Linux Developer Contracts

Linux Developer
UK

The median Linux Developer daily rate in the UK is £338, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 470 545 683
Rank change year-on-year +75 +138 +129
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Developer 50 37 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.085% 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.092% 0.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 22 10
10th Percentile - £255 -
25th Percentile £313 £325 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £631 £575
Median % change year-on-year -46.47% +9.75% +14.90%
75th Percentile £400 £750 £1,000
90th Percentile £490 £777 £1,106
UK excluding London median daily rate £325 £750 -
% change year-on-year -56.67% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +40.00% -9.09%
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £70.00 -

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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Linux Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Linux Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Linux Developer in the UK

Linux Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Linux Developer in the UK

Linux Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux Developer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Linux Developer in the UK

Linux Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Linux Developer in the UK

Linux Developer
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Developer 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
Work from Home +70 42 - - 5
UK excluding London +78 38 £325 -56.67% 7
Scotland +31 33 - - 1
England +55 17 £338 -3.57% 8
London +39 12 £350 - 2
East of England +30 3 £325 - 6
East Midlands - 1 £550 -
Midlands - 1 £550 -
North West - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -

Linux Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Linux Developer 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 Developer in the job title.

1 50 (100.00%) Linux
2 34 (68.00%) Java
3 32 (64.00%) SQL
4 28 (56.00%) Python
5 23 (46.00%) Banking
5 23 (46.00%) Investment Banking
5 23 (46.00%) SDLC
6 22 (44.00%) Social Skills
6 22 (44.00%) Multithreading
7 19 (38.00%) Spring
8 17 (34.00%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (28.00%) Agile
9 14 (28.00%) Finance
9 14 (28.00%) C++
9 14 (28.00%) Data Structures
9 14 (28.00%) Relational Database
10 13 (26.00%) Windows
10 13 (26.00%) Software Engineering
11 12 (24.00%) Docker
11 12 (24.00%) Kubernetes
11 12 (24.00%) Containerisation
12 11 (22.00%) Concurrent Programming
12 11 (22.00%) Analytical Skills
12 11 (22.00%) Kdb+
12 11 (22.00%) Data Science
12 11 (22.00%) Performance Tuning
12 11 (22.00%) Kafka
12 11 (22.00%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (22.00%) MongoDB
12 11 (22.00%) Database Tuning

Linux Developer 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:

Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.00%) Amazon EC2
1 1 (2.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (2.00%) AWS
1 1 (2.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (2.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (2.00%) SaaS
1 1 (2.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.00%) SAN
1 1 (2.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (2.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (28.00%) Relational Database
2 11 (22.00%) DB2
2 11 (22.00%) KDB
2 11 (22.00%) Kdb+
2 11 (22.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 11 (22.00%) JUnit
2 2 (4.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.00%) Git
3 1 (2.00%) Grunt
3 1 (2.00%) gulp
3 1 (2.00%) Jasmine
3 1 (2.00%) Mocha
3 1 (2.00%) Subversion
General
1 23 (46.00%) Banking
1 23 (46.00%) Investment Banking
2 22 (44.00%) Social Skills
3 14 (28.00%) Finance
4 11 (22.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.00%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.00%) Electronics
6 2 (4.00%) Manufacturing
6 2 (4.00%) Marketing
6 2 (4.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (38.00%) Spring
2 11 (22.00%) JMS
2 11 (22.00%) Kafka
3 1 (2.00%) CSS
3 1 (2.00%) HTML
3 1 (2.00%) HTML5
3 1 (2.00%) jQuery
3 1 (2.00%) Mustache
3 1 (2.00%) Node.js
3 1 (2.00%) REST
3 1 (2.00%) RESTful
3 1 (2.00%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 14 (28.00%) Data Structures
2 11 (22.00%) Enterprise Software
2 11 (22.00%) Equities
3 9 (18.00%) Algorithms
3 9 (18.00%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (4.00%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 50 (100.00%) Linux
2 13 (26.00%) Windows
3 11 (22.00%) Unix
4 2 (4.00%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.00%) Debian
5 1 (2.00%) Mac OS X
5 1 (2.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (46.00%) SDLC
2 22 (44.00%) Multithreading
3 17 (34.00%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (28.00%) Agile
5 13 (26.00%) Software Engineering
6 12 (24.00%) Containerisation
7 11 (22.00%) Concurrent Programming
7 11 (22.00%) Data Science
7 11 (22.00%) Database Tuning
7 11 (22.00%) Open Source
7 11 (22.00%) Performance Tuning
8 9 (18.00%) Design Patterns
9 3 (6.00%) Computer Science
9 3 (6.00%) Test Automation
10 2 (4.00%) API Testing
10 2 (4.00%) Digital Marketing
10 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Office Automation
10 2 (4.00%) Office Automation
10 2 (4.00%) Programme Management
10 2 (4.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 34 (68.00%) Java
2 32 (64.00%) SQL
3 28 (56.00%) Python
4 14 (28.00%) C++
5 11 (22.00%) Shell Script
6 2 (4.00%) Groovy
7 1 (2.00%) C#
7 1 (2.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (2.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (2.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (2.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (2.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (24.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (24.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (22.00%) Sybase
2 2 (4.00%) HP
2 2 (4.00%) SAP
3 1 (2.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (2.00%) VMware