LXC Contracts in England

LXC (LinuX Containers)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for LXC skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited LXC over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 532 658 770
Rank change year-on-year +126 +112 -160
Contract jobs citing LXC 3 5 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.008% 0.010% 0.013%
As % of the System Software category 0.075% 0.075% 0.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile £283 - -
25th Percentile £331 - £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £531 - £638
90th Percentile £588 - £665
UK median daily rate £425 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -15.00% -9.09% +19.57%

All System Software Skills
England

LXC is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,023 6,627 9,943
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.88% 13.11% 13.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,784 4,805 7,184
10th Percentile £190 £204 £195
25th Percentile £325 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £688 £738 £710
UK median daily rate £488 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 208 247 277
10th Percentile £14.06 £14.25 £13.31
25th Percentile £14.48 £17.72 £15.00
Median hourly rate £21.00 £50.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.00% +163.16% -
75th Percentile £57.80 £65.00 £28.75
90th Percentile £72.38 £75.60 £55.18
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £53.75 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.14% +168.75% -

LXC
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing LXC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for LXC in England

LXC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LXC in England.

Daily rate trend for LXC in England

LXC
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LXC in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for LXC in England

LXC
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LXC within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
East of England - 2 £250 - 2
South East +26 1 £600 - 1
LXC
UK

LXC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) GitLab
2 1 (33.33%) Artifactory
2 1 (33.33%) Git
2 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Sprint Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Sprint Retrospective
2 2 (66.67%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Docker
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Proxmox
2 1 (33.33%) Ansible