Linux Contracts in Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Linux skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 28 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Linux Scotland / Edinburgh
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	11	24	27
Rank change year-on-year	+13	+3
Contract jobs citing Linux	114	92	75
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh	9.33%	6.81%	5.32%
As % of the Operating Systems category	53.52%	32.62%	33.94%
Number of daily rates quoted	61	48	32
Median daily rate	£425	£400	£380
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+6.25%	+5.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£315	£321	£281
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£525	£522	£450
UK excluding London median daily rate	£425	£400	£375
% change year-on-year	+6.25%	+6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	0	2
Median hourly rate	-	-	£40.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£40.00	£40.00	£37.50
% change year-on-year	-	+6.66%

Linux is in the operating system skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract Operating System Skills Edinburgh
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills	213	282	221
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh	17.43%	20.89%	15.67%
Number of daily rates quoted	116	124	106
Median daily rate	£375	£387	£338
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-3.10%	+14.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£115	£245	£115
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£500	£500	£474
UK excluding London median daily rate	£375	£363	£350
% change year-on-year	+3.44%	+3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted	2	1	7
Median hourly rate	£15.56	£12.00	£39.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+29.62%	-69.23%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£15.25	£12.00	£12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£15.86	£12.00	£40.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£15.50	£17.50	£16.50
% change year-on-year	-11.42%	+6.06%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in Edinburgh citing Linux as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Operating Systems category.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Edinburgh

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Linux in Edinburgh.

Contractor daily rate trend for Linux in Edinburgh

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Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Linux in Edinburgh over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Linux in Edinburgh

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux in Edinburgh.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Linux in Edinburgh

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Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 28 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Linux also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the Edinburgh region with a requirement for Linux.

1	98 (45.37%)	Java
2	65 (30.09%)	Python
3	64 (29.63%)	Agile Software Development
4	61 (28.24%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5	58 (26.85%)	Windows
6	57 (26.39%)	DevOps
7	54 (25.00%)	Ansible
8	47 (21.76%)	Finance
9	41 (18.98%)	Docker
10	40 (18.52%)	Unix
11	39 (18.06%)	Scrum
11	39 (18.06%)	Jenkins
12	38 (17.59%)	Puppet
12	38 (17.59%)	Spring
12	38 (17.59%)	Red Hat

13	36 (16.67%)	SQL
14	35 (16.20%)	Web Services
15	30 (13.89%)	Test Automation
15	30 (13.89%)	Amazon AWS
15	30 (13.89%)	VMware
16	29 (13.43%)	Banking
16	29 (13.43%)	Git (software)
17	26 (12.04%)	Oracle
17	26 (12.04%)	Bash Shell
18	25 (11.57%)	Software Engineering
18	25 (11.57%)	Computer Science
19	23 (10.65%)	Degree
20	22 (10.19%)	Perl
21	21 (9.72%)	MySQL
21	21 (9.72%)	Subversion

Linux
Co-occurring IT Skills in Edinburgh by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	17 (7.87%)	Tomcat
2	10 (4.63%)	Apache
3	7 (3.24%)	JBoss
3	7 (3.24%)	WebSphere
4	6 (2.78%)	IIS
5	3 (1.39%)	Jupyter
5	3 (1.39%)	SAS
6	2 (0.93%)	Apache Pig
6	2 (0.93%)	Elasticsearch
6	2 (0.93%)	MQSeries
6	2 (0.93%)	OpenStack
6	2 (0.93%)	Skype for Business
6	2 (0.93%)	WebSphere Application Server
7	1 (0.46%)	Adobe Experience Manager
7	1 (0.46%)	CMS
7	1 (0.46%)	ColdFusion
7	1 (0.46%)	IBM HTTP Server
7	1 (0.46%)	Oracle SOA Suite
7	1 (0.46%)	SharePoint
7	1 (0.46%)	WebLogic

Applications
1	4 (1.85%)	Microsoft Office
2	1 (0.46%)	Microsoft Excel
2	1 (0.46%)	MS Visio

Business Applications
1	2 (0.93%)	Payment Gateway

Cloud Services
1	30 (13.89%)	Amazon AWS
2	21 (9.72%)	OpenShift
3	12 (5.56%)	PaaS
4	11 (5.09%)	GitHub
5	9 (4.17%)	Microsoft Azure
6	7 (3.24%)	Cloud Computing
7	2 (0.93%)	IaaS
8	1 (0.46%)	Amazon EC2
8	1 (0.46%)	Amazon ELB
8	1 (0.46%)	Amazon S3
8	1 (0.46%)	AWS CloudFormation
8	1 (0.46%)	Bluemix
8	1 (0.46%)	IBM Cloud
8	1 (0.46%)	Route 53
8	1 (0.46%)	Virtual Private Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	15 (6.94%)	Firewall
2	6 (2.78%)	SAN
2	6 (2.78%)	VXLAN
3	5 (2.31%)	SSL
3	5 (2.31%)	TCP/IP
4	4 (1.85%)	WAN
5	3 (1.39%)	DNS
5	3 (1.39%)	Internet
5	3 (1.39%)	SNMP
5	3 (1.39%)	Software-Defined Networking
5	3 (1.39%)	SSH
6	2 (0.93%)	HTTP
6	2 (0.93%)	LDAP
6	2 (0.93%)	Network Security
6	2 (0.93%)	Reverse Proxy
6	2 (0.93%)	Skype
7	1 (0.46%)	DHCP
7	1 (0.46%)	LAN
7	1 (0.46%)	MPLS
7	1 (0.46%)	Wireless

Database & Business Intelligence
1	21 (9.72%)	MySQL
1	21 (9.72%)	PostgreSQL
2	17 (7.87%)	SQL Server
3	8 (3.70%)	NoSQL
3	8 (3.70%)	Relational Database
4	4 (1.85%)	MongoDB
4	4 (1.85%)	Oracle Database
5	3 (1.39%)	SQLite
6	2 (0.93%)	Big Data
6	2 (0.93%)	DB2
6	2 (0.93%)	Oracle Database 12c
6	2 (0.93%)	RDBMS
7	1 (0.46%)	Amazon RDS
7	1 (0.46%)	Apache Cassandra
7	1 (0.46%)	GIS
7	1 (0.46%)	Oracle Database 10g
7	1 (0.46%)	Oracle Database 11g
7	1 (0.46%)	PowerCenter
7	1 (0.46%)	SAS Enterprise Guide

Development Applications
1	39 (18.06%)	Jenkins
2	29 (13.43%)	Git (software)
3	21 (9.72%)	Subversion
4	19 (8.80%)	Selenium
5	18 (8.33%)	GitLab
6	13 (6.02%)	WebDriver
7	12 (5.56%)	JIRA
8	11 (5.09%)	Cucumber
8	11 (5.09%)	SoapUI
8	11 (5.09%)	Sonatype Nexus
9	10 (4.63%)	Artifactory
10	9 (4.17%)	Bugzilla
11	7 (3.24%)	Mockito
12	5 (2.31%)	Maven
13	3 (1.39%)	Ant
13	3 (1.39%)	Bower
13	3 (1.39%)	IBM UrbanCode
14	2 (0.93%)	Atlassian Bamboo
14	2 (0.93%)	Bitbucket
14	2 (0.93%)	Visual Studio

General
1	47 (21.76%)	Finance
2	29 (13.43%)	Banking
3	14 (6.48%)	Law
4	1 (0.46%)	Legal
4	1 (0.46%)	Manufacturing
4	1 (0.46%)	Retail
4	1 (0.46%)	Retail Banking
4	1 (0.46%)	Telecoms

Job Titles
1	44 (20.37%)	Developer
2	32 (14.81%)	DevOps Engineer
3	28 (12.96%)	Java Developer
4	20 (9.26%)	Analyst
5	15 (6.94%)	Test Engineer
6	14 (6.48%)	Cloud Engineer
6	14 (6.48%)	Linux Engineer
7	11 (5.09%)	Consultant
7	11 (5.09%)	Junior
7	11 (5.09%)	Senior Analyst
7	11 (5.09%)	Systems Engineer
8	10 (4.63%)	Senior Test Analyst
8	10 (4.63%)	Technical Engineer
8	10 (4.63%)	Test Analyst
9	9 (4.17%)	Java Engineer
9	9 (4.17%)	Junior Developer
9	9 (4.17%)	Junior Java Developer
9	9 (4.17%)	Senior Test Engineer
9	9 (4.17%)	Software Engineer
10	8 (3.70%)	Linux/Unix DevOps

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	38 (17.59%)	Spring
2	35 (16.20%)	Web Services
3	19 (8.80%)	JSON
4	18 (8.33%)	RESTful
5	12 (5.56%)	HTML
5	12 (5.56%)	REST
6	10 (4.63%)	CSS
7	8 (3.70%)	Hibernate
8	7 (3.24%)	AngularJS
9	6 (2.78%)	Node.js
9	6 (2.78%)	React
10	5 (2.31%)	Java EE
10	5 (2.31%)	jQuery
10	5 (2.31%)	Twig
10	5 (2.31%)	XML
11	4 (1.85%)	.NET
11	4 (1.85%)	Middleware
11	4 (1.85%)	WSDL
11	4 (1.85%)	XML Messaging
12	3 (1.39%)	Django

Miscellaneous
1	25 (11.57%)	Computer Science
2	17 (7.87%)	Management Information System
3	16 (7.41%)	Data Centre
4	14 (6.48%)	Linux Command Line
5	12 (5.56%)	Private Cloud
6	10 (4.63%)	VxBlock/Vblock
7	8 (3.70%)	Enterprise Software
8	5 (2.31%)	Mainframe
9	4 (1.85%)	Internet of Things
10	3 (1.39%)	Clustering
10	3 (1.39%)	Driving Licence
10	3 (1.39%)	Replication
10	3 (1.39%)	Virtual Team
11	2 (0.93%)	Algorithms
11	2 (0.93%)	Data Structures
11	2 (0.93%)	EMC VNX
11	2 (0.93%)	Enterprise Storage
11	2 (0.93%)	Smartphone
12	1 (0.46%)	Embedded Systems
12	1 (0.46%)	Raspberry Pi

Operating Systems
1	61 (28.24%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2	58 (26.85%)	Windows
3	40 (18.52%)	Unix
4	10 (4.63%)	AIX
5	9 (4.17%)	Windows Server
6	6 (2.78%)	Android
7	5 (2.31%)	Apple iOS
8	4 (1.85%)	Debian
9	3 (1.39%)	Embedded Linux
9	3 (1.39%)	Windows Server 2008
9	3 (1.39%)	Windows Server 2012
10	2 (0.93%)	Solaris
10	2 (0.93%)	Windows 10
10	2 (0.93%)	Windows 7
11	1 (0.46%)	CentOS
11	1 (0.46%)	Mac OS X
11	1 (0.46%)	Windows Server 2003
11	1 (0.46%)	zOS

Processes & Methodologies
1	64 (29.63%)	Agile Software Development
2	57 (26.39%)	DevOps
3	39 (18.06%)	Scrum
4	30 (13.89%)	Test Automation
5	25 (11.57%)	Software Engineering
6	17 (7.87%)	Kanban
7	16 (7.41%)	Continuous Integration
8	14 (6.48%)	BDD
9	13 (6.02%)	Digital Transformation Programme
10	11 (5.09%)	Build Automation
10	11 (5.09%)	Exploratory Testing
10	11 (5.09%)	High Availability
10	11 (5.09%)	Manual Testing
11	10 (4.63%)	Requirements Management
11	10 (4.63%)	TDD
12	9 (4.17%)	Migration
12	9 (4.17%)	Programme Delivery
13	8 (3.70%)	Continuous Delivery
13	8 (3.70%)	Continuous Deployment
13	8 (3.70%)	Use Case

Programming Languages
1	98 (45.37%)	Java
2	65 (30.09%)	Python
3	36 (16.67%)	SQL
4	26 (12.04%)	Bash Shell
5	22 (10.19%)	Perl
6	20 (9.26%)	JavaScript
7	11 (5.09%)	C
8	9 (4.17%)	PHP
9	7 (3.24%)	Go
10	6 (2.78%)	C++
10	6 (2.78%)	Ruby
10	6 (2.78%)	VBA
11	5 (2.31%)	PowerShell
12	3 (1.39%)	C#
12	3 (1.39%)	CoffeeScript
12	3 (1.39%)	Shell Script
13	2 (0.93%)	Korn
13	2 (0.93%)	VBScript
14	1 (0.46%)	MATLAB
14	1 (0.46%)	R

Qualifications
1	23 (10.65%)	Degree
2	9 (4.17%)	Security Cleared
3	4 (1.85%)	SC Cleared
3	4 (1.85%)	VCAP
3	4 (1.85%)	VCP6
3	4 (1.85%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4	2 (0.93%)	Computer Science Degree
4	2 (0.93%)	ISEB
4	2 (0.93%)	ISTQB
4	2 (0.93%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
5	1 (0.46%)	AWS Certification
5	1 (0.46%)	BC Cleared
5	1 (0.46%)	BPSS Clearance
5	1 (0.46%)	Postgraduate
5	1 (0.46%)	PRINCE2 Certification
5	1 (0.46%)	RHCE

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	19 (8.80%)	Disclosure Scotland
2	2 (0.93%)	ISO 22301
2	2 (0.93%)	ISO/IEC 27001
2	2 (0.93%)	QA
3	1 (0.46%)	Data Quality
3	1 (0.46%)	ISO/IEC 20000
3	1 (0.46%)	SLA

System Software
1	41 (18.98%)	Docker
2	18 (8.33%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	8 (3.70%)	Active Directory
3	8 (3.70%)	vSphere
4	5 (2.31%)	GPFS
5	2 (0.93%)	Apache Flume
5	2 (0.93%)	Microsoft App-V
5	2 (0.93%)	RHEV
5	2 (0.93%)	SRDF
5	2 (0.93%)	Veritas Cluster Server
5	2 (0.93%)	Virtual Machines
5	2 (0.93%)	XenApp
5	2 (0.93%)	XenDesktop
6	1 (0.46%)	Hyper-V
6	1 (0.46%)	LXC
6	1 (0.46%)	Oracle RAC

Systems Management
1	54 (25.00%)	Ansible
2	38 (17.59%)	Puppet
3	21 (9.72%)	Opscode Chef
4	15 (6.94%)	Kubernetes
5	12 (5.56%)	vRealize
6	11 (5.09%)	Red Hat Satellite
7	5 (2.31%)	Prometheus
7	5 (2.31%)	Xymon
8	4 (1.85%)	SCCM
8	4 (1.85%)	SELinux
9	3 (1.39%)	Docker Swarm
10	2 (0.93%)	Control-M
10	2 (0.93%)	Grafana
10	2 (0.93%)	Graphite
10	2 (0.93%)	Rundeck
10	2 (0.93%)	TeamSite
10	2 (0.93%)	Tivoli Storage Manager
11	1 (0.46%)	Data Guard
11	1 (0.46%)	MIMEsweeper
11	1 (0.46%)	Oracle RMAN

Vendors
1	38 (17.59%)	Red Hat
2	30 (13.89%)	VMware
3	26 (12.04%)	Oracle
4	14 (6.48%)	Microsoft
5	10 (4.63%)	Cisco
6	9 (4.17%)	CA Agile Central
7	6 (2.78%)	EMC
8	5 (2.31%)	Citrix
8	5 (2.31%)	HP
9	4 (1.85%)	Black Duck
9	4 (1.85%)	CyberArk
9	4 (1.85%)	Splunk
10	3 (1.39%)	IBM
11	2 (0.93%)	Dell
11	2 (0.93%)	Veritas
12	1 (0.46%)	Adobe
12	1 (0.46%)	Blue Coat
12	1 (0.46%)	F5
12	1 (0.46%)	FireEye
12	1 (0.46%)	ServiceNow