Linux Contracts in Hampshire

Linux
South East > Hampshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire with a requirement for Linux skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Linux over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 8 12
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 -6
Contract jobs citing Linux 171 179 228
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 10.37% 13.89% 11.27%
As % of the Operating Systems category 46.72% 42.12% 44.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 121 120
10th Percentile £200 £410 £397
25th Percentile £411 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% +1.85% +14.89%
75th Percentile £596 £628 £638
90th Percentile £675 £713 £700
South East median daily rate £530 £525 £536
% change year-on-year +0.95% -2.10% +15.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 15 12
10th Percentile £52.50 £52.75 £43.40
25th Percentile £62.00 £56.25 £45.94
Median hourly rate £70.00 £66.69 £58.16
Median % change year-on-year +4.97% +14.67% -11.21%
75th Percentile - £75.00 £82.81
90th Percentile £75.75 - £83.98
South East median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £50.39
% change year-on-year -3.85% +29.01% -8.39%

All Operating Systems
Hampshire

Linux is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 366 425 511
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 22.20% 32.97% 25.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 258 247
10th Percentile £265 £203 £240
25th Percentile £436 £277 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - +16.96%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £618
90th Percentile £800 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £470 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +1.62% +2.78% +10.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 45 66
10th Percentile £15.85 £17.00 £12.84
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.22 £14.00
Median hourly rate £62.25 £57.50 £16.75
Median % change year-on-year +8.26% +243.28% -16.25%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.50 £22.25
90th Percentile £74.38 £75.00 £57.33
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £55.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -13.64% +214.29% -20.45%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Hampshire

Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux in Hampshire.

Daily rate trend for Linux in Hampshire

Linux
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux in Hampshire over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Linux in Hampshire

Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux in Hampshire.

Hourly rate trend for Linux in Hampshire

Linux
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Linux in Hampshire over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Linux in Hampshire

Linux
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Portsmouth -5 32 £400 -20.00% 7
Southampton 0 20 £538 +2.38% 4
Winchester - 18 £484 - 7
Aldershot -3 13 £550 -2.65% 3
Basingstoke -35 12 £550 -9.24% 3
Farnborough 0 9 £450 -20.00% 18
Romsey - 8 £650 - 4
Hook +6 7 £580 -9.90% 1
Havant +10 5 - - 3
Gosport +3 1 £525 -6.67%
Andover +2 1 £438 +4.17%
Linux
South East

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 21 (12.28%) Confluence
2 6 (3.51%) Apache
3 3 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.75%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.58%) IIS
4 1 (0.58%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.58%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.58%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (1.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 20 (11.70%) Azure
2 14 (8.19%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (6.43%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (5.26%) AWS
5 6 (3.51%) IaaS
6 3 (1.75%) GitHub
7 2 (1.17%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.17%) Nutanix
7 2 (1.17%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.58%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.58%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 23 (13.45%) SAN
2 21 (12.28%) Software-Defined Radio
3 20 (11.70%) SNMP
4 11 (6.43%) DNS
4 11 (6.43%) Firewall
5 10 (5.85%) Wireless
6 9 (5.26%) DHCP
7 6 (3.51%) iSCSI
7 6 (3.51%) VLAN
8 5 (2.92%) OpenLDAP
8 5 (2.92%) VPN
8 5 (2.92%) WAN
9 4 (2.34%) SD-WAN
9 4 (2.34%) SSL
10 3 (1.75%) HTTP
11 2 (1.17%) Fibre Channel
11 2 (1.17%) VSAN
12 1 (0.58%) NAS
12 1 (0.58%) Skype
12 1 (0.58%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.02%) MySQL
2 8 (4.68%) MongoDB
2 8 (4.68%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (2.92%) MariaDB
3 5 (2.92%) RDBMS
3 5 (2.92%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.92%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.75%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (1.75%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (1.17%) CouchDB
6 1 (0.58%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.58%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 32 (18.71%) Git
2 23 (13.45%) JIRA
3 21 (12.28%) Eclipse
3 21 (12.28%) Robot Framework
4 20 (11.70%) Bitbucket
5 18 (10.53%) GoogleTest
6 14 (8.19%) GitLab
7 4 (2.34%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (1.75%) ClearCase
8 3 (1.75%) ClearQuest
8 3 (1.75%) Selenium
9 2 (1.17%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.58%) MagicDraw
10 1 (0.58%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 26 (15.20%) Public Sector
2 17 (9.94%) Social Skills
3 13 (7.60%) Aerospace
4 8 (4.68%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (2.34%) Finance
Job Titles
1 27 (15.79%) Software Engineer
2 24 (14.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 22 (12.87%) Developer
4 15 (8.77%) C++ Software Engineer
5 11 (6.43%) Administrator
5 11 (6.43%) Linux Engineer
6 10 (5.85%) Architect
6 10 (5.85%) Senior
6 10 (5.85%) Systems Administrator
7 9 (5.26%) Analyst
7 9 (5.26%) C++ Developer
8 8 (4.68%) IT Administrator
8 8 (4.68%) IT Support
8 8 (4.68%) IT Systems Administrator
8 8 (4.68%) Senior Software Engineer
8 8 (4.68%) Support Technician
9 7 (4.09%) ArcSight Consultant
9 7 (4.09%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 7 (4.09%) Embedded Engineer
9 7 (4.09%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (11.70%) CSS
1 20 (11.70%) HTML
2 13 (7.60%) Flash
3 5 (2.92%) LAMP
4 4 (2.34%) Keycloak
4 4 (2.34%) LDAP
4 4 (2.34%) Node.js
4 4 (2.34%) Web Services
5 3 (1.75%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (1.75%) OpenID
5 3 (1.75%) React
5 3 (1.75%) REST
6 2 (1.17%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.17%) Vue
7 1 (0.58%) Kafka
7 1 (0.58%) OAuth
7 1 (0.58%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.58%) Spring
7 1 (0.58%) Swagger
7 1 (0.58%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.19%) Client/Server
2 10 (5.85%) Linux Command Line
3 9 (5.26%) CCTV
4 5 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.92%) PKI
5 4 (2.34%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (1.75%) Smart Meter
7 2 (1.17%) Clustering
7 2 (1.17%) Grid Computing
7 2 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.58%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.58%) IBM Storwize
8 1 (0.58%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.58%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 88 (51.46%) Windows
2 45 (26.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 27 (15.79%) Windows Server
4 14 (8.19%) AIX
4 14 (8.19%) Unix
5 6 (3.51%) VMS
6 5 (2.92%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.17%) Solaris
7 2 (1.17%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.58%) CentOS
8 1 (0.58%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.58%) VxWorks
8 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (35.67%) Agile
2 46 (26.90%) Software Engineering
3 45 (26.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 42 (24.56%) Scrum
5 18 (10.53%) UML
6 17 (9.94%) SysML
7 16 (9.36%) DevOps
7 16 (9.36%) Kanban
8 15 (8.77%) Prototyping
8 15 (8.77%) Validation
8 15 (8.77%) Verification and Validation
9 14 (8.19%) OO
10 12 (7.02%) Application Packaging
10 12 (7.02%) Application Virtualisation
10 12 (7.02%) SIEM
11 9 (5.26%) Infrastructure as Code
11 9 (5.26%) Network Monitoring
11 9 (5.26%) OCR
11 9 (5.26%) Refactoring
11 9 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (25.73%) C++
2 27 (15.79%) Python
3 25 (14.62%) PowerShell
4 22 (12.87%) JavaScript
5 16 (9.36%) Java
6 15 (8.77%) C
7 12 (7.02%) VBScript
8 11 (6.43%) C#
9 9 (5.26%) Shell Script
10 8 (4.68%) Bash
11 6 (3.51%) Go
11 6 (3.51%) SQL
12 5 (2.92%) PHP
13 1 (0.58%) Assembly Language
13 1 (0.58%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.58%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 116 (67.84%) Security Cleared
2 68 (39.77%) SC Cleared
3 33 (19.30%) DV Cleared
4 4 (2.34%) Degree
5 2 (1.17%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.58%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.58%) CCNA
6 1 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.58%) MCSE
6 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.85%) ISO 9001
1 10 (5.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (0.58%) IEC 61508
3 1 (0.58%) MISRA
3 1 (0.58%) MISRA C
3 1 (0.58%) QA
System Software
1 34 (19.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (15.20%) Active Directory
3 18 (10.53%) Firmware
4 13 (7.60%) vSphere
5 11 (6.43%) Hyper-V
6 6 (3.51%) VMware NSX
7 5 (2.92%) Docker
7 5 (2.92%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (1.17%) VirtualBox
9 1 (0.58%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (12.87%) Ansible
2 16 (9.36%) Kubernetes
2 16 (9.36%) SCCM
3 10 (5.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (4.68%) Red Hat Satellite
5 7 (4.09%) Terraform
5 7 (4.09%) vRealize
6 6 (3.51%) Packer
7 4 (2.34%) IBM BigFix
7 4 (2.34%) Rancher
7 4 (2.34%) Tivoli
8 3 (1.75%) HP ALM
8 3 (1.75%) SCOM
9 2 (1.17%) Tivoli Identity Manager
9 2 (1.17%) VxRail
9 2 (1.17%) WSUS
10 1 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.58%) Nessus
10 1 (0.58%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.58%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 46 (26.90%) VMware
2 22 (12.87%) Microsoft
3 18 (10.53%) Google
4 16 (9.36%) Atlassian
4 16 (9.36%) IBM
5 15 (8.77%) Red Hat
6 13 (7.60%) Brocade
7 12 (7.02%) ArcSight
8 11 (6.43%) Oracle
9 10 (5.85%) MobileIron
10 7 (4.09%) ServiceNow
11 5 (2.92%) Arqiva
11 5 (2.92%) HP
11 5 (2.92%) Remedy
11 5 (2.92%) Veritas
12 4 (2.34%) Dell
12 4 (2.34%) F5
13 3 (1.75%) SolarWinds
13 3 (1.75%) Sparx
14 1 (0.58%) EMC