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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 16 24
Rank change year-on-year -8 +8 +1
Contract jobs citing Linux 15 44 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 5.03% 7.50% 6.78%
As % of the Operating Systems category 26.32% 45.83% 30.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 35 31
10th Percentile £361 £353 £500
25th Percentile £472 £398 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -25.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £525 £525 £638
90th Percentile £548 £658 £694
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 2
10th Percentile - - £51.50
25th Percentile - £16.25 £53.75
Median hourly rate - £25.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year - -56.52% +21.05%
75th Percentile - £42.19 £61.25
90th Percentile - £57.38 £63.50
South East median hourly rate £57.75 £62.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -6.85% -4.62% +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 57 96 152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 19.13% 16.35% 22.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 73 111
10th Percentile £195 £164 £161
25th Percentile £218 £320 £194
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £310
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +37.10% -14.48%
75th Percentile £525 £563 £568
90th Percentile £533 £650 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 6
10th Percentile £23.00 £16.25 £17.92
25th Percentile £26.50 £23.75 £18.59
Median hourly rate £28.00 £50.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.00% +42.86% -19.80%
75th Percentile - £73.75 £55.63
90th Percentile £30.30 £80.00 £61.25
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £53.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -10.38% +165.00%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 7 £500 +11.11% 1
Guildford +1 4 £550 +51.72% 9
Staines -1 2 - - 2
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 (13.33%) Apache
1 2 (13.33%) IIS
1 2 (13.33%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) LAN
1 3 (20.00%) WAN
2 2 (13.33%) Firewall
2 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) MySQL
1 2 (13.33%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (73.33%) Jenkins
2 7 (46.67%) Bitbucket
2 7 (46.67%) Git
2 7 (46.67%) GoogleTest
2 7 (46.67%) JIRA
2 7 (46.67%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (46.67%) TestRail
General
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Korean Language
4 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) C++ Software Engineer
1 7 (46.67%) Embedded C++ Engineer
1 7 (46.67%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
1 7 (46.67%) Embedded Engineer
1 7 (46.67%) Embedded Linux Engineer
1 7 (46.67%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
1 7 (46.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 7 (46.67%) Linux Engineer
1 7 (46.67%) Senior
1 7 (46.67%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
1 7 (46.67%) Senior Embedded Engineer
1 7 (46.67%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
1 7 (46.67%) Senior Linux Engineer
1 7 (46.67%) Senior Software Engineer
1 7 (46.67%) Software Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Support Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) Architect
3 3 (20.00%) Technical Architect
4 2 (13.33%) IT Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (20.00%) Middleware
2 2 (13.33%) .NET
2 2 (13.33%) LAMP
2 2 (13.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Public Cloud
2 2 (13.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (46.67%) Embedded Linux
2 6 (40.00%) Windows
3 2 (13.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 9 (60.00%) Continuous Integration
2 9 (60.00%) Test Automation
3 8 (53.33%) Agile
4 7 (46.67%) Clean Code
4 7 (46.67%) Design Patterns
4 7 (46.67%) Kanban
4 7 (46.67%) Multithreaded Programming
4 7 (46.67%) Multithreading
4 7 (46.67%) OO
4 7 (46.67%) OOD
4 7 (46.67%) Scrum
4 7 (46.67%) Software Engineering
4 7 (46.67%) SOLID
4 7 (46.67%) Storyboarding
5 2 (13.33%) API Design
5 2 (13.33%) DevOps
5 2 (13.33%) Microservices
5 2 (13.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) C++
2 4 (26.67%) SQL
3 2 (13.33%) Java
3 2 (13.33%) PHP
3 2 (13.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (73.33%) Degree
2 9 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) QA
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Docker
2 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.67%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) Google
2 2 (13.33%) MuleSoft
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco
3 1 (6.67%) Citrix
3 1 (6.67%) Databricks
3 1 (6.67%) VMware