year +112.29% -25.42% +17.65%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Linux relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedford.

Linux job vacancy trend in Bedford

Linux
Daily Rate Trend in Bedford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing Linux.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing Linux

Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) Network Security
1 5 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 4 (80.00%) IT Support
2 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) ITSM
1 5 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 5 (100.00%) Service Management
1 5 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 4 (80.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Server Management
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) CCNA
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) MCSE
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Barracuda Networks
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 5 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 5 (100.00%) VMware