Linux Contracts in Guildford

Linux
Surrey > Guildford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Guildford 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 11 13
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 -1
Contract jobs citing Linux 4 6 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Guildford 9.52% 7.23% 10.91%
As % of the Operating Systems category 26.67% 35.29% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 5
10th Percentile £510 - -
25th Percentile £525 £350 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £363 £520
Median % change year-on-year +51.72% -30.29% -
75th Percentile £650 £466 £540
90th Percentile £710 £606 £636
Surrey median daily rate £500 £450 £600
% change year-on-year +11.11% -25.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £17.50 -
Surrey median hourly rate - £25.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - -56.52% +21.05%

All Operating Systems
Guildford

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 Guildford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 15 17 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Guildford 35.71% 20.48% 12.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 14 5
10th Percentile - £155 -
25th Percentile £250 £166 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £300 £520
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -42.31% +131.11%
75th Percentile £550 £388 £540
90th Percentile £670 £726 £636
Surrey median daily rate £400 £425 £310
% change year-on-year -5.88% +37.10% -14.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 0
10th Percentile £23.00 - -
25th Percentile £26.50 £16.25 -
Median hourly rate £28.00 £17.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% - -
75th Percentile - £18.75 -
90th Percentile £30.30 - -
Surrey median hourly rate £28.00 £50.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -44.00% +42.86% -19.80%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Guildford

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Guildford

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

Daily rate trend for Linux in Guildford

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Daily Rate Histogram in Guildford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux in Guildford over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Linux in Guildford

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Guildford

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

Hourly rate trend for Linux in Guildford

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Guildford 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) LAN
1 3 (75.00%) WAN
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) API Management
1 2 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (50.00%) IT Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Data Science
2 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (25.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Server Management
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) MuleSoft
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) Databricks
2 1 (25.00%) VMware