Linux Systems Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Linux Systems Engineer
England > London

The median Linux Systems Engineer daily rate in London is £345, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 425 358 390
Rank change year-on-year -67 +32 +64
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Systems Engineer 2 7 4
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.010% 0.052% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.055% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - £483 -
25th Percentile - £510 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £345 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -42.50% +14.29% -26.57%
75th Percentile - £650 £538
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £538 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -10.42% +14.29% -25.80%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 18,383 12,634 15,924
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.93% 93.20% 94.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,023 8,540 11,361
10th Percentile £362 £331 £333
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £684
90th Percentile £763 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 323 197 257
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.20
25th Percentile £22.00 £22.75 £22.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £30.00 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -5.39% -18.69%
75th Percentile £59.99 £50.00 £51.75
90th Percentile £78.71 £63.45 £71.25
England median hourly rate £45.56 £27.40 £42.50
% change year-on-year +66.26% -35.53% -3.53%

Linux Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Linux Systems Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Linux Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Linux Systems Engineer job vacancies in London

Linux Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Linux Systems Engineer job vacancies in London

Linux Systems Engineer
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Systems Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 21 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
Central London - 1 - - 2
Linux Systems Engineer
England

Linux Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 21 July 2026, Linux Systems 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 London region featuring Linux Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Ansible
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) OpenID
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Progress Chef
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Puppet
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (50.00%) SaltStack
2 1 (50.00%) SAML
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Unix
2 1 (50.00%) Windows

Linux Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 1 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) OpenID
1 1 (50.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Unix
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
1 1 (50.00%) Progress Chef
1 1 (50.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (50.00%) SaltStack