Linux
North West > Merseyside
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside with a requirement for Linux skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Linux over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 8 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 37 | 28 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -9 | +8 |
| Contract jobs citing Linux | 0 | 11 | 22 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside | - | 3.43% | 6.15% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | - | 20.37% | 24.72% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 10 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £325 | £283 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £373 | £412 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £458 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -8.50% | +25.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £538 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £566 | £650 |
| North West median daily rate | £450 | £550 | £580 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.18% | -5.17% | +30.04% |
All Operating Systems
Merseyside
Linux is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside with a requirement for operating system skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 40 | 54 | 89 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside | 17.78% | 16.82% | 24.86% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 30 | 43 | 59 |
| 10th Percentile | £143 | £168 | £150 |
| 25th Percentile | £163 | £181 | £253 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £225 | £425 | £413 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -47.06% | +3.03% | +37.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £291 | £613 | £525 |
| 90th Percentile | £396 | £695 | £613 |
| North West median daily rate | £438 | £475 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.89% | +5.56% | +21.79% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 5 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £16.21 | £14.38 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.50 | £16.25 | £14.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £16.00 | £17.50 | £15.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.57% | +16.67% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £17.63 | £18.75 | £17.94 |
| 90th Percentile | £18.80 | £19.05 | £18.75 |
| North West median hourly rate | £16.00 | £29.30 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -45.39% | +62.78% | +8.34% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside
Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux in Merseyside.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux in Merseyside.