Linux
Leicestershire > Leicester
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leicester 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 24 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 24 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 8 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Linux | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicester | - | 11.61% | - |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | - | 37.14% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £498 | - |
| Leicestershire median daily rate | - | £498 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +42.29% | -25.13% |
All Operating Systems
Leicester
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 Leicester.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 18 | 35 | 19 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicester | 23.68% | 31.25% | 17.92% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 14 | 24 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £120 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £250 | £133 | £338 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £356 | £393 | £375 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.41% | +4.87% | +15.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £469 | £544 | £418 |
| 90th Percentile | £521 | £584 | - |
| Leicestershire median daily rate | £250 | £338 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | -25.93% | -3.57% | +21.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £13.39 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.25 | - | £14.43 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.50 | - | £16.69 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -64.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £23.75 | - | £19.72 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £22.14 |
| Leicestershire median hourly rate | £22.50 | - | £16.69 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -52.31% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester
Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leicester.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux in Leicester.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicester
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux in Leicester.