LXC Contract Job Trends in London

LXC (LinuX Containers)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring LXC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 386 431
Rank change year-on-year - +45 +160
Contract jobs citing LXC 0 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in London - 0.019% 0.014%
As % of the System Software category - 0.18% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - £600 -

All System Software Skills
London

LXC falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,531 1,671 2,426
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.45% 10.45% 11.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 953 1,126 1,727
10th Percentile £300 £256 £225
25th Percentile £424 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £548
Median % change year-on-year - -4.11% -4.78%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £715 £750 £750
England median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 13 27
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.76 £25.45
25th Percentile £22.50 - £37.91
Median hourly rate £24.00 £23.80 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.84% -60.33% +39.53%
75th Percentile £35.75 £62.50 £64.75
90th Percentile £50.13 £108.10 £75.50
England median hourly rate £32.77 £50.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -34.46% +5.26% +111.11%

LXC
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

LXC job vacancy trend in London

LXC
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing LXC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing LXC