Linux Administrator Jobs in South London

Linux Administrator
London > South London

The median Linux Administrator salary in South London is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Administrator 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South London 0.43% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - -
London median annual salary £67,500 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +8.00% -10.71% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South London. 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 South London with a recognized job title 534 847 689
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 77.39% 95.17% 92.61%
Number of salaries quoted 169 410 377
10th Percentile £30,450 £27,450 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,840 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £83,750 £87,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%

Linux Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux Administrator in South London

Linux Administrator
Salary Trend in South London

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

Salary trend for Linux Administrator in South London

Linux Administrator
Job Locations in South London

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 London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Kingston Upon Thames - 3 £80,000 - 3
Linux Administrator
London

Linux Administrator Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South London

For the 6 months to 12 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 London region featuring Linux Administrator in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Unix
1 3 (100.00%) Solaris
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) RHCE
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 3 (100.00%) CentOS
1 3 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 3 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis

Linux Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South London 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:

Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) CentOS
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Solaris
1 3 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 3 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) RHCE
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat