Linux Engineer Contract Job Trends in Wales

Linux Engineer
UK > Wales

The median Linux Engineer daily rate in Wales is £465, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 April 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 41 46
Rank change year-on-year -10 +5 -
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Engineer 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.37% 0.34% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.36% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 - -
UK median daily rate £518 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £68.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +13.33% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 510 277 357
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 93.90% 89.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 204 255
10th Percentile £206 £162 £188
25th Percentile £338 £258 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £525 £507 £550
90th Percentile £650 £621 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -3.00% -1.82% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 27 28
10th Percentile £12.21 £16.00 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.33 £18.29 £13.06
Median hourly rate £21.25 £21.01 £19.09
Median % change year-on-year +1.14% +10.09% +5.21%
75th Percentile £35.78 £41.25 £31.02
90th Percentile £49.05 £45.00 £86.54
UK median hourly rate £43.39 £29.25 £35.83
% change year-on-year +48.35% -18.36% -20.38%

Linux Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Linux Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Linux Engineer job vacancy trend in Wales

Linux Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Linux Engineer job vacancies in Wales.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Linux Engineer job vacancies in Wales

Linux Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Linux Engineer job vacancies in Wales.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Linux Engineer job vacancies in Wales

Linux Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Engineer within the Wales region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Wales - 2 £465 - 2
Linux Engineer
UK

Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 28 April 2026, Linux Engineer contract job roles required 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 job ads across the Wales region featuring Linux Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Ansible
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (50.00%) NVIDIA
2 1 (50.00%) Parallel Computing
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Puppet
2 1 (50.00%) Slurm Workload Manager

Linux Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Parallel Computing
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
1 1 (50.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) NVIDIA