Linux Administrator Jobs in England

Linux Administrator
UK > England

The median Linux Administrator salary in England is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 758 813 984
Rank change year-on-year +55 +171 -201
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Administrator 73 117 140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.085% 0.13% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.14% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 68 95 124
10th Percentile £41,500 £41,300 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,625 £47,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +33.33% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £75,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £177,000 £62,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +33.33% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 81,041 82,556 127,446
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.46% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,522 52,365 74,626
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Linux Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Linux Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Linux Administrator in England

Linux Administrator
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux Administrator in England.

Salary trend for Linux Administrator in England

Linux Administrator
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux Administrator in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux Administrator in England

Linux Administrator
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Administrator within the England region over the 6 months to 9 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West -11 30 £47,500 -29.63% 3
London +70 12 £62,500 -10.71% 5
Midlands -2 12 £50,000 -8.68% 2
South East -12 10 £55,000 +10.00% 2
East of England +18 8 £50,000 -21.57% 2
East Midlands - 8 £50,000 -
West Midlands +12 4 £54,000 -1.37% 2
North of England +45 1 £45,000 -2.70% 3
North West +9 1 £45,000 +16.13% 1
Linux Administrator
UK

Linux Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Linux Administrator 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 permanent job ads across the England region featuring Linux Administrator in the job title.

1 73 (100.00%) Linux
2 35 (47.95%) VMware
3 32 (43.84%) Python
4 31 (42.47%) Bash
5 28 (38.36%) CentOS
6 27 (36.99%) Red Hat
7 26 (35.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 23 (31.51%) Unix
8 23 (31.51%) Ansible
9 22 (30.14%) Azure
9 22 (30.14%) AWS
10 19 (26.03%) Git
11 18 (24.66%) Puppet
11 18 (24.66%) DevOps
12 16 (21.92%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (21.92%) Security Cleared
12 16 (21.92%) Windows
13 13 (17.81%) SQL
13 13 (17.81%) VMware Infrastructure
13 13 (17.81%) DV Cleared
13 13 (17.81%) Linux Command Line
14 12 (16.44%) Debian
15 11 (15.07%) ITIL
15 11 (15.07%) Time Management
15 11 (15.07%) OpenShift
15 11 (15.07%) CoreOS
16 10 (13.70%) Data Centre
16 10 (13.70%) Load Balancing
17 9 (12.33%) Social Skills
18 8 (10.96%) Ubuntu

Linux Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.11%) Apache
2 1 (1.37%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (1.37%) FLEXCUBE
1 1 (1.37%) Misys Opics
Cloud Services
1 22 (30.14%) AWS
1 22 (30.14%) Azure
2 11 (15.07%) OpenShift
3 7 (9.59%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (5.48%) GCP
5 3 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (4.11%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.74%) IaaS
6 2 (2.74%) PaaS
6 2 (2.74%) SaaS
7 1 (1.37%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (1.37%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.37%) Route 53
7 1 (1.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.96%) DNS
1 8 (10.96%) Firewall
1 8 (10.96%) VPN
2 5 (6.85%) Internet
3 4 (5.48%) BGP
3 4 (5.48%) SMTP
4 3 (4.11%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.37%) DHCP
5 1 (1.37%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (1.37%) HTTP
5 1 (1.37%) Kerberos
5 1 (1.37%) SAN
5 1 (1.37%) SSH
5 1 (1.37%) tcpdump
5 1 (1.37%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.48%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.11%) Ingres
2 3 (4.11%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (2.74%) MySQL
4 1 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.37%) MariaDB
4 1 (1.37%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 19 (26.03%) Git
2 1 (1.37%) GitLab
2 1 (1.37%) Subversion
General
1 9 (12.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (6.85%) Retail
3 4 (5.48%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (5.48%) Manufacturing
4 3 (4.11%) Finance
5 2 (2.74%) Banking
6 1 (1.37%) Electronics
6 1 (1.37%) Games
6 1 (1.37%) iGaming
6 1 (1.37%) Marketing
6 1 (1.37%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.37%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.11%) EDI
2 1 (1.37%) CSS
2 1 (1.37%) Keycloak
2 1 (1.37%) LDAP
2 1 (1.37%) Middleware
2 1 (1.37%) PHP-FPM
2 1 (1.37%) REST
2 1 (1.37%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (17.81%) Linux Command Line
2 10 (13.70%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.74%) Client/Server
3 2 (2.74%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.37%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.37%) Replication
4 1 (1.37%) Sports Betting
4 1 (1.37%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 73 (100.00%) Linux
2 28 (38.36%) CentOS
3 26 (35.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 23 (31.51%) Unix
5 16 (21.92%) Windows
6 12 (16.44%) Debian
7 11 (15.07%) CoreOS
8 8 (10.96%) Ubuntu
9 7 (9.59%) SUSE
10 4 (5.48%) Solaris
11 3 (4.11%) Windows 10
12 2 (2.74%) AIX
13 1 (1.37%) OpenBSD
13 1 (1.37%) VMS
13 1 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (24.66%) DevOps
2 16 (21.92%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (15.07%) ITIL
3 11 (15.07%) Time Management
4 10 (13.70%) Load Balancing
5 7 (9.59%) Configuration Management
6 6 (8.22%) Business Continuity
6 6 (8.22%) Disaster Recovery
6 6 (8.22%) High Availability
7 5 (6.85%) Capacity Planning
7 5 (6.85%) Computer Science
7 5 (6.85%) Customer Service
7 5 (6.85%) Performance Monitoring
7 5 (6.85%) Problem Management
7 5 (6.85%) Task Automation
8 4 (5.48%) Change Management
8 4 (5.48%) Data Protection
8 4 (5.48%) Logistics
8 4 (5.48%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 3 (4.11%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 32 (43.84%) Python
2 31 (42.47%) Bash
3 13 (17.81%) SQL
4 7 (9.59%) Shell Script
5 4 (5.48%) PowerShell
6 3 (4.11%) AWK
6 3 (4.11%) sed
7 2 (2.74%) Perl
7 2 (2.74%) PHP
8 1 (1.37%) Korn
8 1 (1.37%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.37%) tcsh
Qualifications
1 16 (21.92%) Security Cleared
2 13 (17.81%) DV Cleared
3 8 (10.96%) SC Cleared
4 6 (8.22%) Degree
4 6 (8.22%) RHCE
5 5 (6.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (6.85%) RHCSA
6 1 (1.37%) Linux+ Certification
6 1 (1.37%) Oracle Certification
System Software
1 13 (17.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (6.85%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.85%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (5.48%) Docker
3 4 (5.48%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.11%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (4.11%) vSphere
5 1 (1.37%) KVM
5 1 (1.37%) NFS
5 1 (1.37%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (1.37%) Postfix
5 1 (1.37%) Shibboleth
Systems Management
1 23 (31.51%) Ansible
2 18 (24.66%) Puppet
3 7 (9.59%) Progress Chef
4 6 (8.22%) Kubernetes
5 5 (6.85%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (2.74%) Grafana
6 2 (2.74%) Prometheus
6 2 (2.74%) systemd
6 2 (2.74%) Terraform
7 1 (1.37%) Nessus
7 1 (1.37%) SCCM
Vendors
1 35 (47.95%) VMware
2 27 (36.99%) Red Hat
3 3 (4.11%) Juniper
3 3 (4.11%) Veeam
4 2 (2.74%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.37%) Avaya
5 1 (1.37%) Citrix
5 1 (1.37%) F5
5 1 (1.37%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.37%) IBM
5 1 (1.37%) Oracle
5 1 (1.37%) SaltStack
5 1 (1.37%) SAP
5 1 (1.37%) Splunk