Linux Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Linux
East of England > Cambridgeshire

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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 16 25
Rank change year-on-year -9 +9 -1
Contract jobs citing Linux 19 27 22
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 5.03% 9.03% 4.68%
As % of the Operating Systems category 38.78% 77.14% 30.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 17 13
10th Percentile - £331 -
25th Percentile £406 £413 £235
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £430 £570
Median % change year-on-year +3.49% -24.56% +23.24%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £675
90th Percentile £619 £675 £698
East of England median daily rate £470 £430 £425
% change year-on-year +9.30% +1.18% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 6
10th Percentile £32.00 - £48.84
25th Percentile £33.13 £47.50 £72.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £50.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -33.33% +42.86%
75th Percentile £45.43 £52.50 £77.50
90th Percentile £51.68 - £86.25
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

All Operating Systems
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 49 35 72
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 12.96% 11.71% 15.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 22 26
10th Percentile £191 £344 £143
25th Percentile £274 £375 £182
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £381 £430 £305
Median % change year-on-year -11.34% +40.98% -6.15%
75th Percentile £487 £473 £565
90th Percentile £564 £623 £681
East of England median daily rate £350 £366 £415
% change year-on-year -4.44% -11.75% +3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 38
10th Percentile - - £13.29
25th Percentile £20.50 £47.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.08 £50.00 £14.16
Median % change year-on-year -55.85% +253.11% -10.35%
75th Percentile £34.38 £52.50 £23.32
90th Percentile £43.34 - £77.50
East of England median hourly rate £22.50 £62.50 £14.16
% change year-on-year -64.00% +341.38% -30.07%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Linux job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Linux
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Linux

Linux
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 6 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Linux in Cambridgeshire

Linux
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Linux

Linux
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Linux in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 6 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Linux in Cambridgeshire

Linux
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 6 February 2026. 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
Cambridge -11 18 £445 +3.49% 24
Linux
East of England

Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 5 (26.32%) OpenStack
2 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Weka
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (21.05%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 5 (26.32%) AWS
1 5 (26.32%) Azure
1 5 (26.32%) Cloud Computing
1 5 (26.32%) GCP
2 1 (5.26%) Anthropic Claude
2 1 (5.26%) ChatGPT
2 1 (5.26%) Google Gemini
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (31.58%) TCP/IP
2 4 (21.05%) Firewall
3 2 (10.53%) VLAN
3 2 (10.53%) Wireless
4 1 (5.26%) DHCP
4 1 (5.26%) DNS
4 1 (5.26%) InfiniBand
4 1 (5.26%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (26.32%) NoSQL
2 2 (10.53%) MySQL
General
1 7 (36.84%) Multimedia
2 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Wearables
5 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Software Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) Audio Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Python Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Administrator
4 2 (10.53%) DevOps Administrator
4 2 (10.53%) Python Software Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Security Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (26.32%) RESTful
2 3 (15.79%) FastAPI
2 3 (15.79%) React
3 1 (5.26%) PyTorch
3 1 (5.26%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Grid Computing
1 5 (26.32%) Private Cloud
1 5 (26.32%) Public Cloud
2 4 (21.05%) Augmented Reality
2 4 (21.05%) Linux Command Line
2 4 (21.05%) Virtual Reality
3 3 (15.79%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (10.53%) Acoustics
5 1 (5.26%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (5.26%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 7 (36.84%) Windows
2 1 (5.26%) CentOS
2 1 (5.26%) Ubuntu
2 1 (5.26%) Windows Server
2 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Data Collection
2 7 (36.84%) DevOps
3 6 (31.58%) Software Engineering
4 5 (26.32%) Agile
5 4 (21.05%) Inertial Measurement
5 4 (21.05%) Motion Capture
5 4 (21.05%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (21.05%) Time Management
5 4 (21.05%) Validation
6 3 (15.79%) Data Protection
6 3 (15.79%) Software Testing
7 2 (10.53%) Computer Science
7 2 (10.53%) Data Validation
7 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (10.53%) Network Management
7 2 (10.53%) Performance Optimisation
7 2 (10.53%) Regulatory Compliance
7 2 (10.53%) Server Management
8 1 (5.26%) Collaborative Working
8 1 (5.26%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 15 (78.95%) Python
2 6 (31.58%) Shell Script
3 5 (26.32%) Bash
4 4 (21.05%) SQL
5 3 (15.79%) JavaScript
6 1 (5.26%) Bourne shell
6 1 (5.26%) C++
6 1 (5.26%) Java
6 1 (5.26%) Perl
6 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
6 1 (5.26%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) Degree
2 2 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (10.53%) DV Cleared
2 2 (10.53%) Master's Degree
2 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (26.32%) Docker
1 5 (26.32%) GPFS
1 5 (26.32%) Lustre
1 5 (26.32%) Slurm Workload Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Active Directory
2 3 (15.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (10.53%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (5.26%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (26.32%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.26%) Ansible
2 1 (5.26%) Consul
2 1 (5.26%) Puppet
2 1 (5.26%) Salt
2 1 (5.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) VMware
2 2 (10.53%) Cisco
2 2 (10.53%) Dell
2 2 (10.53%) Intel
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) Palo Alto
3 1 (5.26%) Google
3 1 (5.26%) OpenAI