Linux Systems Administrator Contracts in Scotland

Linux System Administrator
UK > Scotland

The median Linux System Administrator daily rate in Scotland is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 170 170
Rank change year-on-year +48 0 -
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Systems Administrator 11 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.49% 0.069% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.073% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -23.81% -
75th Percentile - - £563
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £498 £449 £438
% change year-on-year +10.91% +2.63% +2.94%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,145 2,748 3,469
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 95.28% 96.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,319 1,975 2,471
10th Percentile £200 £249 £208
25th Percentile £376 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +6.19%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £541
90th Percentile £675 £650 £613
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 46 57
10th Percentile £12.50 £12.53 £12.56
25th Percentile £16.31 £15.81 £17.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £22.13 £25.82
Median % change year-on-year +58.19% -14.29% -35.46%
75th Percentile £60.56 £60.17 £47.96
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.50 £53.97
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £44.06 £22.94
% change year-on-year -20.55% +92.04% -0.26%

Linux Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux Systems Administrator in Scotland

Linux Systems Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux Systems Administrator in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Linux Systems Administrator in Scotland

Linux Systems Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux Systems Administrator in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Linux Systems Administrator in Scotland

Linux Systems Administrator
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Systems Administrator within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 17 April 2024. 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
South Lanarkshire - 9 £600 -
Glasgow +5 2 - -
Linux Systems Administrator
UK

Linux Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 17 April 2024, 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 Scotland region featuring Linux Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Linux
2 10 (90.91%) JIRA
2 10 (90.91%) Atlassian
2 10 (90.91%) Confluence
2 10 (90.91%) Technology Roadmap
2 10 (90.91%) Roadmaps
3 7 (63.64%) Public Sector
3 7 (63.64%) Bash
3 7 (63.64%) Red Hat Satellite
3 7 (63.64%) SC Cleared
3 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
3 7 (63.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (63.64%) Python
3 7 (63.64%) Red Hat
4 3 (27.27%) Agile
4 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 3 (27.27%) Due Diligence
4 3 (27.27%) Product Ownership
5 2 (18.18%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (9.09%) GitHub
6 1 (9.09%) DevOps
6 1 (9.09%) Java
6 1 (9.09%) Shell Script
6 1 (9.09%) Maven

Linux Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 10 (90.91%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 10 (90.91%) JIRA
2 1 (9.09%) Maven
General
1 7 (63.64%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Product Ownership
2 2 (18.18%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Linux
2 7 (63.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Roadmaps
1 10 (90.91%) Technology Roadmap
2 3 (27.27%) Agile
2 3 (27.27%) Due Diligence
2 3 (27.27%) Project Management
3 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (9.09%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) Bash
1 7 (63.64%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) Java
2 1 (9.09%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) SC Cleared
1 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 7 (63.64%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Atlassian
2 7 (63.64%) Red Hat