Linux Command Line Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Linux/Unix Command Line Interface (CLI)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Linux Command Line in contract job vacancies in Glasgow. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Linux Command Line over the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 73 72
Rank change year-on-year +6 -1 +14
Contract jobs citing Linux Command Line 5 10 5
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.70% 1.20% 0.55%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.87% 3.02% 1.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - £378 -
25th Percentile £363 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £388 £438 £475
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £375 £425 £525
% change year-on-year -11.76% -19.05% +2.34%

All Generic Skills
Glasgow

Linux Command Line falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 268 331 294
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 37.59% 39.83% 32.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 174 168
10th Percentile £278 £313 £217
25th Percentile £372 £401 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £450 £452
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% -0.33% -4.95%
75th Percentile £550 £547 £613
90th Percentile £639 £600 £700
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -0.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 12
10th Percentile £15.87 £20.06 £15.42
25th Percentile £16.17 £21.32 £15.86
Median hourly rate £16.25 £24.17 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.75% +34.25% +69.33%
75th Percentile £33.54 £26.86 £28.06
90th Percentile £51.43 £55.48 £57.13
Scotland median hourly rate £21.19 £23.58 £19.50
% change year-on-year -10.12% +20.90% +44.44%

Linux Command Line
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Linux Command Line relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Linux Command Line job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Linux Command Line
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Linux Command Line.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Linux Command Line

Linux Command Line
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Linux Command Line.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Linux Command Line

Linux Command Line
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Elasticsearch
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Java Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Linux Developer
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Elasticsearch Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Python Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Unix
2 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Analytics
1 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (20.00%) Data Discovery
1 1 (20.00%) Data Encryption
1 1 (20.00%) Data Extraction
1 1 (20.00%) DevOps
1 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (20.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (20.00%) Runbook
1 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (20.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) Java
3 2 (40.00%) Python
4 1 (20.00%) Shell Script
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Splunk