Linux Systems Administrator Contracts in Plymouth

Linux System Administrator
Devon > Plymouth

The median Linux System Administrator daily rate in Plymouth is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Systems Administrator 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Plymouth 2.33% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.56% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median daily rate £475 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Plymouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Plymouth. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Plymouth with a recognized job title 39 62 45
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.70% 93.94% 93.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 16 31
10th Percentile £153 £57 £104
25th Percentile £189 £189 £129
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £450 £350
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +28.57% -30.00%
75th Percentile £475 £600 £463
90th Percentile £526 £724 £488
Devon median daily rate £413 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -2.94% -5.56% +10.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 26 4
10th Percentile £25.83 £11.61 -
25th Percentile £55.00 £39.38 £55.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% +245.02%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £73.00 £72.50 £80.50
Devon median hourly rate £60.00 £40.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +50.00% -33.33% +214.84%

Linux Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Plymouth

Job postings that featured Linux Systems Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Plymouth.

Job vacancy trend for Linux Systems Administrator in Plymouth

Linux Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Plymouth

For the 6 months to 23 May 2025, Linux Systems Administrator contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Plymouth region featuring Linux Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) OpenShift
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation

Linux Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Plymouth 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 1 (100.00%) OpenShift
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) VMware