Linux Command Line Contract Job Trends in Blandford Forum

Linux/Unix Command Line Interface (CLI)
Dorset > Blandford Forum

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Linux Command Line in contract job vacancies in Blandford Forum. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Linux Command Line over the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Linux Command Line 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Blandford Forum 100.00% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Dorset median daily rate £575 - -

All Generic Skills
Blandford Forum

Linux Command Line falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Blandford Forum.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1 10 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Blandford Forum 100.00% 71.43% 60.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 0
10th Percentile - £496 -
25th Percentile £563 £522 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £588 £575 -
90th Percentile - £580 -
Dorset median daily rate £675 £506 £185
% change year-on-year +33.33% +174.39% -59.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £11.87
Dorset median hourly rate £21.00 £14.81 £14.46
% change year-on-year +41.80% +2.42% -24.88%

Linux Command Line
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Blandford Forum 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Server Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Server Management
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Environments
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) OPNET
1 1 (100.00%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle