Linux Command Line Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Linux/Unix Command Line Interface (CLI)
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Linux Command Line in contract job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Linux Command Line over the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 - 96
Rank change year-on-year - - +23
Contract jobs citing Linux Command Line 5 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.33% - 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.01% - 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile - - £469
25th Percentile £566 - £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £596 - £513
Median % change year-on-year - - -29.31%
75th Percentile £616 - £531
90th Percentile £616 - -
North West median daily rate £610 - £513
% change year-on-year - - +20.31%

All Generic Skills
Manchester

Linux Command Line falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 495 294 417
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 32.61% 30.63% 26.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 201 296
10th Percentile £213 £203 £294
25th Percentile £358 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £498
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -4.52% -0.50%
75th Percentile £571 £613 £565
90th Percentile £625 £700 £688
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 15 29
10th Percentile £19.75 £21.25 £12.90
25th Percentile £21.46 £24.25 £20.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% +25.00% -60.00%
75th Percentile £73.00 £33.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £95.00 £35.70 £70.85
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £28.75 £26.00
% change year-on-year +58.12% +10.58% -25.71%

Linux Command Line
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Linux Command Line job vacancy trend in Manchester

Linux Command Line
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Linux Command Line.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Linux Command Line

Linux Command Line
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (80.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) AWS
2 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Data Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Storage Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Cloud Native
1 4 (80.00%) Security Posture
2 3 (60.00%) Cloud Security Posture
2 3 (60.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (20.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 4 (80.00%) Data Privacy
1 4 (80.00%) Data Security
1 4 (80.00%) SIEM
1 4 (80.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (60.00%) Actionable Insight
2 3 (60.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (60.00%) Containerisation
2 3 (60.00%) Data Discovery
2 3 (60.00%) Data Pipeline
2 3 (60.00%) Product Roadmap
2 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (60.00%) Security Architecture
2 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Python
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 3 (60.00%) GDPR
1 3 (60.00%) HIPAA
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Docker
2 1 (20.00%) GPFS
2 1 (20.00%) NFS
2 1 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (20.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (20.00%) vRealize
2 1 (20.00%) VxRail
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Varonis
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco
3 1 (20.00%) IBM
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (20.00%) VMware