Linux Engineer Jobs in England

Linux Engineer
UK > England

The median Linux Engineer salary in England is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 537 568 765
Rank change year-on-year +31 +197 -325
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Engineer 317 425 389
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.37% 0.46% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.50% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 264 322 317
10th Percentile £41,800 £41,250 £38,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £127,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +0.84% +19.00%

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 80,117 85,349 125,598
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.55% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 59,992 53,990 75,607
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Linux Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux Engineer in England

Linux Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Linux Engineer in England

Linux Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux Engineer in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux Engineer in England

Linux 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 Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
London +51 109 £80,000 +14.29% 18
South West +23 57 £52,500 -5.83% 13
South East +37 53 £57,500 +15.00% 10
East of England -3 39 £63,750 +10.87% 7
Midlands +11 32 £57,500 -17.86% 6
North of England +14 30 £55,000 +29.41% 6
West Midlands +18 17 £65,000 -7.14%
Yorkshire +47 16 £45,000 +5.88% 3
East Midlands -3 15 £52,500 -16.00% 6
North East - 10 £60,000 -
North West +11 4 £55,000 +3.77% 3
Linux Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 England region featuring Linux Engineer in the job title.

1 317 (100.00%) Linux
2 109 (34.38%) Python
2 109 (34.38%) Ansible
3 104 (32.81%) Bash
4 89 (28.08%) Red Hat
5 71 (22.40%) Software Engineering
6 68 (21.45%) AWS
7 67 (21.14%) C
8 66 (20.82%) Problem-Solving
9 63 (19.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 59 (18.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 56 (17.67%) Ubuntu
12 55 (17.35%) Social Skills
13 54 (17.03%) DevOps
14 53 (16.72%) Windows
15 48 (15.14%) CentOS
16 47 (14.83%) Docker
17 45 (14.20%) Kubernetes
17 45 (14.20%) TCP/IP
17 45 (14.20%) Firewall
18 43 (13.56%) Agile
18 43 (13.56%) Analytical Skills
18 43 (13.56%) Azure
19 41 (12.93%) Puppet
19 41 (12.93%) Terraform
20 40 (12.62%) Security Cleared
20 40 (12.62%) Finance
21 39 (12.30%) Git
21 39 (12.30%) CI/CD
22 35 (11.04%) Embedded Linux

Linux 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 13 (4.10%) nginx
2 12 (3.79%) Apache
3 8 (2.52%) Confluence
4 7 (2.21%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.95%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.63%) JBoss
6 2 (0.63%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.63%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Abaqus
2 1 (0.32%) Simulink
2 1 (0.32%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 68 (21.45%) AWS
2 43 (13.56%) Azure
3 16 (5.05%) Amazon S3
4 14 (4.42%) GCP
5 12 (3.79%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (3.47%) GitHub
6 11 (3.47%) OpenShift
7 10 (3.15%) SaaS
8 5 (1.58%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (1.26%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (1.26%) Azure Pipelines
9 4 (1.26%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (0.63%) Amazon ECS
11 2 (0.63%) Amazon EKS
11 2 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.63%) Kong
11 2 (0.63%) Serverless
11 2 (0.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 45 (14.20%) Firewall
1 45 (14.20%) TCP/IP
2 30 (9.46%) DNS
3 22 (6.94%) LAN
4 20 (6.31%) Internet
5 16 (5.05%) WAN
6 12 (3.79%) SAN
7 11 (3.47%) SNMP
8 9 (2.84%) tcpdump
8 9 (2.84%) VPN
9 8 (2.52%) DHCP
10 7 (2.21%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (1.89%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (0.95%) BGP
12 3 (0.95%) Ethernet
12 3 (0.95%) IPv6
12 3 (0.95%) Wireless
13 2 (0.63%) HTTP
13 2 (0.63%) NAS
13 2 (0.63%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (9.46%) MySQL
2 13 (4.10%) Elasticsearch
3 11 (3.47%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (2.84%) MongoDB
5 7 (2.21%) MariaDB
6 5 (1.58%) InfluxDB
7 3 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.95%) Big Data
7 3 (0.95%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.63%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.63%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.63%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.63%) Redis
8 2 (0.63%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 39 (12.30%) Git
2 33 (10.41%) Jenkins
3 21 (6.62%) JIRA
4 9 (2.84%) GitLab
5 8 (2.52%) ClearCase
5 8 (2.52%) ClearQuest
6 7 (2.21%) Artifactory
6 7 (2.21%) SonarQube
6 7 (2.21%) Sonatype Nexus
7 6 (1.89%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.89%) GDB
8 5 (1.58%) DTrace
8 5 (1.58%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.95%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.95%) Redmine
9 3 (0.95%) Subversion
10 2 (0.63%) git-flow
10 2 (0.63%) Maven
10 2 (0.63%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 55 (17.35%) Social Skills
2 43 (13.56%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (12.62%) Finance
4 16 (5.05%) Banking
5 12 (3.79%) Telecoms
6 10 (3.15%) Investment Banking
7 9 (2.84%) Aerospace
8 6 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.89%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.58%) Advertising
10 4 (1.26%) Military
11 3 (0.95%) Electronics
11 3 (0.95%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.95%) Games
11 3 (0.95%) Japanese Language
11 3 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.63%) Automotive
12 2 (0.63%) Marketing
12 2 (0.63%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.63%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.68%) Yocto
2 12 (3.79%) LDAP
2 12 (3.79%) Middleware
3 11 (3.47%) Elastic Stack
3 11 (3.47%) YAML
4 8 (2.52%) JSON
5 7 (2.21%) GTK
5 7 (2.21%) JSON Schema
5 7 (2.21%) KML
5 7 (2.21%) Regular Expression
5 7 (2.21%) XML
6 5 (1.58%) LAMP
7 4 (1.26%) .NET
7 4 (1.26%) .NET Core
7 4 (1.26%) LEMP Stack
8 3 (0.95%) ADO
8 3 (0.95%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 3 (0.95%) Kafka
8 3 (0.95%) RabbitMQ
8 3 (0.95%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.57%) IoT
2 21 (6.62%) Data Centre
3 19 (5.99%) PKI
4 18 (5.68%) Linux Command Line
5 14 (4.42%) Clustering
5 14 (4.42%) Management Information System
6 11 (3.47%) Client/Server
7 7 (2.21%) Device Driver
7 7 (2.21%) Replication
8 5 (1.58%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.58%) FPGA
8 5 (1.58%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.26%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (1.26%) Embedded Systems
9 4 (1.26%) Hedge funds
10 3 (0.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (0.95%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.63%) Beowulf
11 2 (0.63%) PropTech
11 2 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 317 (100.00%) Linux
2 63 (19.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 56 (17.67%) Ubuntu
4 53 (16.72%) Windows
5 48 (15.14%) CentOS
6 35 (11.04%) Embedded Linux
7 34 (10.73%) Debian
8 22 (6.94%) Unix
9 15 (4.73%) Windows Server
10 9 (2.84%) CoreOS
11 7 (2.21%) Oracle Linux
11 7 (2.21%) Solaris
12 6 (1.89%) SUSE
12 6 (1.89%) Windows Server 2016
12 6 (1.89%) Windows Server 2019
13 5 (1.58%) Windows 10
13 5 (1.58%) Windows Server 2012
14 3 (0.95%) Rocky
15 2 (0.63%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
16 1 (0.32%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (22.40%) Software Engineering
2 66 (20.82%) Problem-Solving
3 59 (18.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 54 (17.03%) DevOps
5 43 (13.56%) Agile
6 39 (12.30%) CI/CD
7 33 (10.41%) Containerisation
7 33 (10.41%) Infrastructure as Code
8 29 (9.15%) Computer Science
8 29 (9.15%) Configuration Management
9 26 (8.20%) Time Management
10 20 (6.31%) Disaster Recovery
11 19 (5.99%) ITIL
11 19 (5.99%) Test Automation
12 18 (5.68%) Cybersecurity
12 18 (5.68%) Open Source
12 18 (5.68%) Platform Engineering
13 17 (5.36%) Customer Experience
13 17 (5.36%) High Availability
13 17 (5.36%) Security Hardening
Programming Languages
1 109 (34.38%) Python
2 104 (32.81%) Bash
3 67 (21.14%) C
4 34 (10.73%) C++
5 32 (10.09%) PowerShell
6 29 (9.15%) Perl
7 21 (6.62%) Shell Script
8 18 (5.68%) Java
9 10 (3.15%) Ada
9 10 (3.15%) JavaScript
9 10 (3.15%) Ruby
10 9 (2.84%) C#
11 5 (1.58%) OCaml
11 5 (1.58%) SystemTap
12 4 (1.26%) Go
12 4 (1.26%) Korn
12 4 (1.26%) PHP
12 4 (1.26%) Rust
12 4 (1.26%) SQL
13 3 (0.95%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 40 (12.62%) Security Cleared
2 30 (9.46%) Degree
3 21 (6.62%) SC Cleared
4 15 (4.73%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (4.73%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.15%) QA
2 8 (2.52%) PMO
3 7 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.89%) SLA
5 5 (1.58%) NCSC
6 2 (0.63%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.63%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 47 (14.83%) Docker
2 23 (7.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (4.10%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (3.47%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (2.84%) Hyper-V
5 9 (2.84%) NFS
6 8 (2.52%) Active Directory
7 7 (2.21%) KVM
8 5 (1.58%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 4 (1.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 3 (0.95%) GPFS
11 2 (0.63%) iptables
11 2 (0.63%) Lustre
11 2 (0.63%) QEMU
11 2 (0.63%) vSphere
11 2 (0.63%) Xen
12 1 (0.32%) Firmware
12 1 (0.32%) Samba
12 1 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.32%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 109 (34.38%) Ansible
2 45 (14.20%) Kubernetes
3 41 (12.93%) Puppet
3 41 (12.93%) Terraform
4 15 (4.73%) Progress Chef
5 13 (4.10%) Grafana
5 13 (4.10%) Nagios
6 11 (3.47%) vCenter Server
7 10 (3.15%) Red Hat Satellite
8 9 (2.84%) Graphite
8 9 (2.84%) HAProxy
9 7 (2.21%) Docker Swarm
9 7 (2.21%) Prometheus
9 7 (2.21%) Red Hat Spacewalk
10 6 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (1.26%) HP Data Protector
12 3 (0.95%) Salt
12 3 (0.95%) SCCM
13 2 (0.63%) Rancher
Vendors
1 89 (28.08%) Red Hat
2 25 (7.89%) Cisco
2 25 (7.89%) Microsoft
2 25 (7.89%) VMware
3 11 (3.47%) Fortinet
4 10 (3.15%) IBM
4 10 (3.15%) Oracle
5 9 (2.84%) Juniper
6 8 (2.52%) Atlassian
6 8 (2.52%) F5
6 8 (2.52%) Palo Alto
7 7 (2.21%) EMC
7 7 (2.21%) Intel
8 6 (1.89%) Dell
8 6 (1.89%) Meraki
8 6 (1.89%) Ubiquiti
9 5 (1.58%) HP
9 5 (1.58%) Serena
9 5 (1.58%) TOWER Software
10 3 (0.95%) Sun