Linux Administrator Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Linux Administrator
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

As of 9 June 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Linux Administrator daily rate in Sheffield.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Administrator 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.093% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 973 333 357
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.43% 90.49% 87.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 642 222 215
10th Percentile £363 £224 £375
25th Percentile £425 £376 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £490
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% -4.29% -14.78%
75th Percentile £560 £550 £576
90th Percentile £675 £636 £624
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.37% -0.11% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 4 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £18.10 £10.90
Median hourly rate £25.77 £18.35 £17.38
Median % change year-on-year +40.42% +5.63% -13.13%
75th Percentile £34.77 £18.50 £22.44
90th Percentile £36.61 £18.51 £23.75
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 £18.35 £13.23
% change year-on-year +40.42% +38.72% -33.85%

Linux Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Linux Administrator' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Linux Administrator job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Linux Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Linux Administrator job vacancies in Sheffield.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Linux Administrator job vacancies in Sheffield

Linux Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Linux Administrator job vacancies in Sheffield.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Linux Administrator job vacancies in Sheffield

Linux Administrator Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 9 June 2026, Linux Administrator contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Sheffield region featuring Linux Administrator in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Go
1 1 (100.00%) Grafana
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) OpenShift
1 1 (100.00%) OpenTelemetry
1 1 (100.00%) Prometheus
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Linux Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) OpenShift
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Go
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Grafana
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Prometheus
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat