Linux Administrator
UK
The median Linux Administrator daily rate in the UK is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 496 | 550 | 642 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +54 | +92 | +139 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Linux Administrator | 31 | 21 | 54 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.11% | 0.049% | 0.095% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.12% | 0.053% | 0.10% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 15 | 10 | 27 |
| 10th Percentile | £310 | £325 | £216 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £352 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £425 | £473 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.76% | -10.05% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £450 | £613 |
| 90th Percentile | £617 | £480 | £654 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £463 | £445 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.87% | +4.76% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £50.43 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £51.25 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £52.50 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £64.09 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £76.56 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -19.23% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.
| Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 26,668 | 39,416 | 53,669 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.38% | 92.82% | 94.62% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,330 | 25,679 | 37,466 |
| 10th Percentile | £290 | £280 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £510 | £525 | £543 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.86% | -3.31% | +3.43% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £488 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.56% | -2.50% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,024 | 2,675 | 1,499 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £12.82 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.13 | £16.30 | £19.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.08 | £36.50 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -23.08% | -18.89% | +87.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £61.30 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.74 | £76.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £27.13 | £40.00 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -32.19% | -5.88% | +112.50% |
Linux Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Linux Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Linux Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux Administrator.
Linux Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux Administrator over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.
Linux Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux Administrator.
Linux Administrator
Top 9 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Administrator within the UK over the 6 months to 22 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 | +88 | 30 | £463 | +8.82% | 37 |
| UK excluding London | +74 | 19 | £463 | +3.87% | 26 |
| London | +42 | 10 | £500 | +17.65% | 17 |
| South West | - | 6 | £475 | - | 7 |
| South East | +47 | 5 | £550 | +23.53% | 7 |
| Work from Home | +41 | 5 | £475 | +35.71% | 21 |
| Midlands | +15 | 4 | £450 | - | |
| West Midlands | - | 4 | £450 | - | |
| East of England | - | 4 | £250 | - | 10 |
Linux Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, Linux Administrator contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Linux Administrator in the job title.
|
|
Linux Administrator Skill Set
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:
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||