Linux Engineer Jobs in Reading

Linux Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Linux Engineer salary in Reading is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 119 130 127
Rank change year-on-year +11 -3 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Engineer 3 5 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 0.18% 0.31% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.33% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 4
10th Percentile - £43,300 £37,375
25th Percentile - £47,500 £39,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +30.00% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £46,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,000 £57,500
Berkshire median annual salary £69,000 £52,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +32.69% +30.00% -11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,613 1,513 1,716
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.66% 93.63% 97.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,027 805 1,021
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%

Linux Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux Engineer in Reading

Linux Engineer
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Linux Engineer in Reading

Linux Engineer
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux Engineer in Reading over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux Engineer in Reading

Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Linux 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 Reading region featuring Linux Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) Open Source
2 2 (66.67%) SaaS
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) QEMU
2 2 (66.67%) Jenkins
2 2 (66.67%) KVM
2 2 (66.67%) Docker
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
2 2 (66.67%) Data Centre
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
2 2 (66.67%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Ubuntu
2 2 (66.67%) Xen
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) Bash
3 1 (33.33%) Debian

Linux Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Internet
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Jenkins
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Ubuntu
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) Open Source
2 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Bash
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
1 2 (66.67%) KVM
1 2 (66.67%) QEMU
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (66.67%) Xen
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 2 (66.67%) VMware