Linux Engineer Contract Job Trends in Redhill

Linux Engineer
Surrey > Redhill

The median Linux Engineer daily rate in Redhill is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 11 7
Rank change year-on-year +8 -4 -
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Engineer 6 14 1
As % of all contract jobs in Redhill 16.67% 19.44% 7.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 25.00% 19.72% 8.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 14 1
10th Percentile - £388 -
25th Percentile £463 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £488 £525 £525
90th Percentile - - -
Surrey median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -3.85%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Redhill

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Redhill. 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 Redhill with a recognized job title 24 71 12
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 66.67% 98.61% 92.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 57 9
10th Percentile - £375 £480
25th Percentile £463 £456 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +17.33%
75th Percentile £700 £556 £675
90th Percentile £950 £575 -
Surrey median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £13.25 £58.50
Median hourly rate - £13.50 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year - -78.57% +40.00%
75th Percentile - £13.75 £67.50
90th Percentile - - -
Surrey median hourly rate £55.00 £24.18 £61.63
% change year-on-year +127.46% -60.77% +36.96%

Linux Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Redhill

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 Redhill.

Linux Engineer job vacancy trend in Redhill

Linux Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Redhill

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Linux Engineer job vacancies in Redhill

Linux Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Redhill

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Linux Engineer job vacancies in Redhill

Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Redhill

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, 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 Redhill region featuring Linux Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) C#
1 6 (100.00%) C++
1 6 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 6 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 6 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 6 (100.00%) Java
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (100.00%) JSON
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
1 6 (100.00%) Memory Management
1 6 (100.00%) Multithreaded Programming
1 6 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 6 (100.00%) NFC
1 6 (100.00%) PPP
1 6 (100.00%) Python
1 6 (100.00%) REST
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 6 (100.00%) Ubuntu
1 6 (100.00%) User Experience
1 6 (100.00%) Valgrind
1 6 (100.00%) Web Services
1 6 (100.00%) XML

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

Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) NFC
1 6 (100.00%) PPP
Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 6 (100.00%) Valgrind
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) JSON
1 6 (100.00%) REST
1 6 (100.00%) Web Services
1 6 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
1 6 (100.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 6 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 6 (100.00%) Memory Management
1 6 (100.00%) Multithreaded Programming
1 6 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 6 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C#
1 6 (100.00%) C++
1 6 (100.00%) Java
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (100.00%) Python