Linux Contracts in Hounslow

Linux
West London > Hounslow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hounslow 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 25 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 21 12
Rank change year-on-year +9 -9 +18
Contract jobs citing Linux 7 5 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hounslow 8.86% 4.07% 10.07%
As % of the Operating Systems category 46.67% 41.67% 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 5
10th Percentile £400 £107 £490
25th Percentile £401 £148 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £215 £538
Median % change year-on-year +88.16% -60.00% +19.44%
75th Percentile £412 £283 £638
90th Percentile £418 £323 £657
West London median daily rate £412 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -17.60% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £65.60
25th Percentile - - £66.50
Median hourly rate - - £71.00
75th Percentile - - £75.00
90th Percentile - - -
West London median hourly rate - - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +194.12%

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 15 12 20
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hounslow 18.99% 9.76% 13.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 9
10th Percentile £225 £107 £200
25th Percentile £269 £125 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £250 £475
Median % change year-on-year +60.90% -47.37% +30.14%
75th Percentile £414 £305 £544
90th Percentile £433 £370 £644
West London median daily rate £405 £400 £331
% change year-on-year +1.13% +20.75% -1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 5
10th Percentile - - £65.80
25th Percentile - - £67.00
Median hourly rate £18.13 £18.13 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year - -75.83% +400.00%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £81.00
West London median hourly rate £18.13 £23.80 £75.00
% change year-on-year -23.82% -68.27% +328.57%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Hounslow

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Hounslow

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hounslow

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

Daily rate trend for Linux in Hounslow

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hounslow

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

Hourly rate trend for Linux in Hounslow

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hounslow 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 2 (28.57%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) GitHub
2 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) RDBMS
1 2 (28.57%) Relational Database
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Git
2 3 (42.86%) Bitbucket
3 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) C++ Developer
1 5 (71.43%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Reliability Engineer
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Computer Science
1 5 (71.43%) OO
2 3 (42.86%) OOD
3 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 2 (28.57%) DevOps
3 2 (28.57%) Migration
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C++
1 7 (100.00%) Python
2 5 (71.43%) SQL
3 2 (28.57%) Go
3 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 2 (28.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (28.57%) OCA
3 2 (28.57%) OCP
3 2 (28.57%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (100.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (28.57%) Ansible
2 2 (28.57%) Grafana
2 2 (28.57%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle
1 2 (28.57%) Splunk