Linux Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Linux
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Linux skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 40 27
Rank change year-on-year +6 -13 +1
Contract jobs citing Linux 9 9 28
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 2.71% 3.20% 5.56%
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.68% 13.24% 34.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 22
10th Percentile £507 - £428
25th Percentile £525 £413 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £528
Median % change year-on-year - +4.27% -4.09%
75th Percentile £581 £694 £550
90th Percentile £623 £825 £561
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £550 £550 £528
% change year-on-year - +4.27% -4.09%

All Operating Systems
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 38 68 81
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 11.45% 24.20% 16.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 56 56
10th Percentile £184 £227 £165
25th Percentile £222 £311 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £411 £475
Median % change year-on-year -20.85% -13.55% -8.65%
75th Percentile £553 £443 £550
90th Percentile £583 £558 £588
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £274 £380 £465
% change year-on-year -28.03% -18.28% -11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 9
10th Percentile - £20.25 £19.20
25th Percentile - £27.81 £23.63
Median hourly rate - £35.08 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year - +46.18% +17.07%
75th Percentile - £37.06 £30.00
90th Percentile - £37.62 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate - £25.82 £23.88
% change year-on-year - +8.14% +49.22%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Linux job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

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Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Linux.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Linux

Linux
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Linux in Milton Keynes

Linux
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Linux.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Linux

Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 2 (22.22%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) AWS
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
1 3 (33.33%) GitHub
2 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) DNS
1 3 (33.33%) SAN
1 3 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (11.11%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle Database
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Azure Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Cloud Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) DBA
3 1 (11.11%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle DBA
3 1 (11.11%) Python Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Cloud Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) SQL DBA
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) PKI
2 1 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Debian
1 3 (33.33%) Ubuntu
2 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (44.44%) Incident Response
1 4 (44.44%) ITIL
2 3 (33.33%) Agile
2 3 (33.33%) AI
2 3 (33.33%) AI Transformation
2 3 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 3 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 3 (33.33%) DevOps
2 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure Automation
2 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
3 2 (22.22%) Incident Management
3 2 (22.22%) Proactive Monitoring
3 2 (22.22%) Problem Management
3 2 (22.22%) Release Management
4 1 (11.11%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (11.11%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (11.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) Python
2 3 (33.33%) PowerShell
3 2 (22.22%) Shell Script
4 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) DV Cleared
1 8 (88.89%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Ansible
1 3 (33.33%) Podman
1 3 (33.33%) Proxmox
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Red Hat
1 3 (33.33%) VMware
1 3 (33.33%) Zscaler
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle