Linux Contracts in Southampton

Linux
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southampton requiring Linux skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Linux over the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 10 11
Rank change year-on-year -8 +1 +31
Contract jobs citing Linux 3 21 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 2.70% 10.94% 8.75%
As % of the Operating Systems category 15.79% 30.43% 31.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 17 14
10th Percentile £469 - £416
25th Percentile £485 £200 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £544 £660 £550
90th Percentile £548 £693 -
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £550 £530
% change year-on-year - +3.77% -0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £75.00 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £67.09
% change year-on-year -17.86% +4.33% +11.82%

All Operating Systems
Southampton

Linux 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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 19 69 45
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 17.12% 35.94% 28.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 33 38
10th Percentile - £200 £240
25th Percentile £175 £250 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -19.05% +2.44%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £550
90th Percentile £532 £676 £636
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 4
10th Percentile - £66.50 £21.23
25th Percentile - £68.75 £21.24
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £23.15
Median % change year-on-year - +224.04% +36.15%
75th Percentile - £78.75 £25.56
90th Percentile - £79.50 £26.42
Hampshire median hourly rate £57.50 £62.50 £58.50
% change year-on-year -8.00% +6.84% +244.12%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Southampton

Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Daily rate trend for Linux in Southampton

Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Hourly rate trend for Linux in Southampton

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) VSAN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Solutions Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Algorithms
1 2 (66.67%) Device Driver
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (66.67%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) CentOS
1 1 (33.33%) Ubuntu
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Architectural Design
1 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Enablement
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 2 (66.67%) Device Driver Development
1 2 (66.67%) Multithreading
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) SDLC
1 2 (66.67%) Signal Processing
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded C
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Firmware
2 1 (33.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) VxRail
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Dell
1 1 (33.33%) Red Hat
1 1 (33.33%) VMware