Senior Linux Engineer Job Trends in High Wycombe

Senior Linux Engineer
Buckinghamshire > High Wycombe

The median Senior Linux Engineer salary in High Wycombe is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 9 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Linux Engineer 3 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in High Wycombe 2.11% 5.71% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.11% 6.67% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -
75th Percentile £72,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 -
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
High Wycombe

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in High Wycombe. 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 High Wycombe with a recognized job title 142 30 131
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 85.71% 93.57%
Number of salaries quoted 119 28 90
10th Percentile £26,000 £41,000 £23,975
25th Percentile £38,750 £50,000 £30,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £59,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.73% +55.26% -26.92%
75th Percentile £55,000 £76,250 £50,938
90th Percentile £65,000 £88,250 £70,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £50,000 £54,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.26% +14.74% -5.00%

Senior Linux Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in High Wycombe

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Linux Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in High Wycombe.

Senior Linux Engineer job vacancy trend in High Wycombe

Senior Linux Engineer
Salary Trend in High Wycombe

Salary distribution trend for Senior Linux Engineer job vacancies in High Wycombe.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Linux Engineer job vacancies in High Wycombe

Senior Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in High Wycombe

For the 6 months to 30 March 2026, Senior Linux Engineer job roles required 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 High Wycombe region featuring Senior Linux Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Bash
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix Hypervisor
1 3 (100.00%) Dell
1 3 (100.00%) Docker
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) High Availability
1 3 (100.00%) iSCSI
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) MySQL
1 3 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
1 3 (100.00%) SAN
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) Time Management
2 2 (66.67%) Apache
2 2 (66.67%) C
2 2 (66.67%) CentOS
2 2 (66.67%) D-Link
2 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 2 (66.67%) PBX

Senior Linux Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in High Wycombe 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (66.67%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) iSCSI
1 3 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
1 3 (100.00%) SAN
2 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 2 (66.67%) PBX
2 2 (66.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) MySQL
1 3 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (66.67%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) High Availability
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Time Management
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Bash
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (66.67%) C
3 1 (33.33%) Korn
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) RHCE
1 2 (66.67%) RHCSA
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix Hypervisor
1 3 (100.00%) Docker
2 2 (66.67%) Samba
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Dell
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 2 (66.67%) D-Link