Linux Engineer
UK
The median Linux Engineer daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 1 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 416 | 446 | 561 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +30 | +115 | -15 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Linux Engineer | 159 | 249 | 294 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.37% | 0.44% | 0.34% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.40% | 0.47% | 0.35% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 100 | 188 | 209 |
| 10th Percentile | £340 | £413 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £411 | £497 | £431 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £570 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.28% | +8.57% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £595 | £650 | £603 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £738 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £481 | £525 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.33% | +10.53% | +18.75% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | £52.50 | - | £56.50 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £60.00 | - | £60.00 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £60.75 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £60.00 | - | £60.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +73.91% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 | 39,969 | 53,015 | 83,520 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.83% | 94.58% | 95.35% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,870 | 37,031 | 58,844 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £315 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +5.26% | +10.21% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,841 | 1,476 | 1,963 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.90 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.50 | £45.00 | £24.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +83.67% | +12.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.60 | £65.75 | £49.33 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.75 | £76.13 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +5.26% |
Linux Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Linux Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Linux Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Linux Engineer.
Linux Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Linux Engineer over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.
Linux Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Linux Engineer.
Linux Engineer
Top 16 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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 |
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| England | +23 | 126 | £525 | -8.70% | 53 |
| UK excluding London | +50 | 112 | £481 | -8.33% | 31 |
| Work from Home | +71 | 46 | £600 | +10.09% | 20 |
| London | +24 | 43 | £550 | -8.33% | 23 |
| South East | +22 | 33 | £475 | -13.64% | 9 |
| Scotland | +47 | 30 | £340 | -24.44% | 1 |
| East of England | +17 | 19 | £550 | +2.33% | 6 |
| North of England | +20 | 16 | £450 | +5.88% | 8 |
| South West | +8 | 9 | £600 | +9.09% | 4 |
| North West | +15 | 8 | £450 | +28.57% | 6 |
| Yorkshire | +22 | 7 | £613 | +11.87% | 2 |
| Midlands | +13 | 5 | £500 | -5.66% | 3 |
| West Midlands | +5 | 3 | £450 | -23.08% | |
| East Midlands | +11 | 2 | £500 | +12.36% | 3 |
| North East | +11 | 1 | £431 | -17.90% | |
| Wales | +8 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Linux 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 Linux Engineer in the job title.
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Linux 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:
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