Linux Contracts in the South East

Linux
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 20 19 24
Rank change year-on-year -1 +5 -2
Contract jobs citing Linux 436 480 587
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 7.66% 8.49% 7.62%
As % of the Operating Systems category 43.38% 41.81% 40.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 320 379
10th Percentile £355 £324 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% -0.95% +11.70%
75th Percentile £608 £613 £638
90th Percentile £650 £688 £695
England median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 31 21
10th Percentile £26.25 £50.00 £43.23
25th Percentile £47.19 £55.63 £46.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £50.77
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +28.03% -7.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £74.38 £80.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £84.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +18.18% +10.00%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 South East with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,005 1,148 1,463
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.65% 20.30% 18.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 653 776 943
10th Percentile £203 £195 £160
25th Percentile £321 £250 £239
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £456 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.11% +1.39% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £588
90th Percentile £669 £638 £650
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 69 99
10th Percentile £15.98 £17.50 £12.50
25th Percentile £18.00 £22.51 £14.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £57.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +228.57% -18.60%
75th Percentile £69.38 £68.75 £26.58
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £58.00
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 South East

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the South East

Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Linux in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux in the South East over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Linux in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Linux in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Linux in the South East over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Linux in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the South East 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
Hampshire -1 192 £550 +3.77% 53
Thames Valley -10 141 £550 +10.00% 85
Berkshire -11 96 £605 +24.10% 49
Surrey +8 53 £450 -25.00% 27
Buckinghamshire +19 35 £511 +0.20% 19
West Sussex +16 33 £475 +55.74% 19
Oxfordshire -9 10 £469 +4.17% 17
East Sussex +6 4 £538 +10.26% 12
Middlesex - 3 £275 - 1
Sussex - 2 £550 - 5
Linux
England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 34 (7.80%) Confluence
2 27 (6.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.83%) Apache
4 4 (0.92%) NetWeaver
4 4 (0.92%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.46%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.46%) IBM Domino
5 2 (0.46%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.23%) Drupal
6 1 (0.23%) IIS
6 1 (0.23%) Jadu
6 1 (0.23%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.23%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 6 (1.38%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.92%) SAP IBP
3 3 (0.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.23%) SAP BRIM
4 1 (0.23%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.23%) SAP PSCD
4 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 107 (24.54%) Azure
2 56 (12.84%) AWS
3 36 (8.26%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (5.96%) Azure DevOps
5 25 (5.73%) Entra ID
6 21 (4.82%) Azure Monitor
7 20 (4.59%) Azure Storage
8 14 (3.21%) OCI
9 9 (2.06%) AWS CloudFormation
10 8 (1.83%) GitHub
10 8 (1.83%) OpenShift
11 7 (1.61%) IaaS
12 6 (1.38%) PaaS
13 5 (1.15%) GCP
13 5 (1.15%) Power Platform
14 4 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
14 4 (0.92%) Azure Functions
14 4 (0.92%) Nutanix
14 4 (0.92%) Serverless
15 3 (0.69%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 64 (14.68%) DNS
2 61 (13.99%) SAN
3 60 (13.76%) Firewall
4 55 (12.61%) DHCP
5 27 (6.19%) TCP/IP
6 22 (5.05%) Software-Defined Radio
7 21 (4.82%) SNMP
8 18 (4.13%) SSL
9 17 (3.90%) Wireless
10 15 (3.44%) WAN
11 11 (2.52%) VPN
12 10 (2.29%) SD-WAN
13 9 (2.06%) iSCSI
13 9 (2.06%) VLAN
14 8 (1.83%) Fibre Channel
14 8 (1.83%) NAS
15 6 (1.38%) Cisco IOS
16 5 (1.15%) Network Security
16 5 (1.15%) OpenLDAP
17 4 (0.92%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (5.50%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (4.82%) MySQL
3 16 (3.67%) SQL Server
4 11 (2.52%) MongoDB
4 11 (2.52%) Relational Database
5 8 (1.83%) Oracle Database
5 8 (1.83%) RDBMS
6 6 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (1.38%) SAP HANA
7 5 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.15%) MariaDB
7 5 (1.15%) Power BI
8 4 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (0.92%) SAP BW
9 3 (0.69%) Big Data
9 3 (0.69%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (0.69%) Hadoop
9 3 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.46%) Impala
Development Applications
1 67 (15.37%) Git
2 39 (8.94%) JIRA
3 28 (6.42%) Bitbucket
4 27 (6.19%) GitLab
5 25 (5.73%) Robot Framework
6 22 (5.05%) Eclipse
7 20 (4.59%) GoogleTest
8 14 (3.21%) Jenkins
9 8 (1.83%) Selenium
10 6 (1.38%) Artifactory
11 5 (1.15%) Rational DOORS
12 4 (0.92%) ClearCase
12 4 (0.92%) ClearQuest
12 4 (0.92%) TestRail
13 3 (0.69%) Hudson
14 2 (0.46%) JMeter
14 2 (0.46%) Maven
14 2 (0.46%) Subversion
14 2 (0.46%) Visual Studio
15 1 (0.23%) MagicDraw
General
1 81 (18.58%) Social Skills
2 41 (9.40%) Public Sector
3 33 (7.57%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (4.82%) Telecoms
5 18 (4.13%) Finance
6 15 (3.44%) Aerospace
7 8 (1.83%) Front Office
8 7 (1.61%) Banking
9 6 (1.38%) Automotive
9 6 (1.38%) Billing
9 6 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.15%) Electronics
10 5 (1.15%) Marketing
11 4 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.46%) Back Office
12 2 (0.46%) Corporate Banking
12 2 (0.46%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.46%) Retail
Job Titles
1 56 (12.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 54 (12.39%) Developer
3 40 (9.17%) Senior
4 39 (8.94%) Software Engineer
5 31 (7.11%) Linux Engineer
6 30 (6.88%) Architect
7 27 (6.19%) Analyst
8 23 (5.28%) C++ Software Engineer
9 20 (4.59%) Active Directory Support
10 18 (4.13%) Python Developer
10 18 (4.13%) Support Engineer
11 17 (3.90%) Administrator
12 16 (3.67%) Systems Administrator
13 14 (3.21%) Active Directory Specialist
13 14 (3.21%) Azure Specialist
13 14 (3.21%) Consultant
13 14 (3.21%) DevOps Engineer
13 14 (3.21%) Support Specialist
14 13 (2.98%) Applications Engineer
14 13 (2.98%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.05%) HTML
2 20 (4.59%) ARM Templates
2 20 (4.59%) CSS
3 14 (3.21%) Flash
4 12 (2.75%) YAML
5 11 (2.52%) Web Services
5 11 (2.52%) XML
6 10 (2.29%) RESTful
7 8 (1.83%) .NET
7 8 (1.83%) ADO
8 7 (1.61%) Elastic Stack
8 7 (1.61%) REST
9 6 (1.38%) Kafka
9 6 (1.38%) LAMP
9 6 (1.38%) LDAP
9 6 (1.38%) SOAP
10 5 (1.15%) Django
10 5 (1.15%) Node.js
11 4 (0.92%) AngularJS
11 4 (0.92%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 40 (9.17%) PKI
2 27 (6.19%) Data Centre
2 27 (6.19%) Self-Motivation
3 26 (5.96%) Linux Command Line
4 22 (5.05%) Client/Server
5 12 (2.75%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.06%) CCTV
7 8 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.83%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.61%) Clustering
8 7 (1.61%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.61%) Replication
8 7 (1.61%) Smart Meter
9 6 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.15%) Derivative
10 5 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (1.15%) Grid Computing
10 5 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.15%) SCADA
11 4 (0.92%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 212 (48.62%) Windows
2 98 (22.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 84 (19.27%) Windows Server
4 63 (14.45%) Unix
5 45 (10.32%) Windows Server 2019
6 39 (8.94%) Windows Server 2016
7 30 (6.88%) Ubuntu
8 16 (3.67%) Windows 10
8 16 (3.67%) Windows Server 2012
9 15 (3.44%) Debian
10 14 (3.21%) AIX
10 14 (3.21%) Windows XP
11 13 (2.98%) Solaris
11 13 (2.98%) VMS
12 7 (1.61%) Embedded Linux
13 2 (0.46%) CentOS
13 2 (0.46%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.23%) Android
14 1 (0.23%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (29.36%) Agile
2 81 (18.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 73 (16.74%) DevOps
4 70 (16.06%) Scrum
5 69 (15.83%) Software Engineering
6 64 (14.68%) ITIL
7 58 (13.30%) Infrastructure as Code
8 51 (11.70%) Problem-Solving
9 39 (8.94%) CI/CD
10 38 (8.72%) Release Management
11 33 (7.57%) Performance Tuning
12 32 (7.34%) Analytics
13 30 (6.88%) Disaster Recovery
14 28 (6.42%) Application Packaging
14 28 (6.42%) Computer Science
14 28 (6.42%) RBAC
14 28 (6.42%) Service Management
14 28 (6.42%) Storage Management
15 27 (6.19%) Configuration Management
15 27 (6.19%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 90 (20.64%) PowerShell
2 87 (19.95%) Python
3 57 (13.07%) C++
4 42 (9.63%) VBScript
5 40 (9.17%) C#
6 39 (8.94%) Bash
6 39 (8.94%) SQL
7 29 (6.65%) JavaScript
7 29 (6.65%) Shell Script
8 26 (5.96%) C
9 24 (5.50%) Java
10 20 (4.59%) Bicep
10 20 (4.59%) VB
11 9 (2.06%) Perl
12 8 (1.83%) Go
12 8 (1.83%) ProC
13 7 (1.61%) PHP
14 5 (1.15%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.92%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.69%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 234 (53.67%) Security Cleared
2 154 (35.32%) SC Cleared
3 93 (21.33%) Degree
4 91 (20.87%) DV Cleared
5 21 (4.82%) Cisco Certification
6 20 (4.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 19 (4.36%) CCNA
8 16 (3.67%) CCNP
9 15 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (2.29%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (1.15%) HNC
13 5 (1.15%) MCSE
13 5 (1.15%) RHCSA
13 5 (1.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (0.92%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.92%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.92%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 4 (0.92%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.21%) ISO 9001
2 12 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (2.29%) QA
4 9 (2.06%) GDPR
5 8 (1.83%) SLA
6 6 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 5 (1.15%) ISO 9000
8 4 (0.92%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.23%) COBIT
9 1 (0.23%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.23%) MISRA
9 1 (0.23%) MISRA C
9 1 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 101 (23.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 95 (21.79%) Active Directory
3 44 (10.09%) Virtual Machines
4 35 (8.03%) Hyper-V
4 35 (8.03%) vSphere
5 24 (5.50%) VMware ESXi
6 22 (5.05%) Firmware
7 20 (4.59%) Virtual Desktop
8 19 (4.36%) Docker
9 12 (2.75%) VMware NSX
10 6 (1.38%) VirtualBox
11 4 (0.92%) KVM
12 3 (0.69%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 2 (0.46%) Ceph
13 2 (0.46%) NFS
13 2 (0.46%) Veritas Cluster Server
13 2 (0.46%) XenApp
14 1 (0.23%) LXC
14 1 (0.23%) Terminal Services
14 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 73 (16.74%) Ansible
2 64 (14.68%) Kubernetes
3 53 (12.16%) SCCM
4 43 (9.86%) WSUS
5 37 (8.49%) SCOM
6 32 (7.34%) Terraform
7 30 (6.88%) Microsoft Intune
8 25 (5.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 20 (4.59%) Red Hat Satellite
9 20 (4.59%) vCenter Server
10 17 (3.90%) NetBackup
11 14 (3.21%) EMC NetWorker
12 10 (2.29%) Puppet
13 9 (2.06%) Packer
13 9 (2.06%) Progress Chef
13 9 (2.06%) Salt
13 9 (2.06%) vRealize
14 6 (1.38%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 6 (1.38%) Rancher
15 5 (1.15%) Nessus
Vendors
1 137 (31.42%) VMware
2 101 (23.17%) Microsoft
3 74 (16.97%) Red Hat
4 55 (12.61%) Oracle
5 31 (7.11%) Cisco
6 23 (5.28%) Google
7 20 (4.59%) HP
8 19 (4.36%) Dell
8 19 (4.36%) Veeam
9 18 (4.13%) EMC
9 18 (4.13%) Juniper
10 17 (3.90%) Atlassian
10 17 (3.90%) IBM
10 17 (3.90%) SolarWinds
10 17 (3.90%) Symantec
11 15 (3.44%) 3PAR
11 15 (3.44%) Palo Alto
12 14 (3.21%) Extreme Networks
13 13 (2.98%) ArcSight
13 13 (2.98%) Brocade