Debian Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Debian Linux
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Debian skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Debian over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 303 323 467
Rank change year-on-year +20 +144 +135
Contract jobs citing Debian 2 21 7
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.020% 0.14% 0.027%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.17% 1.32% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 19 5
10th Percentile £519 £511 £433
25th Percentile £528 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £603 - £575
90th Percentile £616 £552 -
UK median daily rate £550 £533 £550
% change year-on-year +3.29% -3.18% -

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

Debian falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,169 1,585 3,510
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.85% 10.41% 13.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 782 1,108 2,471
10th Percentile £289 £225 £250
25th Percentile £388 £350 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -8.65% +4.00%
75th Percentile £582 £588 £630
90th Percentile £675 £680 £725
UK median daily rate £475 £470 £505
% change year-on-year +1.06% -6.84% +0.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 47 101
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.05 £19.00
25th Percentile £33.13 £14.27 £38.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £18.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +247.22% -67.27% +29.41%
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.00 £69.50
90th Percentile £68.45 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £24.09 £22.08 £38.50
% change year-on-year +9.13% -42.66% +71.11%

Debian
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Debian as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Debian trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Debian
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Debian.

Debian daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Debian
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Debian.

Debian hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Debian
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (100.00%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) IaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) PaaS
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) NGFW
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) B2C
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft