Ubuntu Contract Job Trends in London

Ubuntu Linux
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Ubuntu skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 406 341 381
Rank change year-on-year -65 +40 -14
Contract jobs citing Ubuntu 53 30 12
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.26% 0.22% 0.075%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.01% 1.94% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 13 9
10th Percentile £355 - £131
25th Percentile £425 £425 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £300
Median % change year-on-year - +66.67% -47.83%
75th Percentile £547 £575 £475
90th Percentile £788 £668 £528
England median daily rate £500 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -15.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Median hourly rate - £56.00 £112.00
Median % change year-on-year - -50.00% +124.00%
England median hourly rate - £68.00 £112.00
% change year-on-year - -39.29% +54.48%

All Operating Systems
London

Ubuntu 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.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,762 1,547 2,020
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.59% 11.56% 12.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,179 997 1,319
10th Percentile £208 £213 £225
25th Percentile £350 £359 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £605
90th Percentile £715 £738 £725
England median daily rate £465 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 55 27
10th Percentile £19.09 £18.87 £19.91
25th Percentile £19.50 £22.50 £23.46
Median hourly rate £24.00 £25.15 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.57% -6.85% -38.41%
75th Percentile £45.63 £25.20 £62.97
90th Percentile £56.10 £58.90 £88.71
England median hourly rate £32.29 £24.00 £60.72
% change year-on-year +34.54% -60.47% +25.44%

Ubuntu Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Ubuntu job vacancy trend in London

Ubuntu Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Ubuntu

Ubuntu Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ubuntu in London over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Ubuntu in London

Ubuntu Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Ubuntu.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Ubuntu

Ubuntu 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 Ubuntu within the London region over the 6 months to 16 October 2026. 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 - 10 £500 - 1
West London -22 4 £430 -
South London -19 2 - -
Ubuntu
England

Ubuntu Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Operating Systems

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Linux100.0%53
2Windows37.7%20
3Red Hat Enterprise Linux32.1%17
4Windows Server26.4%14
5Alpine Linux9.4%5
6Amazon Linux5.7%3
6CentOS5.7%3
8Debian1.9%1
8Unix1.9%1
8VMS1.9%1
8Windows Server 20191.9%1