The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 14 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
6
8
12
Rank change year-on-year
+2
+4
-
Contract jobs citing Linux
1
1
1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent
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 Stoke-on-Trent.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills
3
2
7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent
16.67%
7.14%
14.89%
Number of daily rates quoted
3
1
7
10th Percentile
£259
-
£172
25th Percentile
£346
£375
£183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£495
£400
£200
Median % change year-on-year
+23.75%
+100.00%
+19.40%
75th Percentile
£499
£425
£288
90th Percentile
£500
-
£423
Staffordshire median daily rate
£495
£375
£178
% change year-on-year
+32.00%
+111.27%
+2.90%
Linux Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent
Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent.
Linux Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stoke-on-Trent
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux in Stoke-on-Trent.
Linux Top 6 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent
For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Linux also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Stoke-on-Trent region with a requirement for Linux.
Linux Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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:
