Linux Engineer Contracts in Cheshire

Linux Engineer
North West > Cheshire

The median Linux Engineer daily rate in Cheshire is £513 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 April 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
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 55 52
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 -
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Engineer 2 8 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.40% 1.51% 0.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 1.68% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 1
10th Percentile - £305 -
25th Percentile £506 £315 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £325 £500
Median % change year-on-year +57.69% -35.00% -
75th Percentile £519 £326 -
90th Percentile - £326 -
North West median daily rate £425 £350 £475
% change year-on-year +21.43% -26.32% +11.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 472 477 501
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.65% 90.00% 94.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 329 286
10th Percentile £275 £263 £183
25th Percentile £374 £400 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £435
Median % change year-on-year - +9.20% -1.14%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £538
90th Percentile £629 £651 £631
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 20 27
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.23 £11.83
25th Percentile £16.47 £19.71 £16.49
Median hourly rate £20.11 £29.26 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.27% +19.43% +36.87%
75th Percentile £38.00 £35.00 £33.83
90th Percentile £43.75 £42.58 £60.45
North West median hourly rate £26.53 £30.54 £20.31
% change year-on-year -13.15% +50.37% +12.47%

Linux Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings that featured Linux Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Linux Engineer in Cheshire

Linux Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux Engineer in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Linux Engineer in Cheshire

Linux Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Engineer within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Knutsford +6 1 £513 +57.69%
Chester - 1 - -
Linux Engineer
North West

Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 30 April 2024, Linux Engineer 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 job ads across the Cheshire region featuring Linux Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) SAN
2 1 (50.00%) Debian
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Ubuntu
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) CentOS
2 1 (50.00%) Bash
2 1 (50.00%) Low Latency
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills

Linux Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) CentOS
2 1 (50.00%) Debian
2 1 (50.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Bash
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat