Linux Systems Administrator Job Trends in London

Linux System Administrator
England > London

The median Linux System Administrator salary in London is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 367 406 440
Rank change year-on-year +39 +34 +191
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Systems Administrator 7 24 12
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.050% 0.16% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.17% 0.069%
Number of salaries quoted 7 17 12
10th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £37,200
25th Percentile £46,875 £68,750 £64,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.69% -3.33% +10.29%
75th Percentile £101,875 £76,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £103,750 - £90,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £72,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -24.14% +45.00% -18.37%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 12,761 14,282 17,445
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.16% 92.67% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 8,461 8,232 14,026
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,800
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.81% -6.02%

Linux Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Linux Systems Administrator' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Linux Systems Administrator job vacancy trend in London

Linux Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Linux Systems Administrator job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Linux Systems Administrator job vacancies in London

Linux Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux Systems Administrator in London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Linux Systems Administrator in London

Linux Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Linux Systems Administrator 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 London region featuring Linux Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Linux
2 6 (85.71%) DevOps
3 5 (71.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (57.14%) VMware
4 4 (57.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (42.86%) Change Control
5 3 (42.86%) Change Management
5 3 (42.86%) Containerisation
5 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (42.86%) GitLab
5 3 (42.86%) Incident Management
5 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
5 3 (42.86%) Low Latency
5 3 (42.86%) Patch Management
5 3 (42.86%) Performance Tuning
5 3 (42.86%) Problem Management
5 3 (42.86%) Product Strategy
5 3 (42.86%) QA
5 3 (42.86%) Resource Allocation
5 3 (42.86%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (42.86%) Security Hardening
5 3 (42.86%) Virtual Team Management
6 2 (28.57%) LAMP
7 1 (14.29%) Ansible
7 1 (14.29%) AWS
7 1 (14.29%) Bash
7 1 (14.29%) Customer-Centricity
7 1 (14.29%) DNS
7 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
7 1 (14.29%) Git

Linux Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
1 1 (14.29%) HTTP
1 1 (14.29%) LAN
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) GitLab
2 1 (14.29%) Git
General
1 4 (57.14%) Banking
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) LAMP
2 1 (14.29%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Hybrid Cloud
1 3 (42.86%) Virtual Team
2 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
2 5 (71.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) DevOps
2 3 (42.86%) Change Control
2 3 (42.86%) Change Management
2 3 (42.86%) Containerisation
2 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (42.86%) Incident Management
2 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
2 3 (42.86%) Low Latency
2 3 (42.86%) Patch Management
2 3 (42.86%) Performance Tuning
2 3 (42.86%) Problem Management
2 3 (42.86%) Product Strategy
2 3 (42.86%) Resource Allocation
2 3 (42.86%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (42.86%) Security Hardening
2 3 (42.86%) Virtual Team Management
3 1 (14.29%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Bash
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) RHCSA
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) QA
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Ansible
1 1 (14.29%) Nagios
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) Red Hat
2 1 (14.29%) SolarWinds