Linux Contract Job Trends in St Albans

Linux
Hertfordshire > St Albans

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in St Albans requiring Linux skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Linux 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in St Albans 7.14% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 50.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £333 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 - -
75th Percentile £338 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £473 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.88% -22.73%

All Operating Systems
St Albans

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 St Albans.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in St Albans 14.29% 50.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £162 - -
25th Percentile £190 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £240 - -
75th Percentile £290 - -
90th Percentile £319 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £450 £438 £465
% change year-on-year +2.86% -5.91% -11.43%

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Job Vacancy Trend in St Albans

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Linux relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in St Albans.

Linux job vacancy trend in St Albans

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Daily Rate Trend in St Albans

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in St Albans citing Linux.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in St Albans citing Linux

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Hourly Rate Trend in St Albans

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in St Albans citing Linux.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in St Albans citing Linux

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in St Albans 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat