Linux Systems Engineer Contract Job Trends in Reading

Linux Systems Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Linux Systems Engineer daily rate in Reading is £875, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 September 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Systems Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.093% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £838 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £875 - -
75th Percentile £913 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £875 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 996 548 988
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.91% 93.68% 89.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 569 347 556
10th Percentile £380 £350 £337
25th Percentile £500 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £584
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -5.82% +6.18%
75th Percentile £656 £625 £650
90th Percentile £775 £688 £719
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 20 41
10th Percentile £23.75 - £49.00
25th Percentile £41.25 £14.75 £58.49
Median hourly rate £83.00 £28.00 £69.38
Median % change year-on-year +196.43% -59.64% +5.11%
75th Percentile £88.00 £58.44 £87.46
90th Percentile £104.50 £70.00 £100.00
Berkshire median hourly rate £73.60 £32.31 £61.75
% change year-on-year +127.79% -47.68% +8.55%

Linux Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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 Reading.

Linux Systems Engineer job vacancy trend in Reading

Linux Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Linux Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 2 September 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 Reading region featuring Linux Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Check_MK
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Grafana
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Podman
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Prometheus
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Satellite
1 1 (100.00%) Rocky
1 1 (100.00%) Security Hardening
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Linux Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Rocky
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Security Hardening
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Check_MK
1 1 (100.00%) Grafana
1 1 (100.00%) Podman
1 1 (100.00%) Prometheus
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) VMware