Linux Engineer Jobs in Glasgow

Linux Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Linux Engineer salary in Glasgow is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 225 121
Rank change year-on-year +174 -104 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Engineer 1 5 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.20% 0.13% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.13% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 4
10th Percentile - £37,750 £52,375
25th Percentile £47,500 - £54,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -27.27% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 438 3,907 1,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.39% 98.04% 86.10%
Number of salaries quoted 259 847 687
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,828
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.54% -4.55% +14.58%
75th Percentile £75,360 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,550 £78,300 £77,500
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +9.52%

Linux Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux Engineer in Glasgow

Linux Engineer
Salary Trend in Glasgow

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

Salary trend for Linux Engineer in Glasgow

Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, 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 Glasgow region featuring Linux Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
1 1 (100.00%) Network Management
1 1 (100.00%) KVM
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Management

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

Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Network Management
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) KVM
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware