Linux Engineer Contracts in England

Linux Engineer
UK > England

The median Linux Engineer daily rate in England is £520, 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 376 407 462
Rank change year-on-year +31 +55 +66
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Engineer 109 135 193
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.45% 0.36% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.39% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 95 147
10th Percentile £397 £378 £378
25th Percentile £475 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% -8.70% +8.49%
75th Percentile £575 £597 £675
90th Percentile £615 £650 £738
UK median daily rate £517 £525 £558
% change year-on-year -1.45% -5.91% +6.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 0
Median hourly rate £68.00 £60.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% - -
UK median hourly rate £68.00 £60.00 -
% change year-on-year +13.33% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Linux Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux Engineer in England

Linux Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Linux Engineer in England

Linux Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux Engineer in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Linux Engineer in England

Linux Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Linux Engineer in England

Linux Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England 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
London +22 32 £520 -4.37% 31
North of England +17 18 £510 +13.31% 7
South West +54 17 £500 -9.09% 5
South East +29 17 £500 - 15
East of England +25 13 £538 -0.92% 9
North West +21 13 £496 +16.71% 5
Midlands +26 9 £475 -5.00% 3
West Midlands +20 9 £475 +5.56% 3
Yorkshire +3 4 £550 -10.20% 1
North East -1 1 £350 -17.26% 1
Linux Engineer
UK

Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

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 England region featuring Linux Engineer in the job title.

1 109 (100.00%) Linux
2 44 (40.37%) Red Hat
3 39 (35.78%) Python
3 39 (35.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 38 (34.86%) Bash
5 37 (33.94%) Ansible
6 36 (33.03%) VMware
7 31 (28.44%) Problem-Solving
8 29 (26.61%) VMware Infrastructure
9 25 (22.94%) Security Cleared
10 22 (20.18%) SC Cleared
10 22 (20.18%) Kubernetes
11 21 (19.27%) Social Skills
11 21 (19.27%) Puppet
11 21 (19.27%) Windows
12 20 (18.35%) Unix
12 20 (18.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 19 (17.43%) Containerisation
13 19 (17.43%) C++
14 18 (16.51%) Jenkins
14 18 (16.51%) Git
15 17 (15.60%) Embedded Linux
16 16 (14.68%) Azure
16 16 (14.68%) Docker
16 16 (14.68%) Shell Script
16 16 (14.68%) DNS
16 16 (14.68%) Windows Server
17 15 (13.76%) Software Engineering
17 15 (13.76%) Configuration Management
17 15 (13.76%) AWS

Linux Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 6 (5.50%) Confluence
2 3 (2.75%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (1.83%) Apache
3 2 (1.83%) nginx
4 1 (0.92%) JBoss
4 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.92%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.92%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.92%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (14.68%) Azure
2 15 (13.76%) AWS
3 7 (6.42%) GCP
4 4 (3.67%) GitHub
5 3 (2.75%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (1.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 2 (1.83%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (1.83%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.83%) Serverless
7 1 (0.92%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.92%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.92%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.92%) CloudBees
7 1 (0.92%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 16 (14.68%) DNS
2 13 (11.93%) SAN
3 12 (11.01%) NAS
4 11 (10.09%) Firewall
5 9 (8.26%) DHCP
6 7 (6.42%) 5G
6 7 (6.42%) 5G NR
6 7 (6.42%) Wireless
7 6 (5.50%) TCP/IP
8 4 (3.67%) LAN
9 3 (2.75%) HTTP
9 3 (2.75%) SSH
9 3 (2.75%) SSL
9 3 (2.75%) VLAN
10 2 (1.83%) BIG-IP
10 2 (1.83%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 2 (1.83%) HTTPS
10 2 (1.83%) Kerberos
11 1 (0.92%) Broadband
11 1 (0.92%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.50%) Oracle Database
2 2 (1.83%) MariaDB
2 2 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 18 (16.51%) Git
1 18 (16.51%) Jenkins
2 15 (13.76%) JIRA
3 9 (8.26%) Bitbucket
4 7 (6.42%) GoogleTest
4 7 (6.42%) Rational DOORS
4 7 (6.42%) TestRail
5 4 (3.67%) GitLab
6 3 (2.75%) Eclipse
7 2 (1.83%) Maven
7 2 (1.83%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (1.83%) Subversion
8 1 (0.92%) Ant
8 1 (0.92%) Artifactory
General
1 21 (19.27%) Social Skills
2 11 (10.09%) Finance
3 6 (5.50%) Manufacturing
3 6 (5.50%) Public Sector
4 5 (4.59%) Banking
5 4 (3.67%) Legal
6 3 (2.75%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.83%) Automotive
7 2 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.83%) Electronics
7 2 (1.83%) Marketing
7 2 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.83%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.92%) Advertising
8 1 (0.92%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.92%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.26%) LDAP
1 9 (8.26%) Middleware
2 2 (1.83%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (1.83%) REST
2 2 (1.83%) SOAP
3 1 (0.92%) Kafka
3 1 (0.92%) Node.js
3 1 (0.92%) Redfish
3 1 (0.92%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.42%) CUDA
2 6 (5.50%) Data Centre
3 4 (3.67%) Enterprise Storage
3 4 (3.67%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (2.75%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (2.75%) EMC VMAX
4 3 (2.75%) Hedge funds
5 2 (1.83%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.83%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.83%) Robotics
5 2 (1.83%) Self-Driving Car
5 2 (1.83%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 2 (1.83%) Video\Live Streaming
6 1 (0.92%) Clustering
6 1 (0.92%) Derivative
6 1 (0.92%) NVMe
6 1 (0.92%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.92%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.92%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 109 (100.00%) Linux
2 39 (35.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 21 (19.27%) Windows
4 20 (18.35%) Unix
5 17 (15.60%) Embedded Linux
6 16 (14.68%) Windows Server
7 13 (11.93%) Ubuntu
8 6 (5.50%) CentOS
9 4 (3.67%) AIX
9 4 (3.67%) Rocky
9 4 (3.67%) Solaris
10 3 (2.75%) SUSE
10 3 (2.75%) VMS
11 2 (1.83%) HPUX
12 1 (0.92%) Debian
12 1 (0.92%) Fedora
12 1 (0.92%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (28.44%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (18.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 19 (17.43%) Containerisation
4 15 (13.76%) Configuration Management
4 15 (13.76%) Software Engineering
5 14 (12.84%) Agile
5 14 (12.84%) DevOps
6 13 (11.93%) Performance Tuning
7 11 (10.09%) CI/CD
7 11 (10.09%) Storage Management
7 11 (10.09%) Task Automation
8 10 (9.17%) Test Automation
9 9 (8.26%) Continuous Integration
10 8 (7.34%) Computer Science
10 8 (7.34%) Migration
10 8 (7.34%) Server Management
11 7 (6.42%) Clean Code
11 7 (6.42%) Deployment Automation
11 7 (6.42%) Infrastructure as Code
11 7 (6.42%) Storyboarding
Programming Languages
1 39 (35.78%) Python
2 38 (34.86%) Bash
3 19 (17.43%) C++
4 16 (14.68%) Shell Script
5 9 (8.26%) JavaScript
6 8 (7.34%) Ada
6 8 (7.34%) C
6 8 (7.34%) Perl
7 7 (6.42%) PowerShell
8 6 (5.50%) Ruby
9 4 (3.67%) SQL
10 3 (2.75%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.92%) C-shell
11 1 (0.92%) Go
11 1 (0.92%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 25 (22.94%) Security Cleared
2 22 (20.18%) SC Cleared
3 10 (9.17%) RHCE
4 8 (7.34%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (7.34%) Degree
5 7 (6.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.67%) CCNP
7 3 (2.75%) RHCSA
8 2 (1.83%) CCIE
8 2 (1.83%) OCA
8 2 (1.83%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (1.83%) RHCA
8 2 (1.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.92%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.59%) SLA
2 3 (2.75%) NIST
2 3 (2.75%) QA
3 2 (1.83%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.83%) GDPR
3 2 (1.83%) HIPAA
3 2 (1.83%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 29 (26.61%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (14.68%) Docker
3 10 (9.17%) Active Directory
4 4 (3.67%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 4 (3.67%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (2.75%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.83%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.83%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.83%) vSphere
7 1 (0.92%) Firmware
7 1 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 37 (33.94%) Ansible
2 22 (20.18%) Kubernetes
3 21 (19.27%) Puppet
4 9 (8.26%) SELinux
4 9 (8.26%) Terraform
5 7 (6.42%) Red Hat Satellite
6 6 (5.50%) Progress Chef
7 3 (2.75%) Nagios
7 3 (2.75%) Packer
7 3 (2.75%) TeamSite
7 3 (2.75%) vCenter Server
7 3 (2.75%) ZABBIX
8 2 (1.83%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (1.83%) Grafana
8 2 (1.83%) Graylog
8 2 (1.83%) Prometheus
8 2 (1.83%) Tivoli
8 2 (1.83%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 1 (0.92%) Cobbler
9 1 (0.92%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 44 (40.37%) Red Hat
2 36 (33.03%) VMware
3 12 (11.01%) Oracle
4 9 (8.26%) Google
5 8 (7.34%) Cisco
6 7 (6.42%) NetApp
6 7 (6.42%) NVIDIA
7 6 (5.50%) Dell
7 6 (5.50%) ServiceNow
7 6 (5.50%) Splunk
7 6 (5.50%) Veritas
8 5 (4.59%) Microsoft
9 4 (3.67%) EMC
9 4 (3.67%) HP
9 4 (3.67%) SolarWinds
10 3 (2.75%) AppDynamics
10 3 (2.75%) Remedy
11 2 (1.83%) IBM
11 2 (1.83%) Symantec
11 2 (1.83%) Zscaler