Linux
England > East Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 51 | 23 | 55 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -28 | +32 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing Linux | 16 | 50 | 29 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands | 2.22% | 5.79% | 2.85% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 19.51% | 25.64% | 16.20% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 14 | 33 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | £135 | £331 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £354 | £381 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £455 | £500 | £480 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.10% | +4.17% | -3.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £500 | £560 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £546 | £588 | £730 |
| England median daily rate | £538 | £540 | £593 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.46% | -8.98% | +0.98% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £70.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +18.18% |
All Operating Systems
East Midlands
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 the East Midlands.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 82 | 195 | 179 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands | 11.37% | 22.57% | 17.57% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 58 | 109 | 125 |
| 10th Percentile | £166 | £130 | £122 |
| 25th Percentile | £200 | £160 | £185 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £383 | £375 | £350 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.13% | +7.14% | +22.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £476 | £500 | £556 |
| 90th Percentile | £527 | £578 | £675 |
| England median daily rate | £464 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.37% | -5.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 26 | 18 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.96 | £12.75 | £11.80 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.12 | £14.27 | £13.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.96 | £15.86 | £19.19 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +38.45% | -17.35% | -4.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £25.15 | £23.14 | £23.56 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £24.59 | £39.54 |
| England median hourly rate | £20.00 | £25.00 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.00% | -41.18% | +93.18% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands
Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux in the East Midlands.
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Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux in the East Midlands.
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Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 July 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 |
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| Nottinghamshire | +2 | 6 | £450 | - | 17 |
| Northamptonshire | -11 | 6 | £459 | +26.62% | 13 |
| Derbyshire | -3 | 2 | £300 | -47.83% | 5 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:
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