Linux Contracts in Hereford

Linux
Herefordshire > Hereford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hereford 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 2 4 12
Rank change year-on-year +2 +8 -
Contract jobs citing Linux 4 25 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hereford 40.00% 58.14% 12.50%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 14 4
10th Percentile £389 £518 £516
25th Percentile £409 - £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £550 £613
Median % change year-on-year -15.91% -10.20% -
75th Percentile £509 £709 £713
90th Percentile £526 £850 £758
Herefordshire median daily rate £463 £550 £650
% change year-on-year -15.91% -15.38% +44.44%

All Operating Systems
Hereford

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 Hereford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4 25 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hereford 40.00% 58.14% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 14 4
10th Percentile £389 £518 £516
25th Percentile £409 - £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £550 £613
Median % change year-on-year -15.91% -10.20% +16.67%
75th Percentile £509 £709 £713
90th Percentile £526 £850 £758
Herefordshire median daily rate £463 £550 £650
% change year-on-year -15.91% -15.38% +44.44%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Hereford

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Hereford

Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hereford

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

Daily rate trend for Linux in Hereford

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hereford

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

Hourly rate trend for Linux in Hereford

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hereford 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 1 (25.00%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Amazon OpenSearch
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Apache NiFi
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Security Management
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) RHCE
2 2 (50.00%) RHCSA
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Docker
1 2 (50.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) SELinux
2 1 (25.00%) Ansible
2 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (25.00%) Podman
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Red Hat
1 2 (50.00%) VMware