Linux Contracts in Surrey

Linux
South East > Surrey

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey 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 12 22 24
Rank change year-on-year +10 +2 +6
Contract jobs citing Linux 47 53 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 7.97% 7.60% 6.51%
As % of the Operating Systems category 51.09% 33.97% 29.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 37 37
10th Percentile £350 £490 £393
25th Percentile £396 £520 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £600 £560
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +7.14% +14.87%
75th Percentile £525 £638 £673
90th Percentile £678 £694 £708
South East median daily rate £530 £525 £536
% change year-on-year +0.95% -2.10% +15.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile - £51.50 -
25th Percentile £16.25 £53.75 £46.25
Median hourly rate £17.50 £57.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -69.57% +21.05% +50.79%
75th Percentile £18.75 £61.25 £48.75
90th Percentile - £63.50 -
South East median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £50.39
% change year-on-year -3.85% +29.01% -8.39%

All Operating Systems
Surrey

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 Surrey with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 92 156 184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 15.59% 22.38% 21.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 119 141
10th Percentile £212 £161 £185
25th Percentile £356 £194 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £310 £350
Median % change year-on-year +45.16% -11.43% -
75th Percentile £563 £555 £538
90th Percentile £690 £638 £638
South East median daily rate £470 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +1.62% +2.78% +10.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 5
10th Percentile - £50.50 £11.45
25th Percentile £16.25 £51.25 £11.90
Median hourly rate £50.00 £55.00 £13.28
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +314.31% -38.97%
75th Percentile £80.00 £61.25 £48.75
90th Percentile - £63.50 -
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 Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Surrey

Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Daily rate trend for Linux in Surrey

Linux
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

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

Daily rate histogram for Linux in Surrey

Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Hourly rate trend for Linux in Surrey

Linux
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Surrey 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
Redhill - 18 £450 - 2
Guildford +1 6 £363 -30.29% 6
Woking - 4 £400 - 4
Staines +3 3 £650 +150.00% 1
Sunbury-on-Thames +26 2 - -
Dorking - 1 - -
Reigate - 1 £500 -
Linux
South East

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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 7 (14.89%) Confluence
2 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (4.26%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (19.15%) Azure
2 5 (10.64%) AWS
3 3 (6.38%) WhatsApp
4 2 (4.26%) Nutanix
5 1 (2.13%) IBM Cloud
5 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.13%) Mimecast
5 1 (2.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (27.66%) TCP/IP
2 8 (17.02%) SAN
3 6 (12.77%) Wireless
4 5 (10.64%) Fibre Channel
5 4 (8.51%) BGP
5 4 (8.51%) Firewall
5 4 (8.51%) SSL
6 3 (6.38%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (6.38%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (6.38%) DHCP
6 3 (6.38%) DNS
6 3 (6.38%) IOS XR
6 3 (6.38%) iSCSI
6 3 (6.38%) NAS
6 3 (6.38%) VLAN
6 3 (6.38%) VoIP
6 3 (6.38%) VPN
7 2 (4.26%) LAN
7 2 (4.26%) VSAN
7 2 (4.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.38%) Relational Database
1 3 (6.38%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.26%) Oracle Database
3 1 (2.13%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (17.02%) Git
1 8 (17.02%) JIRA
2 6 (12.77%) Jenkins
3 4 (8.51%) Artifactory
3 4 (8.51%) Bitbucket
4 3 (6.38%) TestRail
5 1 (2.13%) GoogleTest
General
1 14 (29.79%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.89%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (10.64%) Finance
3 5 (10.64%) Front Office
4 4 (8.51%) Billing
4 4 (8.51%) Electronics
5 3 (6.38%) Automotive
5 3 (6.38%) Banking
5 3 (6.38%) Marketing
6 2 (4.26%) Back Office
6 2 (4.26%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (21.28%) Developer
2 7 (14.89%) Senior
3 6 (12.77%) Network Engineer
4 5 (10.64%) Administrator
4 5 (10.64%) C Developer
4 5 (10.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (10.64%) Software Engineer
4 5 (10.64%) Systems Engineer
5 4 (8.51%) Analyst
5 4 (8.51%) Development Engineer
5 4 (8.51%) Linux Engineer
5 4 (8.51%) Software Development Engineer
5 4 (8.51%) Test Development Engineer
6 3 (6.38%) Architect
6 3 (6.38%) Automation Engineer
6 3 (6.38%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) Linux Administrator
6 3 (6.38%) Linux Systems Administrator
6 3 (6.38%) Python Developer
6 3 (6.38%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.89%) RESTful
2 4 (8.51%) SOAP
2 4 (8.51%) XML
3 3 (6.38%) .NET
3 3 (6.38%) Django
3 3 (6.38%) JSON
3 3 (6.38%) REST
3 3 (6.38%) YANG
4 1 (2.13%) .NET Framework
4 1 (2.13%) ASP.NET
4 1 (2.13%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (2.13%) Entity Framework
4 1 (2.13%) HTML
4 1 (2.13%) HTML5
4 1 (2.13%) Middleware
4 1 (2.13%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.89%) Management Information System
2 5 (10.64%) Data Centre
3 4 (8.51%) Public Cloud
4 3 (6.38%) Derivative
4 3 (6.38%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (6.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (6.38%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.13%) PKI
5 1 (2.13%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (40.43%) Unix
1 19 (40.43%) Windows
2 8 (17.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (10.64%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (4.26%) Solaris
4 2 (4.26%) Ubuntu
4 2 (4.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (31.91%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (27.66%) Computer Science
3 12 (25.53%) Agile
4 10 (21.28%) Scrum
4 10 (21.28%) Software Engineering
4 10 (21.28%) Test Automation
5 8 (17.02%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (14.89%) End-to-End Testing
6 7 (14.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 7 (14.89%) Open Source
6 7 (14.89%) SDLC
7 6 (12.77%) Software Testing
8 5 (10.64%) Change Management
8 5 (10.64%) Continuous Integration
8 5 (10.64%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (10.64%) ITIL
8 5 (10.64%) OO
8 5 (10.64%) OOD
8 5 (10.64%) Roadmaps
9 4 (8.51%) Performance Improvement
Programming Languages
1 17 (36.17%) SQL
2 14 (29.79%) Python
3 10 (21.28%) Shell Script
4 8 (17.02%) Bash
4 8 (17.02%) C++
5 7 (14.89%) C
5 7 (14.89%) ProC
6 5 (10.64%) PL/SQL
6 5 (10.64%) PowerShell
7 4 (8.51%) Java
7 4 (8.51%) JavaScript
8 3 (6.38%) Perl
8 3 (6.38%) T-SQL
9 2 (4.26%) AWK
9 2 (4.26%) Bourne shell
9 2 (4.26%) C#
9 2 (4.26%) Korn
9 2 (4.26%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 26 (55.32%) Degree
2 6 (12.77%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (12.77%) Master's Degree
3 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (8.51%) CCNA
4 4 (8.51%) RHCSA
4 4 (8.51%) SC Cleared
4 4 (8.51%) Security Cleared
5 3 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (6.38%) HNC
5 3 (6.38%) ISTQB
5 3 (6.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 3 (6.38%) MCSE
5 3 (6.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (4.26%) CCNP
6 2 (4.26%) HND
6 2 (4.26%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (4.26%) PhD
6 2 (4.26%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.89%) SLA
2 5 (10.64%) QA
3 2 (4.26%) GDPR
3 2 (4.26%) ISO 9001
3 2 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 2 (4.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (29.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (14.89%) Hyper-V
2 7 (14.89%) vSphere
3 6 (12.77%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (8.51%) VirtualBox
5 3 (6.38%) Firmware
6 2 (4.26%) Active Directory
6 2 (4.26%) KVM
6 2 (4.26%) VMware NSX
7 1 (2.13%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 6 (12.77%) Ansible
2 2 (4.26%) NetBackup
2 2 (4.26%) Oracle ZFS
2 2 (4.26%) Red Hat Satellite
2 2 (4.26%) WSUS
2 2 (4.26%) yum
3 1 (2.13%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (2.13%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 15 (31.91%) VMware
2 11 (23.40%) Microsoft
3 10 (21.28%) Oracle
4 6 (12.77%) Cisco
5 4 (8.51%) Red Hat
6 3 (6.38%) TOWER Software
7 2 (4.26%) EMC
7 2 (4.26%) Veritas
8 1 (2.13%) Barracuda Networks
8 1 (2.13%) Databricks
8 1 (2.13%) F5
8 1 (2.13%) Google
8 1 (2.13%) IBM
8 1 (2.13%) Juniper
8 1 (2.13%) Netskope
8 1 (2.13%) Palo Alto
8 1 (2.13%) Qualys
8 1 (2.13%) SAP
8 1 (2.13%) SolarWinds
8 1 (2.13%) Zscaler