Linux Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Linux Infrastructure Engineer
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The median Linux Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in Stevenage is £681, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 - 41
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Infrastructure Engineer 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 0.64% - 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% - 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £681 - £625
75th Percentile - - £638
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £681 - £625
% change year-on-year - - +38.89%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Stevenage

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Stevenage. 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 Stevenage with a recognized job title 291 128 209
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.57% 97.71% 95.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 21 37
10th Percentile £188 £275 £238
25th Percentile £400 £306 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £375 £425
Median % change year-on-year +36.00% -11.76% -
75th Percentile £653 £538 £500
90th Percentile £700 £575 £596
Hertfordshire median daily rate £528 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +11.16% - -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 67 133
10th Percentile £42.55 £35.00 £38.12
25th Percentile £50.00 £60.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +1.54% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.13 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £95.00 £90.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £54.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -16.92% - +4.00%

Linux Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Linux Infrastructure Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage.

Linux Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Stevenage

Linux Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Linux Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Stevenage

Linux Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage

For the 6 months to 23 December 2025, Linux Infrastructure 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 Stevenage region featuring Linux Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Ansible
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (100.00%) Debian
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) NVIDIA
1 2 (100.00%) Podman
1 2 (100.00%) QEMU
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Ubuntu
1 2 (100.00%) VMS
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat

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

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Acoustics
1 2 (100.00%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Debian
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Ubuntu
1 2 (100.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Ansible
1 2 (100.00%) Podman
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) NVIDIA
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat