Linux Kernel Development Contracts with Work from Home Options

Linux Kernel Development
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Linux Kernel Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Linux Kernel Development over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 346 - 618
Rank change year-on-year - - -131
Contract jobs citing Linux Kernel Development 2 0 4
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.013% - 0.009%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.015% - 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £386
25th Percentile £325 - £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £402
75th Percentile £375 - £413
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £350 - £402
% change year-on-year - - +14.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £95.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £95.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Linux Kernel Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,319 22,924 40,623
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.76% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,917 16,193 29,494
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 527 541
10th Percentile £15.17 £18.67 £13.75
25th Percentile £24.63 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £75.15 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

Linux Kernel Development
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Linux Kernel Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Linux Kernel Development trend for jobs with a WFH option

Linux Kernel Development
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 Kernel Development.

Linux Kernel Development daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Linux Kernel Development
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) HTTP
1 1 (50.00%) RTSP
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Multimedia
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Kernel Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Linux Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Programmer
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) FFmpeg
1 1 (50.00%) GStreamer
1 1 (50.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Video Processing
2 1 (50.00%) Device Driver Development
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) C++
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware