Linux Contract Job Trends in East Kilbride

Linux
South Lanarkshire > East Kilbride

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East Kilbride requiring Linux skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - 12
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Linux 7 0 21
As % of all contract jobs in East Kilbride 29.17% - 13.13%
As % of the Operating Systems category 70.00% - 51.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £610 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £632 - £600
75th Percentile £696 - £681
90th Percentile £773 - £700
South Lanarkshire median daily rate £632 - £600

All Operating Systems
East Kilbride

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 East Kilbride.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 10 2 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Kilbride 41.67% 40.00% 25.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 27
10th Percentile £402 - £370
25th Percentile - £355 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £360 £600
Median % change year-on-year +69.44% -40.00% +172.73%
75th Percentile £653 £365 £700
90th Percentile £756 - -
South Lanarkshire median daily rate £610 £360 £600
% change year-on-year +69.44% -40.00% +172.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £16.71
South Lanarkshire median hourly rate - - £16.71

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in East Kilbride

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

Linux job vacancy trend in East Kilbride

Linux
Daily Rate Trend in East Kilbride

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Kilbride citing Linux.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Kilbride citing Linux

Linux
Daily Rate Histogram in East Kilbride

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux in East Kilbride over the 6 months to 2 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Linux in East Kilbride

Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Kilbride 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 (14.29%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) DNS
1 5 (71.43%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Analyst
1 5 (71.43%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) SIEM Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) SOC Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Splunk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Cyberattack
1 5 (71.43%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Computer Science
1 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (71.43%) Incident Response
1 5 (71.43%) Security Operations
1 5 (71.43%) SIEM
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Business Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Open Source
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Architecture Roadmap
4 1 (14.29%) Containerisation
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) CompTIA CySA+
2 5 (71.43%) CompTIA Security+
2 5 (71.43%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (71.43%) Degree
2 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
3 4 (57.14%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Splunk
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) Google