Linux Command Line Contracts in the Thames Valley

Linux/Unix Command Line Interface (CLI)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Linux Command Line in contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Linux Command Line over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 136 141 159
Rank change year-on-year +5 +18 -37
Contract jobs citing Linux Command Line 6 8 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.22% 0.27% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.73% 0.84% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 6
10th Percentile £570 £381 £300
25th Percentile £600 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £546 £475
Median % change year-on-year +18.99% +15.00% +58.33%
75th Percentile - £725 £497
90th Percentile - £763 £535
South East median daily rate £575 £550 £513
% change year-on-year +4.55% +7.32% +70.83%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

Linux Command Line is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 825 958 1,079
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 30.34% 32.35% 30.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 469 633 696
10th Percentile £205 £280 £197
25th Percentile £281 £410 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £660
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 23 30
10th Percentile £11.79 £18.08 £17.42
25th Percentile £22.00 £19.25 £17.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% +112.50% -21.57%
75th Percentile £59.12 £71.80 £26.88
90th Percentile £65.00 £78.35 £67.57
South East median hourly rate £44.69 £50.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -10.63% +132.56% -25.86%

Linux Command Line
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Linux Command Line as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Linux Command Line in the Thames Valley

Linux Command Line
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux Command Line in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Linux Command Line in the Thames Valley

Linux Command Line
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux Command Line in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Linux Command Line in the Thames Valley

Linux Command Line
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 Linux Command Line within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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
Berkshire -8 5 £650 -1.33%
Buckinghamshire +28 1 £550 +4.76% 2
Linux Command Line
South East

Linux Command Line
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) SAN
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (33.33%) MongoDB
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle Database
3 1 (16.67%) Neo4j
3 1 (16.67%) Relational Database
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) GitLab
2 1 (16.67%) Git
General
1 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Database Specialist
1 2 (33.33%) Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Linux Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Platform Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Python Developer
2 1 (16.67%) DBA
2 1 (16.67%) Full Stack Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Full Stack Python Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) PostgreSQL Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) SQL DBA
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server DBA
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) CSS
1 1 (16.67%) Django
1 1 (16.67%) HTML
1 1 (16.67%) jQuery
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (33.33%) Ubuntu
2 2 (33.33%) Unix
2 2 (33.33%) VMS
3 1 (16.67%) Android
3 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
3 1 (16.67%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 2 (33.33%) Capacity Management
2 2 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Task Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Android Development
3 1 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
3 1 (16.67%) Data Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) iOS Development
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Mobile Development
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) Bash
1 4 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) Shell Script
3 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (33.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Ansible
1 2 (33.33%) Kubernetes
1 2 (33.33%) Packer
1 2 (33.33%) Terraform
1 2 (33.33%) vRealize
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Red Hat
2 3 (50.00%) Oracle
2 3 (50.00%) VMware
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) SolarWinds