Linux Engineer Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Linux Engineer
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Linux Engineer daily rate in Milton Keynes is £555, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026.

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

 6 months to
13 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 - 51
Rank change year-on-year - - +23
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Engineer 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.48% - 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% - 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £551 - £522
25th Percentile £553 - £533
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.77%
75th Percentile £558 - -
90th Percentile £559 - -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £555 - £550
% change year-on-year - - +5.82%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 389 211 486
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.96% 97.24% 95.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 157 371
10th Percentile £274 £250 £275
25th Percentile £400 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £578 £588 £600
90th Percentile £638 £650 £725
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 4 32
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.65 £15.85
25th Percentile £16.35 £16.13 £17.91
Median hourly rate £29.61 £18.85 £22.51
Median % change year-on-year +57.08% -16.26% +18.47%
75th Percentile £36.00 £32.88 £27.75
90th Percentile £38.18 £55.15 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.08 £19.00 £21.25
% change year-on-year +31.97% -10.59% +25.00%

Linux Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Linux Engineer job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Linux Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Linux Engineer job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Linux Engineer job vacancies in Milton Keynes

Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 13 February 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 Milton Keynes region featuring Linux Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Apache
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Debian
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 2 (100.00%) Release Management
1 2 (100.00%) SAN
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) Ubuntu
1 2 (100.00%) VMware

Linux Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 2 (100.00%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) SAN
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Debian
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
Linux Engineer jobs