Linux+ Certification Job Trends in England

CompTIA Linux+ Certification
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Linux+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 597 669 661
Rank change year-on-year +72 -8 +328
Permanent jobs citing Linux+ Certification 1 2 35
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.002% 0.004% 0.071%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.006% 0.011% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - £33,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -46.40%
75th Percentile £63,750 - £35,250
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £62,500 - £33,500
% change year-on-year - - -46.40%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

Linux+ Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,255 17,975 14,678
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.02% 37.23% 29.64%
Number of salaries quoted 6,984 7,086 9,970
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £75,250 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £93,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,498 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.56% +3.47% -

Linux+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Linux+ Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Linux+ Certification job vacancy trend in England

Linux+ Certification
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Linux+ Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Linux+ Certification

Linux+ Certification
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+ Certification within the England region over the 6 months to 11 January 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
South East - 1 £62,500 - 1
Linux+ Certification
UK

Linux+ Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) OpenStack
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Project Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Project Leader
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Linux Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Project Leader
1 1 (100.00%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) People Management
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) LPIC
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Puppet
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform