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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 395 442
Rank change year-on-year - +47 +172
Contract jobs citing LXC 0 3 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London - 0.019% 0.018%
As % of the System Software category - 0.17% 0.15%
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 1,458 1,722 2,615
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.94% 10.74% 11.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 907 1,190 1,872
10th Percentile £300 £262 £225
25th Percentile £413 £400 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £675
90th Percentile £700 £730 £775
England median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 16 32
10th Percentile £22.45 £20.00 £25.30
25th Percentile £22.63 £22.98 £38.75
Median hourly rate £25.58 £23.80 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.46% -60.33% +45.45%
75th Percentile £35.75 £24.39 £66.95
90th Percentile £41.13 £60.00 £82.70
England median hourly rate £36.00 £24.35 £47.86
% change year-on-year +47.84% -49.13% +117.56%

LXC
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for LXC 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