Linux Contracts in Stevenage

Linux
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage with a requirement for Linux skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Linux over the 6 months to 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 11 5
Rank change year-on-year -5 -6 +14
Contract jobs citing Linux 54 43 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 11.32% 15.19% 34.20%
As % of the Operating Systems category 72.97% 55.13% 86.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 30 6
10th Percentile £290 £354 £400
25th Percentile £525 £400 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £509
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -1.77% +42.38%
75th Percentile £650 £597 £550
90th Percentile - £672 £627
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 26
10th Percentile £58.50 - £47.50
25th Percentile - £65.00 £55.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £68.75 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% +14.58% +26.32%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.94 -
90th Percentile - £74.28 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £60.00 £72.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -17.24% +20.83% +26.32%

All Operating Systems
Stevenage

Linux is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 74 78 76
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 15.51% 27.56% 39.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 50 13
10th Percentile £290 £300 £152
25th Percentile £518 £359 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £575 £547 £563
90th Percentile £650 £635 £708
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £475 £375
% change year-on-year +15.79% +26.67% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 7 28
10th Percentile £55.00 £33.97 £39.55
25th Percentile - £54.38 £53.13
Median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +108.70%
75th Percentile £65.00 £69.38 -
90th Percentile - £74.05 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% +129.17%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Stevenage

Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Daily rate trend for Linux in Stevenage

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Daily Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux in Stevenage over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Linux in Stevenage

Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Hourly rate trend for Linux in Stevenage

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (24.07%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (12.96%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 6 (11.11%) Ethernet
1 6 (11.11%) TCP/IP
2 5 (9.26%) 5G
2 5 (9.26%) NAS
2 5 (9.26%) Radio Access Network
3 4 (7.41%) Wireshark
4 3 (5.56%) DNS
4 3 (5.56%) FTP
4 3 (5.56%) HTTP
4 3 (5.56%) SMTP
4 3 (5.56%) SSL
5 2 (3.70%) SAN
Development Applications
1 9 (16.67%) Visual Studio
2 7 (12.96%) Eclipse
3 4 (7.41%) gcov
3 4 (7.41%) GDB
3 4 (7.41%) Git
3 4 (7.41%) Gradle
3 4 (7.41%) JIRA
3 4 (7.41%) Subversion
4 2 (3.70%) GitLab
General
1 6 (11.11%) Military
1 6 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
1 6 (11.11%) Social Skills
2 5 (9.26%) Multimedia
2 5 (9.26%) Telecoms
3 2 (3.70%) Aerospace
3 2 (3.70%) Law
4 1 (1.85%) Aviation
4 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (29.63%) Software Engineer
2 14 (25.93%) Linux Engineer
3 13 (24.07%) Analyst
3 13 (24.07%) SOC Analyst
4 12 (22.22%) C++ Software Engineer
5 11 (20.37%) Storage Engineer
6 8 (14.81%) C Software Engineer
6 8 (14.81%) C# Software Engineer
6 8 (14.81%) C/C++ Software Engineer
7 7 (12.96%) Real Time Engineer
7 7 (12.96%) Real Time Software Engineer
7 7 (12.96%) Senior
7 7 (12.96%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (11.11%) Developer
9 5 (9.26%) C++ Developer
10 4 (7.41%) Python Developer
11 3 (5.56%) Junior
11 3 (5.56%) Junior Analyst
12 2 (3.70%) Team Leader
12 2 (3.70%) Unix Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (14.81%) Web Services
2 6 (11.11%) Node.js
3 3 (5.56%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.37%) Cyberattack
2 10 (18.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 10 (18.52%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (3.70%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 32 (59.26%) Windows
2 6 (11.11%) Solaris
3 2 (3.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (31.48%) Software Engineering
2 13 (24.07%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (24.07%) Incident Response
2 13 (24.07%) Visualisation
3 10 (18.52%) Agile
3 10 (18.52%) Security Operations
4 8 (14.81%) Change Management
4 8 (14.81%) CI/CD
4 8 (14.81%) Digital Twin
4 8 (14.81%) Synthetic Environment
5 7 (12.96%) Data Analysis
5 7 (12.96%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
5 7 (12.96%) Mathematical Modelling
5 7 (12.96%) Mathematics
5 7 (12.96%) Multithreading
6 6 (11.11%) Continuous Delivery
6 6 (11.11%) TDD
6 6 (11.11%) Unit Testing
6 6 (11.11%) Validation
6 6 (11.11%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 22 (40.74%) C++
2 12 (22.22%) C
3 9 (16.67%) C#
4 7 (12.96%) MATLAB
4 7 (12.96%) Python
5 6 (11.11%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 30 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 15 (27.78%) DV Cleared
3 5 (9.26%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 2 (3.70%) Docker
1 2 (3.70%) Hyper-V
1 2 (3.70%) LXC
1 2 (3.70%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.70%) Ansible
1 2 (3.70%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.70%) Proxmox
1 2 (3.70%) Rancher
1 2 (3.70%) Red Hat Satellite
1 2 (3.70%) SCOM
1 2 (3.70%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 13 (24.07%) Darktrace
1 13 (24.07%) FireEye
1 13 (24.07%) LogRhythm
1 13 (24.07%) Splunk
1 13 (24.07%) VMware
2 11 (20.37%) NetApp
3 8 (14.81%) Microsoft
4 6 (11.11%) Red Hat
5 4 (7.41%) Klocwork
5 4 (7.41%) Perforce
6 3 (5.56%) IronPort
6 3 (5.56%) Symantec
7 2 (3.70%) Dell
7 2 (3.70%) HP
7 2 (3.70%) IBM
8 1 (1.85%) Sage
8 1 (1.85%) Twitter