Ubuntu Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Ubuntu Linux
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Ubuntu skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 59 51
Rank change year-on-year +14 -8 -
Contract jobs citing Ubuntu 1 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 0.33% 0.22% 1.00%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.23% 1.04% 2.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £614
25th Percentile - £488 £634
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £525 £688
Median % change year-on-year - -23.69% -
75th Percentile - £563 £738
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £485 £500 £544
% change year-on-year -3.00% -8.05% +6.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £68.00 - -
South West median hourly rate £68.00 - -

All Operating Systems
Gloucestershire

Ubuntu 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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 81 96 173
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 26.56% 21.38% 34.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 52 99
10th Percentile £189 £341 £415
25th Percentile £225 £460 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £379 £563 £575
Median % change year-on-year -32.67% -2.17% +17.95%
75th Percentile £497 £638 £700
90th Percentile £600 £734 £775
South West median daily rate £425 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -19.05% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 20
10th Percentile £30.23 - £64.93
25th Percentile £44.39 - £73.88
Median hourly rate £68.00 £70.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -10.26% +155.61%
75th Percentile £69.00 - -
90th Percentile £69.60 - £85.50
South West median hourly rate £32.50 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -53.57% +7.69% -

Ubuntu
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Job postings citing Ubuntu as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Job vacancy trend for Ubuntu in Gloucestershire

Ubuntu
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Ubuntu.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Ubuntu

Ubuntu
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Ubuntu.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Ubuntu

Ubuntu
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ubuntu within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Filton - 1 - - 2
Ubuntu
South West

Ubuntu
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Product Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Products Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ada
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat