Linux Scripter Contracts

Linux Scripter
UK

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Linux Scripter daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 499 571 712
Rank change year-on-year +72 +141 +132
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Scripter 21 11 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.072% 0.025% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.027% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £650 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +62.50% -33.33%
UK excluding London median daily rate - £650 -

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 Scripter
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux Scripter in the UK

Linux Scripter
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Linux Scripter in the UK

Linux Scripter
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Linux Scripter in the UK

Linux Scripter
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Scripter 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
UK excluding London +71 19 - -
Work from Home +50 19 - - 1
Scotland +21 19 - -
London - 2 - - 1
England - 2 - - 1

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

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

1 21 (100.00%) Linux
2 15 (71.43%) Unix
3 12 (57.14%) Java
4 9 (42.86%) Software Engineering
4 9 (42.86%) SQL
4 9 (42.86%) Python
5 8 (38.10%) Multithreading
5 8 (38.10%) Algorithms
5 8 (38.10%) Concurrent Programming
5 8 (38.10%) Design Patterns
6 7 (33.33%) OO
7 6 (28.57%) Perl
7 6 (28.57%) Platform Engineering
7 6 (28.57%) DevOps
8 5 (23.81%) Maven
8 5 (23.81%) Shell Script
9 4 (19.05%) Data Protection
9 4 (19.05%) GitHub
10 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
10 2 (9.52%) Bash
10 2 (9.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (9.52%) Management Information System
10 2 (9.52%) Oracle
11 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
11 1 (4.76%) Sybase
11 1 (4.76%) Ant
11 1 (4.76%) MySQL
11 1 (4.76%) JBoss
11 1 (4.76%) Apache
11 1 (4.76%) Red Hat

Linux Scripter 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.76%) Apache
1 1 (4.76%) JBoss
1 1 (4.76%) WebSphere
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) GitHub
2 1 (4.76%) AWS
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) MongoDB
1 1 (4.76%) MySQL
1 1 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.76%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 5 (23.81%) Maven
2 1 (4.76%) Ant
2 1 (4.76%) Artifactory
2 1 (4.76%) Git
2 1 (4.76%) Jenkins
2 1 (4.76%) JIRA
2 1 (4.76%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1 (4.76%) Banking
1 1 (4.76%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (4.76%) Kafka
1 1 (4.76%) Middleware
1 1 (4.76%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Algorithms
2 2 (9.52%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.76%) Clustering
3 1 (4.76%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 21 (100.00%) Linux
2 15 (71.43%) Unix
3 2 (9.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (4.76%) Windows
4 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Software Engineering
2 8 (38.10%) Concurrent Programming
2 8 (38.10%) Design Patterns
2 8 (38.10%) Multithreading
3 7 (33.33%) OO
4 6 (28.57%) DevOps
4 6 (28.57%) Platform Engineering
5 4 (19.05%) Data Protection
6 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (4.76%) CI/CD
7 1 (4.76%) Computer Science
7 1 (4.76%) Configuration Management
7 1 (4.76%) Incident Management
7 1 (4.76%) Load Balancing
7 1 (4.76%) Low Latency
7 1 (4.76%) Open Source
7 1 (4.76%) Problem Management
7 1 (4.76%) Project Management
7 1 (4.76%) Release Management
7 1 (4.76%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (57.14%) Java
2 9 (42.86%) Python
2 9 (42.86%) SQL
3 6 (28.57%) Perl
4 5 (23.81%) Shell Script
5 2 (9.52%) Bash
6 1 (4.76%) C++
6 1 (4.76%) Groovy
6 1 (4.76%) Korn
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Ansible
1 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.76%) Podman
1 1 (4.76%) Puppet
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Oracle
2 1 (4.76%) Red Hat
2 1 (4.76%) Sybase