Linux Specialist Job Trends in the South East

Linux Specialist
England > South East

The median Linux Specialist salary in the South East is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 268 310 272
Rank change year-on-year +42 -38 +173
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Specialist 3 1 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.034% 0.009% 0.090%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.009% 0.095%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile - - £41,750
25th Percentile - - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £62,500 - £47,500
90th Percentile £70,000 - -
England median annual salary £75,000 £62,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% +47.06% -10.53%

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 7,943 10,849 7,374
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.90% 96.32% 94.82%
Number of salaries quoted 4,969 6,042 5,287
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £41,000 £39,873
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +0.92% -0.91%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

Linux Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Linux Specialist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Linux Specialist job vacancy trend in the South East

Linux Specialist
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for Linux Specialist job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for Linux Specialist job vacancies in the South East

Linux Specialist
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Linux Specialist in the South East

Linux Specialist
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 Specialist within the South East region over the 6 months to 8 November 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 - 2 £50,000 - 1
Hampshire +38 1 £70,000 +55.56%
Linux Specialist
England

Linux Specialist Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 8 November 2025, Linux Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring Linux Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Bash
2 2 (66.67%) CentOS
2 2 (66.67%) High Availability
2 2 (66.67%) Perl
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (66.67%) SaaS
2 2 (66.67%) Shell Script
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (33.33%) Build Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 1 (33.33%) DHCP
3 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (33.33%) DNS
3 1 (33.33%) Dynatrace
3 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (33.33%) GCP
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server

Linux Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) SaaS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DHCP
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
1 2 (66.67%) Video on Demand
1 2 (66.67%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) CentOS
2 2 (66.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Build Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Bash
1 2 (66.67%) Perl
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) Shell Script
2 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Dynatrace