Linux Contracts in Nottingham

Linux
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Nottingham 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 23 29
Rank change year-on-year +8 +6 +2
Contract jobs citing Linux 6 4 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Nottingham 5.31% 2.99% 3.73%
As % of the Operating Systems category 26.09% 15.38% 26.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 7
10th Percentile £70 - -
25th Percentile £153 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £445
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +1.12% -16.04%
75th Percentile £494 £650 £573
90th Percentile £500 £755 £730
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £450 £450 £445
% change year-on-year - +1.12% -16.04%

All Operating Systems
Nottingham

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 Nottingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 23 26 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottingham 20.35% 19.40% 14.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 11 22
10th Percentile £152 £100 £153
25th Percentile £190 £156 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £210 £375
Median % change year-on-year +101.19% -44.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £494 £431 £445
90th Percentile £500 £475 £563
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £425 £210 £375
% change year-on-year +102.38% -44.00% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 6
10th Percentile - - £11.40
25th Percentile - £12.75 £11.80
Median hourly rate - £14.27 £15.90
Median % change year-on-year - -10.25% +6.00%
75th Percentile - - £24.86
90th Percentile - £14.68 £26.48
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate - £14.27 £16.70
% change year-on-year - -14.55% +4.38%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Nottingham.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Nottingham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Nottingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux in Nottingham.

Daily rate trend for Linux in Nottingham

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Daily Rate Histogram in Nottingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux in Nottingham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Linux in Nottingham

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Nottingham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux in Nottingham.

Hourly rate trend for Linux in Nottingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Nottingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) AWS
2 2 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (16.67%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Eclipse
1 2 (33.33%) Git
1 2 (33.33%) Jenkins
1 2 (33.33%) NetBeans
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) AWS Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) AWS Platform Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Cloud Platform Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Platform Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Linux Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Python Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) POSIX
2 1 (16.67%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (16.67%) IoT
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Ubuntu
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
1 2 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Code Quality
2 2 (33.33%) Configuration Management
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Customer-Centric Approach
2 2 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (33.33%) High Availability
2 2 (33.33%) Open Source
2 2 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Server Building
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
3 1 (16.67%) Physics
3 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) C
2 2 (33.33%) C++
2 2 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) GDPR
1 2 (33.33%) MISRA
1 2 (33.33%) MISRA C
1 2 (33.33%) QA
1 2 (33.33%) Software Quality Assurance
2 1 (16.67%) IEC 61508
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Ansible
1 2 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Databricks
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) QNX