Linux
East Midlands > Leicestershire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 14 | 31 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +17 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing Linux | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicestershire | - | 6.41% | 1.74% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | - | 23.26% | 7.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £520 | £350 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +48.57% | -25.13% |
| East Midlands median daily rate | £455 | £529 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.04% | +17.57% | -9.60% |
All Operating Systems
Leicestershire
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 Leicestershire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 19 | 43 | 42 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire | 18.63% | 27.56% | 24.42% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 15 | 26 | 35 |
| 10th Percentile | £208 | £120 | £122 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £128 | £238 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £250 | £304 | £325 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -17.70% | -6.54% | +5.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £469 | £536 | £388 |
| 90th Percentile | £516 | £581 | £418 |
| East Midlands median daily rate | £391 | £338 | £363 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.85% | -6.90% | +12.40% |
| 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 | - | - | -57.39% |
| 75th Percentile | £23.75 | - | £19.72 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £22.14 |
| East Midlands median hourly rate | £18.77 | £17.00 | £18.38 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.38% | -7.51% | -6.34% |
Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire
Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux in Leicestershire.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux in Leicestershire.