The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 24 October 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
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 with a requirement for operating system skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills
12,810
5,871
17,643
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
15.23%
18.44%
20.88%
Number of daily rates quoted
8,755
3,792
11,217
10th Percentile
£165
£170
£148
25th Percentile
£339
£315
£263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£475
£438
£425
Median % change year-on-year
+8.57%
+2.94%
-
75th Percentile
£585
£538
£538
90th Percentile
£675
£613
£616
UK excluding London median daily rate
£400
£400
£390
% change year-on-year
-
+2.56%
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
690
303
1,194
10th Percentile
£12.00
£11.17
£11.17
25th Percentile
£13.88
£13.25
£14.00
Median hourly rate
£17.50
£18.00
£17.50
Median % change year-on-year
-2.78%
+2.86%
+2.94%
75th Percentile
£41.96
£37.00
£39.00
90th Percentile
£63.00
£52.50
£48.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate
£16.83
£17.43
£16.50
% change year-on-year
-3.47%
+5.64%
+3.13%
Linux Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Linux Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux.
Linux Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux over the 6 months to 24 October 2021.
Linux Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux.
Linux Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Linux over the 6 months to 24 October 2021.
Linux Top 17 Contract Locations
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 over the 6 months to 24 October 2021. 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
For the 6 months to 24 October 2021, IT contractor jobs citing Linux also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for Linux.
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
