Linux Contracts in Oxfordshire

Linux
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire 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 21 15 8
Rank change year-on-year -6 -7 +11
Contract jobs citing Linux 5 13 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 3.82% 5.26% 11.20%
As % of the Operating Systems category 15.63% 31.71% 39.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 14
10th Percentile £390 £311 £173
25th Percentile £441 £419 £194
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% +5.88% +126.67%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £525
90th Percentile - £530 £575
South East median daily rate £525 £533 £520
% change year-on-year -1.50% +2.55% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £46.63 -
25th Percentile £20.85 £47.19 £48.50
Median hourly rate £21.90 £48.75 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.08% -0.51% +3.16%
75th Percentile £22.95 £49.69 £49.50
90th Percentile - £49.88 -
South East median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -17.86% +7.69% +18.18%

All Operating Systems
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 32 41 68
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 24.43% 16.60% 28.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 33 41
10th Percentile £160 £128 £175
25th Percentile £185 £143 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £260 £330
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -21.21% +69.23%
75th Percentile £288 £400 £450
90th Percentile £380 £495 £575
South East median daily rate £490 £480 £450
% change year-on-year +2.08% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile £19.07 £22.05 -
25th Percentile £19.37 £31.13 -
Median hourly rate £20.39 £47.50 £18.08
Median % change year-on-year -57.08% +162.72% -9.60%
75th Percentile £21.93 £49.38 -
90th Percentile £22.54 £49.75 £36.93
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £47.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -60.38% -13.64% +214.29%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Oxfordshire

Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Linux in Oxfordshire

Linux
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Linux in Oxfordshire

Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Linux in Oxfordshire

Linux
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Oxfordshire 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
Oxford -4 2 £550 +10.00% 31
Abingdon +4 1 £363 - 13
Linux
South East

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 1 (20.00%) Apache
1 1 (20.00%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) DHCP
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Eclipse
General
1 3 (60.00%) Automotive
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Military
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Linux Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Linux Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) CSS
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
1 1 (20.00%) JSP
1 1 (20.00%) XML
1 1 (20.00%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Robotics
1 2 (40.00%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Embedded Linux
1 2 (40.00%) Unix
2 1 (20.00%) Android
2 1 (20.00%) Rocky
2 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Logistics
1 2 (40.00%) Network Design
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) QNX
1 1 (20.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (20.00%) VMware