Linux Engineer Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Linux Engineer
South East > Hampshire

The median Linux Engineer daily rate in Hampshire is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 July 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 79 91
Rank change year-on-year -21 +12 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Engineer 10 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.53% 0.11% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.11% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 1
10th Percentile £506 - -
25th Percentile £513 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -16.00%
75th Percentile £630 £538 £538
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £525 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +10.53% - -11.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61.25
Median hourly rate - - £62.50
75th Percentile - - £63.75
90th Percentile - - -
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 1,766 891 1,465
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.14% 94.39% 91.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,040 628 918
10th Percentile £375 £221 £363
25th Percentile £477 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -6.52% +9.52%
75th Percentile £650 £608 £650
90th Percentile £750 £660 £725
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 227 56 147
10th Percentile £15.89 £21.94 £18.32
25th Percentile £26.13 £25.15 £40.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -12.82% +9.24%
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.06 £70.21
90th Percentile £68.55 £75.00 £77.12
South East median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £57.35
% change year-on-year +114.71% -56.15% +14.70%

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 29 July 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 - 8 £590 -
Winchester - 1 - -
Linux Engineer
South East

Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 29 July 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 10 (100.00%) Linux
1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (90.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (40.00%) KVM
4 4 (40.00%) Oracle
4 4 (40.00%) Oracle Linux
4 4 (40.00%) Ubuntu
5 2 (20.00%) Ansible
5 2 (20.00%) Azure
5 2 (20.00%) Migration
5 2 (20.00%) OpenShift
5 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
5 2 (20.00%) Red Hat
5 2 (20.00%) SaaS
5 2 (20.00%) VMware
6 1 (10.00%) CentOS
6 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
6 1 (10.00%) Windows

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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
1 2 (20.00%) OpenShift
1 2 (20.00%) SaaS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Linux
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle Linux
2 4 (40.00%) Ubuntu
3 1 (10.00%) CentOS
3 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (20.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (90.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) KVM
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle
2 2 (20.00%) Red Hat
2 2 (20.00%) VMware