Senior Linux Systems Engineer Jobs in London

Senior Linux Systems Engineer
England > London

The median Senior Linux Systems Engineer salary in London is £225,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 398 495 621
Rank change year-on-year +97 +126 +264
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Linux Systems Engineer 2 7 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.016% 0.030% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.031% 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 2
10th Percentile - £68,250 £60,125
25th Percentile - £70,625 £62,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £225,000 £90,000 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% +30.91% +25.00%
75th Percentile - £95,000 £74,688
90th Percentile - - £76,375
England median annual salary £225,000 £80,000 £68,500
% change year-on-year +181.25% +16.79% +24.55%

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 11,491 22,247 33,558
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.15% 94.13% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 7,485 16,728 24,644
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,097 £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%

Senior Linux Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Linux Systems Engineer in London

Senior Linux Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Senior Linux Systems Engineer in London

Senior Linux Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, Senior Linux Systems Engineer 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 Senior Linux Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Software Deployment
1 2 (100.00%) Go
1 2 (100.00%) Rust
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Distributed Systems

Senior Linux Systems Engineer 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) Go
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Degree