LXC Contracts with Work from Home Options

LXC (LinuX Containers)
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 LXC skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited LXC over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 464 614
Rank change year-on-year - +150 -175
Contract jobs citing LXC 0 5 6
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option - 0.019% 0.013%
As % of the System Software category - 0.15% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 £530
Median % change year-on-year - -5.66% +15.22%
75th Percentile - - £545
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £425 £500 £588
% change year-on-year -15.00% -14.89% +22.40%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

LXC is in the System Software 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 system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,476 3,242 5,535
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.55% 12.41% 12.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,071 2,322 4,086
10th Percentile £263 £300 £325
25th Percentile £403 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £614 £633 £625
90th Percentile £683 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £488 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +8.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 107 104
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.42 £14.28
25th Percentile £17.00 £47.50 £17.69
Median hourly rate £40.25 £65.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.08% +165.31% -33.78%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.00 £52.81
90th Percentile £79.92 £80.40 £65.86
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £52.13 £20.00
% change year-on-year -56.84% +160.65% -

LXC
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

LXC trend for jobs with a WFH option

LXC
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 LXC.

LXC daily rate for jobs with a WFH option