Linux Kernel Development Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Linux Kernel Development
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Linux Kernel Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Linux Kernel Development 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.079% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South West median daily rate - - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

Linux Kernel Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 986 522 879
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 78.25% 92.39% 82.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 483 294 482
10th Percentile £330 £230 £251
25th Percentile £413 £361 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £571 £600
90th Percentile £650 £662 £687
South West median daily rate £520 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 274 86 192
10th Percentile £19.33 £18.51 £40.00
25th Percentile £60.00 £32.50 £45.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £66.13
Median % change year-on-year - -1.70% +8.85%
75th Percentile £67.50 £68.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% -8.33%

Linux Kernel Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Linux Kernel Development job vacancy trend in Bristol

Linux Kernel Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver Development
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared