Senior Linux Engineer Contract Job Trends in High Wycombe

Senior Linux Engineer
Buckinghamshire > High Wycombe

The median Senior Linux Engineer daily rate in High Wycombe is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Linux Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in High Wycombe 4.76% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £450 - £530
% change year-on-year - - -4.50%

All Contract IT Job Roles
High Wycombe

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in High Wycombe. 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 High Wycombe with a recognized job title 16 11 13
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 76.19% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 8 2
10th Percentile £163 £150 £206
25th Percentile £356 £152 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £350
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +14.29% -33.33%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £440
90th Percentile £638 £624 £494
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile £20.48 - -
25th Percentile £22.19 - £12.25
Median hourly rate £25.08 £14.42 £14.63
Median % change year-on-year +73.89% -1.40% -5.65%
75th Percentile £25.13 - £20.72
90th Percentile £25.14 - £26.29
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.08 £35.75 £22.51
% change year-on-year -29.86% +58.82% +32.41%

Senior Linux Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in High Wycombe

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

Senior Linux Engineer job vacancy trend in High Wycombe

Senior Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in High Wycombe

For the 6 months to 22 February 2026, Senior 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 High Wycombe region featuring Senior Linux Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix Hypervisor
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) iSCSI
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Korn
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management

Senior Linux Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in High Wycombe 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) iSCSI
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Korn
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix Hypervisor
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat