Linux Engineer Contracts in Cambridge

Linux Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Linux Engineer daily rate in Cambridge is £240 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 35 35
Rank change year-on-year +7 0 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Engineer 3 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 1.56% 0.34% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.70% 0.37% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile - - £471
25th Percentile £235 £463 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £240 £475 £513
Median % change year-on-year -49.47% -7.32% -
75th Percentile £245 £488 £534
90th Percentile - - £544
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £240 £475 £513
% change year-on-year -49.47% -7.32% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 176 271 304
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.67% 92.81% 91.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 183 191
10th Percentile £235 £185 £313
25th Percentile £350 £291 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +15.15%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £534
90th Percentile £644 £600 £588
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 17 17
10th Percentile £19.70 £15.80 £14.99
25th Percentile £25.00 £17.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £52.50 £20.50 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +156.10% -19.61% +14.20%
75th Percentile £66.50 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.00 - £69.25
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £13.50
% change year-on-year +5.16% +14.81% -

Linux Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux Engineer in Cambridge

Linux Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Daily rate trend for Linux Engineer in Cambridge

Linux Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux Engineer in Cambridge.

Hourly rate trend for Linux Engineer in Cambridge

Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 26 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 Cambridge region featuring Linux Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Workstation
1 3 (100.00%) Clustering
1 3 (100.00%) Release Management
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (100.00%) High Availability
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server

Linux Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 3 (100.00%) VPN
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) High Availability
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Release Management
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Workstation
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) VMware