Linux Contracts in Essex

Linux
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex 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 22 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 15 36
Rank change year-on-year +2 +21 -17
Contract jobs citing Linux 7 14 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 6.19% 7.61% 2.75%
As % of the Operating Systems category 41.18% 51.85% 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 6
10th Percentile £355 £370 £238
25th Percentile - £400 £327
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £481
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -6.49% -1.79%
75th Percentile - £594 £581
90th Percentile £423 £680 £583
East of England median daily rate £490 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -10.91% +15.79% -2.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £27.63 -
25th Percentile £21.25 £29.69 -
Median hourly rate £22.50 £33.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% - -
75th Percentile £23.75 £37.19 -
90th Percentile - £38.88 -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year - -7.14% +27.27%

All Operating Systems
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 17 27 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 15.04% 14.67% 9.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 11 16
10th Percentile £168 £100 £156
25th Percentile £213 £128 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £230 £250 £275
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -9.09% -43.30%
75th Percentile £394 £500 £577
90th Percentile £400 £625 £679
East of England median daily rate £450 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 3
10th Percentile - £14.31 £21.96
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.45 £22.96
Median hourly rate £22.50 £25.25 £24.62
Median % change year-on-year -10.89% +2.56% -13.34%
75th Percentile £23.75 £37.19 -
90th Percentile - £57.50 -
East of England median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% +185.71% -37.46%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Essex

Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux in Essex.

Daily rate trend for Linux in Essex

Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux in Essex.

Hourly rate trend for Linux in Essex

Linux
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Essex region over the 6 months to 22 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
Brentwood 0 6 £400 -11.11% 1
Linux
East of England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Gerrit
1 1 (14.29%) Git
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) C Developer
3 1 (14.29%) DTV Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) POSIX
2 3 (42.86%) Yocto
3 1 (14.29%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Device Driver
2 3 (42.86%) STB
3 2 (28.57%) Digital TV
3 2 (28.57%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (14.29%) FreeBSD
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Code Quality
1 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) Agile Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Coaching
2 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
2 2 (28.57%) Open Source
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Sprint Planning
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (14.29%) Product Requirements
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
3 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) C
2 2 (28.57%) C++
2 2 (28.57%) Go
3 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Apple
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft