SUSE Contract Job Trends in England

SUSE Linux
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring SUSE skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 539 483 538
Rank change year-on-year -56 +55 +141
Contract jobs citing SUSE 2 11 11
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.006% 0.040% 0.031%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.049% 0.29% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 5
10th Percentile - £418 £322
25th Percentile - £425 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £650 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +62.50% -26.06%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £500 £650 £400
% change year-on-year -23.08% +62.50% -25.65%

All Operating Systems
England

SUSE 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,120 3,809 5,474
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.02% 13.93% 15.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,740 2,405 3,778
10th Percentile £175 £200 £179
25th Percentile £263 £313 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -6.86%
75th Percentile £565 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £699 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 314 134 291
10th Percentile £15.07 £15.33 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.87 £18.88 £17.74
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.49% +56.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £63.50 £67.44 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £73.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% +8.33% +20.00%

SUSE
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SUSE relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

SUSE job vacancy trend in England

SUSE
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SUSE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SUSE

SUSE
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SUSE.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SUSE

SUSE
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 SUSE within the England region over the 6 months to 7 January 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
South East -20 2 - - 1
SUSE
UK

SUSE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SAP HANA
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Linux Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) HP