Linux Developer Job Trends in London

Linux Developer
England > London

The median Linux Developer salary in London is £78,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 357 460 490
Rank change year-on-year +103 +30 +359
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Developer 37 4 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.31% 0.021% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.022% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £74,000 - £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,000 £100,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% +33.33% -25.00%
75th Percentile £82,000 £125,000 £77,500
90th Percentile - £140,000 -
England median annual salary £78,000 £72,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% +36.36%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 10,877 18,303 21,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.16% 95.44% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 7,089 11,556 17,424
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £40,871
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £53,911
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year - -0.68% +4.29%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Linux Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Linux Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Linux Developer in London

Linux Developer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Linux Developer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Linux Developer job vacancies in London

Linux Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, Linux Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Linux Developer in the job title.

1 37 (100.00%) Linux
1 37 (100.00%) Finance
2 35 (94.59%) C++
2 35 (94.59%) Low Latency
3 19 (51.35%) Agile
3 19 (51.35%) Banking
3 19 (51.35%) Investment Banking
3 19 (51.35%) Java
4 18 (48.65%) C
4 18 (48.65%) TCP/IP
4 18 (48.65%) FPGA
5 17 (45.95%) Test Automation
5 17 (45.95%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 17 (45.95%) Hedge funds
5 17 (45.95%) OOP
5 17 (45.95%) OO
5 17 (45.95%) Python
5 17 (45.95%) Equities
5 17 (45.95%) Management Information System
5 17 (45.95%) Front Office
5 17 (45.95%) Order Management
5 17 (45.95%) Data Structures
5 17 (45.95%) Algorithms
6 2 (5.41%) Accessibility
6 2 (5.41%) Legacy Code
6 2 (5.41%) Oracle
6 2 (5.41%) TDD
6 2 (5.41%) Spring
6 2 (5.41%) REST
6 2 (5.41%) Refactoring

Linux Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 18 (48.65%) TCP/IP
General
1 37 (100.00%) Finance
2 19 (51.35%) Banking
2 19 (51.35%) Investment Banking
3 17 (45.95%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (45.95%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 2 (5.41%) REST
2 2 (5.41%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 18 (48.65%) FPGA
2 17 (45.95%) Algorithms
2 17 (45.95%) Data Structures
2 17 (45.95%) Equities
2 17 (45.95%) Hedge funds
2 17 (45.95%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.41%) Credit Risk
3 2 (5.41%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 37 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (94.59%) Low Latency
2 19 (51.35%) Agile
3 17 (45.95%) OO
3 17 (45.95%) OOP
3 17 (45.95%) Order Management
3 17 (45.95%) Test Automation
4 2 (5.41%) Refactoring
4 2 (5.41%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 35 (94.59%) C++
2 19 (51.35%) Java
3 18 (48.65%) C
4 17 (45.95%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (5.41%) Oracle