Linux Administrator Jobs in the South East

Linux Administrator
England > South East

The median Linux Administrator salary in the South East is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 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
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 274 386 387
Rank change year-on-year +112 +1 +63
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Administrator 15 10 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.16% 0.060% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.064% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 12 10 20
10th Percentile - £41,875 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,000 - £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £53,125
90th Percentile - £65,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% +33.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 7,942 15,742 13,372
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.39% 93.93% 90.46%
Number of salaries quoted 4,491 11,330 8,376
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Linux Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Linux Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Linux Administrator in the South East

Linux Administrator
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Linux Administrator in the South East

Linux Administrator
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux Administrator in the South East over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Linux Administrator in the South East

Linux Administrator
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 Linux Administrator within the South East region over the 6 months to 8 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
Surrey +49 7 £70,000 +27.27% 2
Thames Valley +63 5 £49,000 -24.62% 1
Oxfordshire - 5 £49,000 -
Hampshire - 3 - - 1
Linux Administrator
England

Linux Administrator Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 8 May 2025, Linux 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 South East region featuring Linux Administrator in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Linux
1 15 (100.00%) Python
1 15 (100.00%) Bash
2 10 (66.67%) PowerShell
3 8 (53.33%) VMware
3 8 (53.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (53.33%) Containerisation
3 8 (53.33%) Docker
4 7 (46.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (46.67%) Red Hat
5 5 (33.33%) SUSE
5 5 (33.33%) NFS
5 5 (33.33%) SAP
5 5 (33.33%) Azure
5 5 (33.33%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 5 (33.33%) Kubernetes
5 5 (33.33%) High Availability
6 3 (20.00%) Windows
6 3 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (20.00%) DV Cleared
6 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
6 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
6 3 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (20.00%) Machine Learning
6 3 (20.00%) Ansible
6 3 (20.00%) Terraform
6 3 (20.00%) Windows Server

Linux Administrator Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) Azure
General
1 3 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Operating Systems
1 15 (100.00%) Linux
2 7 (46.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (33.33%) SUSE
3 5 (33.33%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
4 3 (20.00%) Windows
4 3 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Containerisation
2 5 (33.33%) High Availability
3 3 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (20.00%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 15 (100.00%) Bash
1 15 (100.00%) Python
2 10 (66.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 8 (53.33%) Docker
1 8 (53.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (33.33%) NFS
3 3 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 3 (20.00%) Ansible
2 3 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (53.33%) VMware
2 7 (46.67%) Red Hat
3 5 (33.33%) SAP