Hybrid/Remote LFCS Contract Job Trends

Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator (LFCS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for LFCS qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 326 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing LFCS 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.009% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.026% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £610 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

LFCS falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,919 2,819 4,634
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 35.41% 26.32% 28.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,696 1,832 2,837
10th Percentile £358 £350 £350
25th Percentile £431 £444 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £611 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £706 £713
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 92 246
10th Percentile £21.25 £21.25 £16.00
25th Percentile £30.00 £26.06 £24.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £46.40 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.75% -2.31% -26.92%
75th Percentile £80.00 £67.50 £68.75
90th Percentile £97.25 £84.90 £84.36
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.52% -10.56% -5.26%

LFCS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Linux Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) RHCE
1 1 (100.00%) RHCSA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat