Debian Contract Job Trends in the South East

Debian Linux
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Debian skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 175 187
Rank change year-on-year -1 +12 +39
Contract jobs citing Debian 5 1 22
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.12% 0.024% 0.42%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.72% 0.14% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 21
10th Percentile £513 - £510
25th Percentile £514 - £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £532 - £530
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.64%
75th Percentile £547 - £550
90th Percentile £555 - -
England median daily rate £527 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +10.89% -9.52% -4.55%

All Operating Systems
South East

Debian falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 698 698 1,011
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 16.94% 17.08% 19.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 469 463 665
10th Percentile £190 £200 £163
25th Percentile £231 £304 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £450 £410
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +9.76% -13.68%
75th Percentile £538 £582 £565
90th Percentile £600 £660 £638
England median daily rate £450 £475 £480
% change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 33 81
10th Percentile £12.50 £17.50 £18.95
25th Percentile £15.50 £38.00 £24.34
Median hourly rate £20.00 £60.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.94% +10.00% +193.33%
75th Percentile £25.15 £70.00 £68.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £71.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £23.00 £60.00 £34.75
% change year-on-year -61.67% +72.66% +39.00%

Debian
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Debian relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Debian job vacancy trend in the South East

Debian
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Debian.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Debian

Debian
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Debian.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Debian

Debian
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Debian within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 November 2025. 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
Buckinghamshire - 5 £532 - 1
Thames Valley - 5 £532 - 1
Debian
England

Debian
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) SAN
2 4 (80.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Git
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
2 4 (80.00%) Python Developer
2 4 (80.00%) Senior
2 4 (80.00%) Senior Developer
3 3 (60.00%) Senior Python Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Linux Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Senior Software Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) Ubuntu
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (20.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Data Modelling
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Data Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (40.00%) Prototyping
3 2 (40.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 1 (20.00%) Change Control
4 1 (20.00%) Clean Code
4 1 (20.00%) Secure Coding
4 1 (20.00%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Remedy