Linux Specialist Jobs in London

Linux Specialist
England > London

The median Linux Specialist salary in London is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 May 2025.

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

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 393 358 612
Rank change year-on-year -35 +254 +267
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Specialist 3 150 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.023% 0.64% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.68% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 3 6 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £50,000 £108,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £58,750 £112,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.64% -47.78% +87.50%
75th Percentile - £76,625 £116,250
90th Percentile - £80,188 -
England median annual salary £65,000 £58,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.64% +30.56% +3.45%

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 11,514 22,211 32,675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.11% 94.13% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7,380 16,662 24,070
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Linux Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux Specialist in London

Linux Specialist
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Linux Specialist in London

Linux Specialist
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Specialist within the London region over the 6 months to 9 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East London - 3 £65,000 -
Linux Specialist
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Linux Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Unix
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) SLA
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) EMC
1 3 (100.00%) SAN
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 3 (100.00%) Symantec
1 3 (100.00%) Remedy
1 3 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Replication
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
1 3 (100.00%) Clustering
1 3 (100.00%) Remedy ITSM
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Puppet
1 3 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 3 (100.00%) Progress Chef
1 3 (100.00%) Ansible
1 3 (100.00%) SaltStack
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Security Patching
1 3 (100.00%) Data Centre

Linux Specialist 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) SAN
1 3 (100.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Clustering
1 3 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 3 (100.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
1 3 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Security Patching
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
1 3 (100.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Ansible
1 3 (100.00%) Progress Chef
1 3 (100.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) EMC
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 3 (100.00%) Remedy
1 3 (100.00%) SaltStack
1 3 (100.00%) Symantec
1 3 (100.00%) VMware