Linux Specialist Job Trends in Surrey

Linux Specialist
South East > Surrey

The median Linux Specialist salary in Surrey is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 October 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 - 83
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Specialist 1 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.087% - 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.099% - 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £38,500
25th Percentile - - £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £45,000
75th Percentile - - £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £43,750
% change year-on-year +11.11% +2.86% +0.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 1,008 1,465 871
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.88% 96.38% 94.47%
Number of salaries quoted 733 768 623
10th Percentile £27,082 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

Linux Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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 Surrey.

Linux Specialist job vacancy trend in Surrey

Linux Specialist
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for Linux Specialist job vacancies in Surrey.

Salary distribution trend for Linux Specialist job vacancies in Surrey

Linux Specialist Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 30 October 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 Surrey region featuring Linux Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) CentOS
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script

Linux Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Video on Demand
1 1 (100.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) CentOS
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script