Linux Command Line Contract Job Trends in Preston

Linux/Unix Command Line Interface (CLI)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Linux Command Line in contract job vacancies in Preston. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Linux Command Line over the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Linux Command Line 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 2.33% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Lancashire median daily rate - - -

All Generic Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 24 10 9
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 27.91% 17.86% 18.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 5
10th Percentile £262 £315 £448
25th Percentile £375 £400 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.91% +33.45%
75th Percentile £550 £556 £593
90th Percentile - £660 -
Lancashire median daily rate £525 £525 £593
% change year-on-year - -11.45% +0.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 3
10th Percentile £36.32 - £20.22
25th Percentile - - £29.96
Median hourly rate £41.94 £24.76 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +69.39% -46.38% +27.94%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £48.40 - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £24.67 £15.00
% change year-on-year +84.25% +64.48% -58.44%

Linux Command Line
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Linux Command Line relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston.

Linux Command Line job vacancy trend in Preston

Linux Command Line
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) DB2
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Specialist
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) AIX
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (100.00%) KVM
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) IBM BigFix
1 2 (100.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) IBM
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