Linux Infrastructure Engineer Contracts in Manchester

Linux Infrastructure Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Linux Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in Manchester is £385, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 - 116
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Infrastructure Engineer 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.22% - 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% - 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £517
25th Percentile - - £539
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £385 - £578
75th Percentile - - £614
90th Percentile - - £636
North West median daily rate £385 - £428

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 867 1,456 1,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.63% 95.98% 96.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 1,007 1,360
10th Percentile £282 £313 £313
25th Percentile £393 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £588
90th Percentile £674 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 84 55
10th Percentile - £12.07 £14.10
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.31 £20.00
Median hourly rate £24.50 £25.10 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% -28.30% +100.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £48.13
90th Percentile £74.38 £73.75 £68.40
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%

Linux Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Linux Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Linux Infrastructure Engineer in Manchester

Linux Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux Infrastructure Engineer in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Linux Infrastructure Engineer in Manchester

Linux Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Linux Infrastructure Engineer 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 Manchester region featuring Linux Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering

Linux Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
3 Linux Infrastructure Engineer jobs in England