The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring Ubuntu skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Ubuntu over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
49
65
-
Rank change year-on-year
+16
-
-
Contract jobs citing Ubuntu
1
2
0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham
Ubuntu 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 Birmingham.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills
54
73
114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham
10.34%
9.44%
12.61%
Number of daily rates quoted
43
52
59
10th Percentile
£116
£190
£185
25th Percentile
£150
£250
£304
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£210
£394
£400
Median % change year-on-year
-46.67%
-1.56%
-5.88%
75th Percentile
£490
£486
£563
90th Percentile
£693
£733
£731
West Midlands median daily rate
£400
£425
£505
% change year-on-year
-5.88%
-15.84%
+24.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted
1
2
4
10th Percentile
-
£14.35
£15.54
25th Percentile
-
£15.04
£15.98
Median hourly rate
£18.51
£16.80
£17.49
Median % change year-on-year
+10.21%
-3.97%
+2.88%
75th Percentile
-
£18.45
£27.50
90th Percentile
-
£19.08
£43.25
West Midlands median hourly rate
£18.13
£22.50
£16.94
% change year-on-year
-19.42%
+32.86%
+2.64%
Ubuntu Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing Ubuntu as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
Ubuntu Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Ubuntu in Birmingham.
Ubuntu Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Ubuntu also mentioned 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 across the Birmingham region with a requirement for Ubuntu.
Ubuntu Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:
