Linux Kernel Development Contract Job Trends in the South West

Linux Kernel Development
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Linux Kernel Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Linux Kernel Development 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.030% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.038% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - £550 £350
% change year-on-year - +57.14% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

Linux Kernel Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,606 1,531 2,646
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 78.31% 90.59% 83.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,424 955 1,688
10th Percentile £319 £232 £219
25th Percentile £413 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £623 £625
90th Percentile £715 £688 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 457 157 342
10th Percentile £16.62 £18.39 £13.87
25th Percentile £28.00 £18.87 £29.75
Median hourly rate £57.50 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.07 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.68% -20.36% -2.67%

Linux Kernel Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Linux Kernel Development relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Linux Kernel Development job vacancy trend in the South West

Linux Kernel Development
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Linux Kernel Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Linux Kernel Development

Linux Kernel Development
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Linux Kernel Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Linux Kernel Development

Linux Kernel Development
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Kernel Development within the South West region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Bristol - 1 - - 1
Linux Kernel Development
England

Linux Kernel Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver Development
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared