Linux Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Linux
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Linux skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 29 37
Rank change year-on-year -18 +8 -2
Contract jobs citing Linux 311 229 201
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 4.33% 6.04% 4.22%
As % of the Operating Systems category 38.68% 38.81% 29.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 159 136
10th Percentile £358 £348 £355
25th Percentile £400 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £511
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -2.20% -3.54%
75th Percentile £587 £588 £614
90th Percentile £650 £655 £656
England median daily rate £513 £538 £540
% change year-on-year -4.65% -0.46% -8.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 8
10th Percentile £25.03 - £47.70
25th Percentile £38.67 - £48.00
Median hourly rate £48.75 £70.00 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.36% +44.33% +97.96%
75th Percentile £56.07 - £58.44
90th Percentile £66.98 - £69.68
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

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 804 590 689
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 11.20% 15.57% 14.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 533 387 447
10th Percentile £168 £181 £178
25th Percentile £263 £268 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £430
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -6.98% -9.47%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £566
90th Percentile £625 £620 £688
England median daily rate £460 £465 £475
% change year-on-year -1.08% -2.11% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 20 89
10th Percentile £16.58 £13.00 £10.95
25th Percentile £17.25 £13.90 £11.07
Median hourly rate £22.80 £17.47 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.51% +9.19% -27.27%
75th Percentile £48.75 £18.87 £21.50
90th Percentile £178.75 £19.75 £35.60
England median hourly rate £32.50 £22.50 £24.68
% change year-on-year +44.44% -8.82% -41.94%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Linux job vacancy trend in the North of England

Linux
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Linux.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Linux

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 10 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Linux in the North of England

Linux
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Linux.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Linux

Linux
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Linux in the North of England over the 6 months to 10 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram 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 10 July 2026. 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 -17 149 £475 +18.16% 68
Yorkshire -19 145 £500 -4.76% 29
North East -21 22 £406 -14.92% 23
Linux
England

Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 21 (6.75%) Confluence
2 9 (2.89%) CICS
3 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.96%) nginx
4 2 (0.64%) Apache
4 2 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.64%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.64%) TPMS
4 2 (0.64%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.32%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (2.25%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.32%) Cloudability
2 1 (0.32%) Odoo
2 1 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.32%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 97 (31.19%) AWS
2 67 (21.54%) Azure
3 43 (13.83%) GCP
4 40 (12.86%) OpenShift
5 25 (8.04%) GitHub
6 18 (5.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 13 (4.18%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 12 (3.86%) OCI
9 9 (2.89%) Amazon EC2
9 9 (2.89%) Amazon EKS
9 9 (2.89%) Amazon S3
10 7 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (2.25%) Serverless
11 6 (1.93%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (1.61%) Amazon SQS
12 5 (1.61%) IaaS
12 5 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
13 4 (1.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 4 (1.29%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (13.18%) Firewall
2 25 (8.04%) SAN
3 17 (5.47%) DNS
4 13 (4.18%) Network Security
5 11 (3.54%) TCP/IP
6 9 (2.89%) VSAN
7 8 (2.57%) SSL
8 7 (2.25%) NAS
9 6 (1.93%) 3GPP
9 6 (1.93%) RTP
9 6 (1.93%) VPN
9 6 (1.93%) Wireshark
10 4 (1.29%) iSCSI
11 3 (0.96%) FTP
11 3 (0.96%) SNMP
11 3 (0.96%) Wireless
12 2 (0.64%) BIG-IP
12 2 (0.64%) Intrusion Detection
12 2 (0.64%) SSH
12 2 (0.64%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.40%) Oracle Database
2 18 (5.79%) MongoDB
3 15 (4.82%) Relational Database
4 14 (4.50%) NoSQL
4 14 (4.50%) RDBMS
5 12 (3.86%) SQL Server
6 11 (3.54%) Oracle Exadata
7 10 (3.22%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (2.89%) DataStage
9 8 (2.57%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (1.93%) Db2
11 5 (1.61%) DynamoDB
11 5 (1.61%) Sybase ASE
12 4 (1.29%) Oracle Database 12c
13 3 (0.96%) Amazon Aurora
13 3 (0.96%) BusinessObjects
14 2 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
14 2 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
14 2 (0.64%) Data Lake
14 2 (0.64%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 34 (10.93%) JIRA
2 33 (10.61%) GitLab
3 32 (10.29%) Jenkins
4 26 (8.36%) Git
5 13 (4.18%) Mockito
6 6 (1.93%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.96%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.96%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.96%) Jaeger
7 3 (0.96%) Liquibase
7 3 (0.96%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.64%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.64%) Gatling
8 2 (0.64%) Gradle
8 2 (0.64%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.64%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.64%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.32%) Hudson
General
1 70 (22.51%) Social Skills
2 68 (21.86%) Finance
3 33 (10.61%) Banking
3 33 (10.61%) Public Sector
4 20 (6.43%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (2.89%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (2.57%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (2.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.25%) Legal
8 5 (1.61%) Aviation
8 5 (1.61%) Fire and Rescue
8 5 (1.61%) Police
9 4 (1.29%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.29%) Military
10 3 (0.96%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.96%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.64%) Advertising
12 1 (0.32%) Law
12 1 (0.32%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 42 (13.50%) Senior
2 35 (11.25%) Developer
3 28 (9.00%) DevOps Engineer
4 26 (8.36%) Linux Engineer
5 25 (8.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 21 (6.75%) Java Developer
7 20 (6.43%) Security Engineer
8 17 (5.47%) Consultant
8 17 (5.47%) Software Engineer
9 14 (4.50%) DBA
10 12 (3.86%) Cloud Engineer
10 12 (3.86%) Data Centre Engineer
10 12 (3.86%) Platform Engineer
11 11 (3.54%) Security Consultant
11 11 (3.54%) Senior Developer
12 10 (3.22%) Analyst
12 10 (3.22%) Senior Java Developer
12 10 (3.22%) Unix Engineer
13 9 (2.89%) Infrastructure Designer
13 9 (2.89%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.47%) Kafka
1 17 (5.47%) Middleware
2 13 (4.18%) JAX-RS
3 12 (3.86%) ActiveMQ
3 12 (3.86%) REST
4 11 (3.54%) LDAP
4 11 (3.54%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 10 (3.22%) Redfish
6 9 (2.89%) .NET
7 8 (2.57%) Elastic Stack
8 7 (2.25%) YAML
9 6 (1.93%) .NET Core
9 6 (1.93%) OpenTelemetry
9 6 (1.93%) RabbitMQ
10 5 (1.61%) XML
11 4 (1.29%) Flash
11 4 (1.29%) JSON
11 4 (1.29%) Node.js
11 4 (1.29%) Spring Boot
12 3 (0.96%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 39 (12.54%) Data Centre
2 32 (10.29%) Cloud Native
3 30 (9.65%) Linux Command Line
4 24 (7.72%) Security Posture
5 17 (5.47%) Replication
6 16 (5.14%) Mainframe
7 15 (4.82%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (4.50%) Public Cloud
9 13 (4.18%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (4.18%) Management Information System
10 12 (3.86%) Hybrid Cloud
11 11 (3.54%) PKI
12 10 (3.22%) Cloud Security Posture
12 10 (3.22%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (2.89%) BYOD
13 9 (2.89%) VSAM
14 7 (2.25%) Enterprise Storage
15 5 (1.61%) FlexPod
15 5 (1.61%) Onboarding
15 5 (1.61%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 108 (34.73%) Windows
2 82 (26.37%) Unix
3 73 (23.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 37 (11.90%) AIX
5 27 (8.68%) Windows Server
6 22 (7.07%) Solaris
7 13 (4.18%) Mac OS X
8 12 (3.86%) VMS
9 10 (3.22%) Ubuntu
10 8 (2.57%) CentOS
10 8 (2.57%) Oracle Linux
11 7 (2.25%) CoreOS
12 5 (1.61%) Data ONTAP
12 5 (1.61%) HPUX
12 5 (1.61%) SUSE
12 5 (1.61%) zOS
13 3 (0.96%) Mac OS
14 2 (0.64%) OpenVMS
15 1 (0.32%) Embedded Linux
15 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (29.26%) CI/CD
2 85 (27.33%) DevOps
3 62 (19.94%) Agile
4 56 (18.01%) Infrastructure as Code
5 52 (16.72%) Migration
6 44 (14.15%) Problem-Solving
7 39 (12.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 38 (12.22%) Test Automation
9 37 (11.90%) Observability
10 35 (11.25%) Roadmaps
11 34 (10.93%) Performance Tuning
12 33 (10.61%) Change Management
12 33 (10.61%) Continuous Improvement
13 32 (10.29%) Containerisation
13 32 (10.29%) Microservices
14 31 (9.97%) Cloud Security
15 30 (9.65%) Infrastructure Automation
15 30 (9.65%) ITIL
16 27 (8.68%) High Availability
17 26 (8.36%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 117 (37.62%) Python
2 67 (21.54%) Bash
3 60 (19.29%) PowerShell
4 49 (15.76%) Java
5 47 (15.11%) SQL
6 17 (5.47%) Shell Script
7 14 (4.50%) JavaScript
8 11 (3.54%) Go
9 9 (2.89%) C#
9 9 (2.89%) COBOL
9 9 (2.89%) Rust
10 8 (2.57%) TypeScript
11 5 (1.61%) JCL
11 5 (1.61%) Perl
12 4 (1.29%) Bicep
12 4 (1.29%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.96%) Ruby
14 2 (0.64%) C++
14 2 (0.64%) DCL
14 2 (0.64%) REXX
Qualifications
1 51 (16.40%) Security Cleared
2 34 (10.93%) SC Cleared
3 33 (10.61%) Degree
4 30 (9.65%) CISSP
5 18 (5.79%) AWS Certification
6 13 (4.18%) Azure Certification
6 13 (4.18%) CompTIA Security+
7 9 (2.89%) RHCE
8 7 (2.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 7 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (2.25%) DV Cleared
8 7 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.93%) OCP
9 6 (1.93%) Oracle Certification
10 5 (1.61%) MCSA
10 5 (1.61%) MCSE
11 4 (1.29%) CISM
12 3 (0.96%) CEH
12 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.89%) HIPAA
2 7 (2.25%) GDPR
2 7 (2.25%) NIST
3 6 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 5 (1.61%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.29%) GRC
6 3 (0.96%) QA
6 3 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.96%) SLA
7 2 (0.64%) GLBA
8 1 (0.32%) GxP
8 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 59 (18.97%) Docker
2 48 (15.43%) Virtual Machines
2 48 (15.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (6.75%) KVM
4 19 (6.11%) NFS
4 19 (6.11%) vSphere
5 17 (5.47%) Active Directory
6 15 (4.82%) Hyper-V
7 14 (4.50%) Firmware
8 12 (3.86%) Oracle RAC
8 12 (3.86%) VMware ESXi
9 7 (2.25%) VMware NSX
10 5 (1.61%) Time Sharing Option
11 4 (1.29%) GPFS
12 3 (0.96%) Veritas Volume Manager
13 2 (0.64%) SRDF
14 1 (0.32%) Ceph
14 1 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.32%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.32%) zsh
Systems Management
1 94 (30.23%) Ansible
2 89 (28.62%) Terraform
3 76 (24.44%) Kubernetes
4 21 (6.75%) Prometheus
5 20 (6.43%) Grafana
6 17 (5.47%) Oracle RMAN
6 17 (5.47%) Progress Chef
7 13 (4.18%) Data Guard
8 11 (3.54%) vCenter Server
9 10 (3.22%) Dell DRAC
10 8 (2.57%) Packer
10 8 (2.57%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 7 (2.25%) PowerCLI
11 7 (2.25%) vRealize
12 6 (1.93%) IBM BigFix
12 6 (1.93%) Nessus
12 6 (1.93%) Puppet
13 5 (1.61%) CASB
13 5 (1.61%) SnapMirror
14 4 (1.29%) Argo
Vendors
1 56 (18.01%) VMware
2 46 (14.79%) Red Hat
3 42 (13.50%) Oracle
4 31 (9.97%) IBM
5 30 (9.65%) Microsoft
6 24 (7.72%) Google
7 19 (6.11%) Splunk
8 13 (4.18%) Cisco
9 12 (3.86%) ServiceNow
10 10 (3.22%) CyberArk
11 9 (2.89%) Broadcom
11 9 (2.89%) Dell
11 9 (2.89%) HP
12 8 (2.57%) Dynatrace
13 7 (2.25%) Tenable
14 6 (1.93%) NetApp
14 6 (1.93%) Remedy
15 5 (1.61%) Brocade
15 5 (1.61%) Sybase
15 5 (1.61%) Varonis