Linux Support Engineer Job Trends in the East Midlands

Linux Support Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median Linux Support Engineer salary in the East Midlands is £26,265 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 128 -
Rank change year-on-year -10 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Support Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.035% 0.050% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.052% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,265 - -
England median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% +17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 the East Midlands with a recognized job title 2,697 1,908 2,782
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.19% 95.74% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,771 881 2,263
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,000 £36,250 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.41%

Linux Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Linux Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Linux Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Linux Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Linux Support Engineer job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Linux Support Engineer job vacancies in the East Midlands

Linux Support Engineer
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Support Engineer within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 February 2026. 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
Northamptonshire +1 1 £26,265 - 1
Linux Support Engineer
England

Linux Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 15 February 2026, Linux Support Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the East Midlands region featuring Linux Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CentOS
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) SUSE
1 1 (100.00%) Ticket Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu

Linux Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) CentOS
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) SUSE
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Ticket Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat