Linux Kernel Development
UK > UK excluding London
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Linux Kernel Development skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Linux Kernel Development over the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 387 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Linux Kernel Development | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | - | 0.005% | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 0.006% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £550 | £350 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +57.14% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £95.00 | - |
| UK median hourly rate | - | £95.00 | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London
Linux Kernel Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 11,562 | 17,414 | 21,391 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 90.38% | 84.70% | 89.57% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,253 | 10,403 | 14,840 |
| 10th Percentile | £238 | £250 | £256 |
| 25th Percentile | £376 | £375 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £481 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.80% | - | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £600 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £663 | £688 | £688 |
| UK median daily rate | £520 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.95% | -4.55% | +3.77% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 838 | 2,048 | 1,307 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.20 | £12.30 | £11.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.33 | £15.22 | £15.56 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.50 | £37.50 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -26.67% | +7.14% | +75.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £64.50 | £60.75 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £73.75 |
| UK median hourly rate | £29.00 | £35.95 | £35.80 |
| % change year-on-year | -19.33% | +0.42% | +43.20% |
Linux Kernel Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Job postings citing Linux Kernel Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
Linux Kernel Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux Kernel Development in the UK excluding London.
Linux Kernel Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux Kernel Development in the UK excluding London.