Linux Engineer Contracts in Glasgow

Linux Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Linux Engineer daily rate in Glasgow is £465, 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 63 57 79
Rank change year-on-year -6 +22 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Engineer 16 25 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 2.01% 2.85% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.10% 3.00% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 1
10th Percentile - £480 -
25th Percentile £457 £525 £671
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £650 £691
Median % change year-on-year -28.54% -5.97% +53.61%
75th Percentile £472 £686 £712
90th Percentile - £722 -
Scotland median daily rate £445 £550 £450
% change year-on-year -19.14% +22.22% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 761 833 871
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.36% 94.98% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 479 548 646
10th Percentile £308 £268 £313
25th Percentile £379 £377 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £590
90th Percentile £600 £675 £701
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +4.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 39 16
10th Percentile £16.75 £13.50 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.17 £16.00 £13.97
Median hourly rate £19.83 £24.26 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -18.24% -15.63% +12.55%
75th Percentile £46.38 £47.35 £58.75
90th Percentile £69.10 £65.00 £63.56
Scotland median hourly rate £20.94 £33.25 £23.18
% change year-on-year -37.02% +43.44% -10.53%

Linux Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux Engineer in Glasgow

Linux Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for Linux Engineer in Glasgow

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

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 Glasgow region featuring Linux Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Linux
2 12 (75.00%) Python
3 11 (68.75%) Unix
3 11 (68.75%) Platform Engineering
4 10 (62.50%) Perl
5 7 (43.75%) OO
6 5 (31.25%) VMware
6 5 (31.25%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (25.00%) High Availability
7 4 (25.00%) Git
7 4 (25.00%) Erlang
7 4 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (25.00%) Data Protection
7 4 (25.00%) Management Information System
7 4 (25.00%) Shell Script
7 4 (25.00%) Agile
7 4 (25.00%) Maven
7 4 (25.00%) Prolog
7 4 (25.00%) SQL
7 4 (25.00%) Java
7 4 (25.00%) Virtual Team
7 4 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (25.00%) GitHub
7 4 (25.00%) IaaS
7 4 (25.00%) Jenkins
7 4 (25.00%) DevOps
7 4 (25.00%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
8 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
8 1 (6.25%) Ansible

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

Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) GitHub
1 4 (25.00%) IaaS
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Git
1 4 (25.00%) Jenkins
1 4 (25.00%) Maven
General
1 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Distributed Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 4 (25.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Linux
2 11 (68.75%) Unix
3 1 (6.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Platform Engineering
2 7 (43.75%) OO
3 4 (25.00%) Agile
3 4 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 4 (25.00%) DevOps
3 4 (25.00%) High Availability
4 1 (6.25%) Computer Science
4 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (6.25%) Low Latency
4 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (6.25%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (6.25%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 12 (75.00%) Python
2 10 (62.50%) Perl
3 4 (25.00%) Erlang
3 4 (25.00%) Java
3 4 (25.00%) Prolog
3 4 (25.00%) Shell Script
3 4 (25.00%) SQL
4 1 (6.25%) Bash
4 1 (6.25%) C++
System Software
1 5 (31.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) VMware
2 1 (6.25%) Red Hat