Linux Developer Contract Job Trends

Linux Developer
UK

The median Linux Developer daily rate in the UK is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 686 515 543
Rank change year-on-year -171 +28 +37
Contract Linux Developer jobs 14 52 20
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.025% 0.16% 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.17% 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 4
10th Percentile - £506 £558
25th Percentile £275 £515 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £530 £600
Median % change year-on-year -43.40% -11.67% -46.67%
75th Percentile £934 £545 £650
90th Percentile £1,200 £554 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £300 £530 -
% change year-on-year -43.40% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - -7.14%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 50,638 30,447 34,540
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.79% 90.86% 92.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,785 19,268 20,825
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £737 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4,202 1,682 1,373
10th Percentile £14.25 £13.80 £15.07
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.30 £20.30
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -37.13% -10.11%
75th Percentile £67.84 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £25.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +60.00% -37.50% -9.09%

Linux Developer Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Linux Developer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Linux Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Linux Developer Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Linux Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Linux Developer job vacancies in the UK

Linux Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for Linux Developer jobs over the 6 months to 23 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Linux Developer in the UK

Linux Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Linux Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Linux Developer job vacancies in the UK

Linux Developer Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in Linux Developer jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 23 October 2026. 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England -132 12 £300 -43.40% 7
UK excluding London -100 10 £300 -43.40% 3
South East -50 9 £300 -46.43% 1
Work from Home -110 4 £1,200 - 3
London -124 3 £1,200 - 2
Scotland -42 1 - -

Linux Developer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 October 2026, Linux Developer contract job ads cited 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 Linux Developer job ads.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Linux100.0%14
2Software Engineering71.4%10
3Active Directory64.3%9
3C64.3%9
3Data Management64.3%9
3LDAP64.3%9
3OpenTofu64.3%9
3Terraform64.3%9
9SQL28.6%4
10C++21.4%3
10High Availability21.4%3
12Agile14.3%2
12Boost C++ Libraries14.3%2
12Electronic Trading14.3%2
12GCC14.3%2
12GDB14.3%2
12Low Latency14.3%2
12Multicast14.3%2
12Product Requirements14.3%2
12Python14.3%2
12Requirements Gathering14.3%2
12Risk Management14.3%2
12SDLC14.3%2
12STL14.3%2
12Unix14.3%2
26AWS7.1%1
26AWS CDK7.1%1
26AWS CodeBuild7.1%1
26AWS CodePipeline7.1%1
26C#7.1%1

Linux Developer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1C Developer64.3%9
1Software Developer64.3%9
3Senior Developer42.9%6
4Senior C Developer28.6%4
4Senior Software Developer28.6%4
6C++ Developer21.4%3
7C++ Pricing Developer14.3%2
7Electronic Trading C++ Developer14.3%2
7Investment Banking C++ Developer14.3%2
7Low Latency C++ Developer14.3%2
7Python Developer14.3%2
7Unix Developer14.3%2
13AWS Developer7.1%1
13Linux Engineer7.1%1
13Perl Developer7.1%1
13Python Engineer7.1%1
13Senior C++ Developer7.1%1
13Senior Python Developer7.1%1
13SQL Developer7.1%1
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