Linux Contracts in London

Linux
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 8 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 47 30
Rank change year-on-year 0 -17 +7
Contract jobs citing Linux 617 786 1,665
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 5.05% 4.45% 6.59%
As % of the Operating Systems category 43.06% 37.25% 45.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 429 559 1,209
10th Percentile £398 £330 £450
25th Percentile £463 £450 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year +6.36% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £694 £688 £725
90th Percentile £750 £778 £823
England median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 19
10th Percentile - - £22.00
25th Percentile £39.25 - £50.63
Median hourly rate £44.50 £62.50 £67.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.80% -6.72% +47.25%
75th Percentile £49.75 - £83.38
90th Percentile - - £90.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +18.18%

All Operating Systems
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,433 2,110 3,690
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.72% 11.96% 14.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 993 1,490 2,696
10th Percentile £246 £208 £219
25th Percentile £375 £350 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £638 £624 £669
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
England median daily rate £465 £475 £502
% change year-on-year -2.11% -5.30% +0.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 68 61
10th Percentile £21.38 £15.19 £16.13
25th Percentile £23.76 £18.13 £22.75
Median hourly rate £24.58 £22.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.73% -53.68% +97.92%
75th Percentile £29.94 £27.59 £64.50
90th Percentile £49.73 £60.43 £83.00
England median hourly rate £19.64 £22.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -12.73% -47.06% +97.67%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in London

Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Linux in London

Linux
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux in London over the 6 months to 8 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Linux in London

Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Linux in London

Linux
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the London region over the 6 months to 8 June 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
Central London +3 102 £625 +4.17% 110
South London +8 11 £475 -6.95% 7
West London -7 7 £427 -12.35% 22
East London +14 4 £415 -6.71% 16
Linux
England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 28 (4.54%) Apache
2 25 (4.05%) Confluence
3 24 (3.89%) Apache Spark
4 20 (3.24%) nginx
5 13 (2.11%) OpenStack
6 12 (1.94%) SAS
7 7 (1.13%) CMS
8 6 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (0.97%) Jupyter
8 6 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.97%) SharePoint
9 4 (0.65%) IIS
9 4 (0.65%) JBoss
9 4 (0.65%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.32%) Camunda
11 2 (0.32%) NetWeaver
11 2 (0.32%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.16%) Documentum
Applications
1 10 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.30%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.49%) Oracle 11i
2 2 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (0.32%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 2 (0.32%) Sage X3
2 2 (0.32%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.16%) Actimize
3 1 (0.16%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.16%) iTrent
3 1 (0.16%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.16%) Shopify
3 1 (0.16%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 192 (31.12%) AWS
2 128 (20.75%) Azure
3 46 (7.46%) GCP
4 44 (7.13%) GitHub
5 38 (6.16%) AWS CloudFormation
6 32 (5.19%) Amazon EC2
7 30 (4.86%) Amazon S3
8 22 (3.57%) Azure AKS
9 21 (3.40%) Amazon EKS
10 20 (3.24%) Entra ID
11 19 (3.08%) Serverless
12 18 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
12 18 (2.92%) IaaS
13 17 (2.76%) OpenShift
14 16 (2.59%) AWS Lambda
14 16 (2.59%) Cloud Computing
15 15 (2.43%) Microsoft 365
15 15 (2.43%) PaaS
16 12 (1.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 12 (1.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 56 (9.08%) Firewall
2 53 (8.59%) DNS
3 36 (5.83%) TCP/IP
4 25 (4.05%) HTTP
4 25 (4.05%) VPN
5 21 (3.40%) DHCP
6 15 (2.43%) SSH
7 13 (2.11%) SAN
8 12 (1.94%) Internet
9 11 (1.78%) Multicast
10 10 (1.62%) LAN
10 10 (1.62%) Network Security
10 10 (1.62%) WAN
11 9 (1.46%) InfiniBand
12 6 (0.97%) HTTPS
12 6 (0.97%) NAS
12 6 (0.97%) SSL
12 6 (0.97%) VSAN
13 5 (0.81%) BGP
13 5 (0.81%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (7.94%) SQL Server
2 45 (7.29%) MongoDB
3 43 (6.97%) Relational Database
4 28 (4.54%) Oracle Database
5 26 (4.21%) PostgreSQL
6 24 (3.89%) Amazon RDS
7 23 (3.73%) DB2
7 23 (3.73%) MySQL
8 18 (2.92%) NoSQL
9 17 (2.76%) Big Data
10 12 (1.94%) Elasticsearch
10 12 (1.94%) Hadoop
11 11 (1.78%) Apache Hive
12 9 (1.46%) Amazon Aurora
12 9 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (1.46%) KDB
13 8 (1.30%) RDBMS
14 7 (1.13%) Power BI
15 6 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
15 6 (0.97%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 107 (17.34%) Git
2 74 (11.99%) Jenkins
3 45 (7.29%) JIRA
4 37 (6.00%) GitLab
5 26 (4.21%) JUnit
6 17 (2.76%) Subversion
7 14 (2.27%) Sonatype Nexus
8 13 (2.11%) Bitbucket
9 12 (1.94%) JMeter
9 12 (1.94%) Maven
9 12 (1.94%) TeamCity
10 11 (1.78%) SonarQube
11 10 (1.62%) LoadRunner
12 9 (1.46%) Gradle
13 7 (1.13%) Ant
14 6 (0.97%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 6 (0.97%) Cucumber
14 6 (0.97%) GCC
14 6 (0.97%) GDB
14 6 (0.97%) RStudio
General
1 207 (33.55%) Finance
2 172 (27.88%) Social Skills
3 103 (16.69%) Banking
4 86 (13.94%) Analytical Skills
5 51 (8.27%) Investment Banking
6 29 (4.70%) Public Sector
7 26 (4.21%) Front Office
8 22 (3.57%) Financial Institution
9 15 (2.43%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (0.81%) Legal
12 5 (0.81%) Retail
13 4 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.65%) General Ledger
14 3 (0.49%) Back Office
14 3 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.49%) International Banking
14 3 (0.49%) Law
14 3 (0.49%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 128 (20.75%) Developer
2 77 (12.48%) Senior
3 58 (9.40%) Architect
4 53 (8.59%) DevOps Engineer
5 47 (7.62%) Java Developer
6 40 (6.48%) Lead
7 37 (6.00%) Linux Engineer
8 35 (5.67%) Senior Developer
9 27 (4.38%) Analyst
9 27 (4.38%) Senior Java Developer
10 24 (3.89%) Python Developer
11 22 (3.57%) C++ Developer
11 22 (3.57%) Network Engineer
12 21 (3.40%) Administrator
12 21 (3.40%) Azure Engineer
12 21 (3.40%) Consultant
13 20 (3.24%) Platform Engineer
14 19 (3.08%) AWS DevOps
14 19 (3.08%) AWS Engineer
15 18 (2.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (8.27%) Kafka
2 41 (6.65%) Spring
3 28 (4.54%) AngularJS
4 27 (4.38%) Elastic Stack
5 23 (3.73%) FIX Protocol
5 23 (3.73%) React
6 20 (3.24%) Middleware
7 19 (3.08%) HTML
7 19 (3.08%) REST
8 17 (2.76%) XML
9 16 (2.59%) JMS
9 16 (2.59%) RESTful
9 16 (2.59%) Spring Boot
10 15 (2.43%) JSON
11 13 (2.11%) .NET
11 13 (2.11%) Flask
11 13 (2.11%) NumPy
11 13 (2.11%) Pandas
11 13 (2.11%) YAML
12 12 (1.94%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 39 (6.32%) Data Structures
1 39 (6.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 32 (5.19%) Distributed Systems
2 32 (5.19%) Equities
3 31 (5.02%) Hedge funds
4 29 (4.70%) Data Centre
5 28 (4.54%) Linux Command Line
6 25 (4.05%) Cloud Native
7 23 (3.73%) Algorithms
8 20 (3.24%) Management Information System
9 16 (2.59%) Fixed Income
9 16 (2.59%) Replication
10 15 (2.43%) Data Protection Act
11 14 (2.27%) Clustering
11 14 (2.27%) Public Cloud
12 13 (2.11%) Private Cloud
12 13 (2.11%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 12 (1.94%) Distributed Architecture
13 12 (1.94%) Onboarding
14 11 (1.78%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 171 (27.71%) Windows
2 117 (18.96%) Unix
3 74 (11.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 32 (5.19%) Windows Server
5 21 (3.40%) CentOS
6 15 (2.43%) Solaris
7 12 (1.94%) AIX
8 11 (1.78%) Rocky
8 11 (1.78%) Ubuntu
9 7 (1.13%) Windows 10
10 6 (0.97%) Oracle Linux
11 5 (0.81%) SUSE
12 4 (0.65%) CatOS
13 3 (0.49%) Amazon Linux
13 3 (0.49%) Apple iOS
13 3 (0.49%) Debian
13 3 (0.49%) Mac OS
13 3 (0.49%) Mac OS X
13 3 (0.49%) VMS
14 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (27.71%) DevOps
2 158 (25.61%) CI/CD
3 139 (22.53%) Problem-Solving
4 116 (18.80%) Agile
5 82 (13.29%) Infrastructure as Code
6 69 (11.18%) High Availability
7 66 (10.70%) Containerisation
8 63 (10.21%) Configuration Management
8 63 (10.21%) Software Engineering
9 51 (8.27%) Migration
10 50 (8.10%) Test Automation
11 44 (7.13%) Low Latency
11 44 (7.13%) Performance Tuning
12 43 (6.97%) Computer Science
13 40 (6.48%) Continuous Integration
13 40 (6.48%) SDLC
14 38 (6.16%) Electronic Trading
15 36 (5.83%) Infrastructure Automation
16 35 (5.67%) Cybersecurity
17 33 (5.35%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 261 (42.30%) Python
2 152 (24.64%) Java
3 137 (22.20%) SQL
4 97 (15.72%) Bash
5 58 (9.40%) C++
6 55 (8.91%) PowerShell
7 52 (8.43%) Shell Script
8 33 (5.35%) JavaScript
9 29 (4.70%) C#
10 23 (3.73%) C
10 23 (3.73%) Perl
11 19 (3.08%) PL/SQL
12 17 (2.76%) Scala
13 15 (2.43%) Rust
14 12 (1.94%) Go
14 12 (1.94%) TypeScript
15 10 (1.62%) VB
16 5 (0.81%) Groovy
16 5 (0.81%) Ruby
17 4 (0.65%) OCaml
Qualifications
1 95 (15.40%) Security Cleared
2 86 (13.94%) SC Cleared
3 60 (9.72%) Degree
4 25 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (2.11%) DV Cleared
6 12 (1.94%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (1.78%) AWS Certification
8 9 (1.46%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.46%) CISSP
8 9 (1.46%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.30%) CCNP
10 6 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (0.81%) RHCSA
12 4 (0.65%) CCIE
12 4 (0.65%) CCSE
12 4 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.65%) RHCE
13 3 (0.49%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 3 (0.49%) CASP
13 3 (0.49%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (4.54%) GDPR
2 22 (3.57%) QA
3 12 (1.94%) NIST
3 12 (1.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 11 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.30%) SLA
6 6 (0.97%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.81%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.65%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.49%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.49%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.49%) SEPA
9 3 (0.49%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.32%) GAAP
10 2 (0.32%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.32%) ITGC
10 2 (0.32%) NCSC
10 2 (0.32%) WCAG
11 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.16%) PMO
System Software
1 119 (19.29%) Docker
2 52 (8.43%) Active Directory
3 44 (7.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (2.76%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (2.11%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (2.11%) vSphere
6 8 (1.30%) GPFS
6 8 (1.30%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 6 (0.97%) iptables
7 6 (0.97%) Oracle RAC
8 5 (0.81%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 4 (0.65%) Hyper-V
10 3 (0.49%) FreeRADIUS
10 3 (0.49%) NFS
10 3 (0.49%) vCloud
10 3 (0.49%) Veritas File System
10 3 (0.49%) Veritas Volume Manager
10 3 (0.49%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.49%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (0.32%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 180 (29.17%) Kubernetes
2 140 (22.69%) Terraform
3 139 (22.53%) Ansible
4 53 (8.59%) Puppet
5 29 (4.70%) Grafana
6 28 (4.54%) Prometheus
7 27 (4.38%) Progress Chef
8 19 (3.08%) Packer
9 13 (2.11%) Consul
9 13 (2.11%) Rancher
10 11 (1.78%) Kibana
10 11 (1.78%) Red Hat Satellite
11 10 (1.62%) Nagios
11 10 (1.62%) SELinux
12 8 (1.30%) QRadar
13 7 (1.13%) Tivoli
13 7 (1.13%) ZABBIX
14 6 (0.97%) EMC NetWorker
14 6 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
14 6 (0.97%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 73 (11.83%) Oracle
2 68 (11.02%) Microsoft
3 67 (10.86%) VMware
4 66 (10.70%) Red Hat
5 41 (6.65%) Splunk
6 25 (4.05%) ServiceNow
7 24 (3.89%) Sybase
8 23 (3.73%) CyberArk
8 23 (3.73%) IBM
9 22 (3.57%) Cisco
10 17 (2.76%) Google
11 13 (2.11%) BeyondTrust
12 12 (1.94%) EMC
13 11 (1.78%) Databricks
13 11 (1.78%) Qualys
13 11 (1.78%) Veritas
14 9 (1.46%) SAP
15 8 (1.30%) Citrix
15 8 (1.30%) Dynatrace
15 8 (1.30%) SaltStack