Linux Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Linux
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Linux skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 26 39
Rank change year-on-year -11 +13 -11
Contract jobs citing Linux 7 21 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 2.15% 5.72% 4.60%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.11% 22.58% 36.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 17 32
10th Percentile - £406 £376
25th Percentile £513 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £480 £480
Median % change year-on-year +10.10% - -16.52%
75th Percentile £543 £565 £541
90th Percentile £553 £705 £561
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £501
% change year-on-year -5.00% -0.20% -7.22%

All Operating Systems
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 63 93 94
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 19.38% 25.34% 12.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 73 79
10th Percentile £186 £235 £201
25th Percentile £213 £326 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £415 £470
Median % change year-on-year -21.69% -11.70% -9.62%
75th Percentile £375 £480 £544
90th Percentile £538 £550 £613
South East median daily rate £436 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -3.06% +5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 4
10th Percentile - £15.88 £17.63
25th Percentile - £16.32 £18.19
Median hourly rate £14.20 £30.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -52.67% +44.58% +31.75%
75th Percentile £15.12 £36.37 £23.19
90th Percentile - £37.25 £23.53
South East median hourly rate £18.87 £57.25 £56.03
% change year-on-year -67.04% +2.18% +232.47%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Buckinghamshire

Linux
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Linux

Linux
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Linux

Linux
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 29 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Milton Keynes -10 7 £529 +10.10% 9
Linux
South East

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) SAN
2 4 (57.14%) TCP/IP
3 1 (14.29%) Firewall
3 1 (14.29%) NAS
3 1 (14.29%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Database
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Developer
2 4 (57.14%) Python Developer
2 4 (57.14%) Senior
2 4 (57.14%) Senior Developer
3 3 (42.86%) Senior Python Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) DBA
4 1 (14.29%) Linux Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle DBA
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Software Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Solutions Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) SQL DBA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
1 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (14.29%) Private Cloud
1 1 (14.29%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) Debian
2 5 (71.43%) Ubuntu
2 5 (71.43%) Windows Server
2 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (14.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Data Modelling
2 4 (57.14%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) Data Engineering
2 4 (57.14%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) Configuration Management
3 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 2 (28.57%) High Availability
3 2 (28.57%) Prototyping
3 2 (28.57%) Statistics
3 2 (28.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 1 (14.29%) Change Control
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Network Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Patch Management
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (14.29%) Security Management
4 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) TOGAF
4 1 (14.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) DV Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) VMware
2 5 (71.43%) Red Hat
3 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco
4 1 (14.29%) Dell
4 1 (14.29%) F5
4 1 (14.29%) Isilon
4 1 (14.29%) NetApp
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle
4 1 (14.29%) Remedy
4 1 (14.29%) Veeam