Debian Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Debian Linux
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Debian skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 - 129
Rank change year-on-year - - +16
Contract jobs citing Debian 5 0 17
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.25% - 0.67%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.78% - 3.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 16
10th Percentile £513 - £491
25th Percentile £514 - £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £532 - £550
75th Percentile £547 - -
90th Percentile £555 - £555
South East median daily rate £532 - £530
% change year-on-year - - -3.64%

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

Debian 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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 281 288 439
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.32% 13.44% 17.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 195 324
10th Percentile £190 £200 £152
25th Percentile £255 £253 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 £406 £400
Median % change year-on-year -2.77% +1.56% -20.00%
75th Percentile £519 £550 £566
90th Percentile £575 £650 £625
South East median daily rate £435 £450 £410
% change year-on-year -3.33% +9.76% -13.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 11 26
10th Percentile £16.53 £16.32 £18.10
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.16 £21.84
Median hourly rate £20.79 £38.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.29% +26.67% +76.47%
75th Percentile £25.08 £57.62 £55.64
90th Percentile £87.45 £58.49 £66.13
South East median hourly rate £20.00 £60.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -66.94% +10.00% +193.33%

Debian
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Debian relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Debian job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Debian
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Debian.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Debian

Debian
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Debian.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Debian

Debian
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Debian within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 26 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Buckinghamshire - 5 £532 - 1
Debian
South East

Debian
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 5 (100.00%) SAN
2 4 (80.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Git
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
2 4 (80.00%) Python Developer
2 4 (80.00%) Senior
2 4 (80.00%) Senior Developer
3 3 (60.00%) Senior Python Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Linux Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Senior Software Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) Ubuntu
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (20.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Data Modelling
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Data Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (40.00%) Prototyping
3 2 (40.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 1 (20.00%) Change Control
4 1 (20.00%) Clean Code
4 1 (20.00%) Secure Coding
4 1 (20.00%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Remedy