CentOS Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

CentOS Linux
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring CentOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 59 75
Rank change year-on-year +5 +16 -
Contract jobs citing CentOS 1 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 0.24% 0.67% 0.24%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.05% 2.70% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - £503 £578
25th Percentile £675 £525 £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -
75th Percentile £725 £684 £619
90th Percentile - £769 £623
South West median daily rate £550 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% +17.07%

All Operating Systems
Wiltshire

CentOS 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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 95 148 163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 22.73% 24.92% 19.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 114 128
10th Percentile £209 £205 £210
25th Percentile £308 £415 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £538 £466
Median % change year-on-year -0.93% +15.47% -11.33%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £575
90th Percentile £670 £674 £645
South West median daily rate £413 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -21.43% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £60.00
Median hourly rate £12.50 - £61.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.50%
75th Percentile £20.44 - £64.50
90th Percentile £25.15 - -
South West median hourly rate £23.67 £70.00 £64.00
% change year-on-year -66.19% +9.38% -1.54%

CentOS
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CentOS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

CentOS job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

CentOS
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing CentOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing CentOS

CentOS
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CentOS within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 16 October 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
Corsham +12 1 £700 +16.67% 1
CentOS
South West

CentOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Skype
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) NsoIT
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat