Linux Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Linux
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 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 33 27 27
Rank change year-on-year -6 0 -3
Contract jobs citing Linux 5 2 10
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 1.96% 1.27% 3.79%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.00% 16.67% 32.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 6
10th Percentile - - £319
25th Percentile - - £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £413
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.45%
75th Percentile - - £494
90th Percentile - - £506
East of England median daily rate £475 £428 £425
% change year-on-year +11.11% +0.59% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate - £80.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - +52.38% -
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

All Operating Systems
Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 20 12 31
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 7.84% 7.64% 11.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 2 22
10th Percentile £220 £82 £163
25th Percentile £406 £135 £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £224 £300
Median % change year-on-year +112.29% -25.42% +17.65%
75th Percentile £494 £312 £509
90th Percentile £550 £365 £550
East of England median daily rate £350 £363 £425
% change year-on-year -3.45% -14.71% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile - £34.62 -
25th Percentile - £40.39 £51.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £50.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% +279.40%
75th Percentile £67.50 £65.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £72.00 £74.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £22.58 £65.00 £14.16
% change year-on-year -65.27% +359.04% -31.35%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Linux job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Linux
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Linux

Linux
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Linux.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Linux

Linux
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 24 January 2026. 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
Bedford - 5 £475 - 16
Linux
East of England

Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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