Ubuntu Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Ubuntu Linux
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Ubuntu skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 99 119
Rank change year-on-year -40 +20 +10
Contract jobs citing Ubuntu 5 11 28
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.18% 0.72% 1.00%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.28% 5.07% 6.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 25
10th Percentile £440 £380 -
25th Percentile £463 £416 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £535
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -6.54% -2.73%
75th Percentile - - £550
90th Percentile £556 - £556
South East median daily rate £525 £575 £524
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.79% -4.77%

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

Ubuntu 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 392 217 431
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.03% 14.21% 15.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 151 306
10th Percentile £204 £200 £178
25th Percentile £350 £325 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +18.75% -20.00%
75th Percentile £526 £594 £575
90th Percentile £606 £700 £608
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 5 35
10th Percentile £17.79 - £16.95
25th Percentile £20.37 £14.20 £21.25
Median hourly rate £22.00 £21.90 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.46% -27.00% -38.78%
75th Percentile £40.01 £24.66 £59.50
90th Percentile £76.00 £44.43 £66.35
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £28.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% -34.88% -10.42%

Ubuntu
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Ubuntu job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Ubuntu
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Ubuntu
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Ubuntu
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 Ubuntu within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 30 March 2026. 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 £550 -
Ubuntu
South East

Ubuntu
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) SAN
1 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Automation Specialist
1 2 (40.00%) Compliance Specialist
1 2 (40.00%) Linux Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Server Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Python Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (60.00%) Debian
3 2 (40.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (40.00%) Compliance Audit
2 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Patch Management
2 2 (40.00%) Problem Management
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Release Management
2 2 (40.00%) Security Management
2 2 (40.00%) Threat Detection
2 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (20.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Bash
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (40.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (40.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (60.00%) Red Hat
1 3 (60.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) Snow
2 2 (40.00%) Sophos
2 2 (40.00%) Tenable