Linux Contracts in the City of London

Linux
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Linux skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Linux over the 6 months to 17 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 36 46
Rank change year-on-year 0 +10 -3
Contract jobs citing Linux 118 211 224
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 5.28% 5.70% 5.22%
As % of the Operating Systems category 39.33% 41.29% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 141 168
10th Percentile £311 £463 £461
25th Percentile £419 £530 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £551 £650 £575
Median % change year-on-year -15.31% +13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £684
90th Percentile £739 £758 £754
Central London median daily rate £551 £638 £575
% change year-on-year -13.65% +10.87% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £82.50 -
Central London median hourly rate - £82.50 -

All Operating Systems
City of London

Linux is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 300 511 560
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 13.42% 13.80% 13.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 353 430
10th Percentile £202 £160 £185
25th Percentile £313 £263 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £535 £525
Median % change year-on-year -15.89% +1.90% +7.25%
75th Percentile £649 £650 £622
90th Percentile £725 £729 £700
Central London median daily rate £450 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -13.46% +4.00% +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 15
10th Percentile £19.63 £20.95 -
25th Percentile £20.67 £28.75 £13.88
Median hourly rate £22.50 £35.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% +42.86% +6.52%
75th Percentile £24.56 £36.25 £31.38
90th Percentile £26.03 £64.75 £67.25
Central London median hourly rate £22.50 £32.50 £24.50
% change year-on-year -30.77% +32.65% +6.52%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the City of London

Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Linux in the City of London

Linux
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux in the City of London over the 6 months to 17 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Linux in the City of London

Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Linux in the City of London

Linux
Contract Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the City of London region over the 6 months to 17 April 2024. 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
London Bridge +2 1 £501 -9.00%
Linux
Central London

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (10.17%) OpenStack
2 4 (3.39%) nginx
3 3 (2.54%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.69%) Apache
4 2 (1.69%) Confluence
4 2 (1.69%) IIS
4 2 (1.69%) JBoss
4 2 (1.69%) Luigi
4 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.69%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.85%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.85%) SAS
5 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.85%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.85%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.85%) Notepad++
2 1 (0.85%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (1.69%) BusinessWorks
1 2 (1.69%) Temenos T24
2 1 (0.85%) Advent Geneva
2 1 (0.85%) Endur
2 1 (0.85%) Front Arena
2 1 (0.85%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 33 (27.97%) Azure
2 23 (19.49%) AWS
3 13 (11.02%) GitHub
4 9 (7.63%) Azure AKS
5 7 (5.93%) Serverless
6 6 (5.08%) Amazon EKS
6 6 (5.08%) GitHub Actions
6 6 (5.08%) PaaS
7 5 (4.24%) AWS CloudFormation
7 5 (4.24%) Azure Functions
7 5 (4.24%) Azure Service Bus
8 4 (3.39%) Amazon S3
8 4 (3.39%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (3.39%) GCP
8 4 (3.39%) OpenShift
9 3 (2.54%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (2.54%) IaaS
9 3 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.63%) Firewall
2 6 (5.08%) DNS
3 4 (3.39%) FTP
3 4 (3.39%) Network Security
4 3 (2.54%) SAN
4 3 (2.54%) SSL
5 2 (1.69%) MQTT
5 2 (1.69%) NAS
5 2 (1.69%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.69%) VPN
5 2 (1.69%) Wireless
6 1 (0.85%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.85%) Internet
6 1 (0.85%) IPv4
6 1 (0.85%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.85%) Junos
6 1 (0.85%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.85%) LAN
6 1 (0.85%) Softphone
6 1 (0.85%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (12.71%) MongoDB
2 12 (10.17%) SQL Server
3 11 (9.32%) Relational Database
4 10 (8.47%) RDBMS
5 6 (5.08%) DB2
5 6 (5.08%) MySQL
6 5 (4.24%) Hadoop
7 4 (3.39%) Oracle Database
7 4 (3.39%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (3.39%) Sybase ASE
8 3 (2.54%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (2.54%) KDB
9 2 (1.69%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.85%) Data Mart
10 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.85%) Qlik Sense
10 1 (0.85%) SAP BW
10 1 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (9.32%) GitLab
1 11 (9.32%) Jenkins
2 9 (7.63%) Git
3 6 (5.08%) Cypress.io
3 6 (5.08%) JIRA
4 5 (4.24%) JMeter
5 4 (3.39%) Bitbucket
5 4 (3.39%) SonarQube
5 4 (3.39%) TeamCity
6 3 (2.54%) Mockito
6 3 (2.54%) Subversion
7 2 (1.69%) AppScan
7 2 (1.69%) Burp Suite
7 2 (1.69%) GoCD
8 1 (0.85%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.85%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.85%) Grunt
8 1 (0.85%) gulp
8 1 (0.85%) Maven
8 1 (0.85%) Pylint
General
1 32 (27.12%) Social Skills
2 22 (18.64%) Finance
3 14 (11.86%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (11.02%) Banking
5 11 (9.32%) Public Sector
6 6 (5.08%) Investment Banking
7 4 (3.39%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.54%) Electronics
8 3 (2.54%) Front Office
8 3 (2.54%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.54%) Marketing
8 3 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.69%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.85%) Arabic Language
10 1 (0.85%) French Language
10 1 (0.85%) German Language
10 1 (0.85%) Japanese Language
10 1 (0.85%) Korean Language
10 1 (0.85%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 16 (13.56%) Developer
2 13 (11.02%) Site Engineer
2 13 (11.02%) Site Reliability Engineer
3 10 (8.47%) Platform Engineer
4 9 (7.63%) Analyst
4 9 (7.63%) Python Engineer
5 8 (6.78%) Implementation Specialist
5 8 (6.78%) Java Developer
6 7 (5.93%) Architect
7 6 (5.08%) AWS Engineer
7 6 (5.08%) Senior
8 5 (4.24%) Azure Engineer
8 5 (4.24%) DevOps Engineer
8 5 (4.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (4.24%) Java Engineer
8 5 (4.24%) Lead
9 4 (3.39%) DBA
9 4 (3.39%) Linux Specialist
9 4 (3.39%) Senior Developer
10 3 (2.54%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (19.49%) Kafka
2 10 (8.47%) RabbitMQ
2 10 (8.47%) React
3 7 (5.93%) HTML
3 7 (5.93%) RESTful
4 6 (5.08%) Node.js
5 5 (4.24%) CSS
5 5 (4.24%) Elastic Stack
5 5 (4.24%) FIX Protocol
5 5 (4.24%) JSON
6 4 (3.39%) LDAP
6 4 (3.39%) XML
7 3 (2.54%) .NET
7 3 (2.54%) ActiveMQ
7 3 (2.54%) JAX-RS
7 3 (2.54%) pytest
7 3 (2.54%) WebSockets
8 2 (1.69%) Laravel
8 2 (1.69%) REST
8 2 (1.69%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.41%) Distributed Systems
2 11 (9.32%) Linux Command Line
3 10 (8.47%) Public Cloud
4 9 (7.63%) Replication
5 7 (5.93%) Algorithms
5 7 (5.93%) Data Structures
6 4 (3.39%) Machine to Machine
7 3 (2.54%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.54%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.69%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.69%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.69%) PKI
8 2 (1.69%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.85%) HP Storage
9 1 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.85%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 41 (34.75%) Windows
2 25 (21.19%) Unix
3 13 (11.02%) Windows Server
4 11 (9.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (4.24%) Mac OS X
6 4 (3.39%) VMS
7 3 (2.54%) CentOS
7 3 (2.54%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (1.69%) Solaris
8 2 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.85%) Android
9 1 (0.85%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.85%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.85%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.85%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (23.73%) DevOps
2 27 (22.88%) CI/CD
3 22 (18.64%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (16.95%) Agile
4 20 (16.95%) Infrastructure as Code
5 18 (15.25%) Microservices
6 14 (11.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 14 (11.86%) Migration
7 13 (11.02%) Containerisation
7 13 (11.02%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 13 (11.02%) Test Automation
8 12 (10.17%) Platform Engineering
8 12 (10.17%) Task Automation
9 11 (9.32%) Continuous Integration
10 10 (8.47%) Open Source
11 9 (7.63%) Software Engineering
11 9 (7.63%) TDD
12 7 (5.93%) Analytical Thinking
12 7 (5.93%) Disaster Recovery
12 7 (5.93%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 52 (44.07%) Python
2 22 (18.64%) Java
3 16 (13.56%) SQL
4 15 (12.71%) Shell Script
5 12 (10.17%) PowerShell
6 11 (9.32%) C++
7 8 (6.78%) Bash
7 8 (6.78%) C#
7 8 (6.78%) Perl
8 6 (5.08%) Go
8 6 (5.08%) JavaScript
9 5 (4.24%) T-SQL
10 3 (2.54%) PHP
11 2 (1.69%) Bicep
12 1 (0.85%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.85%) XPath
Qualifications
1 17 (14.41%) Security Cleared
2 11 (9.32%) SC Cleared
3 8 (6.78%) Degree
4 4 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (3.39%) DV Cleared
4 4 (3.39%) ISTQB
5 3 (2.54%) AWS Certification
5 3 (2.54%) ISEB
6 2 (1.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (1.69%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.69%) GCIA
6 2 (1.69%) GCIH
6 2 (1.69%) GIAC
6 2 (1.69%) SANS
7 1 (0.85%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (0.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.02%) QA
2 1 (0.85%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.85%) HIPAA
2 1 (0.85%) MiFID
System Software
1 22 (18.64%) Docker
2 11 (9.32%) Active Directory
3 10 (8.47%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 8 (6.78%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (4.24%) NFS
6 4 (3.39%) HDFS
6 4 (3.39%) KVM
6 4 (3.39%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 4 (3.39%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (2.54%) Hyper-V
8 2 (1.69%) Firmware
9 1 (0.85%) Ceph
9 1 (0.85%) iptables
9 1 (0.85%) Lustre
9 1 (0.85%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 35 (29.66%) Kubernetes
2 26 (22.03%) Terraform
3 19 (16.10%) Ansible
4 15 (12.71%) Grafana
4 15 (12.71%) Prometheus
5 10 (8.47%) Consul
5 10 (8.47%) Puppet
6 8 (6.78%) Progress Chef
7 5 (4.24%) Argo
7 5 (4.24%) Dell DRAC
8 4 (3.39%) Nessus
9 3 (2.54%) Graylog
9 3 (2.54%) Nagios
10 2 (1.69%) Check_MK
10 2 (1.69%) CSIRT
10 2 (1.69%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (1.69%) HP Fortify
10 2 (1.69%) Kibana
10 2 (1.69%) logstash
10 2 (1.69%) Salt
Vendors
1 25 (21.19%) Microsoft
2 15 (12.71%) Oracle
3 13 (11.02%) Dell
4 12 (10.17%) Red Hat
5 10 (8.47%) SaltStack
6 9 (7.63%) IBM
7 8 (6.78%) SAP
7 8 (6.78%) VMware
8 5 (4.24%) Sun
8 5 (4.24%) Sybase
9 4 (3.39%) Isilon
9 4 (3.39%) ServiceNow
9 4 (3.39%) Veritas
10 3 (2.54%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (2.54%) HP
10 3 (2.54%) Splunk
10 3 (2.54%) TIBCO
11 2 (1.69%) Checkmarx
11 2 (1.69%) Juniper
11 2 (1.69%) Temenos