Linux Engineer Contracts in Devon

Linux Engineer
South West > Devon

The median Linux Engineer daily rate in Devon is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 34 -
Rank change year-on-year +12 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Engineer 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Devon 0.93% 1.09% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.09% 1.14% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -
South West median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Devon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Devon. 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 Devon with a recognized job title 92 264 176
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.98% 96.00% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 181 145
10th Percentile £191 £150 £131
25th Percentile £319 £250 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% +10.44%
75th Percentile £556 £513 £550
90th Percentile £630 £600 £672
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 40 7
10th Percentile £25.83 £10.42 £40.20
25th Percentile £29.00 £23.63 £55.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £40.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -33.33% +190.42%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.63 £67.50
90th Percentile £73.00 £70.00 £76.00
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%

Linux Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux Engineer in Devon

Linux Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

Daily rate trend for Linux Engineer in Devon

Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon

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 Devon region featuring Linux Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD

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

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow