Linux Contracts in South Lanarkshire

Linux
Scotland > South Lanarkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Lanarkshire with a requirement for Linux skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Linux over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 - 7
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Linux 17 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire 14.53% - 12.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 68.00% - 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 4
10th Percentile - - £474
25th Percentile £563 - £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £500
75th Percentile £750 - £513
90th Percentile - - £535
Scotland median daily rate £575 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% +16.28%

All Operating Systems
South Lanarkshire

Linux is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in South Lanarkshire with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 25 2 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire 21.37% 2.15% 36.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 2 10
10th Percentile £370 £226 £430
25th Percentile £534 £250 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £295 £550
Median % change year-on-year +101.56% -46.33% -
75th Percentile £738 £335 £597
90th Percentile £750 £356 £600
Scotland median daily rate £444 £477 £450
% change year-on-year -6.97% +6.00% +11.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £13.08
25th Percentile - - £14.23
Median hourly rate £16.71 - £16.16
75th Percentile - - £18.08
90th Percentile - - £19.23
Scotland median hourly rate £39.25 £52.50 £18.90
% change year-on-year -25.24% +177.78% +34.71%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in South Lanarkshire

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in South Lanarkshire

Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Lanarkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux in South Lanarkshire.

Daily rate trend for Linux in South Lanarkshire

Linux
Daily Rate Histogram in South Lanarkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux in South Lanarkshire over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Linux in South Lanarkshire

Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Lanarkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux in South Lanarkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Linux in South Lanarkshire

Linux
Contract Job Locations in South Lanarkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the South Lanarkshire region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
East Kilbride - 16 £595 - 1
Linux
Scotland

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Lanarkshire 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 12 (70.59%) Confluence
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (70.59%) JIRA
General
1 7 (41.18%) Public Sector
2 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Military
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Applications Engineer
1 6 (35.29%) JIRA Engineer
2 5 (29.41%) Administrator
2 5 (29.41%) Applications Support
2 5 (29.41%) Applications Support Engineer
2 5 (29.41%) Linux Administrator
2 5 (29.41%) Linux Systems Administrator
2 5 (29.41%) Support Engineer
2 5 (29.41%) Systems Administrator
3 3 (17.65%) Exchange Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) DBA
4 2 (11.76%) Senior
4 2 (11.76%) SQL DBA
5 1 (5.88%) Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Data Centre Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Operations Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Security Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (35.29%) REST
1 6 (35.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Data Centre
1 6 (35.29%) Linux Command Line
2 5 (29.41%) Product Ownership
3 2 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (11.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Roadmaps
1 6 (35.29%) Service Management
1 6 (35.29%) Workflow
2 5 (29.41%) Agile
2 5 (29.41%) Analytics
2 5 (29.41%) Data Migration
2 5 (29.41%) Kalman Filter
2 5 (29.41%) Migration
2 5 (29.41%) Technology Roadmap
3 4 (23.53%) Performance Metrics
4 2 (11.76%) Capacity Management
4 2 (11.76%) High Availability
4 2 (11.76%) Problem Management
4 2 (11.76%) Security Patching
5 1 (5.88%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (5.88%) Identity Management
5 1 (5.88%) Information Security
5 1 (5.88%) ITIL
5 1 (5.88%) Project Management
5 1 (5.88%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) Bash
1 4 (23.53%) Python
2 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
2 2 (11.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (82.35%) Security Cleared
2 11 (64.71%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) Red Hat Satellite
2 1 (5.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 12 (70.59%) Atlassian
2 4 (23.53%) Red Hat
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft