Linux Contract Job Trends in North London

Linux
London > North London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in North London requiring Linux skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 6 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs citing Linux 3 7 0
As % of all contract jobs in North London 11.54% 24.14% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 75.00% 100.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £255 -
London median daily rate £563 £600 £588
% change year-on-year -6.25% +2.13% -2.08%

All Operating Systems
North London

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 North London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4 7 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in North London 15.38% 24.14% 10.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 2
10th Percentile - - £205
25th Percentile - £248 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £170 £255 £225
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +13.33% +36.36%
75th Percentile - £278 £238
90th Percentile - £293 £245
London median daily rate £492 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -1.60% -4.76% -4.55%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in North London

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

Linux job vacancy trend in North London

Linux
Daily Rate Trend in North London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in North London citing Linux.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in North London citing Linux

Linux
Hourly Rate Trend in North London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in North London citing Linux.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in North London citing Linux

Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North London 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:

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 3 (100.00%) SOAR
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Palo Alto