Linux Contract Job Trends in Welwyn Garden City

Linux
Hertfordshire > Welwyn Garden City

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Welwyn Garden City requiring Linux skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 - 13
Rank change year-on-year - - -3
Contract jobs citing Linux 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Welwyn Garden City 3.45% - 8.82%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.09% - 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £813 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £825 - -
75th Percentile £838 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £72.50
% change year-on-year - -10.34% +20.83%

All Operating Systems
Welwyn Garden City

Linux 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 in Welwyn Garden City.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 11 5 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Welwyn Garden City 37.93% 17.86% 11.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £261 - -
25th Percentile £411 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £450 £900
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -50.00% +140.00%
75th Percentile £763 - -
90th Percentile £808 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +23.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £16.26 - -
25th Percentile £16.95 - -
Median hourly rate £20.05 - £70.00
75th Percentile £21.92 - -
90th Percentile £22.24 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year - -7.14% +16.67%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Welwyn Garden City

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Welwyn Garden City.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Welwyn Garden City

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Daily Rate Trend in Welwyn Garden City

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Welwyn Garden City citing Linux.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Welwyn Garden City citing Linux

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Hourly Rate Trend in Welwyn Garden City

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Welwyn Garden City citing Linux.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Welwyn Garden City citing Linux

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Welwyn Garden City 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python