Linux Systems Administrator Contracts with Work from Home Options

Linux System Administrator
UK > Work from Home

The median Linux System Administrator daily rate in Work from Home is £413 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 337 451 589
Rank change year-on-year +114 +138 -131
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Systems Administrator 7 20 34
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.046% 0.078% 0.076%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.082% 0.080%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 22
10th Percentile £340 - -
25th Percentile £363 £51 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +6.25% -
75th Percentile £450 £488 £499
90th Percentile £465 £510 £598
UK median daily rate £498 £425 £425
% change year-on-year +17.18% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 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 - - £73.83
UK median hourly rate - £52.50 £55.63
% change year-on-year - -5.62% -

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 14,262 24,476 42,692
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.48% 95.36% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,547 17,287 30,849
10th Percentile £325 £356 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 576 563 608
10th Percentile £14.34 £18.50 £13.21
25th Percentile £23.32 £25.98 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £63.00 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.42 £45.00 £23.14
% change year-on-year -19.07% +94.45% +2.04%

Linux Systems Administrator
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Linux Systems Administrator trend for jobs with a WFH option

Linux Systems 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 Systems Administrator.

Linux Systems Administrator daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Linux Systems 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 Systems Administrator.

Linux Systems Administrator hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Linux Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Linux Systems 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 Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
2 6 (85.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (71.43%) Bash
3 5 (71.43%) Confluence
3 5 (71.43%) Red Hat Satellite
3 5 (71.43%) Python
3 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
3 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
3 5 (71.43%) JIRA
3 5 (71.43%) Atlassian
3 5 (71.43%) Technology Roadmap
3 5 (71.43%) Public Sector
3 5 (71.43%) Roadmaps
4 1 (14.29%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Qualys
4 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) DNS
4 1 (14.29%) Patch Management
4 1 (14.29%) Security Patching

Linux Systems 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 5 (71.43%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) JIRA
General
1 5 (71.43%) 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 5 (71.43%) Roadmaps
1 5 (71.43%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (14.29%) Patch Management
2 1 (14.29%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) Bash
1 5 (71.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 5 (71.43%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 5 (71.43%) Atlassian
3 1 (14.29%) Qualys