Linux Systems Administrator Jobs in London

Linux System Administrator
England > London

The median Linux System Administrator salary in London is £56,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 501 590 826
Rank change year-on-year +89 +236 -247
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Systems Administrator 8 45 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.034% 0.12% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.13% 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 8 45 39
10th Percentile £44,625 £55,500 £42,150
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.64% +16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £65,938 £165,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,500 £185,000 £77,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +33.33% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 22,169 34,255 62,848
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 95.07% 96.34%
Number of salaries quoted 16,697 25,036 34,819
10th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

Linux Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux Systems Administrator in London

Linux Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Linux Systems Administrator in London

Linux Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux Systems Administrator in London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux Systems Administrator in London

Linux Systems Administrator
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 Systems Administrator within the London region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
Central London +48 1 £27,500 -60.71%
Linux Systems Administrator
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Linux Systems Administrator 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 Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Linux
2 6 (75.00%) Unix
2 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (62.50%) DNS
4 4 (50.00%) SMTP
4 4 (50.00%) VMware
4 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (50.00%) Azure
5 2 (25.00%) CentOS
5 2 (25.00%) Python
5 2 (25.00%) Finance
6 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
6 1 (12.50%) OpenBSD
6 1 (12.50%) Firewall
6 1 (12.50%) Electronics
6 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
6 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
6 1 (12.50%) Banking
6 1 (12.50%) Subversion
6 1 (12.50%) NFS
6 1 (12.50%) VPN
6 1 (12.50%) Apache
6 1 (12.50%) Windows
6 1 (12.50%) AIX
6 1 (12.50%) SAP
6 1 (12.50%) CSS
6 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (12.50%) Red Hat
6 1 (12.50%) Shell Script

Linux Systems Administrator 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) DNS
2 4 (50.00%) SMTP
3 1 (12.50%) Firewall
3 1 (12.50%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Subversion
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Electronics
4 1 (12.50%) iGaming
4 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 1 (12.50%) Marketing
4 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
1 1 (12.50%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Linux
2 6 (75.00%) Unix
3 2 (25.00%) CentOS
4 1 (12.50%) AIX
4 1 (12.50%) OpenBSD
4 1 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (12.50%) Ubuntu
4 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (12.50%) Coaching
2 1 (12.50%) DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
2 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
2 1 (12.50%) Open Source
2 1 (12.50%) Problem Management
2 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) Bash
2 1 (12.50%) Korn
2 1 (12.50%) Shell Script
2 1 (12.50%) tcsh
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) NFS
1 1 (12.50%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Ansible
1 1 (12.50%) systemd
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (12.50%) Red Hat
2 1 (12.50%) SAP