SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Contract Job Trends in the North of England

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring SUSE Linux Enterprise Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 181 -
Rank change year-on-year -71 - -
Contract jobs citing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 2 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.026% 0.077% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.23% 0.49% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £525 -
England median daily rate - £550 £463
% change year-on-year - +18.92% -3.65%

All Operating Systems
North of England

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 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 868 617 527
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 11.43% 15.76% 12.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 581 413 337
10th Percentile £185 £178 £184
25th Percentile £250 £270 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £470
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -14.89% +10.59%
75th Percentile £525 £538 £594
90th Percentile £615 £624 £800
England median daily rate £465 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 26 41
10th Percentile £13.89 £13.00 £13.87
25th Percentile £16.90 £15.50 £15.63
Median hourly rate £19.00 £17.98 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +2.73% -16.67%
75th Percentile £38.38 £18.87 £22.00
90th Percentile £178.75 £20.54 £32.50
England median hourly rate £35.79 £25.15 £57.25
% change year-on-year +42.30% -56.07% +20.11%

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server job vacancy trend in the North of England

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
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 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server within the North of England region over the 6 months to 15 September 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 East - 1 - -
North West - 1 - -
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
England

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Agile Delivery Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Agile Delivery Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Delivery Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Linux Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Manager
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (50.00%) Kanban
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Monte Carlo Method
1 1 (50.00%) Planning and Forecasting
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) SFIA
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Bash
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (50.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) VMware