Linux Contracts in the North of England

Linux
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Linux skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Linux over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 40 30
Rank change year-on-year +12 -10 -4
Contract jobs citing Linux 222 196 287
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 6.05% 4.05% 5.24%
As % of the Operating Systems category 38.47% 28.65% 33.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 133 204
10th Percentile £339 £352 £325
25th Percentile £374 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -3.30% -3.20%
75th Percentile £588 £619 £650
90th Percentile £675 £656 £700
England median daily rate £538 £548 £596
% change year-on-year -1.83% -8.10% +1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 21
10th Percentile - £41.85 £15.75
25th Percentile - - £19.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £48.00 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +45.83% +81.13% +4.23%
75th Percentile - £56.25 £39.60
90th Percentile - £68.12 £52.13
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +18.18%

All Operating Systems
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 577 684 856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 15.73% 14.15% 15.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 376 453 584
10th Percentile £181 £178 £170
25th Percentile £270 £275 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -10.53% +11.76%
75th Percentile £538 £564 £593
90th Percentile £622 £688 £688
England median daily rate £465 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.21% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 81 68
10th Percentile £13.00 - £13.16
25th Percentile £13.90 £10.95 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.47 £16.00 £22.21
Median % change year-on-year +9.19% -27.94% +20.03%
75th Percentile £18.87 £20.00 £38.96
90th Percentile £19.75 £48.00 £48.46
England median hourly rate £20.00 £24.68 £42.50
% change year-on-year -18.95% -41.94% +88.89%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the North of England

Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Linux in the North of England

Linux
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux in the North of England over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Linux in the North of England

Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Linux in the North of England

Linux
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the North of England region over the 6 months to 3 July 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +33 115 £402 -19.60% 193
Yorkshire +7 103 £525 +2.14% 104
North East -4 7 £478 -20.42% 30
Linux
England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 19 (8.56%) JBoss
2 14 (6.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 12 (5.41%) Tomcat
4 8 (3.60%) Mattermost
4 8 (3.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (3.60%) Skype for Business
4 8 (3.60%) WebSphere
5 7 (3.15%) Apache
6 5 (2.25%) WebSphere Application Server
7 4 (1.80%) SharePoint
8 3 (1.35%) Documentum
8 3 (1.35%) FileNet
8 3 (1.35%) nginx
9 2 (0.90%) Confluence
9 2 (0.90%) IIS
9 2 (0.90%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.45%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (3.15%) Kondor
2 2 (0.90%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.45%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 70 (31.53%) AWS
2 38 (17.12%) Azure
3 30 (13.51%) GCP
4 23 (10.36%) OpenShift
5 11 (4.95%) Entra ID
5 11 (4.95%) SaaS
6 10 (4.50%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (4.05%) Amazon EC2
7 9 (4.05%) Serverless
8 8 (3.60%) IaaS
8 8 (3.60%) PaaS
9 7 (3.15%) AWS CloudFormation
9 7 (3.15%) npm
10 6 (2.70%) Amazon ECS
10 6 (2.70%) GitHub
11 5 (2.25%) Amazon S3
11 5 (2.25%) Collibra
11 5 (2.25%) IBM Cloud
12 4 (1.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (1.80%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 27 (12.16%) DNS
2 20 (9.01%) Firewall
3 15 (6.76%) SAN
4 10 (4.50%) Network Security
4 10 (4.50%) TCP/IP
5 9 (4.05%) NAS
6 8 (3.60%) Skype
6 8 (3.60%) Softphone
6 8 (3.60%) Unified Communications
6 8 (3.60%) WebEx
7 7 (3.15%) DHCP
8 6 (2.70%) HTTP
9 5 (2.25%) LAN
10 4 (1.80%) Calico
10 4 (1.80%) Kerberos
10 4 (1.80%) SSL
11 3 (1.35%) VPN
11 3 (1.35%) WAN
11 3 (1.35%) WLAN
12 2 (0.90%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (10.36%) Oracle Database
2 21 (9.46%) Relational Database
3 18 (8.11%) SQL Server
4 10 (4.50%) RDBMS
5 8 (3.60%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (3.60%) Siebel EIM
6 6 (2.70%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.35%) BigQuery
8 3 (1.35%) Hadoop
8 3 (1.35%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.90%) Big Data
9 2 (0.90%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.90%) Hazelcast
9 2 (0.90%) MySQL
9 2 (0.90%) Oracle Database 10g
9 2 (0.90%) Oracle Database 11g
9 2 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.45%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 47 (21.17%) Jenkins
2 37 (16.67%) Git
3 25 (11.26%) GitLab
4 20 (9.01%) JIRA
5 16 (7.21%) Sonatype Nexus
6 13 (5.86%) Maven
7 10 (4.50%) SonarQube
8 9 (4.05%) TeamCity
9 8 (3.60%) Bitbucket Server
9 8 (3.60%) CA Release Automation
9 8 (3.60%) Gradle
9 8 (3.60%) JUnit
10 7 (3.15%) Postman
11 3 (1.35%) Eclipse
11 3 (1.35%) Jaeger
11 3 (1.35%) webpack
12 2 (0.90%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.90%) Liquibase
12 2 (0.90%) Oracle Forms
13 1 (0.45%) Log4j
General
1 67 (30.18%) Social Skills
2 46 (20.72%) Finance
3 35 (15.77%) Banking
4 22 (9.91%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (8.11%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.50%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (3.60%) Law
8 5 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.80%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.80%) Legal
10 3 (1.35%) Back Office
10 3 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.90%) Aviation
11 2 (0.90%) Fire and Rescue
11 2 (0.90%) Police
11 2 (0.90%) Swedish Language
11 2 (0.90%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.45%) Front Office
12 1 (0.45%) Military
Job Titles
1 31 (13.96%) Developer
2 30 (13.51%) Linux Engineer
3 28 (12.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 24 (10.81%) DevOps Engineer
5 19 (8.56%) Architect
6 17 (7.66%) Senior
7 16 (7.21%) Analyst
8 12 (5.41%) Support Engineer
9 11 (4.95%) Lead
9 11 (4.95%) Support Analyst
10 10 (4.50%) Infrastructure Specialist
11 9 (4.05%) Engineering Specialist
12 8 (3.60%) AWS DevOps
12 8 (3.60%) Infrastructure Architect
12 8 (3.60%) Java Developer
12 8 (3.60%) Messaging Engineer
12 8 (3.60%) Messaging Support
12 8 (3.60%) Messaging Support Engineer
12 8 (3.60%) Operations Engineer
12 8 (3.60%) Operations Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (9.91%) SOAP
2 19 (8.56%) REST
3 16 (7.21%) Spring Boot
4 13 (5.86%) Elastic Stack
4 13 (5.86%) Middleware
5 11 (4.95%) Web Services
6 9 (4.05%) JMS
6 9 (4.05%) RESTful
7 8 (3.60%) AngularJS
7 8 (3.60%) LDAP
7 8 (3.60%) Spring
7 8 (3.60%) XMPP
8 7 (3.15%) Node.js
9 6 (2.70%) Kafka
9 6 (2.70%) Spring Cloud
10 5 (2.25%) OpenTelemetry
11 4 (1.80%) OAuth
11 4 (1.80%) pytest
12 3 (1.35%) Flask
12 3 (1.35%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.66%) Linux Command Line
2 13 (5.86%) Data Protection Act
3 12 (5.41%) Data Centre
4 11 (4.95%) Management Information System
5 9 (4.05%) Cloud Native
5 9 (4.05%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (3.15%) Derivative
6 7 (3.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 6 (2.70%) Replication
8 4 (1.80%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (1.80%) Mainframe
9 3 (1.35%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.35%) PKI
9 3 (1.35%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.35%) Robotics
9 3 (1.35%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.90%) Enterprise Storage
10 2 (0.90%) Market Risk
10 2 (0.90%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.90%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 97 (43.69%) Windows
2 50 (22.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 46 (20.72%) Windows Server
4 43 (19.37%) Unix
5 10 (4.50%) Solaris
6 8 (3.60%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (3.60%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (2.25%) Android
8 4 (1.80%) AIX
8 4 (1.80%) Apple iOS
8 4 (1.80%) CentOS
8 4 (1.80%) HPUX
8 4 (1.80%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (1.35%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 3 (1.35%) VMS
9 3 (1.35%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.90%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.90%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.45%) SUSE
11 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (27.03%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (25.23%) Microservices
3 52 (23.42%) Agile
4 50 (22.52%) DevOps
5 49 (22.07%) CI/CD
6 41 (18.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 39 (17.57%) Migration
8 29 (13.06%) Containerisation
9 22 (9.91%) High Availability
10 19 (8.56%) Change Management
11 18 (8.11%) Infrastructure as Code
11 18 (8.11%) Observability
11 18 (8.11%) Performance Tuning
11 18 (8.11%) Security Management
12 16 (7.21%) Data Protection
12 16 (7.21%) ITIL
13 14 (6.31%) Cybersecurity
13 14 (6.31%) Deployment Automation
13 14 (6.31%) SOA
14 13 (5.86%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 71 (31.98%) Python
2 57 (25.68%) SQL
3 37 (16.67%) Bash
4 34 (15.32%) PowerShell
5 30 (13.51%) Java
6 26 (11.71%) Perl
6 26 (11.71%) PL/SQL
7 25 (11.26%) Shell Script
8 11 (4.95%) JavaScript
9 6 (2.70%) Ruby
10 5 (2.25%) PHP
11 4 (1.80%) C++
11 4 (1.80%) Groovy
12 3 (1.35%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (1.35%) Rust
13 2 (0.90%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.90%) ActionScript 2.0
13 2 (0.90%) Go
14 1 (0.45%) C
14 1 (0.45%) Korn
Qualifications
1 40 (18.02%) Security Cleared
2 33 (14.86%) SC Cleared
3 18 (8.11%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (3.60%) ITIL Certification
5 7 (3.15%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.25%) Degree
6 5 (2.25%) RHCE
6 5 (2.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.80%) MCSE
8 3 (1.35%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.35%) IBM Certification
9 2 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.90%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.45%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.45%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.45%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.15%) Basel III
1 7 (3.15%) MiFID
2 5 (2.25%) HL7
3 4 (1.80%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.35%) SLA
5 2 (0.90%) NIST
5 2 (0.90%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.90%) QA
6 1 (0.45%) NCSC
System Software
1 61 (27.48%) Active Directory
2 37 (16.67%) Docker
3 25 (11.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.60%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 8 (3.60%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (3.60%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (3.60%) VMware NSX
5 5 (2.25%) vSphere
6 2 (0.90%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.90%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.45%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 56 (25.23%) Kubernetes
2 39 (17.57%) Ansible
3 29 (13.06%) Terraform
4 20 (9.01%) Grafana
5 15 (6.76%) Progress Chef
6 14 (6.31%) Puppet
7 12 (5.41%) Kibana
7 12 (5.41%) vCenter Server
8 10 (4.50%) Prometheus
9 8 (3.60%) SCOM
10 7 (3.15%) Istio
11 5 (2.25%) Control-M
11 5 (2.25%) vRealize
12 4 (1.80%) WSUS
12 4 (1.80%) ZABBIX
13 3 (1.35%) Backup Exec
13 3 (1.35%) FortiGate
13 3 (1.35%) Kiali
13 3 (1.35%) Nagios
13 3 (1.35%) SELinux
Vendors
1 66 (29.73%) Oracle
2 46 (20.72%) Microsoft
3 44 (19.82%) Red Hat
4 36 (16.22%) Cisco
4 36 (16.22%) Splunk
4 36 (16.22%) VMware
5 21 (9.46%) AppDynamics
5 21 (9.46%) IBM
6 9 (4.05%) Cloudera
6 9 (4.05%) HP
7 8 (3.60%) Citrix
7 8 (3.60%) Siebel
7 8 (3.60%) Veeam
8 7 (3.15%) MuleSoft
8 7 (3.15%) Sybase
9 6 (2.70%) Veritas
10 4 (1.80%) Google
10 4 (1.80%) Sun
10 4 (1.80%) Zscaler
11 3 (1.35%) xMatters