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 30 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 32 19
Rank change year-on-year +12 -13 +17
Contract jobs citing Linux 41 6 31
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 6.57% 2.96% 6.95%
As % of the Operating Systems category 73.21% 28.57% 39.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 6 25
10th Percentile £456 - £506
25th Percentile £509 £413 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £425 £550
Median % change year-on-year +38.82% -22.73% -
75th Percentile £638 £438 -
90th Percentile £646 £544 £577
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £555 £425 £550
% change year-on-year +30.59% -22.73% -

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 56 21 78
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 8.97% 10.34% 17.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 16 47
10th Percentile £392 £195 £175
25th Percentile £465 £200 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £410 £511
Median % change year-on-year +35.28% -19.72% +1.69%
75th Percentile £632 £438 £550
90th Percentile £643 £575 £554
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £536 £410 £425
% change year-on-year +30.75% -3.47% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 19
10th Percentile - - £18.00
25th Percentile - - £21.25
Median hourly rate - - £24.00
75th Percentile - - £30.00
90th Percentile - - £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate - £14.20 £23.88
% change year-on-year - -40.52% -

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

Linux
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 30 March 2026.

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 (4.88%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 18 (43.90%) AWS
2 17 (41.46%) Azure
3 7 (17.07%) GitHub
4 5 (12.20%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (9.76%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (9.76%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (7.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 3 (7.32%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (4.88%) GCP
8 1 (2.44%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (2.44%) Amazon S3
8 1 (2.44%) Amazon SQS
8 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
8 1 (2.44%) IaaS
8 1 (2.44%) PaaS
8 1 (2.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (29.27%) DNS
1 12 (29.27%) TCP/IP
2 6 (14.63%) VSAN
3 3 (7.32%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (7.32%) SAN
4 2 (4.88%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (4.88%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (4.88%) Firewall
5 1 (2.44%) BGP
5 1 (2.44%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (2.44%) IPsec
5 1 (2.44%) IPv6
5 1 (2.44%) MPLS
5 1 (2.44%) Multicast
5 1 (2.44%) OSPF
5 1 (2.44%) SD-WAN
5 1 (2.44%) SNMP
5 1 (2.44%) VPN
5 1 (2.44%) VXLAN
5 1 (2.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (2.44%) DynamoDB
2 1 (2.44%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.44%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Jaeger
2 2 (4.88%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.88%) JUnit
3 1 (2.44%) Git
3 1 (2.44%) Maven
3 1 (2.44%) Mockito
3 1 (2.44%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (2.44%) Storybook
General
1 2 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (4.88%) Finance
1 2 (4.88%) Manufacturing
1 2 (4.88%) Public Sector
1 2 (4.88%) Retail
2 1 (2.44%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (29.27%) Linux Engineer
1 12 (29.27%) Senior
2 10 (24.39%) Analyst
3 8 (19.51%) SOC Analyst
4 6 (14.63%) Architect
5 5 (12.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (12.20%) Technical Architect
6 4 (9.76%) Azure Engineer
6 4 (9.76%) Lead
6 4 (9.76%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (9.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (9.76%) Senior Linux Engineer
7 3 (7.32%) Cloud Engineer
7 3 (7.32%) Developer
7 3 (7.32%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (7.32%) Senior Architect
7 3 (7.32%) Senior Technical Architect
7 3 (7.32%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 2 (4.88%) Network Engineer
8 2 (4.88%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.76%) OpenTelemetry
2 3 (7.32%) .NET
2 3 (7.32%) Loki
3 2 (4.88%) Spring
3 2 (4.88%) Spring Boot
4 1 (2.44%) 802.1X
4 1 (2.44%) ActiveMQ
4 1 (2.44%) CSS
4 1 (2.44%) Hibernate
4 1 (2.44%) HTML
4 1 (2.44%) JPA
4 1 (2.44%) React
4 1 (2.44%) REST
4 1 (2.44%) SOAP
4 1 (2.44%) Spring Cloud
4 1 (2.44%) Vitest
4 1 (2.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.95%) Hybrid Cloud
1 9 (21.95%) Security Operations Centre
2 8 (19.51%) Cyberattack
2 8 (19.51%) PKI
3 4 (9.76%) Public Cloud
4 3 (7.32%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (7.32%) Data Centre
4 3 (7.32%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (7.32%) Security Posture
5 2 (4.88%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (2.44%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (2.44%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 15 (36.59%) Windows
2 4 (9.76%) Debian
3 3 (7.32%) Ubuntu
4 1 (2.44%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (41.46%) Incident Response
2 13 (31.71%) CI/CD
2 13 (31.71%) SIEM
3 10 (24.39%) Containerisation
3 10 (24.39%) Infrastructure as Code
3 10 (24.39%) Security Operations
4 9 (21.95%) DevOps
5 8 (19.51%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (14.63%) ITIL
8 5 (12.20%) Computer Science
8 5 (12.20%) Problem Management
9 4 (9.76%) Agile
9 4 (9.76%) AI
9 4 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (9.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 4 (9.76%) Migration
9 4 (9.76%) Requirements Management
9 4 (9.76%) Root Cause Analysis
9 4 (9.76%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 10 (24.39%) Python
2 6 (14.63%) PowerShell
3 4 (9.76%) Bash
3 4 (9.76%) Go
4 2 (4.88%) Java
4 2 (4.88%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.44%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 29 (70.73%) Security Cleared
2 21 (51.22%) DV Cleared
3 20 (48.78%) SC Cleared
4 6 (14.63%) Degree
5 5 (12.20%) CompTIA CySA+
5 5 (12.20%) CompTIA Security+
5 5 (12.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (9.76%) LFCS
6 4 (9.76%) RHCE
6 4 (9.76%) RHCSA
7 3 (7.32%) CCNP
7 3 (7.32%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (7.32%) LPIC
8 2 (4.88%) CCSE
8 2 (4.88%) CCSM
9 1 (2.44%) AWS Certification
9 1 (2.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (2.44%) CCIP
9 1 (2.44%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.20%) NCSC
2 4 (9.76%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (9.76%) GDPR
2 4 (9.76%) NIST
2 4 (9.76%) PCI DSS
3 3 (7.32%) GRC
4 2 (4.88%) SLA
5 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (14.63%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (14.63%) VMware NSX
2 5 (12.20%) Docker
3 2 (4.88%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.44%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.44%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (12.20%) Grafana
1 5 (12.20%) Prometheus
1 5 (12.20%) Terraform
2 4 (9.76%) Ansible
2 4 (9.76%) Kubernetes
3 3 (7.32%) Istio
3 3 (7.32%) Podman
3 3 (7.32%) Proxmox
3 3 (7.32%) Rancher
4 1 (2.44%) CASB
4 1 (2.44%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 13 (31.71%) VMware
2 9 (21.95%) Splunk
3 7 (17.07%) Cisco
3 7 (17.07%) Palo Alto
3 7 (17.07%) Red Hat
4 6 (14.63%) Microsoft
5 4 (9.76%) Zscaler
6 3 (7.32%) CheckPoint
6 3 (7.32%) Citrix
6 3 (7.32%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.44%) Arista
7 1 (2.44%) Aruba
7 1 (2.44%) HP
7 1 (2.44%) Juniper
7 1 (2.44%) Meraki
7 1 (2.44%) Oracle
7 1 (2.44%) SolarWinds