Linux Command Line Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Linux/Unix Command Line Interface (CLI)
South West > Dorset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Linux Command Line in contract job vacancies in Dorset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Linux Command Line over the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Linux Command Line 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 0.46% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.82% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £575 - £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.52%

All Generic Skills
Dorset

Linux Command Line falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 55 22 64
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 25.46% 22.45% 35.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 12 33
10th Percentile £365 £282 £172
25th Percentile £449 £384 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £506 £185
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +174.39% -59.00%
75th Percentile £688 £575 £400
90th Percentile - - £765
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 20
10th Percentile £18.26 - £11.87
25th Percentile - £14.41 £13.52
Median hourly rate £21.00 £14.81 £14.46
Median % change year-on-year +41.80% +2.42% -24.88%
75th Percentile £48.02 £15.22 £23.31
90th Percentile £73.40 - £57.33
South West median hourly rate £57.35 £28.32 £55.00
% change year-on-year +102.51% -48.51% +461.22%

Linux Command Line
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Linux Command Line job vacancy trend in Dorset

Linux Command Line
Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Linux Command Line.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Linux Command Line

Linux Command Line
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Command Line within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 17 June 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
Blandford Forum - 1 £575 - 1
Linux Command Line
South West

Linux Command Line
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Server Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Server Management
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Environments
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) OPNET
1 1 (100.00%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle