Linux Engineer Jobs in Somerset

Linux Engineer
South West > Somerset

The median Linux Engineer salary in Somerset is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 62 64
Rank change year-on-year +13 +2 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Engineer 1 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 0.27% 0.14% 0.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.14% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £37,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% -25.00% +49.81%
75th Percentile - £38,750 £58,438
90th Percentile - - £64,625
South West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -8.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 354 709 482
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.93% 97.26% 82.68%
Number of salaries quoted 172 573 354
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,028 £27,825
25th Percentile £37,557 £31,250 £34,385
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.96% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,750 £60,874
90th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £70,000
South West median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.20% -4.76% +5.00%

Linux Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux Engineer in Somerset

Linux Engineer
Salary Trend in Somerset

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux Engineer in Somerset.

Salary trend for Linux Engineer in Somerset

Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Linux 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 Somerset region featuring Linux Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Puppet
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

Linux Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (100.00%) Puppet
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft