Linux Contract Job Trends in Hemel Hempstead

Linux
Hertfordshire > Hemel Hempstead

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hemel Hempstead requiring Linux skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 - 6
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Linux 1 0 16
As % of all contract jobs in Hemel Hempstead 2.04% - 29.63%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.29% - 94.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 13
10th Percentile - - £541
25th Percentile £713 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - £650
75th Percentile £738 - £725
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £450 £490 £423
% change year-on-year -8.16% +15.98% -15.50%

All Operating Systems
Hemel Hempstead

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 Hemel Hempstead.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 7 0 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hemel Hempstead 14.29% - 31.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 14
10th Percentile - - £542
25th Percentile £513 - £578
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.14%
75th Percentile £638 - £725
90th Percentile £698 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £452 £476 £408
% change year-on-year -5.09% +16.87% -5.78%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Hemel Hempstead

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Linux relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hemel Hempstead.

Linux job vacancy trend in Hemel Hempstead

Linux
Daily Rate Trend in Hemel Hempstead

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hemel Hempstead citing Linux.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hemel Hempstead citing Linux

Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hemel Hempstead 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Technical Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architect
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) vRealize
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Forcepoint
1 1 (100.00%) VMware