SUSE Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

SUSE Linux
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring SUSE skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SUSE 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.031% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
England median daily rate £494 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -10.18% -8.33% +4.35%

All Operating Systems
West Midlands

SUSE 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 the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 306 210 275
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 9.51% 14.64% 13.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 148 182
10th Percentile £201 £150 £185
25th Percentile £381 £200 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £400 £438
Median % change year-on-year +14.75% -8.57% -5.41%
75th Percentile £538 £500 £575
90th Percentile £600 £638 £686
England median daily rate £455 £465 £475
% change year-on-year -2.15% -2.11% -5.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 11 17
10th Percentile £47.73 £15.22 £14.99
25th Percentile £58.43 £16.67 £18.50
Median hourly rate £64.07 £18.13 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +253.38% -19.42% +28.81%
75th Percentile £70.50 £19.01 £23.75
90th Percentile £77.50 £24.66 £72.50
England median hourly rate £34.68 £20.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +73.38% -11.11% -47.06%

SUSE
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SUSE relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

SUSE job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

SUSE
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing SUSE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing SUSE

SUSE
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing SUSE.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing SUSE

SUSE
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SUSE within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 June 2026. 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
Warwickshire - 1 £400 - 3
SUSE
England

SUSE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Optimisation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) MathWorks
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens