Linux Contract Job Trends in Malvern

Linux
Worcestershire > Malvern

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Malvern requiring Linux skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 7 9
Rank change year-on-year -17 +2 -5
Contract jobs citing Linux 3 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Malvern 4.29% 12.50% 12.00%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £587 - £419
25th Percentile £592 - £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £700 £620
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +12.90% -4.62%
75th Percentile £625 - £658
90th Percentile £640 - £659
Worcestershire median daily rate £575 £700 £620
% change year-on-year -17.86% +12.90% -4.62%

All Operating Systems
Malvern

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 Malvern.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 12 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Malvern 17.14% 12.50% 12.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 1 3
10th Percentile £525 - £419
25th Percentile £573 - £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £700 £620
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +12.90% -4.62%
75th Percentile £713 - £658
90th Percentile £738 - £659
Worcestershire median daily rate £575 £128 £200
% change year-on-year +350.98% -36.25% -57.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.50 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
75th Percentile £77.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Worcestershire median hourly rate £18.23 £18.13 £17.72
% change year-on-year +0.52% +2.31% +8.31%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Malvern

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

Linux job vacancy trend in Malvern

Linux
Daily Rate Trend in Malvern

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Malvern citing Linux.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Malvern citing Linux

Linux
Hourly Rate Trend in Malvern

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Malvern citing Linux.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Malvern citing Linux

Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Malvern by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Multicast
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Elasticsearch
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Security Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) SIEM Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) SOC Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Server Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Elastic Stack
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Unix
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Case Management
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
1 2 (66.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Security Hardening
2 1 (33.33%) Server Patching
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Bash
1 2 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) Terminal Services
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Kibana
1 2 (66.67%) logstash
2 1 (33.33%) Nessus
2 1 (33.33%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Dell
1 1 (33.33%) SolarWinds
1 1 (33.33%) Veeam
1 1 (33.33%) VMware