Ubuntu Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Ubuntu Linux
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Ubuntu skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - +22
Contract jobs citing Ubuntu 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.22% - 0.49%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.03% - 3.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +29.41%
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £375 - £550
% change year-on-year - - +62.96%

All Operating Systems
Newcastle upon Tyne

Ubuntu 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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 33 34 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 7.21% 15.32% 13.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 23 18
10th Percentile £110 £181 £193
25th Percentile £170 £206 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 £488
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -28.21% -27.78%
75th Percentile £525 £555 £628
90th Percentile £585 £625 £650
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £375 £340 £441
% change year-on-year +10.29% -22.81% -19.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £26.37 - -
25th Percentile £26.56 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.08 - £17.50
75th Percentile £34.06 - £18.75
90th Percentile £43.63 - -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £27.08 - £17.50

Ubuntu
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Ubuntu relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Ubuntu job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Ubuntu
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Ubuntu.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Ubuntu

Ubuntu
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL