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 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 22 10
Rank change year-on-year +1 -12 +4
Permanent jobs citing Linux 10 8 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Guildford 4.85% 5.59% 13.82%
As % of the Operating Systems category 43.48% 72.73% 45.95%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 17
10th Percentile £38,750 - £40,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £56,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% +11.90% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,938 £61,000
90th Percentile £66,000 £62,625 £69,500
Surrey median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £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 23 11 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Guildford 11.17% 7.69% 30.08%
Number of salaries quoted 18 7 37
10th Percentile - £46,750 £28,962
25th Percentile £30,500 £56,250 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £60,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -45.83% +26.32% +46.15%
75th Percentile £51,563 £65,625 £55,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £73,500 £61,000
Surrey median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -23.81% +16.67% -

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 19 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 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (30.00%) Azure
3 1 (10.00%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (10.00%) Amazon S3
3 1 (10.00%) AWS
3 1 (10.00%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (10.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Network Security
1 2 (20.00%) Wireless
2 1 (10.00%) Firewall
2 1 (10.00%) iSCSI
2 1 (10.00%) NAS
2 1 (10.00%) SAN
2 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Subversion
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (20.00%) Electronics
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (20.00%) Marketing
2 2 (20.00%) Military
2 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Administrator
1 3 (30.00%) IT Administrator
1 3 (30.00%) IT Support
1 3 (30.00%) IT Systems Administrator
1 3 (30.00%) Systems Administrator
1 3 (30.00%) Systems Support
2 2 (20.00%) Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Lead
2 2 (20.00%) Lead Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Lead Software Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (10.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Applications Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Applications Support
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) IT Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) HTML
2 1 (10.00%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (20.00%) FPGA
2 2 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (30.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 4 (40.00%) CAD
3 3 (30.00%) Inventory Management
4 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (20.00%) Patch Management
4 2 (20.00%) Programme Management
5 1 (10.00%) Change Control
5 1 (10.00%) Change Management
5 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
5 1 (10.00%) ITIL
5 1 (10.00%) PDM
5 1 (10.00%) PLM
5 1 (10.00%) Security Patching
5 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
5 1 (10.00%) Software Licensing
5 1 (10.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Bash
1 2 (20.00%) C
1 2 (20.00%) C++
1 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (20.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) CCNA
2 4 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (40.00%) MCSE
2 4 (40.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (20.00%) HND
3 2 (20.00%) PhD
3 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) A+ Certification
4 1 (10.00%) Azure Certification
4 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (10.00%) HNC
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) vSphere
2 2 (20.00%) Firmware
3 1 (10.00%) Docker
3 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Ansible
1 1 (10.00%) Podman
1 1 (10.00%) Red Hat Satellite
1 1 (10.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) VMware
3 3 (30.00%) Cisco
4 2 (20.00%) Adobe
4 2 (20.00%) Oracle
4 2 (20.00%) SAP
5 1 (10.00%) NetApp
5 1 (10.00%) Nimble Storage
5 1 (10.00%) Red Hat
5 1 (10.00%) Splunk