Linux/Unix DevOps Contracts in Scotland

Development Operations Linux/Unix
UK > Scotland

The median Development Operations Linux/Unix daily rate in Scotland is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Linux/Unix DevOps 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.36% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
UK median daily rate £600 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +9.52%

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 2,101 2,715 3,400
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 95.16% 96.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,287 1,945 2,410
10th Percentile £200 £250 £212
25th Percentile £375 £403 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year - +3.26% +8.24%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £545
90th Percentile £667 £650 £623
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 46 55
10th Percentile £12.50 £12.94 £12.35
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.34 £17.50
Median hourly rate £33.25 £23.18 £25.82
Median % change year-on-year +43.44% -10.21% -35.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.17 £47.98
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.50 £54.09
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%

Linux/Unix DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Linux/Unix DevOps in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Linux/Unix DevOps in Scotland

Linux/Unix DevOps
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux/Unix DevOps in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Linux/Unix DevOps in Scotland

Linux/Unix DevOps
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/Unix DevOps within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 24 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
Glasgow - 8 £650 -
Linux/Unix DevOps
UK

Linux/Unix DevOps Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Linux/Unix DevOps 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/Unix DevOps in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Linux
1 8 (100.00%) Python
1 8 (100.00%) DevOps
2 7 (87.50%) Perl
3 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (50.00%) Agile
3 4 (50.00%) Unix
3 4 (50.00%) Management Information System
3 4 (50.00%) Finance
4 3 (37.50%) Banking
4 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
5 2 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (25.00%) Jenkins
5 2 (25.00%) Open Source
5 2 (25.00%) Virtual Team
5 2 (25.00%) Server Management
5 2 (25.00%) Load Balancing
5 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
5 2 (25.00%) Git
5 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
5 2 (25.00%) DNS
5 2 (25.00%) C
5 2 (25.00%) DHCP
6 1 (12.50%) HTTP
6 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
6 1 (12.50%) Java
6 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
6 1 (12.50%) SQL
6 1 (12.50%) SSL
6 1 (12.50%) HP

Linux/Unix DevOps 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) DHCP
1 2 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) HTTP
2 1 (12.50%) SSL
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Git
1 2 (25.00%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Banking
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) AngularJS
1 1 (12.50%) FastAPI
1 1 (12.50%) Redfish
1 1 (12.50%) Twisted
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (25.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Linux
2 4 (50.00%) Unix
3 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) DevOps
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (25.00%) Load Balancing
3 2 (25.00%) Open Source
3 2 (25.00%) Server Management
3 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (12.50%) Containerisation
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (12.50%) High Availability
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (12.50%) Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) Python
2 7 (87.50%) Perl
3 2 (25.00%) C
4 1 (12.50%) Bash
4 1 (12.50%) Java
4 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
4 1 (12.50%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Dell
1 1 (12.50%) HP
1 1 (12.50%) VMware