Linux Administrator Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Linux Administrator
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The median Linux Administrator daily rate in Stevenage is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
5 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 - 47
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Administrator 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 1.29% - 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.57% - 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £387 - -
25th Percentile £411 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -28.57%
75th Percentile £452 - -
90th Percentile £453 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £450 - £400
% change year-on-year - - -28.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Stevenage

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Stevenage. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Stevenage with a recognized job title 191 183 240
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 82.33% 98.92% 94.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 49 58
10th Percentile £248 £290 £256
25th Percentile £439 £338 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.64% +15.79% -15.18%
75th Percentile £685 £575 £550
90th Percentile £800 - £627
Hertfordshire median daily rate £528 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +11.16% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 80 126
10th Percentile £33.60 £38.40 £42.25
25th Percentile £43.00 £43.96 £55.31
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.17%
75th Percentile £67.00 £69.06 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.48 £90.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £48.29 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -19.52% -7.69% +8.33%

Linux Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Linux Administrator' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage.

Linux Administrator job vacancy trend in Stevenage

Linux Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Linux Administrator job vacancies in Stevenage.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Linux Administrator job vacancies in Stevenage

Linux Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Linux Administrator job vacancies in Stevenage.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Linux Administrator job vacancies in Stevenage

Linux Administrator Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage

For the 6 months to 5 November 2025, Linux Administrator contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Stevenage region featuring Linux Administrator in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
3 1 (33.33%) SSL
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Workload Management

Linux Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) SSL
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Clustering
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Service Management
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) Workload Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Slurm Workload Manager
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
3 Linux Administrator jobs in Stevenage