Linux
South East > Home Counties
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Home Counties 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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 8 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +13 |
| Contract jobs citing Linux | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Home Counties | - | - | 4.00% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | - | - | 100.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| South East median daily rate | £550 | £528 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.17% | -4.00% | +2.33% |
All Operating Systems
Home Counties
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 the Home Counties.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties | - | 37.50% | 4.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £455 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.89% | -4.21% | +5.56% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the Home Counties
Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Home Counties
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux in the Home Counties.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Home Counties
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux in the Home Counties.