Linux Systems Administrator Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Linux System Administrator
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Linux System Administrator daily rate in Hertfordshire is £452, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Systems Administrator 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.48% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £450 - -
25th Percentile £451 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £452 - -
75th Percentile £453 - -
90th Percentile £454 - -
East of England median daily rate £452 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 774 318 733
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 92.98% 90.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 157 309
10th Percentile £263 £306 £239
25th Percentile £413 £413 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +23.53% -15.00%
75th Percentile £638 £613 £575
90th Percentile £738 £675 £713
East of England median daily rate £492 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -1.60% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 346 94 266
10th Percentile £16.48 £31.37 £37.91
25th Percentile £19.15 £52.50 £43.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £65.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.37% +18.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £66.00 £79.82 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £80.00
East of England median hourly rate £28.00 £55.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -49.09% +27.91% +30.30%

Linux Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Linux Systems Administrator' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Linux Systems Administrator job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Linux Systems Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Linux Systems Administrator job vacancies in Hertfordshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Linux Systems Administrator job vacancies in Hertfordshire

Linux Systems Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Linux Systems Administrator job vacancies in Hertfordshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Linux Systems Administrator job vacancies in Hertfordshire

Linux Systems Administrator
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Systems Administrator within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 18 April 2026. 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
Stevenage - 4 £452 - 3
Linux Systems Administrator
East of England

Linux Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 18 April 2026, Linux Systems Administrator contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Hertfordshire region featuring Linux Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Red Hat
2 2 (50.00%) Slurm Workload Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (25.00%) SSL
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Workload Management

Linux Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) SSL
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Workload Management
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Slurm Workload Manager
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow