Linux Systems Administrator Jobs in the North of England

Linux System Administrator
England > North of England

The median Linux System Administrator salary in the North of England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 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
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 317 393 431
Rank change year-on-year +76 +38 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Systems Administrator 4 1 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.036% 0.006% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.006% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% +12.50% -4.66%
75th Percentile £57,500 - £68,438
90th Percentile - - £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% +33.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 10,108 16,430 15,642
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.57% 94.95% 89.43%
Number of salaries quoted 5,820 12,704 8,302
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,250 £39,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +7.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £78,658 £78,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Linux Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux Systems Administrator in the North of England

Linux Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux Systems Administrator in the North of England.

Salary trend for Linux Systems Administrator in the North of England

Linux Systems Administrator
Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 5 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
Yorkshire - 3 - -
North West +22 1 £55,000 +22.22% 3
Linux Systems Administrator
England

Linux Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 5 May 2025, 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 North of England region featuring Linux Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (75.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (75.00%) Red Hat
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle
2 3 (75.00%) Puppet
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle Linux
2 3 (75.00%) Ansible
3 1 (25.00%) IoT
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (25.00%) AWS IoT
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Solaris
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) SaaS

Linux Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) AWS IoT
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) IoT
1 1 (25.00%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle Linux
2 3 (75.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Ansible
1 3 (75.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle
1 3 (75.00%) Red Hat