Linux/Unix Command Line Interface (CLI)
UK > Northern Ireland
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Linux Command Line in contract job vacancies in Northern Ireland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Linux Command Line over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 23 | 30 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +7 | - |
| Contract jobs citing Linux Command Line | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | - | 1.41% | 0.51% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | 5.88% | 1.72% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £550 | £538 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +2.33% | -2.27% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £31.25 | - |
| UK median hourly rate | £57.50 | £70.00 | £75.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -17.86% | -6.67% | +63.04% |
All Generic Skills
Northern Ireland
Linux Command Line falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Northern Ireland.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 74 | 34 | 58 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | 43.79% | 23.94% | 29.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 49 | 6 | 31 |
| 10th Percentile | £148 | £164 | £165 |
| 25th Percentile | £273 | £191 | £356 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £373 | £330 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.88% | -22.35% | +28.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £525 | £488 | £540 |
| 90th Percentile | £607 | £519 | £638 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £543 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.23% | -1.36% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 18 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.78 | - | £13.33 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.50 | £12.25 | £13.46 |
| Median hourly rate | £24.18 | £12.62 | £13.84 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +91.60% | -8.83% | -27.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £53.98 | £23.54 | £14.15 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.47 | £31.88 | £14.22 |
| UK median hourly rate | £31.76 | £31.25 | £22.49 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.63% | +38.98% | -18.24% |
Linux Command Line
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland
Job postings citing Linux Command Line as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.
Linux Command Line
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux Command Line in Northern Ireland.