Linux Specialist Contracts in London

Linux Specialist
England > London

The median Linux Specialist daily rate in London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 August 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
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 371 380 472
Rank change year-on-year +9 +92 +134
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Specialist 4 6 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.029% 0.037% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.039% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £448 - -
25th Percentile £481 - £710
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £719
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.04%
75th Percentile £600 - £729
90th Percentile £645 - -
England median daily rate £550 £425 £550
% change year-on-year +29.41% -22.73% -12.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 12,757 15,285 22,823
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.93% 94.22% 94.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,637 10,873 16,706
10th Percentile £325 £346 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 199 243
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.80 £18.55
25th Percentile £22.86 £22.00 £23.88
Median hourly rate £29.54 £33.07 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.69% -11.81% +11.94%
75th Percentile £50.50 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £80.00
England median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -42.22% +4.65% +67.45%

Linux Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux Specialist in London

Linux Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux Specialist in London.

Daily rate trend for Linux Specialist in London

Linux Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux Specialist in London over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Linux Specialist in London

Linux Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux Specialist in London.

Hourly rate trend for Linux Specialist in London

Linux Specialist Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 3 August 2025, Linux Specialist 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 London region featuring Linux Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) Red Hat
2 3 (75.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (50.00%) Bash
3 2 (50.00%) Task Automation
3 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Unix
4 1 (25.00%) Key Management
4 1 (25.00%) SSH
4 1 (25.00%) Ubuntu
4 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (25.00%) CentOS
4 1 (25.00%) Shell Script
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) VMware
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (25.00%) Inventory Management
4 1 (25.00%) CyberArk
4 1 (25.00%) Ansible
4 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
4 1 (25.00%) Linux Command Line

Linux Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) SSH
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (50.00%) Unix
4 1 (25.00%) CentOS
4 1 (25.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (25.00%) Key Management
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Bash
2 1 (25.00%) Shell Script
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (25.00%) CyberArk
2 1 (25.00%) VMware