Linux+ Certification Contracts

CompTIA Linux+ Certification
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Linux+ Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 590 716 853
Rank change year-on-year +126 +137 -166
Contract jobs citing Linux+ Certification 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.003% 0.001%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.008% 0.012% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £401 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

Linux+ Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,175 16,164 19,041
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.53% 27.33% 21.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,128 10,779 12,573
10th Percentile £300 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £744 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £530 £500
% change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,075 848 773
10th Percentile £13.86 £15.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.84 £20.00 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +10.82%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £66.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £49.94 £34.69
% change year-on-year -18.02% +43.96% +0.43%

Linux+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Linux+ Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Linux+ Certification in the UK

Linux+ Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Linux+ Certification in the UK

Linux+ Certification
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux+ Certification within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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
England +109 1 - - 3
East of England - 1 - -
UK excluding London - 1 - -

Linux+ Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) CentOS
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Security Hardening
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) LPIC
1 1 (100.00%) RHCE
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) KVM
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Xen
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Progress Chef
1 1 (100.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) VMware