Linux Contracts in the UK excluding London

Linux
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Linux skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Linux over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 24 27
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 -4
Contract jobs citing Linux 1,207 1,733 2,083
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.89% 7.41% 6.86%
As % of the Operating Systems category 37.29% 38.53% 35.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 785 1,171 1,288
10th Percentile £340 £363 £348
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £619
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £585 £575
% change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 131 115
10th Percentile £33.13 £27.50 £40.23
25th Percentile £51.56 £50.65 £48.34
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% +26.98%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile - £75.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% +25.65%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

Linux is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,237 4,498 5,834
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.81% 19.22% 19.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,159 3,113 3,796
10th Percentile £175 £163 £150
25th Percentile £259 £250 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £538
90th Percentile £672 £676 £638
UK median daily rate £468 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -7.43% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 323 336 459
10th Percentile £12.25 £13.29 £12.78
25th Percentile £14.27 £17.42 £15.02
Median hourly rate £22.50 £29.30 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.21% +46.50% +21.21%
75th Percentile £62.25 £60.64 £49.21
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.49 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £38.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year -42.86% +67.39% +29.50%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the UK excluding London

Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Linux in the UK excluding London

Linux
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Linux in the UK excluding London

Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Linux in the UK excluding London

Linux
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Linux in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Linux in the UK excluding London

Linux
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
South East 0 403 £525 -0.94% 233
North of England -10 190 £483 -12.27% 142
South West -7 189 £570 +3.64% 172
Scotland -10 165 £575 +9.52% 53
Midlands -2 124 £545 +0.93% 120
East of England -1 112 £550 +22.22% 130
Yorkshire +12 110 £500 -9.09% 50
West Midlands -12 79 £550 +1.85% 59
North West -44 68 £450 -18.18% 83
East Midlands +29 44 £529 +17.57% 61
Wales +13 29 £575 +13.58% 16
North East -4 12 £575 -14.81% 12
Northern Ireland -5 4 - - 4
Linux
UK

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 83 (6.88%) Confluence
2 45 (3.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 28 (2.32%) Apache
4 19 (1.57%) nginx
5 17 (1.41%) CMS
6 14 (1.16%) IIS
7 10 (0.83%) Tomcat
8 9 (0.75%) NetWeaver
9 8 (0.66%) SharePoint
10 7 (0.58%) JBoss
11 6 (0.50%) OpenStack
12 5 (0.41%) SAS
13 4 (0.33%) Apache Solr
13 4 (0.33%) Apache Spark
13 4 (0.33%) Jupyter
14 3 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
15 2 (0.17%) IBM Domino
15 2 (0.17%) Traefik
15 2 (0.17%) WebLogic
15 2 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (0.83%) Simulink
2 9 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.083%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.083%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (0.75%) SAP IBP
2 6 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.25%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.17%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
5 2 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.17%) RMDS
5 2 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.083%) Magento
6 1 (0.083%) MFGPRO
6 1 (0.083%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.083%) Sage 50
6 1 (0.083%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 221 (18.31%) Azure
2 200 (16.57%) AWS
3 61 (5.05%) Microsoft 365
4 58 (4.81%) GitHub
5 48 (3.98%) OpenShift
6 40 (3.31%) Amazon EC2
7 39 (3.23%) Amazon S3
8 36 (2.98%) AWS CloudFormation
9 35 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
9 35 (2.90%) GCP
10 28 (2.32%) Serverless
11 27 (2.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 25 (2.07%) Entra ID
13 21 (1.74%) AWS Lambda
14 20 (1.66%) IaaS
15 19 (1.57%) Azure Monitor
16 18 (1.49%) Azure Storage
17 17 (1.41%) OCI
18 16 (1.33%) PaaS
19 12 (0.99%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 123 (10.19%) Firewall
2 113 (9.36%) SAN
3 104 (8.62%) DNS
4 86 (7.13%) TCP/IP
5 70 (5.80%) DHCP
6 54 (4.47%) WAN
7 40 (3.31%) VPN
8 38 (3.15%) LAN
9 35 (2.90%) Wireless
10 31 (2.57%) Network Security
11 30 (2.49%) SSL
12 28 (2.32%) VLAN
13 26 (2.15%) Fibre Channel
14 21 (1.74%) SNMP
15 20 (1.66%) HTTP
15 20 (1.66%) Software-Defined Radio
16 19 (1.57%) Ethernet
17 18 (1.49%) Intrusion Detection
17 18 (1.49%) VSAN
18 17 (1.41%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (5.14%) MySQL
2 53 (4.39%) SQL Server
3 48 (3.98%) Relational Database
4 38 (3.15%) Elasticsearch
5 34 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
6 30 (2.49%) MongoDB
7 25 (2.07%) Oracle Database
8 23 (1.91%) Big Data
9 22 (1.82%) Amazon RDS
10 20 (1.66%) RDBMS
11 11 (0.91%) InfluxDB
11 11 (0.91%) MariaDB
11 11 (0.91%) SAP HANA
12 10 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
12 10 (0.83%) Power BI
13 9 (0.75%) SAP BW
14 8 (0.66%) DB2
14 8 (0.66%) NoSQL
15 7 (0.58%) Ingres
16 6 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 123 (10.19%) JIRA
2 122 (10.11%) Jenkins
3 106 (8.78%) Git
4 72 (5.97%) GitLab
5 61 (5.05%) Bitbucket
6 32 (2.65%) Eclipse
7 26 (2.15%) GoogleTest
8 24 (1.99%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 24 (1.99%) Robot Framework
9 19 (1.57%) Visual Studio
10 18 (1.49%) Artifactory
10 18 (1.49%) Selenium
11 14 (1.16%) Gradle
11 14 (1.16%) Maven
12 12 (0.99%) SonarQube
13 11 (0.91%) Subversion
14 9 (0.75%) Burp Suite
14 9 (0.75%) Cypress.io
14 9 (0.75%) Postman
14 9 (0.75%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 277 (22.95%) Social Skills
2 120 (9.94%) Analytical Skills
3 96 (7.95%) Public Sector
4 83 (6.88%) Finance
5 43 (3.56%) Aerospace
6 40 (3.31%) Telecoms
7 31 (2.57%) Banking
8 28 (2.32%) Legal
9 21 (1.74%) Electronics
10 20 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
11 16 (1.33%) Manufacturing
12 15 (1.24%) Military
13 11 (0.91%) Financial Institution
14 10 (0.83%) Investment Banking
14 10 (0.83%) Marketing
15 9 (0.75%) Automotive
16 8 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.58%) Multimedia
17 7 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 139 (11.52%) Developer
2 115 (9.53%) Linux Engineer
2 115 (9.53%) Software Engineer
3 112 (9.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 90 (7.46%) DevOps Engineer
5 88 (7.29%) Senior
6 67 (5.55%) Analyst
7 51 (4.23%) Architect
8 48 (3.98%) Administrator
9 45 (3.73%) Support Engineer
10 44 (3.65%) C++ Software Engineer
11 43 (3.56%) Storage Engineer
12 37 (3.07%) Embedded Engineer
13 36 (2.98%) Consultant
13 36 (2.98%) DBA
14 34 (2.82%) Embedded Software Engineer
15 32 (2.65%) Network Engineer
16 31 (2.57%) Platform Engineer
17 30 (2.49%) Lead
17 30 (2.49%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (3.73%) Elastic Stack
2 40 (3.31%) Web Services
3 39 (3.23%) .NET
4 33 (2.73%) REST
5 30 (2.49%) YAML
6 28 (2.32%) HTML
6 28 (2.32%) Kafka
6 28 (2.32%) Middleware
7 26 (2.15%) CSS
8 25 (2.07%) .NET Core
9 23 (1.91%) Apache NiFi
10 21 (1.74%) Flash
10 21 (1.74%) JSON
11 18 (1.49%) Node.js
12 17 (1.41%) React
13 16 (1.33%) ARM Templates
13 16 (1.33%) RabbitMQ
13 16 (1.33%) XML
14 15 (1.24%) Yocto
15 14 (1.16%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 83 (6.88%) Data Centre
2 73 (6.05%) Linux Command Line
3 68 (5.63%) PKI
4 41 (3.40%) Management Information System
5 40 (3.31%) Replication
6 38 (3.15%) Public Cloud
7 34 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
8 26 (2.15%) Client/Server
8 26 (2.15%) Product Ownership
9 24 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
10 23 (1.91%) Security Operations Centre
11 21 (1.74%) Clustering
11 21 (1.74%) Cyberattack
12 18 (1.49%) ARM Cortex
13 16 (1.33%) Cyber Defence
14 15 (1.24%) Distributed Applications
14 15 (1.24%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 14 (1.16%) Algorithms
15 14 (1.16%) Data Structures
16 13 (1.08%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 502 (41.59%) Windows
2 189 (15.66%) Unix
3 176 (14.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 143 (11.85%) Windows Server
5 83 (6.88%) Ubuntu
6 52 (4.31%) Windows Server 2019
7 51 (4.23%) Windows Server 2016
8 38 (3.15%) Debian
9 37 (3.07%) Solaris
10 33 (2.73%) CentOS
11 31 (2.57%) AIX
12 30 (2.49%) Windows Server 2012
13 28 (2.32%) zOS
14 21 (1.74%) Embedded Linux
14 21 (1.74%) Windows 10
15 19 (1.57%) Android
15 19 (1.57%) VMS
16 18 (1.49%) Apple iOS
16 18 (1.49%) FreeRTOS
17 14 (1.16%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 292 (24.19%) Agile
2 216 (17.90%) DevOps
3 200 (16.57%) CI/CD
4 179 (14.83%) Software Engineering
5 150 (12.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 148 (12.26%) Problem-Solving
7 122 (10.11%) ITIL
8 111 (9.20%) Cybersecurity
9 108 (8.95%) Infrastructure as Code
10 103 (8.53%) Configuration Management
11 94 (7.79%) Scrum
12 91 (7.54%) Continuous Integration
13 90 (7.46%) Migration
14 77 (6.38%) OO
15 70 (5.80%) SIEM
16 69 (5.72%) Change Management
17 65 (5.39%) Performance Tuning
18 64 (5.30%) Containerisation
19 63 (5.22%) Project Management
19 63 (5.22%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 310 (25.68%) Python
2 149 (12.34%) PowerShell
3 122 (10.11%) Bash
4 116 (9.61%) C++
5 111 (9.20%) Java
6 104 (8.62%) C
7 88 (7.29%) SQL
8 70 (5.80%) JavaScript
9 66 (5.47%) C#
9 66 (5.47%) Shell Script
10 53 (4.39%) Perl
11 36 (2.98%) VBScript
12 26 (2.15%) Embedded C
13 23 (1.91%) Go
14 22 (1.82%) PHP
15 18 (1.49%) JCL
16 17 (1.41%) Bicep
16 17 (1.41%) Scala
17 16 (1.33%) VB
18 15 (1.24%) REXX
Qualifications
1 517 (42.83%) Security Cleared
2 316 (26.18%) SC Cleared
3 201 (16.65%) DV Cleared
4 134 (11.10%) Degree
5 29 (2.40%) Cisco Certification
6 27 (2.24%) CCNA
7 25 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (1.57%) Master's Degree
9 17 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
10 16 (1.33%) CCNP
10 16 (1.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 13 (1.08%) MCSE
12 11 (0.91%) RHCE
13 9 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (0.75%) OSCP
14 8 (0.66%) HND
14 8 (0.66%) SAP Certification
15 7 (0.58%) CEH
15 7 (0.58%) CREST Certified
15 7 (0.58%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (3.48%) QA
2 38 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (2.82%) NIST
4 28 (2.32%) GDPR
5 16 (1.33%) SLA
6 15 (1.24%) HIPAA
7 14 (1.16%) MISRA
8 13 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
8 13 (1.08%) ISO 9001
9 10 (0.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 10 (0.83%) ISO 9000
10 9 (0.75%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
12 5 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 5 (0.41%) MISRA C
13 4 (0.33%) Data Quality
13 4 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 4 (0.33%) NCSC
14 2 (0.17%) Accessibility
14 2 (0.17%) JTAG
System Software
1 171 (14.17%) Active Directory
2 162 (13.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 105 (8.70%) Docker
4 67 (5.55%) VMware ESXi
5 60 (4.97%) vSphere
6 58 (4.81%) Hyper-V
7 52 (4.31%) VMware NSX
8 37 (3.07%) Virtual Machines
9 35 (2.90%) Firmware
10 28 (2.32%) NFS
11 18 (1.49%) Time Sharing Option
12 17 (1.41%) KVM
13 16 (1.33%) Virtual Desktop
14 10 (0.83%) Oracle RAC
15 9 (0.75%) iptables
16 7 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
17 6 (0.50%) VirtualBox
18 5 (0.41%) VMware Workstation
19 4 (0.33%) Apache ZooKeeper
19 4 (0.33%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 224 (18.56%) Ansible
2 156 (12.92%) Kubernetes
3 120 (9.94%) Terraform
4 67 (5.55%) SCCM
5 56 (4.64%) Grafana
6 48 (3.98%) NetBackup
7 47 (3.89%) Prometheus
8 44 (3.65%) Puppet
9 41 (3.40%) WSUS
10 39 (3.23%) SCOM
11 38 (3.15%) Microsoft Intune
11 38 (3.15%) vCenter Server
12 26 (2.15%) Kibana
13 25 (2.07%) EMC NetWorker
13 25 (2.07%) PowerCLI
14 24 (1.99%) Progress Chef
15 23 (1.91%) Red Hat Satellite
16 22 (1.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 20 (1.66%) Packer
18 18 (1.49%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 257 (21.29%) VMware
2 205 (16.98%) Microsoft
3 147 (12.18%) Red Hat
4 111 (9.20%) Oracle
5 71 (5.88%) Dell
6 70 (5.80%) IBM
7 69 (5.72%) Atlassian
8 65 (5.39%) Cisco
8 65 (5.39%) Splunk
9 61 (5.05%) HP
10 46 (3.81%) Brocade
11 41 (3.40%) Google
12 38 (3.15%) Veeam
13 36 (2.98%) EMC
13 36 (2.98%) Veritas
14 28 (2.32%) Symantec
15 23 (1.91%) Palo Alto
16 21 (1.74%) NetApp
16 21 (1.74%) SAP
17 19 (1.57%) Juniper