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 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 15 24
Rank change year-on-year -9 +9 -12
Contract jobs citing Linux 48 63 60
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 5.62% 9.62% 6.24%
As % of the Operating Systems category 37.50% 50.40% 54.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 21 41
10th Percentile - £425 £400
25th Percentile £68 £440 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £525 £625 £630
90th Percentile £633 £725 £675
South West median daily rate £550 £583 £563
% change year-on-year -5.66% +3.64% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 18 9
10th Percentile - £65.75 £41.16
25th Percentile £58.43 £65.88 -
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 £119.00 £69.13 -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £67.50 £63.75
% change year-on-year -3.70% +5.88% -2.67%

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 128 125 110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 14.99% 19.08% 11.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 59 78
10th Percentile £69 £140 £170
25th Percentile £233 £213 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £440 £439
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +0.18% -2.39%
75th Percentile £534 £556 £625
90th Percentile £620 £625 £675
South West median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 21 13
10th Percentile £17.69 - £49.36
25th Percentile £18.87 £65.75 £61.25
Median hourly rate £63.14 £67.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.47% -3.57% +6.87%
75th Percentile £67.84 £68.75 -
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 -
South West median hourly rate £38.94 £67.50 £62.17
% change year-on-year -42.31% +8.57% -4.35%

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 8 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 8 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 7 (14.58%) Confluence
2 1 (2.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.50%) AWS
2 3 (6.25%) Azure
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%) OCI
3 2 (4.17%) Serverless
4 1 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (16.67%) 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 5 (10.42%) GIS
2 2 (4.17%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (4.17%) Oracle Database
2 2 (4.17%) Oracle Database 12c
3 1 (2.08%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (14.58%) JIRA
2 3 (6.25%) Git
3 2 (4.17%) GitLab
3 2 (4.17%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.08%) Artifactory
4 1 (2.08%) CMake
4 1 (2.08%) Eclipse
4 1 (2.08%) GoogleTest
4 1 (2.08%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (2.08%) SonarQube
4 1 (2.08%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.50%) Military
3 3 (6.25%) Public Sector
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%) Law
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 7 (14.58%) C++ Software Engineer
2 7 (14.58%) Developer
2 7 (14.58%) Integration Engineer
3 4 (8.33%) Architect
3 4 (8.33%) System Design Authority
4 3 (6.25%) Network Engineer
4 3 (6.25%) Network Integration Engineer
5 2 (4.17%) DBA
5 2 (4.17%) Oracle DBA
5 2 (4.17%) Senior Software Engineer
5 2 (4.17%) Site 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 13 (27.08%) Middleware
2 6 (12.50%) Qt
3 2 (4.17%) .NET
3 2 (4.17%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (4.17%) React
4 1 (2.08%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 1 (2.08%) JSON
4 1 (2.08%) Node.js
4 1 (2.08%) OpenCV
4 1 (2.08%) Web Services
4 1 (2.08%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.42%) Video\Live Streaming
2 2 (4.17%) Cloud Native
2 2 (4.17%) CUDA
2 2 (4.17%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (2.08%) Raspberry Pi
3 1 (2.08%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 23 (47.92%) Windows
2 15 (31.25%) Ubuntu
3 12 (25.00%) Android
4 7 (14.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.08%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (2.08%) Robot Operating System
5 1 (2.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (37.50%) Software Engineering
2 17 (35.42%) CI/CD
3 11 (22.92%) Systems Engineering
4 10 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (16.67%) Containerisation
6 7 (14.58%) DevSecOps
6 7 (14.58%) Machine Learning
6 7 (14.58%) Unit Testing
6 7 (14.58%) Validation
6 7 (14.58%) Verification and Validation
7 6 (12.50%) Agile
7 6 (12.50%) API Design
7 6 (12.50%) API Integration
7 6 (12.50%) Architectural Patterns
7 6 (12.50%) DevOps
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%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 18 (37.50%) C++
2 13 (27.08%) JavaScript
3 11 (22.92%) Shell Script
4 10 (20.83%) C
5 9 (18.75%) Ada
6 4 (8.33%) C#
6 4 (8.33%) PowerShell
6 4 (8.33%) SQL
7 3 (6.25%) Python
8 2 (4.17%) PL/SQL
8 2 (4.17%) Ruby
8 2 (4.17%) TypeScript
9 1 (2.08%) Embedded C++
9 1 (2.08%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 31 (64.58%) Security Cleared
2 30 (62.50%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (6.25%) Degree
3 3 (6.25%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.17%) OCA
4 2 (4.17%) OCP
4 2 (4.17%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (2.08%) A+ Certification
5 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.08%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.08%) DICOM
1 1 (2.08%) HL7
System Software
1 5 (10.42%) Docker
2 3 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (4.17%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 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%) Data Guard
5 2 (4.17%) Oracle RMAN
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 4 (8.33%) NVIDIA
3 2 (4.17%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.17%) Oracle
4 1 (2.08%) Google
4 1 (2.08%) SAP
4 1 (2.08%) VMware