Linux Support Engineer Contracts in Edinburgh

Linux Support Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Linux Support Engineer daily rate in Edinburgh is £340 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Support Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.37% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 - -
Scotland median daily rate £340 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 764 1,228 1,869
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.26% 95.64% 95.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 429 873 1,283
10th Percentile £206 £239 £230
25th Percentile £400 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £565
90th Percentile £663 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £463
% change year-on-year - +2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 12 21
10th Percentile £16.00 £13.62 £14.55
25th Percentile £16.81 £17.72 £17.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £21.26 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +135.18% -18.23% -54.78%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £54.43 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £24.27 £22.13 £26.85
% change year-on-year +9.71% -17.60% -28.40%

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Linux Support 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 Edinburgh region featuring Linux Support Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Solaris
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) SLA
1 3 (100.00%) RHCE
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 3 (100.00%) Clustering
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (100.00%) KVM
1 3 (100.00%) High Availability
1 3 (100.00%) Compliance Management
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Server Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving

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

General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Compliance Management
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (100.00%) High Availability
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Server Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) RHCE
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) KVM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat