Ubuntu Engineer Contracts

Ubuntu Engineer
UK

As of 19 July 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Ubuntu Engineer daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 555 578 669
Rank change year-on-year +23 +91 +203
Contract jobs requiring an Ubuntu Engineer 1 3 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% 0.007% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.008% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £550
25th Percentile - - £551
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £589
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.05%
75th Percentile - - £628
90th Percentile - - £634
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 30,093 39,135 52,513
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.67% 93.03% 94.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,141 25,287 36,368
10th Percentile £285 £290 £310
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,425 2,548 1,569
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.25 £14.48
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.72 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -6.98% +67.45%
75th Percentile £55.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £74.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £39.58
% change year-on-year -37.63% +1.90% +88.45%

Ubuntu Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Ubuntu Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Ubuntu Engineer in the UK

Ubuntu Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Ubuntu Engineer.

Daily rate trend for Ubuntu Engineer in the UK

Ubuntu Engineer
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ubuntu Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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
England +39 1 - -
UK excluding London +33 1 - -
Work from Home +21 1 - -
South East - 1 - -

Ubuntu Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 July 2025, Ubuntu Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Ubuntu Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) HTTPS
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Rsyslog
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD

Ubuntu Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) HTTPS
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Rsyslog
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat