Linux Engineer Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Linux Engineer
South East > Hampshire

The median Linux Engineer daily rate in Hampshire is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 62 91
Rank change year-on-year -25 +29 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Engineer 8 4 9
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.56% 0.56% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 0.59% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 3
10th Percentile £506 £523 £523
25th Percentile £509 £558 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £658 £575
Median % change year-on-year -18.25% +14.35% -
75th Percentile £556 £748 £619
90th Percentile - £778 £638
South East median daily rate £531 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +6.14% -4.76% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £62.50 -
South East median hourly rate - £62.50 -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 1,321 680 1,359
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.18% 94.44% 89.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 834 484 759
10th Percentile £325 £300 £328
25th Percentile £463 £425 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.93% -1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £613 £667
90th Percentile £738 £675 £738
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 41 128
10th Percentile £13.95 £20.12 £12.51
25th Percentile £16.38 £24.66 £18.32
Median hourly rate £24.29 £45.00 £47.75
Median % change year-on-year -46.03% -5.76% +6.11%
75th Percentile £48.75 £65.00 £62.81
90th Percentile £56.44 £75.00 £75.86
South East median hourly rate £35.00 £46.30 £42.50
% change year-on-year -24.41% +8.94% -5.56%

Linux Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Linux Engineer job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Linux Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Linux Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Linux Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Linux Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire

Linux Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 2 March 2026. 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
Farnborough -14 4 £513 -22.05% 1
Linux Engineer
South East

Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 2 March 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 Hampshire region featuring Linux Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Linux
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (62.50%) DV Cleared
3 4 (50.00%) OpenShift
3 4 (50.00%) Red Hat
3 4 (50.00%) Windows
4 3 (37.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
4 3 (37.50%) Ubuntu
4 3 (37.50%) VMware
5 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
5 2 (25.00%) Broadcom
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (25.00%) Migration
5 2 (25.00%) Privileged Access Management
5 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (12.50%) Ansible
6 1 (12.50%) Azure
6 1 (12.50%) CentOS
6 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
6 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
6 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
6 1 (12.50%) SaaS
6 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management

Linux Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) OpenShift
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (12.50%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Linux
2 4 (50.00%) Windows
3 3 (37.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (37.50%) Ubuntu
4 1 (12.50%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Migration
1 2 (25.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
2 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
2 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (62.50%) DV Cleared
3 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Red Hat
2 3 (37.50%) VMware
3 2 (25.00%) Broadcom
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft