FreeBSD Contracts

FreeBSD
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring FreeBSD skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FreeBSD over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 519 - 717
Rank change year-on-year - - +138
Contract jobs citing FreeBSD 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% - 0.002%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.024% - 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -30.77%
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £450
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - -
Median hourly rate £22.50 - -
75th Percentile £23.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 - -

All Operating Systems
UK

FreeBSD 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,086 5,803 9,694
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.96% 13.32% 16.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,693 3,912 6,828
10th Percentile £200 £185 £190
25th Percentile £320 £300 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £469 £505
Median % change year-on-year +1.28% -7.13% +1.00%
75th Percentile £594 £588 £638
90th Percentile £699 £700 £719
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 179 396 416
10th Percentile £16.22 £12.75 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.11 £15.44 £17.75
Median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £39.30
Median % change year-on-year +9.91% -44.02% +74.67%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.94 £22.00 £31.25
% change year-on-year +4.26% -29.60% +56.25%

FreeBSD
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing FreeBSD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for FreeBSD in the UK

FreeBSD
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing FreeBSD.

Daily rate trend for FreeBSD in the UK

FreeBSD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing FreeBSD.

Hourly rate trend for FreeBSD in the UK

FreeBSD
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FreeBSD within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
England - 1 - - 3
East of England - 1 - -
UK excluding London - 1 - - 2

FreeBSD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft