Senior Linux Engineer
UK
The median Senior Linux Engineer daily rate in the UK is £488 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 May 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 19 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 578 | 685 | 838 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +107 | +153 | -137 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Senior Linux Engineer | 6 | 11 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.014% | 0.019% | 0.009% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.015% | 0.020% | 0.010% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 10 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £425 | £444 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £469 | £478 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £488 | £525 | £750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.14% | -30.00% | +37.61% |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £581 | £950 |
| 90th Percentile | £595 | £712 | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £525 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.52% | +10.53% | -1.55% |
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 | 39,482 | 54,195 | 83,684 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.78% | 94.61% | 95.39% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,718 | 37,839 | 58,825 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £543 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.23% | +3.33% | +9.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,674 | 1,507 | 2,030 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.83 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.21 | £15.90 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £24.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +87.50% | +6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.90 | £76.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +5.26% |
Senior Linux Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Linux Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Linux Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Linux Engineer.
Senior Linux Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Linux Engineer over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.
Senior Linux Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Linux Engineer.
Senior Linux Engineer
Top 5 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Linux Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 19 May 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 | +106 | 6 | £488 | -6.65% | 6 |
| Work from Home | +115 | 4 | £475 | -5.00% | 1 |
| UK excluding London | +51 | 4 | £475 | -9.52% | |
| South East | +24 | 4 | £475 | -11.59% | |
| London | +93 | 2 | £600 | +9.59% | 6 |
Senior Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Linux Engineer in the job title.
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Senior 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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