Linux Contracts in the North of England

Linux
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 39 30 27
Rank change year-on-year -9 -3 +15
Contract jobs citing Linux 188 314 444
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 4.04% 5.61% 6.21%
As % of the Operating Systems category 27.25% 35.28% 32.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 228 325
10th Percentile £350 £326 £325
25th Percentile £415 £463 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £549 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +4.52% +16.67%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £634
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 19 7
10th Percentile - £18.50 £20.27
25th Percentile £21.25 £25.75 £23.00
Median hourly rate £48.00 £37.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +28.00% -11.76% -
75th Percentile £55.88 £49.08 £51.16
90th Percentile £65.00 £52.13 £55.43
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +13.04% +20.42%

All Operating Systems
North of England

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 the North of England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 690 890 1,368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 14.85% 15.91% 19.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 466 620 994
10th Percentile £165 £165 £150
25th Percentile £275 £250 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £423
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +12.43% +12.67%
75th Percentile £529 £575 £547
90th Percentile £650 £675 £638
England median daily rate £475 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -7.32% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 62 80
10th Percentile - £13.24 £13.01
25th Percentile £10.95 £17.31 £15.20
Median hourly rate £16.00 £26.50 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -39.62% +45.21% +14.06%
75th Percentile £19.63 £43.75 £28.75
90th Percentile £32.60 £49.52 £70.50
England median hourly rate £22.00 £37.50 £21.64
% change year-on-year -41.33% +73.29% +23.66%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the North of England

Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Linux in the North of England

Linux
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux in the North of England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Linux in the North of England

Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Linux in the North of England

Linux
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Linux in the North of England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Linux in the North of England

Linux
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the North of England region over the 6 months to 17 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
Yorkshire +7 109 £493 -10.45% 48
North West -43 67 £450 -16.67% 71
North East -2 12 £575 +5.75% 8
Linux
England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 9 (4.79%) nginx
2 4 (2.13%) Apache
2 4 (2.13%) OpenStack
3 3 (1.60%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.60%) Jupyter
4 2 (1.06%) Confluence
4 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.06%) Tomcat
4 2 (1.06%) Traefik
5 1 (0.53%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.53%) IIS
5 1 (0.53%) JBoss
5 1 (0.53%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) SAP IBP
1 1 (0.53%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 52 (27.66%) AWS
2 44 (23.40%) Azure
3 22 (11.70%) GCP
4 21 (11.17%) GitHub
5 12 (6.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 9 (4.79%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (3.72%) Amazon EC2
7 7 (3.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 5 (2.66%) Amazon S3
8 5 (2.66%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (2.66%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 4 (2.13%) Amazon ELB
9 4 (2.13%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (2.13%) AWS KMS
9 4 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (2.13%) Mimecast
9 4 (2.13%) PaaS
9 4 (2.13%) Power Platform
9 4 (2.13%) Route 53
10 3 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (7.98%) LAN
1 15 (7.98%) VLAN
1 15 (7.98%) WAN
2 13 (6.91%) Wireless
3 12 (6.38%) Firewall
4 11 (5.85%) VPN
5 7 (3.72%) Ethernet
5 7 (3.72%) OSPF
5 7 (3.72%) Wireless Security
6 6 (3.19%) SAN
6 6 (3.19%) SSL
7 4 (2.13%) 5G
7 4 (2.13%) Diameter Protocol
7 4 (2.13%) DNS
7 4 (2.13%) LTE
7 4 (2.13%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.06%) AMQP
8 2 (1.06%) HTTP
8 2 (1.06%) MQTT
8 2 (1.06%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (9.04%) MongoDB
2 12 (6.38%) SQL Server
3 9 (4.79%) MySQL
4 7 (3.72%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (3.72%) Ingres
5 5 (2.66%) Big Data
5 5 (2.66%) Relational Database
6 4 (2.13%) Power BI
7 3 (1.60%) Apache Cassandra
7 3 (1.60%) ClickHouse
7 3 (1.60%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.06%) BigQuery
8 2 (1.06%) Data Hub
8 2 (1.06%) DB2
8 2 (1.06%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.06%) Redis
9 1 (0.53%) Flink
9 1 (0.53%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.53%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 34 (18.09%) Jenkins
2 21 (11.17%) GitLab
3 7 (3.72%) Burp Suite
4 5 (2.66%) Git
4 5 (2.66%) JIRA
4 5 (2.66%) SonarQube
5 4 (2.13%) AppScan
5 4 (2.13%) Hudson
6 2 (1.06%) Mockito
6 2 (1.06%) Selenium
6 2 (1.06%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.53%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.53%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.53%) Gradle
7 1 (0.53%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.53%) Maven
7 1 (0.53%) Postman
General
1 58 (30.85%) Social Skills
2 31 (16.49%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (12.23%) Finance
4 15 (7.98%) Public Sector
5 6 (3.19%) Banking
6 5 (2.66%) Legal
7 4 (2.13%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.60%) Retail
9 2 (1.06%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.53%) Automotive
10 1 (0.53%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.53%) German Language
10 1 (0.53%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.53%) Public Speaking
10 1 (0.53%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.53%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (11.70%) DevOps Engineer
2 18 (9.57%) Linux Engineer
3 16 (8.51%) Storage Manager
4 13 (6.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (6.38%) DBA
5 12 (6.38%) Lead
6 10 (5.32%) Storage Engineer
7 8 (4.26%) Network Engineer
7 8 (4.26%) Site Engineer
7 8 (4.26%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 7 (3.72%) Architect
8 7 (3.72%) Data Protection Engineer
9 6 (3.19%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 6 (3.19%) Data Engineer
9 6 (3.19%) Windows Engineer
10 5 (2.66%) Developer
10 5 (2.66%) Ingres DBA
10 5 (2.66%) Penetration Tester
10 5 (2.66%) Software Engineer
10 5 (2.66%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (9.57%) YAML
2 16 (8.51%) Kafka
3 11 (5.85%) Elastic Stack
4 8 (4.26%) ActiveMQ
4 8 (4.26%) JSON
4 8 (4.26%) Middleware
5 5 (2.66%) Apache NiFi
6 4 (2.13%) Keycloak
6 4 (2.13%) Spring
6 4 (2.13%) Web Services
6 4 (2.13%) XML
6 4 (2.13%) XSLT
7 3 (1.60%) Apache Beam
8 2 (1.06%) cloud-init
8 2 (1.06%) JAX-RS
8 2 (1.06%) pytest
8 2 (1.06%) Redfish
8 2 (1.06%) Spring Boot
9 1 (0.53%) Oracle GoldenGate
9 1 (0.53%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.70%) Data Centre
1 22 (11.70%) Replication
2 11 (5.85%) Public Cloud
3 6 (3.19%) Mobile App
3 6 (3.19%) Operational Technology
4 4 (2.13%) Clustering
4 4 (2.13%) Cyberattack
4 4 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.13%) PKI
4 4 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.60%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (1.60%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (1.60%) EPoS
5 3 (1.60%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.60%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.06%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.06%) Data Fabric
6 2 (1.06%) Insider Threat
6 2 (1.06%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.06%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 77 (40.96%) Windows
2 32 (17.02%) Unix
3 25 (13.30%) zOS
4 14 (7.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 14 (7.45%) Windows Server
5 11 (5.85%) CentOS
6 6 (3.19%) Mac OS
6 6 (3.19%) Ubuntu
7 4 (2.13%) Apple iOS
7 4 (2.13%) Debian
7 4 (2.13%) Oracle Linux
7 4 (2.13%) VMS
8 3 (1.60%) Kali Linux
9 2 (1.06%) Alpine Linux
9 2 (1.06%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.53%) Android
10 1 (0.53%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.53%) Fedora
10 1 (0.53%) Rocky
10 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (21.81%) DevOps
2 40 (21.28%) Agile
3 33 (17.55%) CI/CD
4 24 (12.77%) Change Management
5 20 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (10.11%) Infrastructure as Code
6 19 (10.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 18 (9.57%) Migration
7 18 (9.57%) Problem Management
7 18 (9.57%) Project Management
7 18 (9.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 18 (9.57%) Storage Management
8 17 (9.04%) Data Protection
9 15 (7.98%) Continuous Integration
9 15 (7.98%) Service Delivery
10 14 (7.45%) Penetration Testing
10 14 (7.45%) Software Testing
11 13 (6.91%) Cost Management
12 12 (6.38%) Containerisation
12 12 (6.38%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 58 (30.85%) Python
2 24 (12.77%) Bash
3 18 (9.57%) JCL
4 15 (7.98%) REXX
5 14 (7.45%) Java
6 12 (6.38%) PowerShell
7 10 (5.32%) JavaScript
8 8 (4.26%) C++
8 8 (4.26%) Shell Script
9 6 (3.19%) Go
9 6 (3.19%) Ruby
9 6 (3.19%) SQL
10 4 (2.13%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (1.60%) C
11 3 (1.60%) Groovy
11 3 (1.60%) Scala
12 1 (0.53%) Fortran
12 1 (0.53%) Rust
Qualifications
1 36 (19.15%) Security Cleared
2 29 (15.43%) SC Cleared
3 9 (4.79%) OSCP
4 8 (4.26%) CCNA
4 8 (4.26%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (4.26%) Degree
5 6 (3.19%) CEH
5 6 (3.19%) CREST Certified
5 6 (3.19%) GIAC
5 6 (3.19%) GPEN
6 5 (2.66%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (2.66%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.13%) CISM
7 4 (2.13%) CISSP
8 3 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.53%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.53%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.53%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.26%) NIST
2 6 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.13%) PCI DSS
3 4 (2.13%) QA
4 3 (1.60%) NCSC
5 2 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.53%) GDPR
6 1 (0.53%) HIPAA
System Software
1 24 (12.77%) Docker
2 19 (10.11%) NFS
3 18 (9.57%) Time Sharing Option
4 14 (7.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (6.91%) Active Directory
6 8 (4.26%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.60%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (1.06%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.53%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 59 (31.38%) Ansible
2 38 (20.21%) Terraform
3 28 (14.89%) Puppet
4 23 (12.23%) Kubernetes
5 20 (10.64%) Grafana
6 19 (10.11%) Prometheus
7 18 (9.57%) NetBackup
7 18 (9.57%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 7 (3.72%) Packer
9 6 (3.19%) Progress Chef
10 5 (2.66%) Graylog
10 5 (2.66%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (2.13%) HP Fortify
11 4 (2.13%) Istio
11 4 (2.13%) Nessus
11 4 (2.13%) Rancher
11 4 (2.13%) WebInspect
11 4 (2.13%) yum
12 3 (1.60%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (1.60%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 27 (14.36%) IBM
2 24 (12.77%) VMware
3 20 (10.64%) Dell
4 19 (10.11%) Brocade
4 19 (10.11%) Oracle
5 18 (9.57%) Broadcom
5 18 (9.57%) CA
6 16 (8.51%) Veritas
7 14 (7.45%) Microsoft
8 10 (5.32%) Splunk
9 6 (3.19%) PagerDuty
9 6 (3.19%) ServiceNow
9 6 (3.19%) Solace
10 5 (2.66%) F5
10 5 (2.66%) Red Hat
11 4 (2.13%) Checkmarx
11 4 (2.13%) Sophos
11 4 (2.13%) Veracode
12 2 (1.06%) Databricks
12 2 (1.06%) Symantec