Linux Job Trends in Guildford

Linux
Surrey > Guildford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Guildford requiring Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 25 13
Rank change year-on-year +4 -12 +7
Permanent jobs citing Linux 11 9 16
As % of all permanent jobs in Guildford 5.73% 5.00% 12.80%
As % of the Operating Systems category 40.74% 50.00% 45.71%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 16
10th Percentile £38,750 - £40,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £56,250 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,750 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% +12.98% -0.95%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,938 £58,375
90th Percentile £66,000 £62,625 £70,500
Surrey median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -

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 requiring operating system skills in Guildford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 27 18 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Guildford 14.06% 10.00% 28.00%
Number of salaries quoted 21 12 35
10th Percentile - £31,375 £28,891
25th Percentile £30,500 £34,375 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -43.48% +21.05% +46.15%
75th Percentile £48,750 £60,938 £55,375
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,125 £59,600
Surrey median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -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 job vacancy trend in Guildford

Linux
Salary Trend in Guildford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Linux.

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 4 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Linux in Guildford

Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford 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 5 (45.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (27.27%) Azure
3 1 (9.09%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (9.09%) Amazon S3
3 1 (9.09%) AWS
3 1 (9.09%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (9.09%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Wireless
2 1 (9.09%) Firewall
2 1 (9.09%) iSCSI
2 1 (9.09%) NAS
2 1 (9.09%) Network Security
2 1 (9.09%) SAN
2 1 (9.09%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Subversion
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Electronics
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
2 2 (18.18%) Marketing
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
2 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
3 1 (9.09%) Aerospace
3 1 (9.09%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Administrator
1 5 (45.45%) IT Administrator
1 5 (45.45%) IT Support
1 5 (45.45%) IT Systems Administrator
1 5 (45.45%) Systems Administrator
1 5 (45.45%) Systems Support
2 2 (18.18%) Electronics Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Applications Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Applications Support
3 1 (9.09%) Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) IT Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Lead
3 1 (9.09%) Lead Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Lead Software Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) HTML
1 1 (9.09%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Driving Licence
2 2 (18.18%) FPGA
2 2 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (81.82%) Windows
2 5 (45.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 5 (45.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (54.55%) Mentoring
3 5 (45.45%) Inventory Management
4 4 (36.36%) CAD
5 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (18.18%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (18.18%) Patch Management
5 2 (18.18%) Programme Management
6 1 (9.09%) Change Control
6 1 (9.09%) Change Management
6 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
6 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Maintenance
6 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Management
6 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Monitoring
6 1 (9.09%) PLM
6 1 (9.09%) Security Patching
6 1 (9.09%) Server Management
6 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
6 1 (9.09%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Bash
1 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.09%) C
2 1 (9.09%) C++
2 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
2 1 (9.09%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (54.55%) CCNA
2 6 (54.55%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (54.55%) MCSE
2 6 (54.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 4 (36.36%) Degree
3 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
4 2 (18.18%) HND
4 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
5 1 (9.09%) A+ Certification
5 1 (9.09%) Azure Certification
5 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (9.09%) HNC
5 1 (9.09%) PhD
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) vSphere
2 2 (18.18%) Firmware
3 1 (9.09%) Docker
3 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Ansible
1 1 (9.09%) Podman
1 1 (9.09%) Red Hat Satellite
1 1 (9.09%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 6 (54.55%) VMware
3 5 (45.45%) Cisco
4 2 (18.18%) Adobe
4 2 (18.18%) Oracle
4 2 (18.18%) SAP
5 1 (9.09%) NetApp
5 1 (9.09%) Nimble Storage
5 1 (9.09%) Red Hat
5 1 (9.09%) Splunk