Linux Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

Linux
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring Linux skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 29 15
Rank change year-on-year +2 -14 +4
Contract jobs citing Linux 8 1 11
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim 3.60% 0.65% 8.46%
As % of the Operating Systems category 28.57% 4.17% 52.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 11
10th Percentile £340 - -
25th Percentile £363 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £550 £400
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +37.50% -27.67%
75th Percentile £400 £575 £450
90th Percentile £423 - £506
Northern Ireland median daily rate £375 £550 £400
% change year-on-year -31.82% +37.50% -27.67%

All Operating Systems
County Antrim

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 County Antrim.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 28 24 21
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 12.61% 15.48% 16.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 11 16
10th Percentile £170 £123 £142
25th Percentile £230 £148 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £160 £400
Median % change year-on-year +118.75% -60.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £388 £472 -
90th Percentile £408 £488 £503
Northern Ireland median daily rate £350 £160 £400
% change year-on-year +118.75% -60.00% -15.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 1
10th Percentile £15.07 £22.50 -
25th Percentile £15.17 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £15.33 £24.18 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.60% +38.17% -
75th Percentile £20.17 - £18.75
90th Percentile £23.07 - -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £15.33 £24.18 £17.50
% change year-on-year -36.60% +38.17% -

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Linux job vacancy trend in County Antrim

Linux
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Linux.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Linux

Linux
Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Linux.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Linux

Linux
Contract Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
Belfast +6 8 £375 -31.82% 20
Linux
Northern Ireland

Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim 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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) SAN
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) HTTP
2 1 (12.50%) Internet
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) DB2
1 1 (12.50%) MySQL
1 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (12.50%) Games
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Administrator
1 3 (37.50%) Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Systems Administrator
2 2 (25.00%) Backup Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Storage Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Storage and Backup Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Storage Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Technology Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Account Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded Linux Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) FPGA Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Account Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
1 1 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (12.50%) FPGA
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
1 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
1 4 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 4 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 3 (37.50%) Change Management
3 1 (12.50%) Application Security
3 1 (12.50%) Cloud Security
3 1 (12.50%) FPGA Design
3 1 (12.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C
1 1 (12.50%) C++
1 1 (12.50%) Perl
1 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) BPSS Clearance
1 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Systems Management
1 6 (75.00%) EMC NetWorker
1 6 (75.00%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Brocade
1 6 (75.00%) Cisco
1 6 (75.00%) Dell
1 6 (75.00%) EMC
1 6 (75.00%) Isilon
1 6 (75.00%) Red Hat
1 6 (75.00%) VMware
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle