Linux Jobs in Guildford

Linux
Surrey > Guildford

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Guildford requiring Linux skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Linux over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 19 5
Rank change year-on-year +12 -14 +18
Permanent jobs citing Linux 12 34 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Guildford 11.76% 9.16% 22.35%
As % of the Operating Systems category 66.67% 45.33% 59.84%
Number of salaries quoted 9 30 39
10th Percentile £51,250 £43,750 £38,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £47,313 £47,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £71,250 £64,375 £57,875
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,250 £72,500
Surrey median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% - +22.22%

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 18 75 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Guildford 17.65% 20.22% 37.35%
Number of salaries quoted 15 71 80
10th Percentile - £31,000 £29,825
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £34,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £74,375 £56,000 £58,375
90th Percentile £80,500 £65,000 £71,250
Surrey median annual salary £40,000 £48,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -17.53% +7.78% -

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Guildford.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Guildford

Linux
Salary Trend in Guildford

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

Salary trend for Linux in Guildford

Linux
Salary Histogram in Guildford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in Guildford over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Linux in Guildford

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Guildford 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 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (8.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Network Security
2 1 (8.33%) DHCP
2 1 (8.33%) DNS
2 1 (8.33%) Firewall
2 1 (8.33%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Subversion
2 1 (8.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (8.33%) Bitbucket
2 1 (8.33%) GDB
2 1 (8.33%) Git
2 1 (8.33%) JIRA
2 1 (8.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Lead
2 5 (41.67%) Developer
3 4 (33.33%) Lead Developer
3 4 (33.33%) Software Developer
4 3 (25.00%) Administrator
4 3 (25.00%) C++ Developer
4 3 (25.00%) IT Administrator
4 3 (25.00%) IT Support
4 3 (25.00%) Lead Software Developer
5 2 (16.67%) C Developer
5 2 (16.67%) C/C++ Developer
5 2 (16.67%) C++ Software Developer
5 2 (16.67%) Hardware Engineer
6 1 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (8.33%) C++ GUI Developer
6 1 (8.33%) Computer Engineer
6 1 (8.33%) GUI Developer
6 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (8.33%) Python Developer
6 1 (8.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (8.33%) HTML5
2 1 (8.33%) React
2 1 (8.33%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (25.00%) Algorithms
2 3 (25.00%) Device Driver
2 3 (25.00%) Driving Licence
2 3 (25.00%) FPGA
2 3 (25.00%) VHDL
3 1 (8.33%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Windows
2 4 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 6 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 6 (50.00%) Physics
3 3 (25.00%) Device Driver Development
3 3 (25.00%) Inventory Management
3 3 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (16.67%) Digital Signal Processing
4 2 (16.67%) Image Processing
4 2 (16.67%) Schematic Capture
4 2 (16.67%) Signal Processing
5 1 (8.33%) Agile
5 1 (8.33%) BCP
5 1 (8.33%) Embedded Software Development
5 1 (8.33%) Incident Management
5 1 (8.33%) ITIL
5 1 (8.33%) Security Hardening
5 1 (8.33%) Service Management
5 1 (8.33%) TDD
5 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) C
1 7 (58.33%) C++
2 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (25.00%) Python
3 2 (16.67%) Embedded C
3 2 (16.67%) Embedded C++
3 2 (16.67%) Java
3 2 (16.67%) TypeScript
4 1 (8.33%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) Security Cleared
2 6 (50.00%) Degree
2 6 (50.00%) PhD
3 4 (33.33%) DV Cleared
4 3 (25.00%) CCNA
4 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (25.00%) MCSE
4 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (16.67%) Master's Degree
6 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Firmware
1 3 (25.00%) vSphere
2 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (8.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Ansible
1 1 (8.33%) Packer
1 1 (8.33%) Terraform
1 1 (8.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) VMware
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (8.33%) Tanium