CentOS Contract Job Trends in Central London

CentOS Linux
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring CentOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 127 144
Rank change year-on-year - +17 +44
Contract jobs citing CentOS 0 3 7
As % of all contract jobs in Central London - 0.13% 0.23%
As % of the Operating Systems category - 1.02% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £376
25th Percentile - £475 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -21.15%
75th Percentile - £525 £591
90th Percentile - - £619
London median daily rate £550 £400 £594
% change year-on-year +37.50% -32.63% -8.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £112.00 -
London median hourly rate - £112.00 -

All Operating Systems
Central London

CentOS 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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 211 295 433
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 11.21% 12.68% 14.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 198 294
10th Percentile £201 £218 £178
25th Percentile £322 £350 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +1.01% -1.00%
75th Percentile £654 £638 £618
90th Percentile £700 £725 £707
London median daily rate £496 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -0.90% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 2
10th Percentile £20.82 £24.29 £23.88
25th Percentile £23.75 £26.03 £27.81
Median hourly rate £27.50 £69.50 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -60.43% +91.72% +81.25%
75th Percentile £29.50 £112.00 £45.31
90th Percentile £29.95 - £49.63
London median hourly rate £25.15 £27.00 £43.84
% change year-on-year -6.85% -38.41% +75.34%

CentOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CentOS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

CentOS job vacancy trend in Central London

CentOS
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing CentOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing CentOS

CentOS
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing CentOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing CentOS