Linux Engineer Contracts in Cumbria

Linux Engineer
North West > Cumbria

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Linux Engineer daily rate in Cumbria.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 39 -
Rank change year-on-year +4 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Engineer 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 2.05% 0.39% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.21% 0.41% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £528 -
North West median daily rate £496 £425 £350
% change year-on-year +16.71% +21.43% -26.32%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cumbria

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cumbria. 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 Cumbria with a recognized job title 181 246 53
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.82% 94.98% 92.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 144 30
10th Percentile £362 £438 £350
25th Percentile £414 £492 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £522 £463
Median % change year-on-year +0.57% +12.86% -2.63%
75th Percentile £600 £666 £525
90th Percentile £638 £725 £705
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 61 7
10th Percentile £25.26 - £38.79
25th Percentile £30.13 £10.95 £52.05
Median hourly rate £54.88 £13.00 £55.50
Median % change year-on-year +322.15% -76.58% +10.97%
75th Percentile £74.00 £44.74 £71.91
90th Percentile £82.00 £51.91 £83.40
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%

Linux Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux Engineer in Cumbria

Linux Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

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 Cumbria region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Barrow-in-Furness - 4 - -
Linux Engineer
North West

Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Cumbria region featuring Linux Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) LDAP
2 3 (75.00%) Eclipse
2 3 (75.00%) Red Hat
2 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) C++
2 3 (75.00%) Use Case
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (75.00%) NAS
2 3 (75.00%) Network Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) Splunk
2 3 (75.00%) SELinux
3 2 (50.00%) NIST
3 2 (50.00%) Information Management

Linux Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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 (75.00%) Firewall
1 3 (75.00%) NAS
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Eclipse
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) LDAP
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Network Architecture
1 3 (75.00%) Use Case
2 2 (50.00%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) SELinux
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Red Hat
1 3 (75.00%) Splunk