Linux Contracts in Surrey

Linux
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey requiring Linux skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Linux over the 6 months leading up to 7 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 12 22
Rank change year-on-year -11 +10 +9
Contract jobs citing Linux 20 60 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 7.04% 9.43% 7.11%
As % of the Operating Systems category 33.90% 51.72% 35.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 49 42
10th Percentile £345 £203 £450
25th Percentile £463 £350 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £588
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -27.66% +17.50%
75th Percentile £525 £525 £680
90th Percentile £540 £653 £700
South East median daily rate £525 £528 £522
% change year-on-year -0.57% +1.20% -0.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - - £51.50
25th Percentile - £16.25 £53.75
Median hourly rate - £17.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year - -69.57% +21.05%
75th Percentile - £18.75 £61.25
90th Percentile - - £63.50
South East median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -17.86% +7.69% +22.91%

All Operating Systems
Surrey

Linux falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 59 116 149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 20.77% 18.24% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 88 115
10th Percentile £190 £196 £162
25th Percentile £208 £262 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £438 £425
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +2.94% +56.11%
75th Percentile £502 £563 £563
90th Percentile £535 £654 £654
South East median daily rate £490 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +3.16% +5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 5
10th Percentile £26.40 £16.25 £23.60
25th Percentile - £24.69 £34.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 £51.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.63% +3.00% +276.65%
75th Percentile £29.00 £73.25 £57.50
90th Percentile £31.11 £80.00 £62.00
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £47.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -60.38% -13.64% +223.53%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Surrey

Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux in Surrey.

Daily rate trend for Linux in Surrey

Linux
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux in Surrey over the 6 months to 7 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Linux in Surrey

Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux in Surrey.

Hourly rate trend for Linux in Surrey

Linux
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 7 July 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
Redhill +1 8 £475 -
Guildford 0 6 £514 +633.93% 14
Camberley - 2 £513 - 3
Staines -2 1 - - 6
Weybridge - 1 £350 - 1
Linux
South East

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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 2 (10.00%) Apache
1 2 (10.00%) IIS
1 2 (10.00%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) SaaS
1 1 (5.00%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 5 (25.00%) NFC
1 5 (25.00%) PPP
2 4 (20.00%) LAN
2 4 (20.00%) WAN
3 2 (10.00%) Firewall
3 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (5.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) MySQL
1 3 (15.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Exadata
2 1 (5.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (5.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (30.00%) Eclipse
1 6 (30.00%) Jenkins
2 5 (25.00%) Valgrind
3 3 (15.00%) Bitbucket
3 3 (15.00%) Git
3 3 (15.00%) GoogleTest
3 3 (15.00%) JIRA
3 3 (15.00%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (15.00%) TestRail
4 1 (5.00%) Android Studio
4 1 (5.00%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (5.00%) Xcode
General
1 9 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (30.00%) Finance
3 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Korean Language
4 1 (5.00%) Banking
4 1 (5.00%) Investment Banking
4 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Senior
2 8 (40.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 8 (40.00%) Linux Engineer
2 8 (40.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
2 8 (40.00%) Senior Linux Engineer
2 8 (40.00%) Senior Software Engineer
2 8 (40.00%) Software Engineer
3 5 (25.00%) Architect
3 5 (25.00%) Development Engineer
3 5 (25.00%) Senior Development Engineer
3 5 (25.00%) Senior Software Development Engineer
3 5 (25.00%) Software Development Engineer
4 4 (20.00%) Support Engineer
4 4 (20.00%) Technical Architect
5 3 (15.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
5 3 (15.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
5 3 (15.00%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
5 3 (15.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 3 (15.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 3 (15.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (25.00%) JSON
1 5 (25.00%) Middleware
1 5 (25.00%) REST
1 5 (25.00%) Web Services
1 5 (25.00%) XML
2 2 (10.00%) .NET
2 2 (10.00%) LAMP
3 1 (5.00%) Ajax
3 1 (5.00%) AngularJS
3 1 (5.00%) CSS
3 1 (5.00%) GraphQL
3 1 (5.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
3 1 (5.00%) React
3 1 (5.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Smartcard
2 2 (10.00%) Public Cloud
2 2 (10.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (5.00%) Clustering
3 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 10 (50.00%) Windows
2 5 (25.00%) Ubuntu
3 3 (15.00%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (10.00%) Unix
5 1 (5.00%) Android
5 1 (5.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Multithreaded Programming
1 8 (40.00%) Multithreading
1 8 (40.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (35.00%) Continuous Integration
3 6 (30.00%) ITIL
3 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (30.00%) User Experience
4 5 (25.00%) API Management
4 5 (25.00%) Cryptography
4 5 (25.00%) Front End Development
4 5 (25.00%) Memory Management
4 5 (25.00%) TOGAF
5 4 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
5 4 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 4 (20.00%) OO
5 4 (20.00%) Test Automation
5 4 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
6 3 (15.00%) Design Patterns
6 3 (15.00%) SOLID
6 3 (15.00%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 8 (40.00%) C++
2 7 (35.00%) Java
2 7 (35.00%) Python
3 6 (30.00%) JavaScript
4 5 (25.00%) C#
5 4 (20.00%) SQL
6 2 (10.00%) Perl
6 2 (10.00%) PHP
7 1 (5.00%) PL/SQL
7 1 (5.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) Degree
2 4 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Docker
2 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.00%) GPFS
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (5.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.00%) Ansible
2 1 (5.00%) BladeLogic
2 1 (5.00%) Data Guard
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) MuleSoft
2 3 (15.00%) Google
3 2 (10.00%) Oracle
4 1 (5.00%) Cisco
4 1 (5.00%) Citrix
4 1 (5.00%) Dell
4 1 (5.00%) HP
4 1 (5.00%) IBM
4 1 (5.00%) Mellanox
4 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.00%) Red Hat
4 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.00%) Solarflare
4 1 (5.00%) Splunk
4 1 (5.00%) Sun
4 1 (5.00%) Sybase
4 1 (5.00%) VMware