Linux Contracts in Derby

Linux
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Derby requiring Linux skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Linux over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 14 20
Rank change year-on-year +1 +6 +9
Contract jobs citing Linux 4 12 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Derby 4.88% 8.16% 4.64%
As % of the Operating Systems category 33.33% 24.49% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 5
10th Percentile - £313 £325
25th Percentile £275 £520 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £575 £400
Median % change year-on-year -47.83% +43.75% -15.79%
75th Percentile £325 £588 £480
90th Percentile - £600 -
Derbyshire median daily rate £300 £575 £440
% change year-on-year -47.83% +30.68% +95.56%

All Operating Systems
Derby

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 Derby.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 12 49 42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 14.63% 33.33% 27.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 33 26
10th Percentile £168 £145 £107
25th Percentile £171 £150 £118
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £175 £325
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -46.15% -16.13%
75th Percentile - £375 £397
90th Percentile £238 £588 £487
Derbyshire median daily rate £200 £160 £325
% change year-on-year +25.00% -50.77% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 5
10th Percentile - £17.70 £11.02
25th Percentile - £17.72 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £20.00 £11.80
Median % change year-on-year +25.75% +69.49% -41.00%
75th Percentile - - £15.75
90th Percentile - £23.75 £20.10
Derbyshire median hourly rate £25.15 £20.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +25.75% +29.03% -22.50%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Derby.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Derby

Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Derby

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux in Derby.

Daily rate trend for Linux in Derby

Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Derby

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux in Derby.

Hourly rate trend for Linux in Derby

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derby 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 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
1 3 (75.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (75.00%) Legal
1 3 (75.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Information Assurance Manager
1 3 (75.00%) Information Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) IT Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Industry 4.0
1 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Information Assurance
2 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Virtual Environments
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Bash
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CISA
1 3 (75.00%) CISM
1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) GIAC
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (75.00%) NIST
1 3 (75.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
1 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (25.00%) Podman
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Google
1 1 (25.00%) VMware