Linux Contracts in the UK excluding London

Linux
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 23 27
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 +2
Contract jobs citing Linux 1,261 1,704 2,061
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.05% 7.48% 6.76%
As % of the Operating Systems category 38.04% 39.29% 35.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 817 1,135 1,295
10th Percentile £346 £353 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% +1.94% +14.44%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 130 113
10th Percentile £41.50 £21.61 £28.11
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.25 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.95
Median % change year-on-year - +12.17% +15.90%
75th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £65.00
90th Percentile - £78.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +13.04% +15.00%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,315 4,337 5,798
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.92% 19.04% 19.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,200 2,980 3,831
10th Percentile £175 £165 £150
25th Percentile £275 £250 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £465 £425
Median % change year-on-year -3.12% +9.29% +6.25%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £540
90th Percentile £675 £675 £638
UK median daily rate £470 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 332 307 432
10th Percentile £12.26 £13.29 £12.55
25th Percentile £14.40 £17.50 £15.04
Median hourly rate £22.79 £38.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.81% +92.50% +21.21%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.05 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -47.06% +93.18% +25.71%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the UK excluding London

Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Linux in the UK excluding London

Linux
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Linux in the UK excluding London

Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Linux in the UK excluding London

Linux
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Linux in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Linux in the UK excluding London

Linux
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
South East 0 434 £535 +1.90% 229
South West -8 232 £575 +4.55% 173
North of England -11 188 £500 -5.66% 166
Scotland -7 148 £516 -1.67% 78
Midlands +9 144 £550 +1.85% 110
East of England -5 116 £550 +15.79% 124
Yorkshire +12 109 £500 -9.09% 55
West Midlands +2 98 £550 - 62
North West -41 66 £450 -14.29% 88
East Midlands +21 45 £503 +4.69% 48
Wales +4 29 £551 +4.95% 13
North East -3 13 £575 +6.98% 23
Northern Ireland -10 4 - - 6
Linux
UK

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 87 (6.90%) Confluence
2 44 (3.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 29 (2.30%) Apache
4 19 (1.51%) CMS
5 15 (1.19%) nginx
6 13 (1.03%) IIS
7 9 (0.71%) NetWeaver
8 8 (0.63%) SharePoint
8 8 (0.63%) Tomcat
9 7 (0.56%) JBoss
10 6 (0.48%) OpenStack
11 5 (0.40%) Apache Spark
12 4 (0.32%) Apache Solr
12 4 (0.32%) Jupyter
13 3 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
13 3 (0.24%) SAS
14 2 (0.16%) IBM Domino
14 2 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
14 2 (0.16%) Traefik
14 2 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (0.79%) Simulink
2 8 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.079%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.079%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (0.71%) SAP IBP
2 6 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.079%) Magento
5 1 (0.079%) MFGPRO
5 1 (0.079%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.079%) Sage 50
5 1 (0.079%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.079%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.079%) SAP PSCD
5 1 (0.079%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 224 (17.76%) Azure
2 192 (15.23%) AWS
3 62 (4.92%) GitHub
3 62 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
4 59 (4.68%) OpenShift
5 38 (3.01%) GCP
6 36 (2.85%) Amazon EC2
6 36 (2.85%) Amazon S3
6 36 (2.85%) Azure DevOps
7 34 (2.70%) AWS CloudFormation
8 30 (2.38%) Entra ID
9 25 (1.98%) Serverless
10 24 (1.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 24 (1.90%) Azure Monitor
11 22 (1.74%) Azure Storage
12 21 (1.67%) PaaS
13 20 (1.59%) AWS Lambda
14 17 (1.35%) OCI
15 15 (1.19%) IaaS
16 12 (0.95%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 127 (10.07%) Firewall
2 103 (8.17%) SAN
3 100 (7.93%) DNS
4 73 (5.79%) TCP/IP
5 69 (5.47%) DHCP
6 53 (4.20%) WAN
7 39 (3.09%) VPN
8 37 (2.93%) LAN
9 33 (2.62%) Network Security
10 32 (2.54%) Wireless
11 28 (2.22%) SSL
12 27 (2.14%) VLAN
13 25 (1.98%) Fibre Channel
14 23 (1.82%) SNMP
15 21 (1.67%) Intrusion Detection
15 21 (1.67%) Software-Defined Radio
16 20 (1.59%) VSAN
17 19 (1.51%) Ethernet
18 17 (1.35%) HTTP
18 17 (1.35%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (4.52%) MySQL
2 49 (3.89%) SQL Server
3 46 (3.65%) Elasticsearch
4 44 (3.49%) Relational Database
5 36 (2.85%) PostgreSQL
6 32 (2.54%) MongoDB
7 29 (2.30%) Big Data
8 23 (1.82%) Oracle Database
9 21 (1.67%) Amazon RDS
10 19 (1.51%) RDBMS
11 12 (0.95%) InfluxDB
11 12 (0.95%) SAP HANA
12 11 (0.87%) Power BI
13 10 (0.79%) MariaDB
14 9 (0.71%) Oracle Reports
14 9 (0.71%) SAP BW
15 8 (0.63%) DB2
15 8 (0.63%) NoSQL
16 7 (0.56%) Ingres
17 6 (0.48%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 128 (10.15%) JIRA
2 122 (9.67%) Jenkins
3 117 (9.28%) Git
4 84 (6.66%) GitLab
5 63 (5.00%) Bitbucket
6 33 (2.62%) Eclipse
7 31 (2.46%) GoogleTest
8 25 (1.98%) Robot Framework
9 24 (1.90%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 20 (1.59%) Visual Studio
11 18 (1.43%) Artifactory
11 18 (1.43%) Selenium
12 14 (1.11%) Gradle
12 14 (1.11%) Maven
13 12 (0.95%) SonarQube
14 11 (0.87%) Cypress.io
14 11 (0.87%) Subversion
15 9 (0.71%) Burp Suite
15 9 (0.71%) Postman
16 7 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 272 (21.57%) Social Skills
2 118 (9.36%) Analytical Skills
3 111 (8.80%) Public Sector
4 80 (6.34%) Finance
5 46 (3.65%) Aerospace
6 39 (3.09%) Telecoms
7 28 (2.22%) Banking
7 28 (2.22%) Legal
8 22 (1.74%) Electronics
9 19 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
10 16 (1.27%) Military
11 15 (1.19%) Manufacturing
12 11 (0.87%) Automotive
13 10 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (0.71%) Marketing
15 8 (0.63%) Financial Institution
16 7 (0.56%) Front Office
16 7 (0.56%) Multimedia
17 6 (0.48%) Billing
18 5 (0.40%) Retail
Job Titles
1 132 (10.47%) Developer
2 128 (10.15%) Software Engineer
3 121 (9.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 112 (8.88%) Linux Engineer
5 90 (7.14%) DevOps Engineer
6 85 (6.74%) Senior
7 67 (5.31%) Analyst
8 64 (5.08%) Architect
9 57 (4.52%) Support Engineer
10 48 (3.81%) C++ Software Engineer
11 47 (3.73%) Storage Engineer
12 44 (3.49%) Administrator
13 43 (3.41%) Embedded Engineer
14 40 (3.17%) Embedded Software Engineer
15 34 (2.70%) Platform Engineer
16 33 (2.62%) Consultant
16 33 (2.62%) Network Engineer
17 32 (2.54%) SOC Analyst
18 31 (2.46%) VMware Engineer
19 30 (2.38%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (4.04%) Elastic Stack
2 44 (3.49%) YAML
3 42 (3.33%) .NET
4 39 (3.09%) Web Services
5 34 (2.70%) Kafka
6 32 (2.54%) REST
7 28 (2.22%) Apache NiFi
7 28 (2.22%) HTML
7 28 (2.22%) Middleware
8 27 (2.14%) .NET Core
9 25 (1.98%) CSS
10 22 (1.74%) Node.js
11 20 (1.59%) ARM Templates
11 20 (1.59%) JSON
12 19 (1.51%) React
13 18 (1.43%) RabbitMQ
14 17 (1.35%) Flash
15 16 (1.27%) XML
16 14 (1.11%) Qt
16 14 (1.11%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 85 (6.74%) Linux Command Line
2 81 (6.42%) Data Centre
3 76 (6.03%) PKI
4 41 (3.25%) Replication
5 40 (3.17%) Public Cloud
6 39 (3.09%) Management Information System
7 35 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
8 26 (2.06%) Client/Server
8 26 (2.06%) Security Operations Centre
9 24 (1.90%) Product Ownership
10 23 (1.82%) ARM Cortex
10 23 (1.82%) Clustering
11 21 (1.67%) Cyberattack
12 19 (1.51%) Cyber Defence
12 19 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
13 18 (1.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 16 (1.27%) Distributed Applications
15 15 (1.19%) Cloud Native
15 15 (1.19%) Data Structures
15 15 (1.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 518 (41.08%) Windows
2 209 (16.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 182 (14.43%) Unix
4 152 (12.05%) Windows Server
5 77 (6.11%) Ubuntu
6 54 (4.28%) Windows Server 2016
7 52 (4.12%) Windows Server 2019
8 39 (3.09%) Solaris
9 33 (2.62%) CentOS
10 32 (2.54%) AIX
10 32 (2.54%) Debian
11 30 (2.38%) zOS
12 25 (1.98%) Windows Server 2012
13 23 (1.82%) FreeRTOS
14 20 (1.59%) Apple iOS
14 20 (1.59%) Windows 10
15 19 (1.51%) Embedded Linux
15 19 (1.51%) VMS
16 18 (1.43%) Android
17 16 (1.27%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 290 (23.00%) Agile
2 229 (18.16%) DevOps
3 208 (16.49%) CI/CD
4 190 (15.07%) Software Engineering
5 163 (12.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 142 (11.26%) Problem-Solving
7 136 (10.79%) Infrastructure as Code
8 118 (9.36%) Configuration Management
9 115 (9.12%) ITIL
10 113 (8.96%) Cybersecurity
11 97 (7.69%) Scrum
12 89 (7.06%) Continuous Integration
13 88 (6.98%) Migration
14 76 (6.03%) SIEM
15 75 (5.95%) OO
16 74 (5.87%) Analytics
17 70 (5.55%) Performance Tuning
18 68 (5.39%) Containerisation
19 65 (5.15%) Change Management
19 65 (5.15%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 303 (24.03%) Python
2 174 (13.80%) PowerShell
3 126 (9.99%) Bash
3 126 (9.99%) C++
4 114 (9.04%) Java
5 106 (8.41%) C
6 82 (6.50%) SQL
7 73 (5.79%) JavaScript
8 70 (5.55%) C#
9 68 (5.39%) Shell Script
10 42 (3.33%) Perl
10 42 (3.33%) VBScript
11 31 (2.46%) Embedded C
12 25 (1.98%) Go
13 22 (1.74%) PHP
14 21 (1.67%) Bicep
15 20 (1.59%) VB
16 18 (1.43%) JCL
17 16 (1.27%) Ruby
18 15 (1.19%) REXX
Qualifications
1 579 (45.92%) Security Cleared
2 348 (27.60%) SC Cleared
3 224 (17.76%) DV Cleared
4 137 (10.86%) Degree
5 29 (2.30%) Cisco Certification
6 27 (2.14%) CCNA
7 26 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (1.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 20 (1.59%) Master's Degree
9 18 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
10 16 (1.27%) CCNP
11 14 (1.11%) MCSE
11 14 (1.11%) RHCE
12 9 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (0.71%) OSCP
13 8 (0.63%) HND
13 8 (0.63%) SAP Certification
14 7 (0.56%) CEH
14 7 (0.56%) CREST Certified
14 7 (0.56%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (3.25%) QA
2 40 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (2.85%) NIST
4 30 (2.38%) GDPR
5 20 (1.59%) MISRA
6 18 (1.43%) SLA
7 16 (1.27%) Actionable Recommendations
7 16 (1.27%) HIPAA
8 13 (1.03%) ISO 9001
9 11 (0.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 10 (0.79%) ISO 9000
10 10 (0.79%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.56%) Disclosure Scotland
12 5 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 5 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 5 (0.40%) MISRA C
13 4 (0.32%) Data Quality
13 4 (0.32%) NCSC
14 3 (0.24%) JTAG
15 2 (0.16%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 181 (14.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 170 (13.48%) Active Directory
3 116 (9.20%) Docker
4 71 (5.63%) VMware ESXi
5 63 (5.00%) vSphere
6 61 (4.84%) Hyper-V
7 58 (4.60%) VMware NSX
8 56 (4.44%) Virtual Machines
9 34 (2.70%) Firmware
10 25 (1.98%) NFS
11 20 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
12 19 (1.51%) KVM
13 18 (1.43%) Time Sharing Option
14 10 (0.79%) Oracle RAC
15 9 (0.71%) iptables
16 6 (0.48%) VirtualBox
17 5 (0.40%) Apache ZooKeeper
17 5 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
17 5 (0.40%) VMware Workstation
18 4 (0.32%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 243 (19.27%) Ansible
2 171 (13.56%) Kubernetes
3 135 (10.71%) Terraform
4 70 (5.55%) SCCM
5 55 (4.36%) Grafana
6 53 (4.20%) Puppet
7 49 (3.89%) Prometheus
8 46 (3.65%) NetBackup
8 46 (3.65%) SCOM
9 45 (3.57%) WSUS
10 39 (3.09%) Microsoft Intune
10 39 (3.09%) vCenter Server
11 35 (2.78%) Progress Chef
12 30 (2.38%) Kibana
12 30 (2.38%) Red Hat Satellite
13 27 (2.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 27 (2.14%) PowerCLI
14 23 (1.82%) EMC NetWorker
15 19 (1.51%) Packer
16 18 (1.43%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 274 (21.73%) VMware
2 211 (16.73%) Microsoft
3 181 (14.35%) Red Hat
4 106 (8.41%) Oracle
5 75 (5.95%) IBM
6 69 (5.47%) Atlassian
6 69 (5.47%) Dell
7 68 (5.39%) Splunk
8 63 (5.00%) Cisco
9 53 (4.20%) HP
10 48 (3.81%) Google
11 44 (3.49%) Brocade
12 34 (2.70%) Veeam
13 33 (2.62%) EMC
13 33 (2.62%) Veritas
14 29 (2.30%) Symantec
15 23 (1.82%) Lauterbach
15 23 (1.82%) Palo Alto
16 21 (1.67%) SAP
17 20 (1.59%) NetApp