Linux Engineer Contract Job Trends in Kingston Upon Thames

Linux Engineer
South London > Kingston Upon Thames

As of 30 May 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Linux Engineer daily rate in Kingston Upon Thames.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Kingston Upon Thames 5.88% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.88% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South London median daily rate - £470 -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Kingston Upon Thames

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Kingston Upon Thames. 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 Kingston Upon Thames with a recognized job title 34 18 30
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 90.00% 88.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 21
10th Percentile - £185 -
25th Percentile £406 £273 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £388 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% -13.89% +7.46%
75th Percentile £419 £518 £500
90th Percentile - £585 £600
South London median daily rate £505 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +3.06% -2.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 1 5
10th Percentile - - £56.99
25th Percentile £54.37 - £81.25
Median hourly rate £58.94 £34.00 £82.50
Median % change year-on-year +73.34% -58.79% +63.63%
75th Percentile £67.70 - £83.75
90th Percentile £76.58 - -
South London median hourly rate £58.94 £27.61 £23.50
% change year-on-year +113.49% +17.47% -53.39%

Linux Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

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 Kingston Upon Thames.

Linux Engineer job vacancy trend in Kingston Upon Thames

Linux Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Linux Engineer job vacancies in Kingston Upon Thames.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Linux Engineer job vacancies in Kingston Upon Thames

Linux Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Kingston Upon Thames

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 Kingston Upon Thames region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
New Malden - 2 - -
Linux Engineer
South London

Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kingston Upon Thames

For the 6 months to 30 May 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 Kingston Upon Thames region featuring Linux Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) WinForms

Linux Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kingston Upon Thames 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) WinForms
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) C++