Linux Specialist Contract Job Trends in the South East

Linux Specialist
England > South East

The median Linux Specialist daily rate in the South East is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 September 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
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 - 211
Rank change year-on-year - - +53
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Specialist 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.029% - 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% - 0.057%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £565
25th Percentile £513 - £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £625
Median % change year-on-year - - +108.33%
75th Percentile £538 - £663
90th Percentile - - £685
England median daily rate £538 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +26.47% -10.53% -24.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 3,138 4,241 5,295
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 92.38% 94.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,031 2,534 3,585
10th Percentile £204 £250 £213
25th Percentile £363 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £613
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 317 250
10th Percentile £13.43 £16.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £30.41 £21.05
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.26% +15.00% +106.78%
75th Percentile £57.50 £75.00 £66.19
90th Percentile £71.95 £80.00 £75.67
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £44.75
% change year-on-year -45.54% +3.20% +71.00%

Linux Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Linux Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Linux Specialist in the South East

Linux Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Linux Specialist job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Linux Specialist job vacancies in the South East

Linux Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Linux Specialist job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Linux Specialist job vacancies in the South East

Linux Specialist
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Specialist within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 September 2025. 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
Hampshire - 1 £525 - 1
Linux Specialist
England

Linux Specialist Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, Linux Specialist 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 South East region featuring Linux Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) JBoss
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Elastic Stack

Linux Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) JBoss
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Elastic Stack
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow