Linux Job Trends in Guildford

Linux
Surrey > Guildford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Guildford citing Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	8	13	27
Rank change year-on-year	+5	+14	-7
Permanent jobs citing Linux	54	16	9
As % of all permanent jobs in Guildford	9.82%	10.81%	4.27%
As % of the Operating Systems category	76.06%	44.44%	34.62%
Number of salaries quoted	46	6	4
10^th Percentile	£35,750	£40,000	-
25^th Percentile	£50,000	£46,563	£56,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£57,500	£58,750
Median % change year-on-year	+4.35%	-2.13%	+14.08%
75^th Percentile	£85,000	£67,500	£60,938
90^th Percentile	£87,500	£68,750	£62,625
Surrey median annual salary	£57,500	£70,000	£50,000
% change year-on-year	-17.86%	+40.00%	-9.09%

All Operating Systems
Guildford

Linux falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing operating system skills in Guildford.

	6 months to 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing operating system skills	71	36	26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Guildford	12.91%	24.32%	12.32%
Number of salaries quoted	58	26	19
10^th Percentile	£31,250	£30,500	-
25^th Percentile	£35,750	£31,250	£31,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£57,500	£32,500	£35,000
Median % change year-on-year	+76.92%	-7.14%	-12.22%
75^th Percentile	£85,000	£39,375	£59,375
90^th Percentile	-	£67,500	£64,500
Surrey median annual salary	£44,875	£40,000	£50,000
% change year-on-year	+12.19%	-20.00%	+11.11%

Linux Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

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

Linux Salary Trend in Guildford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Linux.

Linux Salary Histogram in Guildford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in Guildford over the 6 months to 25 October 2026.

Linux Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford

For the 6 months to 25 October 2026, job vacancies citing Linux also mentioned 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 Guildford region citing Linux.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	VMware	35.2%	19
2	Cybersecurity	33.3%	18
3	DNS	31.5%	17
3	Python	31.5%	17
5	AWS	29.6%	16
5	Bash	29.6%	16
7	Ansible	27.8%	15
7	DevOps	27.8%	15
7	Firewall	27.8%	15
7	Kubernetes	27.8%	15
7	Terraform	27.8%	15
7	VPN	27.8%	15
13	Cloud Security	24.1%	13
13	Java	24.1%	13
15	Swing	22.2%	12
15	Windows	22.2%	12
17	Active Directory	20.4%	11
17	ITIL	20.4%	11
17	Microsoft	20.4%	11
20	A+ Certification	18.5%	10
20	Cisco	18.5%	10
20	DHCP	18.5%	10
20	Meraki	18.5%	10
20	Microsoft 365	18.5%	10
20	Microsoft Exchange	18.5%	10
20	Security Cleared	18.5%	10
20	Sophos	18.5%	10
20	Windows 10	18.5%	10
29	AWS Certification	16.7%	9
30	Amazon CloudWatch	14.8%	8

Linux Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Operating Systems

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Windows	22.2%	12
2	Windows 10	18.5%	10
3	Ubuntu	11.1%	6
4	Debian	1.9%	1
4	Windows Server	1.9%	1