Linux Contracts in Hampshire

Linux
South East > Hampshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire with a requirement for Linux skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Linux over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 7 12
Rank change year-on-year -4 +5 -5
Contract jobs citing Linux 155 197 243
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 9.70% 13.93% 11.40%
As % of the Operating Systems category 46.27% 42.00% 45.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 132 122
10th Percentile £200 £413 £403
25th Percentile £403 £488 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £556 £545
Median % change year-on-year -1.08% +2.02% +18.48%
75th Percentile £619 £670 £625
90th Percentile £675 £738 £699
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 16 14
10th Percentile £41.00 £52.38 £43.76
25th Percentile £60.31 £54.44 £47.19
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.84 £62.99
Median % change year-on-year -5.08% +4.53% +8.60%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £78.88
90th Percentile £76.75 - £83.93
South East median hourly rate £62.00 £65.00 £52.89
% change year-on-year -4.62% +22.91% +13.73%

All Operating Systems
Hampshire

Linux is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 335 469 530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 20.96% 33.17% 24.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 289 251
10th Percentile £250 £201 £275
25th Percentile £425 £281 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £675 £613 £618
90th Percentile £823 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 44 70
10th Percentile £14.37 £18.25 £12.73
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.54 £14.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £55.25 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.60% +225.00% +21.52%
75th Percentile £64.69 £68.13 £24.19
90th Percentile £74.50 £75.00 £64.37
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -9.52% +162.50% +5.26%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Hampshire

Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for Linux in Hampshire

Linux
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux in Hampshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Linux in Hampshire

Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Linux in Hampshire

Linux
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Linux in Hampshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Linux in Hampshire

Linux
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Portsmouth -1 32 £400 -20.00% 9
Southampton +1 20 £488 -11.36% 5
Winchester - 13 £502 - 3
Aldershot -4 12 £548 -3.10% 8
Basingstoke -35 10 £550 -9.24% 2
Romsey -1 8 £650 -5.45% 8
Hook +6 6 £580 -9.90%
Farnborough -3 6 £500 -13.04% 20
Havant +11 5 - - 1
Gosport +5 1 £525 -6.67%
Andover 0 1 £438 +4.17% 2
Linux
South East

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 18 (11.61%) Confluence
2 6 (3.87%) Apache
3 3 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.94%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.65%) IIS
4 1 (0.65%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.65%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.65%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (1.94%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (1.29%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 18 (11.61%) Azure
2 12 (7.74%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (7.10%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (4.52%) AWS
5 6 (3.87%) IaaS
6 3 (1.94%) GitHub
7 2 (1.29%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.29%) Nutanix
7 2 (1.29%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.65%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.65%) GCP
8 1 (0.65%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 24 (15.48%) SAN
2 18 (11.61%) Software-Defined Radio
3 16 (10.32%) SNMP
4 10 (6.45%) DNS
4 10 (6.45%) Wireless
5 7 (4.52%) DHCP
5 7 (4.52%) Firewall
6 6 (3.87%) iSCSI
6 6 (3.87%) VLAN
7 5 (3.23%) OpenLDAP
8 4 (2.58%) SSL
9 3 (1.94%) HTTP
9 3 (1.94%) VSAN
10 2 (1.29%) Fibre Channel
10 2 (1.29%) LAN
10 2 (1.29%) WAN
11 1 (0.65%) NAS
11 1 (0.65%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.65%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.65%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.74%) MySQL
2 8 (5.16%) MongoDB
2 8 (5.16%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (3.87%) SQL Server
4 5 (3.23%) MariaDB
4 5 (3.23%) RDBMS
4 5 (3.23%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.94%) Geospatial Data
5 3 (1.94%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (1.29%) CouchDB
7 1 (0.65%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.65%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 28 (18.06%) Git
2 20 (12.90%) JIRA
3 19 (12.26%) Bitbucket
4 18 (11.61%) Robot Framework
5 17 (10.97%) Eclipse
6 15 (9.68%) GoogleTest
7 10 (6.45%) GitLab
8 4 (2.58%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (1.94%) ClearCase
9 3 (1.94%) ClearQuest
9 3 (1.94%) Selenium
10 2 (1.29%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.65%) MagicDraw
11 1 (0.65%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 21 (13.55%) Public Sector
2 14 (9.03%) Social Skills
3 9 (5.81%) Aerospace
4 8 (5.16%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (2.58%) Finance
6 1 (0.65%) Legal
Job Titles
1 23 (14.84%) Software Engineer
2 22 (14.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 20 (12.90%) Developer
4 11 (7.10%) C++ Software Engineer
4 11 (7.10%) Linux Engineer
5 10 (6.45%) Administrator
5 10 (6.45%) Architect
5 10 (6.45%) Senior
6 9 (5.81%) Analyst
6 9 (5.81%) C++ Developer
6 9 (5.81%) IT Support
7 8 (5.16%) ArcSight Consultant
7 8 (5.16%) Consultant
7 8 (5.16%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 8 (5.16%) IT Administrator
7 8 (5.16%) IT Systems Administrator
7 8 (5.16%) Security Consultant
7 8 (5.16%) Senior Software Engineer
7 8 (5.16%) Support Technician
7 8 (5.16%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (10.97%) CSS
1 17 (10.97%) HTML
2 13 (8.39%) Flash
3 5 (3.23%) LAMP
4 4 (2.58%) LDAP
4 4 (2.58%) Node.js
4 4 (2.58%) Web Services
5 3 (1.94%) React
6 2 (1.29%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.29%) Keycloak
6 2 (1.29%) Vue
7 1 (0.65%) Kafka
7 1 (0.65%) OAuth
7 1 (0.65%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.65%) OpenID
7 1 (0.65%) REST
7 1 (0.65%) RESTful
7 1 (0.65%) SOAP
7 1 (0.65%) Spring
7 1 (0.65%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.39%) Client/Server
2 9 (5.81%) CCTV
3 7 (4.52%) Linux Command Line
4 5 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (3.23%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.23%) PKI
5 3 (1.94%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.94%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (1.94%) Smart Meter
6 2 (1.29%) Clustering
6 2 (1.29%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.65%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 87 (56.13%) Windows
2 41 (26.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 24 (15.48%) Windows Server
4 15 (9.68%) Unix
5 13 (8.39%) AIX
6 6 (3.87%) VMS
7 5 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (2.58%) Windows 10
9 2 (1.29%) CentOS
9 2 (1.29%) Solaris
9 2 (1.29%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.65%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.65%) VxWorks
10 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (34.84%) Agile
2 41 (26.45%) Software Engineering
3 40 (25.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 37 (23.87%) Scrum
5 16 (10.32%) Prototyping
5 16 (10.32%) Validation
5 16 (10.32%) Verification and Validation
6 15 (9.68%) Kanban
6 15 (9.68%) UML
7 14 (9.03%) SysML
8 13 (8.39%) OO
8 13 (8.39%) SIEM
9 12 (7.74%) DevOps
10 11 (7.10%) Application Packaging
10 11 (7.10%) Application Virtualisation
11 9 (5.81%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (5.81%) OCR
11 9 (5.81%) Refactoring
11 9 (5.81%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (5.16%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 39 (25.16%) C++
2 26 (16.77%) PowerShell
3 25 (16.13%) Python
4 19 (12.26%) JavaScript
5 15 (9.68%) Java
6 14 (9.03%) C
7 11 (7.10%) C#
7 11 (7.10%) VBScript
8 8 (5.16%) Bash
9 7 (4.52%) Shell Script
10 6 (3.87%) SQL
11 5 (3.23%) PHP
12 2 (1.29%) Go
13 1 (0.65%) Assembly Language
13 1 (0.65%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.65%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 102 (65.81%) Security Cleared
2 58 (37.42%) SC Cleared
3 30 (19.35%) DV Cleared
4 4 (2.58%) Degree
5 2 (1.29%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.65%) CCNA
6 1 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.65%) MCSE
6 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.45%) ISO 9001
1 10 (6.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (0.65%) IEC 61508
3 1 (0.65%) MISRA
3 1 (0.65%) MISRA C
3 1 (0.65%) QA
System Software
1 28 (18.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 25 (16.13%) Active Directory
3 15 (9.68%) Firmware
4 13 (8.39%) vSphere
5 8 (5.16%) Hyper-V
6 6 (3.87%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (2.58%) Docker
8 2 (1.29%) VirtualBox
8 2 (1.29%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.65%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (10.32%) Ansible
2 14 (9.03%) SCCM
3 12 (7.74%) Kubernetes
4 10 (6.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (5.16%) vRealize
6 6 (3.87%) Packer
7 5 (3.23%) IBM BigFix
7 5 (3.23%) Terraform
7 5 (3.23%) Tivoli
8 4 (2.58%) Red Hat Satellite
9 3 (1.94%) HP ALM
10 2 (1.29%) Rancher
10 2 (1.29%) SCOM
10 2 (1.29%) Tivoli Identity Manager
10 2 (1.29%) vCenter Server
10 2 (1.29%) VxRail
10 2 (1.29%) WSUS
11 1 (0.65%) McAfee ePO
11 1 (0.65%) Nessus
11 1 (0.65%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 38 (24.52%) VMware
2 23 (14.84%) Microsoft
3 16 (10.32%) IBM
4 15 (9.68%) Atlassian
4 15 (9.68%) Google
5 13 (8.39%) ArcSight
5 13 (8.39%) Brocade
6 12 (7.74%) Oracle
6 12 (7.74%) Red Hat
7 10 (6.45%) MobileIron
8 5 (3.23%) Arqiva
8 5 (3.23%) HP
8 5 (3.23%) Remedy
8 5 (3.23%) ServiceNow
8 5 (3.23%) Veritas
9 4 (2.58%) Dell
10 3 (1.94%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.94%) Sparx
11 2 (1.29%) Veeam
12 1 (0.65%) Splunk