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 5 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 11 12
Rank change year-on-year +3 +1 -4
Contract jobs citing Linux 45 82 87
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 13.35% 9.76% 11.49%
As % of the Operating Systems category 43.27% 67.21% 38.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 52 65
10th Percentile £425 £325 £260
25th Percentile £450 £350 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £556 £650 £631
90th Percentile £568 £711 £638
East of England median daily rate £473 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -14.09% +15.79% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 16 6
10th Percentile £49.77 £56.25 £68.13
25th Percentile £55.00 - £71.25
Median hourly rate £63.75 £60.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -17.24% +20.83%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £65.08 - £74.13
East of England median hourly rate £62.50 £60.00 £58.75
% change year-on-year +4.17% +2.13% +2.17%

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 104 122 225
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 30.86% 14.52% 29.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 87 180
10th Percentile £410 £258 £186
25th Percentile £458 £325 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £466
Median % change year-on-year - +17.96% +24.33%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £631
90th Percentile - £675 £700
East of England median daily rate £450 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +12.50% -5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 17 12
10th Percentile £16.95 £54.00 £16.63
25th Percentile £20.64 - £22.99
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £84.75 - -
East of England median hourly rate £22.56 £57.50 £18.26
% change year-on-year -60.77% +214.98% -15.09%

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 5 June 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 5 June 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 +3 20 £450 -18.18% 59
Watford +9 4 £450 +28.57% 62
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 (8.89%) NetWeaver
2 3 (6.67%) CMS
3 2 (4.44%) IBM Domino
4 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (2.22%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (15.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (8.89%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.44%) Azure
2 1 (2.22%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 13 (28.89%) Wireless
2 9 (20.00%) 5G
3 7 (15.56%) 5G NR
4 6 (13.33%) Ethernet
4 6 (13.33%) TCP/IP
5 5 (11.11%) Firewall
6 4 (8.89%) SpaceWire
7 2 (4.44%) 3GPP
7 2 (4.44%) 4G
8 1 (2.22%) DNS
8 1 (2.22%) FTP
8 1 (2.22%) HTTP
8 1 (2.22%) RS-232
8 1 (2.22%) Skype
8 1 (2.22%) SMTP
8 1 (2.22%) SSL
8 1 (2.22%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.89%) SAP BW
1 4 (8.89%) SAP HANA
2 1 (2.22%) Big Data
2 1 (2.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (15.56%) Eclipse
1 7 (15.56%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.22%) GitLab
General
1 14 (31.11%) Social Skills
2 7 (15.56%) Presentation Skills
3 6 (13.33%) Military
4 5 (11.11%) Aerospace
4 5 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.67%) Electronics
5 3 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (6.67%) Telecoms
6 2 (4.44%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.22%) Aviation
7 1 (2.22%) Avionics
7 1 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.22%) Law
7 1 (2.22%) Legal
Job Titles
1 10 (22.22%) Linux Engineer
2 7 (15.56%) CUDA Engineer
2 7 (15.56%) Developer
2 7 (15.56%) Embedded Engineer
2 7 (15.56%) Embedded Linux Engineer
3 6 (13.33%) C# Software Engineer
3 6 (13.33%) Software Engineer
4 4 (8.89%) Backend Developer
4 4 (8.89%) Consultant
4 4 (8.89%) SAP Basis Consultant
4 4 (8.89%) SAP Consultant
5 3 (6.67%) Analyst
5 3 (6.67%) C++ Software Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) Desktop Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) Radio Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) RF Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) SOC Analyst
5 3 (6.67%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) Electrical Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.33%) Node.js
1 6 (13.33%) REST
1 6 (13.33%) Web Services
2 4 (8.89%) SAP Basis
2 4 (8.89%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (6.67%) RESTful
4 2 (4.44%) OpenAPI
4 2 (4.44%) Swagger
5 1 (2.22%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.56%) CUDA
2 5 (11.11%) Operational Technology
3 3 (6.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 3 (6.67%) Raspberry Pi
3 3 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (4.44%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.22%) Blackberry
5 1 (2.22%) CAN bus
5 1 (2.22%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.22%) PKI
5 1 (2.22%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.22%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 14 (31.11%) Windows
2 8 (17.78%) Unix
3 7 (15.56%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (11.11%) Apple iOS
5 2 (4.44%) VMS
6 1 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (2.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (28.89%) Agile
2 11 (24.44%) Validation
3 10 (22.22%) TDD
4 9 (20.00%) Containerisation
4 9 (20.00%) Software Engineering
5 7 (15.56%) Digital Twin
5 7 (15.56%) Incident Management
5 7 (15.56%) Incident Response
5 7 (15.56%) Synthetic Environment
6 6 (13.33%) CI/CD
6 6 (13.33%) Continuous Delivery
6 6 (13.33%) Continuous Integration
6 6 (13.33%) Unit Testing
7 5 (11.11%) Coaching
7 5 (11.11%) Computer Security
7 5 (11.11%) Software Testing
7 5 (11.11%) Verification and Validation
7 5 (11.11%) Visualisation
8 4 (8.89%) OO
8 4 (8.89%) SAP Security
Programming Languages
1 14 (31.11%) C++
2 13 (28.89%) Python
3 11 (24.44%) C#
4 10 (22.22%) Java
5 6 (13.33%) JavaScript
6 5 (11.11%) Bash
7 4 (8.89%) C
7 4 (8.89%) Tcl
8 3 (6.67%) VBA
9 2 (4.44%) Go
9 2 (4.44%) R
10 1 (2.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (26.67%) SC Cleared
1 12 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.67%) Degree
3 1 (2.22%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.11%) GxP
2 2 (4.44%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (20.00%) Docker
2 6 (13.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.44%) Ansible
2 2 (4.44%) TeamSite
3 1 (2.22%) SCOM
3 1 (2.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (15.56%) NVIDIA
3 5 (11.11%) ServiceNow
4 4 (8.89%) SAP
5 3 (6.67%) Darktrace
5 3 (6.67%) FireEye
5 3 (6.67%) LogRhythm
5 3 (6.67%) Splunk
6 2 (4.44%) Databricks
6 2 (4.44%) EMC
6 2 (4.44%) Red Hat
6 2 (4.44%) Remedy
6 2 (4.44%) VMware
7 1 (2.22%) HP
7 1 (2.22%) IronPort
7 1 (2.22%) NetApp
7 1 (2.22%) Symantec
7 1 (2.22%) Twitter