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 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 7 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 18 | 11 | 18 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -7 | +7 | +22 |
| Contract jobs citing Linux | 25 | 60 | 64 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey | 7.79% | 10.47% | 8.94% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 40.98% | 53.57% | 41.56% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 22 | 50 | 52 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £203 | £250 |
| 25th Percentile | £204 | £350 | £419 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £425 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.76% | -22.73% | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £488 | £525 | £674 |
| 90th Percentile | £531 | £651 | £700 |
| South East median daily rate | £509 | £525 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.10% | +5.00% | -4.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £50.00 |
| South East median hourly rate | £55.00 | £70.00 | £59.38 |
| % change year-on-year | -21.43% | +17.89% | +12.27% |
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 | 61 | 112 | 154 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey | 19.00% | 19.55% | 21.51% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 46 | 87 | 122 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £202 | £194 |
| 25th Percentile | £204 | £257 | £214 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £250 | £400 | £396 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -37.50% | +0.95% | +44.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £506 | £563 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £563 | £655 | £675 |
| South East median daily rate | £475 | £475 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +5.56% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £26.40 | £50.90 | £21.83 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £52.25 | £29.81 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.00 | £66.50 | £42.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -57.89% | +57.40% | +238.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £29.00 | £80.00 | £51.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £31.11 | - | £55.25 |
| South East median hourly rate | £18.87 | £52.75 | £55.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -64.23% | -4.09% | +223.53% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey
Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Surrey.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux in Surrey.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux in Surrey over the 6 months to 7 August 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux in Surrey.
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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 August 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guildford | 0 | 6 | £514 | +633.93% | 7 |
| Redhill | -2 | 6 | £475 | +5.56% | 4 |
| Camberley | -1 | 4 | £475 | - | 3 |
| Staines | -2 | 3 | £208 | +1.22% | |
| Linux South East |
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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: