Linux Systems Administrator Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Linux System Administrator
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The median Linux System Administrator daily rate in Stevenage is £452, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Systems Administrator 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 1.05% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £450 - -
25th Percentile £451 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £452 - -
75th Percentile £453 - -
90th Percentile £454 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £452 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 374 128 358
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.16% 96.24% 86.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 18 38
10th Percentile £209 £417 £80
25th Percentile £414 £463 £252
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £545 £363
Median % change year-on-year -12.29% +50.34% -6.45%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £525
90th Percentile £738 £629 £650
Hertfordshire median daily rate £510 £525 £425
% change year-on-year -2.86% +23.53% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 83 242
10th Percentile £28.37 £41.99 £40.00
25th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £64.00 £67.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.19% +12.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £81.35 £65.00
90th Percentile - £85.00 £80.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £50.00 £65.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year -23.37% +18.64% -12.00%

Linux Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Linux Systems Administrator job vacancy trend in Stevenage

Linux Systems Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

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

Linux Systems Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 18 April 2026, Linux Systems 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 Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Red Hat
2 2 (50.00%) Slurm Workload Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (25.00%) SSL
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Workload Management

Linux Systems 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 (25.00%) SSL
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Workload Management
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Slurm Workload Manager
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow