Linux Command Line Contract Job Trends in Cambridge

Linux/Unix Command Line Interface (CLI)
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Linux Command Line in contract job vacancies in Cambridge. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Linux Command Line over the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 30 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Contract jobs citing Linux Command Line 6 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridge 2.97% 1.50% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.06% 4.76% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £250 £625 -
% change year-on-year -60.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.25 - -
Median hourly rate £32.50 - -
75th Percentile £33.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £32.50 - -

All Generic Skills
Cambridge

Linux Command Line falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 99 63 109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 49.01% 31.50% 49.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 29 55
10th Percentile £359 £310 £180
25th Percentile £408 £419 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +16.67% -10.89%
75th Percentile £639 £600 £525
90th Percentile £738 £640 £575
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £525 £525 £475
% change year-on-year - +10.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 8
10th Percentile £18.30 £22.44 £53.75
25th Percentile £23.00 £38.75 £56.56
Median hourly rate £32.50 £57.50 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.48% -14.81% +315.77%
75th Percentile £67.50 £69.38 £77.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.00 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £30.00 £57.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -47.83% -4.17% +116.22%

Linux Command Line
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Linux Command Line job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Linux Command Line
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Linux Command Line.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Linux Command Line

Linux Command Line
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Linux Command Line.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Linux Command Line

Linux Command Line
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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 4 (66.67%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) AWS
1 4 (66.67%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) DNS
1 5 (83.33%) iSCSI
1 5 (83.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (83.33%) JIRA
2 4 (66.67%) GitLab
2 4 (66.67%) TeamCity
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Multimedia
2 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Administrator
1 5 (83.33%) Linux Administrator
2 3 (50.00%) Linux Systems Administrator
2 3 (50.00%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (16.67%) Audio Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Data Centre
1 5 (83.33%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (16.67%) Acoustics
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
2 5 (83.33%) CentOS
2 5 (83.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Containerisation
1 5 (83.33%) ITSM
2 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
3 2 (33.33%) Data Science
4 1 (16.67%) Data Collection
4 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (16.67%) Motion Capture
4 1 (16.67%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Python
2 5 (83.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 4 (66.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (83.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) ServiceNow
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) VMware