Linux
Lancashire > Blackpool
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Blackpool requiring Linux skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 13 | 25 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +12 | -8 |
| Contract jobs citing Linux | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Blackpool | - | 4.00% | 1.19% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | - | 100.00% | 14.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £409 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -31.83% | -14.29% |
| Lancashire median daily rate | £550 | £409 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +34.47% | -22.10% | -25.00% |
All Operating Systems
Blackpool
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 Blackpool.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Blackpool | 14.29% | 4.00% | 8.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £175 | - | £625 |
| 25th Percentile | £209 | - | £663 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £277 | £409 | £675 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -32.40% | -39.41% | +27.36% |
| 75th Percentile | £357 | - | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £398 | - | - |
| Lancashire median daily rate | £550 | £455 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +21.01% | -13.43% | +42.37% |
Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Blackpool
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Linux relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Blackpool.
Linux
Daily Rate Trend in Blackpool
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Blackpool citing Linux.
