Linux Contracts in Wokingham

Linux
Berkshire > Wokingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wokingham requiring Linux skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Linux over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 15 13
Rank change year-on-year +9 -2 -8
Contract jobs citing Linux 29 5 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wokingham 16.38% 7.14% 11.11%
As % of the Operating Systems category 67.44% 33.33% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 5 5
10th Percentile £387 - -
25th Percentile £436 - £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -5.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile £538 - £475
90th Percentile £605 £520 £490
Berkshire median daily rate £494 £570 £500
% change year-on-year -13.38% +14.00% -

All Operating Systems
Wokingham

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 Wokingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 43 15 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wokingham 24.29% 21.43% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 15 13
10th Percentile £325 £275 -
25th Percentile £400 £305 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £350 £450
Median % change year-on-year +32.14% -22.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £400 £538
90th Percentile £575 £540 £600
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £425 £514
% change year-on-year +17.65% -17.27% +4.31%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wokingham.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Wokingham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wokingham

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

Daily rate trend for Linux in Wokingham

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Daily Rate Histogram in Wokingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux in Wokingham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Linux in Wokingham

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wokingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Linux in Wokingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wokingham 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 8 (27.59%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.45%) Azure
1 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
1 1 (3.45%) IaaS
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (3.45%) PaaS
1 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (41.38%) DHCP
1 12 (41.38%) DNS
2 8 (27.59%) FTP
2 8 (27.59%) SMTP
2 8 (27.59%) Telnet
3 5 (17.24%) TCP/IP
4 4 (13.79%) tcpdump
5 2 (6.90%) BIG-IP
5 2 (6.90%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 2 (6.90%) SSL
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) JIRA
2 1 (3.45%) MSI
General
1 3 (10.34%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (20.69%) Administrator
2 5 (17.24%) Lead
2 5 (17.24%) Linux Administrator
3 4 (13.79%) Linux Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Tester
4 3 (10.34%) Infrastructure Support
4 3 (10.34%) SCADA Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Test Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Lead Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Lead Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (13.79%) LDAP
2 1 (3.45%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (24.14%) SCADA
2 5 (17.24%) Data Centre
3 4 (13.79%) Enterprise Storage
3 4 (13.79%) Product Ownership
4 3 (10.34%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (3.45%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 20 (68.97%) Windows
2 12 (41.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (13.79%) Windows Server
3 4 (13.79%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (3.45%) Mac OS
4 1 (3.45%) Windows 10
4 1 (3.45%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
1 8 (27.59%) Vulnerability Management
2 7 (24.14%) High Availability
2 7 (24.14%) Performance Tuning
3 6 (20.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 6 (20.69%) ITIL
3 6 (20.69%) Root Cause Analysis
4 4 (13.79%) DevSecOps
4 4 (13.79%) Performance Monitoring
4 4 (13.79%) Server Migrations
4 4 (13.79%) Technical Leadership
4 4 (13.79%) Test Assurance
4 4 (13.79%) Test Management
4 4 (13.79%) Test Strategy
4 4 (13.79%) Validation
5 3 (10.34%) Cartography
5 3 (10.34%) Migration
5 3 (10.34%) Performance Optimisation
5 3 (10.34%) Test Automation
5 3 (10.34%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 7 (24.14%) Perl
1 7 (24.14%) PL/SQL
1 7 (24.14%) SQL
2 2 (6.90%) Bash
2 2 (6.90%) Python
3 1 (3.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (62.07%) Security Cleared
2 16 (55.17%) SC Cleared
3 3 (10.34%) Degree
System Software
1 8 (27.59%) NFS
1 8 (27.59%) Samba
2 2 (6.90%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (34.48%) yum
2 5 (17.24%) Ansible
3 4 (13.79%) NetBackup
4 2 (6.90%) BMC PATROL
5 1 (3.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (41.38%) Red Hat
2 11 (37.93%) VMware
3 8 (27.59%) HP
4 4 (13.79%) 3PAR
4 4 (13.79%) Dell
4 4 (13.79%) Veritas
5 2 (6.90%) BMC
5 2 (6.90%) F5
6 1 (3.45%) Altiris
6 1 (3.45%) Dynatrace
6 1 (3.45%) IBM
6 1 (3.45%) Microsoft
6 1 (3.45%) Oracle
6 1 (3.45%) Symantec