Linux Contracts in Hertfordshire

Linux
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 14 12
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 -5
Contract jobs citing Linux 41 80 87
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 12.77% 9.59% 10.73%
As % of the Operating Systems category 54.67% 75.47% 37.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 43 63
10th Percentile £425 £292 £260
25th Percentile £454 £325 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £550 £520
Median % change year-on-year -5.68% +5.77% +14.92%
75th Percentile £556 £650 £631
90th Percentile £573 £705 £648
East of England median daily rate £490 £433 £450
% change year-on-year +13.29% -3.89% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 10
10th Percentile £48.30 £55.75 -
25th Percentile £55.00 - £65.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £60.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -17.24% +20.83%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £74.50
90th Percentile £66.35 - £74.65
East of England median hourly rate £58.75 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -2.08% -7.69% +8.33%

All Operating Systems
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 75 106 234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 23.36% 12.71% 28.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 64 183
10th Percentile £300 £259 £186
25th Percentile £444 £313 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £557 £622 £650
90th Percentile £588 £683 £738
East of England median daily rate £383 £350 £425
% change year-on-year +9.29% -17.65% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 15 16
10th Percentile £16.95 £53.50 £16.56
25th Percentile £22.65 £58.75 £41.01
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £67.25 £65.00 £73.94
90th Percentile £87.50 - £74.50
East of England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.18 £17.75
% change year-on-year +108.50% +41.86% -12.99%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Hertfordshire

Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Linux in Hertfordshire

Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Linux in Hertfordshire

Linux
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Linux in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Linux in Hertfordshire

Linux
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 within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 +14 19 £475 -13.64% 25
Watford +6 4 £450 +28.57% 6
Linux
East of England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 4 (9.76%) CMS
1 4 (9.76%) NetWeaver
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.44%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (19.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (9.76%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.44%) Azure
1 1 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (2.44%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 13 (31.71%) Wireless
2 9 (21.95%) 5G
3 7 (17.07%) 5G NR
4 5 (12.20%) Firewall
5 4 (9.76%) Ethernet
5 4 (9.76%) SpaceWire
5 4 (9.76%) TCP/IP
6 2 (4.88%) 3GPP
6 2 (4.88%) 4G
6 2 (4.88%) DNS
6 2 (4.88%) FTP
6 2 (4.88%) HTTP
6 2 (4.88%) SMTP
6 2 (4.88%) SSL
7 1 (2.44%) RS-232
7 1 (2.44%) Skype
7 1 (2.44%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.76%) SAP BW
1 4 (9.76%) SAP HANA
2 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Visual Studio
2 5 (12.20%) Eclipse
3 1 (2.44%) Git
3 1 (2.44%) GitLab
3 1 (2.44%) Rational DOORS
General
1 11 (26.83%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (12.20%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Military
4 3 (7.32%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (7.32%) Telecoms
5 2 (4.88%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.44%) Aviation
6 1 (2.44%) Avionics
6 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Law
6 1 (2.44%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (26.83%) Linux Engineer
2 7 (17.07%) CUDA Engineer
2 7 (17.07%) Developer
2 7 (17.07%) Embedded Engineer
2 7 (17.07%) Embedded Linux Engineer
3 5 (12.20%) Software Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Analyst
4 4 (9.76%) Backend Developer
4 4 (9.76%) C# Software Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Consultant
4 4 (9.76%) Desktop Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) SAP Basis Consultant
4 4 (9.76%) SAP Consultant
4 4 (9.76%) SOC Analyst
5 3 (7.32%) Senior
5 3 (7.32%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (7.32%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) C# Developer
6 2 (4.88%) Software Developer
6 2 (4.88%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (14.63%) REST
2 4 (9.76%) Node.js
2 4 (9.76%) SAP Basis
2 4 (9.76%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (9.76%) Web Services
3 3 (7.32%) RESTful
4 2 (4.88%) LDAP
4 2 (4.88%) OpenAPI
4 2 (4.88%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.07%) CUDA
2 5 (12.20%) Operational Technology
3 4 (9.76%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 4 (9.76%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (4.88%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (4.88%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.44%) Blackberry
5 1 (2.44%) CAN bus
5 1 (2.44%) PKI
5 1 (2.44%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.44%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 14 (34.15%) Windows
2 8 (19.51%) Unix
3 7 (17.07%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (12.20%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.44%) VxWorks
5 1 (2.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (24.39%) Agile
2 9 (21.95%) Validation
3 8 (19.51%) Incident Management
3 8 (19.51%) Incident Response
3 8 (19.51%) TDD
4 7 (17.07%) Containerisation
5 5 (12.20%) Coaching
5 5 (12.20%) Computer Security
5 5 (12.20%) Digital Twin
5 5 (12.20%) Software Engineering
5 5 (12.20%) Software Testing
5 5 (12.20%) Synthetic Environment
6 4 (9.76%) Continuous Delivery
6 4 (9.76%) Continuous Integration
6 4 (9.76%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (9.76%) OO
6 4 (9.76%) Performance Tuning
6 4 (9.76%) Problem Management
6 4 (9.76%) SAP Security
6 4 (9.76%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (26.83%) Python
2 10 (24.39%) C++
2 10 (24.39%) Java
3 9 (21.95%) C#
4 5 (12.20%) Bash
5 4 (9.76%) C
5 4 (9.76%) JavaScript
5 4 (9.76%) Tcl
6 3 (7.32%) VBA
7 2 (4.88%) Go
8 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (34.15%) Security Cleared
2 13 (31.71%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.32%) Degree
4 1 (2.44%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.20%) GxP
2 3 (7.32%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (17.07%) Docker
2 6 (14.63%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (17.07%) Kubernetes
2 3 (7.32%) TeamSite
3 2 (4.88%) Ansible
4 1 (2.44%) SCOM
4 1 (2.44%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (36.59%) Microsoft
2 7 (17.07%) NVIDIA
3 5 (12.20%) ServiceNow
4 4 (9.76%) Darktrace
4 4 (9.76%) FireEye
4 4 (9.76%) LogRhythm
4 4 (9.76%) SAP
4 4 (9.76%) Splunk
5 3 (7.32%) Remedy
6 2 (4.88%) EMC
6 2 (4.88%) IronPort
6 2 (4.88%) Red Hat
6 2 (4.88%) Symantec
6 2 (4.88%) VMware
7 1 (2.44%) HP
7 1 (2.44%) NetApp
7 1 (2.44%) Twitter
7 1 (2.44%) Wind River