Linux Engineer Contract Job Trends in Farnborough

Linux Engineer
Hampshire > Farnborough

The median Linux Engineer daily rate in Farnborough is £519, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 - 32
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Engineer 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Farnborough 1.41% - 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% - 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £506 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 - -
75th Percentile £541 - -
90th Percentile £546 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £531 - £525
% change year-on-year - - -10.64%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Farnborough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Farnborough. 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 Farnborough with a recognized job title 263 71 129
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.61% 89.87% 63.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 44 98
10th Percentile £463 £338 £425
25th Percentile £490 £420 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £490 £600
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -18.33% +26.32%
75th Percentile £625 £528 £675
90th Percentile £725 £569 £750
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +11.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 10 2
10th Percentile £25.00 £70.50 £32.25
25th Percentile £33.14 - £39.38
Median hourly rate £45.59 £75.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -39.22% +46.34% -14.41%
75th Percentile £51.00 - £63.13
90th Percentile - £76.13 £70.25
Hampshire median hourly rate £39.13 £50.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -21.75% -12.82% +4.27%

Linux Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Linux Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Farnborough.

Linux Engineer job vacancy trend in Farnborough

Linux Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Farnborough

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Linux Engineer job vacancies in Farnborough.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Linux Engineer job vacancies in Farnborough

Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough

For the 6 months to 20 June 2026, Linux Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Farnborough region featuring Linux Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Ubuntu
2 2 (50.00%) Ansible
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) OpenShift
2 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (50.00%) Red Hat
2 2 (50.00%) SaaS
2 2 (50.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) CentOS

Linux Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) OpenShift
1 2 (50.00%) SaaS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Ubuntu
2 1 (25.00%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Red Hat
1 2 (50.00%) VMware