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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 30 27
Rank change year-on-year -13 -3 +19
Contract jobs citing Linux 188 296 453
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 3.91% 5.42% 6.33%
As % of the Operating Systems category 26.86% 33.75% 32.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 216 324
10th Percentile £355 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £633
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 10 21 6
10th Percentile £21.25 £15.75 £19.89
25th Percentile £47.25 £19.00 £21.78
Median hourly rate £48.00 £26.50 £25.43
Median % change year-on-year +81.13% +4.23% -32.20%
75th Percentile £60.56 £39.60 £48.79
90th Percentile £66.56 £52.13 £55.85
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +18.18% +10.00%

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 700 877 1,380
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 14.54% 16.07% 19.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 467 608 996
10th Percentile £168 £169 £150
25th Percentile £275 £250 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £538 £582 £550
90th Percentile £653 £675 £638
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 63 77
10th Percentile - £13.16 £12.73
25th Percentile £10.95 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £16.00 £22.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.89% +25.00% +12.50%
75th Percentile £18.97 £41.49 £23.53
90th Percentile £48.00 £48.60 £72.00
England median hourly rate £22.50 £43.93 £21.50
% change year-on-year -48.78% +104.33% +22.86%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +8 104 £500 -9.09% 37
North West -38 70 £450 -12.45% 91
North East 0 14 £575 +6.98% 11
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 6 (3.19%) Confluence
3 4 (2.13%) OpenStack
4 3 (1.60%) Apache
4 3 (1.60%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.60%) Jupyter
5 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.06%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (1.06%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.53%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.53%) JBoss
6 1 (0.53%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.53%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.53%) Traefik
Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) SAP IBP
1 1 (0.53%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 51 (27.13%) AWS
2 46 (24.47%) Azure
3 22 (11.70%) GCP
4 16 (8.51%) GitHub
5 12 (6.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 9 (4.79%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (3.19%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (2.66%) Amazon EC2
8 5 (2.66%) Amazon S3
8 5 (2.66%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 5 (2.66%) PaaS
8 5 (2.66%) Power Platform
8 5 (2.66%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 4 (2.13%) Amazon ELB
9 4 (2.13%) AWS KMS
9 4 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (2.13%) IaaS
9 4 (2.13%) Mimecast
9 4 (2.13%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 15 (7.98%) VLAN
2 14 (7.45%) LAN
2 14 (7.45%) WAN
3 13 (6.91%) Wireless
4 12 (6.38%) Firewall
5 11 (5.85%) VPN
6 7 (3.72%) Ethernet
6 7 (3.72%) OSPF
6 7 (3.72%) Wireless Security
7 6 (3.19%) SAN
7 6 (3.19%) SSL
8 4 (2.13%) 5G
8 4 (2.13%) Diameter Protocol
8 4 (2.13%) LTE
9 3 (1.60%) DNS
10 2 (1.06%) AMQP
10 2 (1.06%) IPv4
10 2 (1.06%) MQTT
10 2 (1.06%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (1.06%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (10.11%) MongoDB
2 13 (6.91%) 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%) DB2
5 5 (2.66%) Power BI
5 5 (2.66%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.60%) Apache Cassandra
6 3 (1.60%) BigQuery
6 3 (1.60%) ClickHouse
6 3 (1.60%) Data Hub
6 3 (1.60%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.60%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.06%) Redis
8 1 (0.53%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.53%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.53%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (15.43%) Jenkins
2 23 (12.23%) GitLab
3 8 (4.26%) JIRA
4 7 (3.72%) Burp Suite
5 6 (3.19%) SonarQube
6 4 (2.13%) AppScan
6 4 (2.13%) Bitbucket
6 4 (2.13%) Git
6 4 (2.13%) Hudson
7 3 (1.60%) Mockito
8 2 (1.06%) IBM UrbanCode
8 2 (1.06%) Selenium
8 2 (1.06%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (1.06%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.53%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.53%) Gradle
9 1 (0.53%) Jaeger
9 1 (0.53%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.53%) Maven
9 1 (0.53%) Postman
General
1 55 (29.26%) Social Skills
2 33 (17.55%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (14.36%) Finance
4 13 (6.91%) Public Sector
5 7 (3.72%) Banking
6 5 (2.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.13%) Aerospace
7 4 (2.13%) Legal
8 3 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.60%) Retail
9 2 (1.06%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.53%) Automotive
10 1 (0.53%) Avionics
10 1 (0.53%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.53%) Military
10 1 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.53%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 22 (11.70%) DevOps Engineer
2 16 (8.51%) Linux Engineer
3 13 (6.91%) Lead
4 12 (6.38%) DBA
4 12 (6.38%) Storage Manager
5 10 (5.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (4.79%) Storage Engineer
7 8 (4.26%) Developer
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
8 7 (3.72%) Software Engineer
9 6 (3.19%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 6 (3.19%) Data Engineer
10 5 (2.66%) Ingres DBA
10 5 (2.66%) Java Developer
10 5 (2.66%) Senior
10 5 (2.66%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (10.11%) Kafka
2 14 (7.45%) YAML
3 11 (5.85%) Elastic Stack
4 9 (4.79%) ActiveMQ
5 8 (4.26%) JSON
6 7 (3.72%) Middleware
7 6 (3.19%) Spring
8 5 (2.66%) Apache NiFi
9 4 (2.13%) Keycloak
9 4 (2.13%) Web Services
9 4 (2.13%) XML
9 4 (2.13%) XSLT
10 3 (1.60%) Apache Beam
10 3 (1.60%) JAX-RS
11 2 (1.06%) Node.js
11 2 (1.06%) pytest
11 2 (1.06%) Spring Boot
12 1 (0.53%) cloud-init
12 1 (0.53%) SAP Fiori
12 1 (0.53%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.70%) Replication
2 17 (9.04%) Data Centre
3 11 (5.85%) Public Cloud
4 7 (3.72%) Cyberattack
4 7 (3.72%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (3.19%) Mobile App
5 6 (3.19%) Operational Technology
6 4 (2.13%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.60%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.60%) Clustering
7 3 (1.60%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (1.60%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.60%) Data Fabric
7 3 (1.60%) Derivative
7 3 (1.60%) EPoS
7 3 (1.60%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (1.60%) PKI
7 3 (1.60%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.06%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 77 (40.96%) Windows
2 37 (19.68%) Unix
3 22 (11.70%) zOS
4 13 (6.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (6.91%) Windows Server
5 9 (4.79%) CentOS
6 7 (3.72%) Mac OS
7 6 (3.19%) Ubuntu
8 4 (2.13%) Apple iOS
8 4 (2.13%) Debian
8 4 (2.13%) Oracle Linux
8 4 (2.13%) VMS
9 3 (1.60%) Kali Linux
9 3 (1.60%) Mac OS X
10 2 (1.06%) Alpine Linux
11 1 (0.53%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.53%) Fedora
11 1 (0.53%) Rocky
11 1 (0.53%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (22.34%) DevOps
2 38 (20.21%) Agile
3 31 (16.49%) CI/CD
4 26 (13.83%) Change Management
5 19 (10.11%) Infrastructure as Code
5 19 (10.11%) Migration
5 19 (10.11%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (8.51%) Continuous Integration
7 15 (7.98%) Cybersecurity
7 15 (7.98%) Data Protection
7 15 (7.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 15 (7.98%) Problem Management
7 15 (7.98%) Service Delivery
8 14 (7.45%) Penetration Testing
8 14 (7.45%) Project Management
8 14 (7.45%) Storage Management
9 13 (6.91%) Disaster Recovery
9 13 (6.91%) Performance Tuning
9 13 (6.91%) Stakeholder Management
10 11 (5.85%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 52 (27.66%) Python
2 22 (11.70%) Bash
3 17 (9.04%) Java
4 14 (7.45%) JCL
5 13 (6.91%) PowerShell
6 11 (5.85%) JavaScript
6 11 (5.85%) REXX
6 11 (5.85%) SQL
7 9 (4.79%) C++
8 8 (4.26%) Shell Script
9 5 (2.66%) Go
9 5 (2.66%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (2.13%) C
10 4 (2.13%) Ruby
11 3 (1.60%) Groovy
11 3 (1.60%) Scala
12 1 (0.53%) Fortran
12 1 (0.53%) Rust
Qualifications
1 32 (17.02%) Security Cleared
2 24 (12.77%) SC Cleared
3 11 (5.85%) Degree
4 9 (4.79%) OSCP
5 8 (4.26%) CCNA
5 8 (4.26%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (3.19%) CEH
6 6 (3.19%) CREST Certified
6 6 (3.19%) GIAC
6 6 (3.19%) GPEN
7 5 (2.66%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (2.13%) CISM
8 4 (2.13%) CISSP
8 4 (2.13%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.53%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.53%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
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 2 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (1.06%) NCSC
5 1 (0.53%) GDPR
5 1 (0.53%) HIPAA
System Software
1 29 (15.43%) Docker
2 15 (7.98%) NFS
3 14 (7.45%) Time Sharing Option
4 13 (6.91%) Active Directory
4 13 (6.91%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (4.26%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.60%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 3 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.06%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.53%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 57 (30.32%) Ansible
2 39 (20.74%) Terraform
3 27 (14.36%) Puppet
4 25 (13.30%) Kubernetes
5 21 (11.17%) Prometheus
6 20 (10.64%) Grafana
7 17 (9.04%) NetBackup
8 14 (7.45%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 7 (3.72%) Progress Chef
10 6 (3.19%) Packer
11 5 (2.66%) Graylog
11 5 (2.66%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (2.66%) yum
12 4 (2.13%) HP Fortify
12 4 (2.13%) Istio
12 4 (2.13%) Nessus
12 4 (2.13%) Rancher
12 4 (2.13%) WebInspect
13 3 (1.60%) Kiali
14 2 (1.06%) Podman
Vendors
1 25 (13.30%) IBM
2 22 (11.70%) Oracle
2 22 (11.70%) VMware
3 16 (8.51%) Dell
3 16 (8.51%) Veritas
4 14 (7.45%) Broadcom
4 14 (7.45%) Brocade
4 14 (7.45%) CA
4 14 (7.45%) Microsoft
5 10 (5.32%) Splunk
6 7 (3.72%) PagerDuty
7 6 (3.19%) F5
7 6 (3.19%) ServiceNow
7 6 (3.19%) Solace
8 4 (2.13%) Checkmarx
8 4 (2.13%) Red Hat
8 4 (2.13%) Sophos
8 4 (2.13%) Veracode
9 3 (1.60%) Atlassian
9 3 (1.60%) Databricks