Linux Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Linux
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Linux skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 13 27
Rank change year-on-year -19 +14 -15
Contract jobs citing Linux 48 55 61
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 5.21% 9.06% 5.97%
As % of the Operating Systems category 38.40% 45.83% 52.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 18 40
10th Percentile - £440 £424
25th Percentile £68 £446 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £560 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.95% -6.67% +14.29%
75th Percentile £528 £625 £635
90th Percentile £663 £744 £675
South West median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 16 9
10th Percentile - - £41.16
25th Percentile £58.43 £65.75 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £67.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% +6.87%
75th Percentile £67.84 £68.75 -
90th Percentile £113.90 - -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £67.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -0.76%

All Operating Systems
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 125 120 116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 13.56% 19.77% 11.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 59 77
10th Percentile £75 £140 £170
25th Percentile £241 £213 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £440 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -2.22% -0.88%
75th Percentile £531 £569 £625
90th Percentile £575 £625 £675
South West median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 19 16
10th Percentile £17.69 £65.10 £49.45
25th Percentile £18.58 £65.75 £52.50
Median hourly rate £61.25 £67.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% +8.00% -4.58%
75th Percentile £67.84 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.80 -
South West median hourly rate £40.00 £67.50 £53.60
% change year-on-year -40.74% +25.93% -17.53%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Linux job vacancy trend in Bristol

Linux
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Linux

Linux
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux in Bristol over the 6 months to 25 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Linux in Bristol

Linux
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Linux

Linux
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Linux in Bristol over the 6 months to 25 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Linux in Bristol

Linux
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (16.67%) Confluence
2 1 (2.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.33%) AWS
2 3 (6.25%) OpenShift
3 2 (4.17%) Amazon EC2
3 2 (4.17%) Amazon ECS
3 2 (4.17%) Amazon S3
3 2 (4.17%) AWS CloudFormation
3 2 (4.17%) AWS CodePipeline
3 2 (4.17%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (4.17%) GitHub
3 2 (4.17%) GitHub Actions
3 2 (4.17%) Serverless
4 1 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (18.75%) TCP/IP
2 2 (4.17%) DNS
2 2 (4.17%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (2.08%) Bluetooth
3 1 (2.08%) Ethernet
3 1 (2.08%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.50%) GIS
2 2 (4.17%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (2.08%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 8 (16.67%) JIRA
2 2 (4.17%) Git
2 2 (4.17%) GitLab
2 2 (4.17%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.08%) Artifactory
3 1 (2.08%) Eclipse
3 1 (2.08%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (2.08%) SonarQube
3 1 (2.08%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (12.50%) Military
1 6 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (6.25%) Public Sector
3 2 (4.17%) Law
4 1 (2.08%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.08%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.08%) Aviation
4 1 (2.08%) Electronics
4 1 (2.08%) Finance
4 1 (2.08%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.08%) Marketing
4 1 (2.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (18.75%) Product Engineer
1 9 (18.75%) Products Support Engineer
1 9 (18.75%) Software Engineer
1 9 (18.75%) Software Support Engineer
1 9 (18.75%) Support Engineer
2 8 (16.67%) C++ Software Engineer
2 8 (16.67%) Integration Engineer
3 7 (14.58%) Developer
4 4 (8.33%) Architect
4 4 (8.33%) Network Engineer
4 4 (8.33%) Network Integration Engineer
4 4 (8.33%) System Design Authority
5 2 (4.17%) DevOps Engineer
5 2 (4.17%) Network Communications Engineer
5 2 (4.17%) Site Engineer
5 2 (4.17%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 2 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (4.17%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (4.17%) Systems Integration Engineer
5 2 (4.17%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (29.17%) Middleware
2 8 (16.67%) Qt
3 2 (4.17%) .NET
3 2 (4.17%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (4.17%) React
4 1 (2.08%) JSON
4 1 (2.08%) Node.js
4 1 (2.08%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.50%) Video\Live Streaming
2 1 (2.08%) CUDA
2 1 (2.08%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 24 (50.00%) Windows
2 15 (31.25%) Ubuntu
3 11 (22.92%) Android
4 7 (14.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.08%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (2.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (39.58%) Software Engineering
2 14 (29.17%) CI/CD
3 12 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
4 9 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (16.67%) Containerisation
5 8 (16.67%) Unit Testing
5 8 (16.67%) Validation
5 8 (16.67%) Verification and Validation
6 7 (14.58%) DevSecOps
7 6 (12.50%) API Design
7 6 (12.50%) API Integration
7 6 (12.50%) Architectural Patterns
7 6 (12.50%) Information Security
7 6 (12.50%) Machine Learning
7 6 (12.50%) OCR
7 6 (12.50%) Patch Management
7 6 (12.50%) Software Architecture
7 6 (12.50%) Test Automation
8 5 (10.42%) Agile
9 4 (8.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 19 (39.58%) C++
2 13 (27.08%) JavaScript
3 11 (22.92%) C
3 11 (22.92%) Shell Script
4 10 (20.83%) Ada
5 4 (8.33%) PowerShell
6 3 (6.25%) C#
6 3 (6.25%) Python
7 2 (4.17%) Ruby
7 2 (4.17%) SQL
7 2 (4.17%) TypeScript
8 1 (2.08%) Embedded C++
8 1 (2.08%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 32 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 32 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.25%) Degree
2 3 (6.25%) DV Cleared
3 2 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.08%) A+ Certification
4 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.08%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.08%) Def Stans
1 1 (2.08%) DICOM
1 1 (2.08%) HL7
1 1 (2.08%) IEC 61508
1 1 (2.08%) MISRA
1 1 (2.08%) MISRA C
System Software
1 4 (8.33%) Docker
2 3 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.08%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 6 (12.50%) SCOM
3 4 (8.33%) Terraform
4 3 (6.25%) Grafana
4 3 (6.25%) Prometheus
5 2 (4.17%) Ansible
5 2 (4.17%) Progress Chef
6 1 (2.08%) Cilium
6 1 (2.08%) Podman
6 1 (2.08%) Rancher
Vendors
1 11 (22.92%) Red Hat
2 3 (6.25%) NVIDIA
3 2 (4.17%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.08%) SAP
4 1 (2.08%) VMware