Linux Developer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Linux Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Linux Developer daily rate in Work from Home is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 331 436 603
Rank change year-on-year +105 +167 -119
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Developer 10 19 16
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.068% 0.077% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.073% 0.080% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 12
10th Percentile £308 £757 £396
25th Percentile £319 £881 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £1,100 £538
Median % change year-on-year -68.18% +104.65% +65.38%
75th Percentile £381 £1,131 £678
90th Percentile £393 £1,150 £700
UK median daily rate £511 £575 £513
% change year-on-year -11.05% +12.10% +30.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £55.00
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +40.00% -9.09% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,766 23,608 42,537
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.49% 95.27% 95.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,304 16,691 30,789
10th Percentile £325 £363 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 559 541 595
10th Percentile £14.23 £17.50 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.59 £25.71 £19.45
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +50.00% +45.83%
75th Percentile £63.75 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £79.19 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Linux Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Linux Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Linux Developer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Linux Developer
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 Linux Developer.

Linux Developer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Linux Developer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Linux Developer.

Linux Developer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Linux Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Linux Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Linux Developer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Linux
2 6 (60.00%) C++
3 5 (50.00%) Java
3 5 (50.00%) OO
3 5 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 5 (50.00%) Scala
4 4 (40.00%) Bash
4 4 (40.00%) Algorithms
4 4 (40.00%) Design Patterns
4 4 (40.00%) Unix
4 4 (40.00%) C
5 2 (20.00%) Multithreading
6 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
6 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
6 1 (10.00%) Git
6 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
6 1 (10.00%) UML
6 1 (10.00%) Google
6 1 (10.00%) SysML
6 1 (10.00%) JIRA
6 1 (10.00%) Atlassian
6 1 (10.00%) Performance Testing
6 1 (10.00%) Unit Testing
6 1 (10.00%) C#
6 1 (10.00%) HTML
6 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
6 1 (10.00%) CSS
6 1 (10.00%) Web Services
6 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (10.00%) ETL

Linux Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (10.00%) Apache Spark
1 1 (10.00%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) SNMP
1 1 (10.00%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (10.00%) Eclipse
1 1 (10.00%) Git
1 1 (10.00%) GoogleTest
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
1 1 (10.00%) Robot Framework
General
1 1 (10.00%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) CSS
1 1 (10.00%) HTML
1 1 (10.00%) Kafka
1 1 (10.00%) Spark Streaming
1 1 (10.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (10.00%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Linux
2 4 (40.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) OO
1 5 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (40.00%) Design Patterns
3 2 (20.00%) Multithreading
4 1 (10.00%) Agile
4 1 (10.00%) Data Pipeline
4 1 (10.00%) ETL
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Prototyping
4 1 (10.00%) Scrum
4 1 (10.00%) SysML
4 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (10.00%) UML
4 1 (10.00%) Unit Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Validation
4 1 (10.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) C++
2 5 (50.00%) Java
2 5 (50.00%) Scala
3 4 (40.00%) Bash
3 4 (40.00%) C
4 1 (10.00%) C#
4 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Atlassian
1 1 (10.00%) Google