Ubuntu Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Ubuntu Linux
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Ubuntu skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 64 75
Rank change year-on-year +8 +11 +26
Contract jobs citing Ubuntu 15 10 7
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.86% 1.25% 0.67%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.40% 6.62% 5.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 7
10th Percentile - £348 £371
25th Percentile - £444 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £68 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -86.40% +5.26% -
75th Percentile - £550 £491
90th Percentile £94 £568 £536
South West median daily rate £68 £525 £481
% change year-on-year -87.05% +9.09% -6.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £65.00 - -
25th Percentile £68.00 - -
Median hourly rate £93.50 £68.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% - -
75th Percentile £119.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £68.00 £68.00 -

All Operating Systems
Bristol

Ubuntu 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 121 151 121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 15.03% 18.88% 11.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 65 91
10th Percentile £68 £140 £170
25th Percentile £271 £225 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -5.26% +7.10%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £625
90th Percentile £709 £623 £675
South West median daily rate £435 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -17.14% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 37 9
10th Percentile £17.69 £65.00 £60.05
25th Percentile £18.87 £66.25 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £70.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -64.07% - +6.87%
75th Percentile £65.00 - -
90th Percentile £68.00 £71.60 £72.00
South West median hourly rate £24.36 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -65.20% +7.69% -

Ubuntu
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Ubuntu job vacancy trend in Bristol

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Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Ubuntu

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Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Ubuntu

Ubuntu
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Ubuntu in Bristol over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Ubuntu in Bristol

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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:

Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) MongoDB
General
1 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
1 1 (6.67%) Aviation
1 1 (6.67%) Law
1 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
1 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Product Engineer
1 9 (60.00%) Products Support Engineer
1 9 (60.00%) Software Support Engineer
1 9 (60.00%) Support Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) System Design Authority
3 2 (13.33%) Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Linux Support
4 1 (6.67%) Linux Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (53.33%) Middleware
Operating Systems
1 15 (100.00%) Linux
2 6 (40.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (40.00%) API Design
2 6 (40.00%) API Integration
2 6 (40.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 6 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 6 (40.00%) Containerisation
2 6 (40.00%) DevSecOps
2 6 (40.00%) Machine Learning
2 6 (40.00%) OCR
2 6 (40.00%) Patch Management
2 6 (40.00%) Software Architecture
3 5 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
4 2 (13.33%) Target Operating Model
5 1 (6.67%) AI
5 1 (6.67%) Image Processing
5 1 (6.67%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 9 (60.00%) Ada
1 9 (60.00%) C
1 9 (60.00%) C++
1 9 (60.00%) JavaScript
1 9 (60.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (20.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 6 (40.00%) Kubernetes
1 6 (40.00%) SCOM
2 1 (6.67%) Cilium
2 1 (6.67%) Podman
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) Red Hat
2 2 (13.33%) NVIDIA