CentOS Jobs in the South East

CentOS Linux
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring CentOS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited CentOS over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 287 295 330
Rank change year-on-year +8 +35 +13
Permanent jobs citing CentOS 12 101 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.13% 0.60% 0.51%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.99% 3.57% 2.65%
Number of salaries quoted 10 58 64
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.16% +5.56% +4.65%
75th Percentile £45,000 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £53,750 - -
England median annual salary £55,000 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.84% -2.86% +5.00%

All Operating Systems
South East

CentOS falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,211 2,831 2,753
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 12.85% 16.89% 19.12%
Number of salaries quoted 889 2,269 1,921
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,750 £31,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,200 £77,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -14.29% -

CentOS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing CentOS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for CentOS in the South East

CentOS
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CentOS in the South East.

Salary trend for CentOS in the South East

CentOS
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing CentOS in the South East over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for CentOS in the South East

CentOS
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CentOS within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 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
Hampshire +13 11 £41,250 -13.16% 10
Surrey +46 1 - - 2
CentOS
England

CentOS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (25.00%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) Wireshark
2 2 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (16.67%) VSAN
3 1 (8.33%) DHCP
3 1 (8.33%) DNS
3 1 (8.33%) DVB
3 1 (8.33%) Firewall
3 1 (8.33%) iSCSI
3 1 (8.33%) LAN
3 1 (8.33%) LTE
3 1 (8.33%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (8.33%) SAN
3 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (8.33%) VPN
3 1 (8.33%) VSAT
3 1 (8.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) MySQL
General
1 1 (8.33%) Aerospace
1 1 (8.33%) Automotive
1 1 (8.33%) Electronics
1 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) NOC Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Integration Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Public Cloud
2 1 (8.33%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Linux
2 9 (75.00%) Ubuntu
3 3 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (25.00%) Windows
4 2 (16.67%) Windows Server
4 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Information Security
1 6 (50.00%) Information Security Management
1 6 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 6 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 6 (50.00%) Security Management
1 6 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (16.67%) Application Packaging
3 2 (16.67%) Batch Scripting
3 2 (16.67%) DevOps
3 2 (16.67%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (8.33%) Agile
4 1 (8.33%) Asset Management
4 1 (8.33%) Change Control
4 1 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (8.33%) High Availability
4 1 (8.33%) Open Source
4 1 (8.33%) Product Management
4 1 (8.33%) RAD
4 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) PHP
1 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) CCNA
1 6 (50.00%) CCNP
1 6 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (50.00%) MCSA
1 6 (50.00%) MCSE
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
1 6 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 3 (25.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) Degree
4 1 (8.33%) HNC
4 1 (8.33%) HND
System Software
1 9 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (16.67%) vSphere
3 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (8.33%) KVM
3 1 (8.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Ansible
1 2 (16.67%) Kubernetes
1 2 (16.67%) vCenter Server
2 1 (8.33%) Nessus
2 1 (8.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) VMware
2 8 (66.67%) Red Hat
3 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
4 6 (50.00%) Cisco
4 6 (50.00%) Palo Alto
5 1 (8.33%) Broadcom
5 1 (8.33%) Dell