Ubuntu Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Ubuntu Linux
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Ubuntu skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Ubuntu 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.19% - 0.42%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.03% - 3.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £550
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median daily rate £375 - £550
% change year-on-year - - -24.14%

All Operating Systems
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 33 37 31
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 6.13% 14.74% 13.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 27 21
10th Percentile £142 £188 £188
25th Percentile £181 £200 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 £475
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -26.32% -24.00%
75th Percentile £488 £522 £600
90th Percentile £553 £595 £650
North East median daily rate £400 £340 £416
% change year-on-year +17.65% -18.17% -20.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £26.37 - -
25th Percentile £26.56 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.08 - £17.50
75th Percentile £34.06 - £18.75
90th Percentile £43.63 - -
North East median hourly rate £27.08 £18.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year +44.43% +7.14% -46.15%

Ubuntu
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Ubuntu relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Ubuntu job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Ubuntu
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Ubuntu.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Ubuntu

Ubuntu
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ubuntu within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 1 £375 - 2
Ubuntu
North East

Ubuntu
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL