Linux Command Line Contract Job Trends in the South East

Linux/Unix Command Line Interface (CLI)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Linux Command Line in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Linux Command Line over the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 157 162
Rank change year-on-year -65 +5 +35
Contract jobs citing Linux Command Line 5 4 26
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.075% 0.11% 0.54%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.26% 0.36% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 13
10th Percentile £384 £415 £472
25th Percentile £491 £419 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £575
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -21.74% +61.97%
75th Percentile - £494 £650
90th Percentile - £505 £660
England median daily rate £484 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -12.09% - +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £56.25 £26.25
Median hourly rate - £57.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year - +109.09% -
75th Percentile - £58.75 £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £34.13 £57.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -40.64% -17.86% +250.00%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,957 1,109 1,401
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 29.30% 31.43% 29.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,207 688 818
10th Percentile £280 £204 £217
25th Percentile £412 £358 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -
75th Percentile £613 £600 £625
90th Percentile £700 £675 £703
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 209 102 140
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.16 £11.93
25th Percentile £19.34 £16.95 £21.99
Median hourly rate £52.50 £33.89 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +54.94% -40.92% +11.53%
75th Percentile £83.75 £63.37 £65.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £79.30 £75.16
England median hourly rate £41.00 £32.72 £50.00
% change year-on-year +25.30% -34.56% +8.98%

Linux Command Line
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Linux Command Line job vacancy trend in the South East

Linux Command Line
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Linux Command Line.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Linux Command Line

Linux Command Line
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux Command Line in the South East over the 6 months to 25 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Linux Command Line in the South East

Linux Command Line
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Linux Command Line.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Linux Command Line

Linux Command Line
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 Linux Command Line within the South East region over the 6 months to 25 August 2026. 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
Surrey -19 3 £550 +22.22% 1
Thames Valley - 2 £325 - 4
Berkshire - 2 £325 -
Linux Command Line
England

Linux Command Line
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:

Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Azure AKS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure App Service
1 2 (40.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (40.00%) Azure Key Vault
1 2 (40.00%) Azure Monitor
1 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) DNS
1 2 (40.00%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Git
General
1 2 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Pensions Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) REST
1 2 (40.00%) Terraform
1 2 (40.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Virtual Team
2 2 (40.00%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Unix
2 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (40.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Change Management
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Cost Management
2 2 (40.00%) Deployment Automation
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) DevSecOps
2 2 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 2 (40.00%) ITSM
2 2 (40.00%) Log Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Release Automation
2 2 (40.00%) Release Management
2 2 (40.00%) Runbook
2 2 (40.00%) Service Management
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Python
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) Bash
3 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix
2 1 (20.00%) VMware