Linux Contract Job Trends in Hounslow

Linux
West London > Hounslow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hounslow requiring Linux skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 16 14
Rank change year-on-year +7 -2 +3
Contract jobs citing Linux 5 3 11
As % of all contract jobs in Hounslow 9.80% 3.80% 9.17%
As % of the Operating Systems category 62.50% 50.00% 84.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 5
10th Percentile £402 £404 £264
25th Percentile £406 £410 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £412 £420 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -21.86% +7.50%
75th Percentile £417 £430 £613
90th Percentile £420 £436 £671
West London median daily rate £208 £430 £525
% change year-on-year -51.74% -18.10% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £69.30
25th Percentile - - £72.75
Median hourly rate - - £78.50
75th Percentile - - £84.25
90th Percentile - - £87.70
West London median hourly rate - - £67.00
% change year-on-year - - -7.59%

All Operating Systems
Hounslow

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 Hounslow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 8 6 13
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hounslow 15.69% 7.59% 10.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 7
10th Percentile £331 £214 £154
25th Percentile £402 £220 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £412 £400 £538
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -25.58% +20.79%
75th Percentile £421 £440 £578
90th Percentile £430 £469 £652
West London median daily rate £400 £400 £400
% change year-on-year - - +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £69.30
25th Percentile - - £72.75
Median hourly rate - - £78.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +76.40%
75th Percentile - - £84.25
90th Percentile - - £87.70
West London median hourly rate £20.82 £57.63 £34.67
% change year-on-year -63.87% +66.22% -22.96%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Hounslow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Linux relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hounslow.

Linux job vacancy trend in Hounslow

Linux
Daily Rate Trend in Hounslow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hounslow citing Linux.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hounslow citing Linux

Linux
Hourly Rate Trend in Hounslow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hounslow citing Linux.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hounslow citing Linux

Linux
Contract Job Locations in Hounslow

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Hounslow region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
Feltham - 1 - -
Linux
West London

Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hounslow 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (20.00%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) GitHub
1 2 (40.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Wireless
1 1 (20.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (20.00%) FTP
1 1 (20.00%) HTTPS
1 1 (20.00%) NX-OS
1 1 (20.00%) RTP
1 1 (20.00%) SSH
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (20.00%) RDBMS
1 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Git
2 2 (40.00%) Bitbucket
2 2 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) C++ Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Developer
1 2 (40.00%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Reliability Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) BYOD
1 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (20.00%) Linux Command Line
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Unix
2 1 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) OO
3 1 (20.00%) AI
3 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (20.00%) OOD
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (20.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C++
1 4 (80.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) Go
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) OCA
1 2 (40.00%) OCP
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Docker
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (20.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (40.00%) Ansible
2 2 (40.00%) Grafana
2 2 (40.00%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
1 2 (40.00%) Splunk
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) VMware