Linux Systems Engineer Jobs in England

Linux Systems Engineer
UK > England

The median Linux Systems Engineer salary in England is £56,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 788 860 1073
Rank change year-on-year +72 +213 -297
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Systems Engineer 49 80 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.057% 0.087% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.061% 0.095% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 41 72 50
10th Percentile £36,250 £55,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £56,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.04% +22.73% +22.22%
75th Percentile £72,500 £113,125 £65,938
90th Percentile £80,000 £185,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% +22.22%

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 80,754 84,293 127,933
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.52% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 60,385 53,462 75,679
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 £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

Linux Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux Systems Engineer in England

Linux Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Linux Systems Engineer in England

Linux Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Linux Systems Engineer in England

Linux Systems Engineer
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 Systems Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 6 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 -18 19 £65,000 -3.70% 1
London +95 10 £73,750 -32.95% 4
Yorkshire +101 6 £45,000 +2.27% 1
North of England +60 6 £45,000 +2.27% 1
Midlands +18 6 £24,750 -63.87% 2
South East +14 5 £40,000 -20.00% 3
East Midlands - 4 £24,750 - 2
East of England 0 3 £80,000 +36.17%
West Midlands +25 2 £56,000 -18.25%
Linux Systems Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Linux Systems Engineer 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 Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 49 (100.00%) Linux
2 22 (44.90%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (42.86%) Python
3 21 (42.86%) Bash
4 17 (34.69%) Computer Science
5 16 (32.65%) Ubuntu
5 16 (32.65%) Windows
6 14 (28.57%) Social Skills
7 13 (26.53%) Configuration Management
8 12 (24.49%) Management Information System
8 12 (24.49%) Mathematics
8 12 (24.49%) CentOS
9 11 (22.45%) Debian
10 10 (20.41%) VMware
10 10 (20.41%) VMware Infrastructure
10 10 (20.41%) DevOps
11 9 (18.37%) Hyper-V
11 9 (18.37%) Git
11 9 (18.37%) DNS
12 8 (16.33%) B2B
12 8 (16.33%) MySQL
12 8 (16.33%) Validation
12 8 (16.33%) Test Automation
12 8 (16.33%) Physics
12 8 (16.33%) Degree
12 8 (16.33%) Ansible
12 8 (16.33%) Coaching
12 8 (16.33%) Continuous Delivery
12 8 (16.33%) Security Patching
12 8 (16.33%) Virtual Machines

Linux Systems Engineer 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 5 (10.20%) Apache
1 5 (10.20%) OpenStack
2 2 (4.08%) JBoss
2 2 (4.08%) nginx
2 2 (4.08%) Tomcat
2 2 (4.08%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.24%) Azure
2 5 (10.20%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (8.16%) AWS
4 2 (4.08%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (4.08%) Amazon S3
4 2 (4.08%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (4.08%) GitHub
4 2 (4.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (18.37%) DNS
2 7 (14.29%) Firewall
3 6 (12.24%) DHCP
3 6 (12.24%) TCP/IP
4 5 (10.20%) LAN
4 5 (10.20%) WAN
5 2 (4.08%) DKIM
5 2 (4.08%) DMARC
5 2 (4.08%) Internet
5 2 (4.08%) Network Security
5 2 (4.08%) SMTP
6 1 (2.04%) Kerberos
6 1 (2.04%) tcpdump
6 1 (2.04%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (16.33%) MySQL
2 5 (10.20%) InfluxDB
2 5 (10.20%) MariaDB
2 5 (10.20%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (6.12%) Big Data
4 2 (4.08%) NoSQL
4 2 (4.08%) RDBMS
4 2 (4.08%) Redis
4 2 (4.08%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (18.37%) Git
2 7 (14.29%) Jenkins
3 2 (4.08%) git-flow
3 2 (4.08%) Maven
General
1 14 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.20%) Finance
3 3 (6.12%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.08%) Aerospace
4 2 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.08%) Marketing
4 2 (4.08%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.04%) Electronics
5 1 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.04%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.12%) Middleware
2 2 (4.08%) LAMP
2 2 (4.08%) LDAP
2 2 (4.08%) LEMP Stack
3 1 (2.04%) CSS
3 1 (2.04%) Keycloak
3 1 (2.04%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (24.49%) Management Information System
2 5 (10.20%) PKI
3 3 (6.12%) Distributed Computing
4 2 (4.08%) Replication
4 2 (4.08%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.04%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (2.04%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (2.04%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 49 (100.00%) Linux
2 16 (32.65%) Ubuntu
2 16 (32.65%) Windows
3 12 (24.49%) CentOS
4 11 (22.45%) Debian
5 5 (10.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (10.20%) Windows 10
5 5 (10.20%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (10.20%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (10.20%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (8.16%) SUSE
6 4 (8.16%) Unix
6 4 (8.16%) Windows Server
7 2 (4.08%) Solaris
8 1 (2.04%) Fedora
8 1 (2.04%) openSUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (44.90%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (34.69%) Computer Science
3 13 (26.53%) Configuration Management
4 12 (24.49%) Mathematics
5 10 (20.41%) DevOps
6 8 (16.33%) B2B
6 8 (16.33%) Coaching
6 8 (16.33%) Containerisation
6 8 (16.33%) Continuous Delivery
6 8 (16.33%) Physics
6 8 (16.33%) Security Patching
6 8 (16.33%) Test Automation
6 8 (16.33%) Validation
7 7 (14.29%) OWASP
7 7 (14.29%) Release Management
8 6 (12.24%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (12.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 6 (12.24%) Open Source
8 6 (12.24%) Time Management
9 4 (8.16%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (42.86%) Bash
1 21 (42.86%) Python
2 6 (12.24%) Perl
3 5 (10.20%) Java
4 4 (8.16%) PowerShell
5 2 (4.08%) Shell Script
6 1 (2.04%) Korn
6 1 (2.04%) PHP
6 1 (2.04%) tcsh
Qualifications
1 8 (16.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 8 (16.33%) Degree
2 5 (10.20%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.08%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.04%) Linux+ Certification
4 1 (2.04%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.33%) PMO
2 7 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (4.08%) HIPAA
3 2 (4.08%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (20.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (18.37%) Hyper-V
3 8 (16.33%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (10.20%) Active Directory
4 5 (10.20%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 4 (8.16%) Docker
6 1 (2.04%) KVM
6 1 (2.04%) NFS
6 1 (2.04%) Samba
6 1 (2.04%) Shibboleth
Systems Management
1 8 (16.33%) Ansible
2 7 (14.29%) Terraform
3 6 (12.24%) Puppet
4 5 (10.20%) Kubernetes
4 5 (10.20%) Red Hat Spacewalk
5 3 (6.12%) Progress Chef
6 1 (2.04%) Grafana
6 1 (2.04%) Prometheus
6 1 (2.04%) systemd
Vendors
1 10 (20.41%) VMware
2 7 (14.29%) Red Hat
3 6 (12.24%) Cisco
3 6 (12.24%) Juniper
4 5 (10.20%) Fortinet
4 5 (10.20%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.04%) SaltStack
5 1 (2.04%) SAP
5 1 (2.04%) Splunk