Linux Administrator Contracts with Work from Home Options

Linux Administrator
UK > Work from Home

The median Linux Administrator daily rate in Work from Home is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 342 438 564
Rank change year-on-year +96 +126 -103
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Administrator 7 28 56
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.047% 0.11% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.12% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 15 33
10th Percentile £330 £51 £343
25th Percentile £338 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% +11.76% -
75th Percentile £425 £613 £500
90th Percentile £455 £654 £589
UK median daily rate £450 £474 £425
% change year-on-year -5.01% +11.47% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 3
10th Percentile - - £22.48
25th Percentile - £51.25 £23.19
Median hourly rate - £52.50 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year - +82.61% -
75th Percentile - £53.75 £58.56
90th Percentile - £67.10 £73.83
UK median hourly rate - £55.63 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +17.11% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,973 24,016 42,399
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 95.35% 95.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,364 16,958 30,661
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £723
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 569 547 602
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.50 £13.50
25th Percentile £23.34 £25.71 £19.28
Median hourly rate £45.00 £53.35 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.65% +52.43% +43.44%
75th Percentile £63.75 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £79.51 £68.70
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.13%

Linux Administrator
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Linux Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Linux Administrator trend for jobs with a WFH option

Linux Administrator
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Linux Administrator.

Linux Administrator daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Linux Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Linux Administrator.

Linux Administrator hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Linux Administrator Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, Linux Administrator contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Linux Administrator in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Linux
1 7 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 6 (85.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
3 4 (57.14%) Technology Roadmap
3 4 (57.14%) Public Sector
3 4 (57.14%) Bash
3 4 (57.14%) Confluence
3 4 (57.14%) Red Hat Satellite
3 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
3 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
3 4 (57.14%) JIRA
3 4 (57.14%) Atlassian
3 4 (57.14%) Python
4 1 (14.29%) DNS
4 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
4 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Qualys
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 1 (14.29%) Azure
4 1 (14.29%) Open Source
4 1 (14.29%) Patch Management
4 1 (14.29%) Security Patching
4 1 (14.29%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (14.29%) Platform Engineering

Linux Administrator Skill Set
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 4 (57.14%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) JIRA
2 1 (14.29%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 4 (57.14%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
2 6 (85.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
1 4 (57.14%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (14.29%) Open Source
2 1 (14.29%) Patch Management
2 1 (14.29%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) Security Patching
2 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Bash
1 4 (57.14%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 4 (57.14%) Atlassian
3 1 (14.29%) Qualys