Linux Engineer Contracts in Dorset

Linux Engineer
South West > Dorset

The median Linux Engineer daily rate in Dorset is £488 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 26 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Engineer 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 1.21% - 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.23% - 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £481 - £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - £400
75th Percentile £494 - £410
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £550 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -4.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Dorset

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Dorset. 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 Dorset with a recognized job title 163 202 179
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.79% 91.82% 94.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 118 100
10th Percentile £172 £160 £195
25th Percentile £175 £239 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £463 £480
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% -3.65% +20.00%
75th Percentile £630 £575 £575
90th Percentile £797 £650 £650
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 48 36
10th Percentile £11.87 £13.60 £20.63
25th Percentile £13.69 £17.50 £44.67
Median hourly rate £15.62 £54.09 £53.28
Median % change year-on-year -71.12% +1.53% +12.16%
75th Percentile £47.83 £61.03 £60.92
90th Percentile £57.50 £68.56 £79.64
South West median hourly rate £53.00 £65.00 £47.00
% change year-on-year -18.46% +38.30% +10.59%

Linux Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux Engineer in Dorset

Linux Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Daily rate trend for Linux Engineer in Dorset

Linux Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Hourly rate trend for Linux Engineer in Dorset

Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset

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 Dorset region featuring Linux Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Unix
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Wireshark
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) tcpdump
2 1 (50.00%) MQSeries
2 1 (50.00%) LDAP
2 1 (50.00%) FTP
2 1 (50.00%) HTTP
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) HTTPS
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) IPsec
2 1 (50.00%) Samba
2 1 (50.00%) VMware

Linux Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 1 (50.00%) MQSeries
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) FTP
1 1 (50.00%) HTTP
1 1 (50.00%) HTTPS
1 1 (50.00%) IPsec
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) tcpdump
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
1 1 (50.00%) Wireshark
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) LDAP
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Samba
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (50.00%) VMware