Linux Jobs in Surrey

Linux
South East > Surrey

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

6 months to
6 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 34 19
Rank change year-on-year 0 -15 +20
Permanent jobs citing Linux 71 122 284
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 6.35% 6.39% 10.61%
As % of the Operating Systems category 50.00% 40.26% 46.71%
Number of salaries quoted 33 79 163
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,625 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,000 £74,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -4.76%

All Operating Systems
Surrey

Linux 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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 142 303 608
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 12.70% 15.88% 22.71%
Number of salaries quoted 79 246 418
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,625 £27,425
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% +7.78% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £43,250
% change year-on-year +17.65% -1.73% -8.95%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Surrey

Linux
Salary Trend in Surrey

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux in Surrey.

Salary trend for Linux in Surrey

Linux
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in Surrey over the 6 months to 6 March 2025.

Salary histogram for Linux in Surrey

Linux
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 6 March 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
Tadworth +2 7 - -
Camberley +3 5 £57,500 +69.12%
Dorking +2 5 £70,000 +27.27% 1
Guildford -9 5 £57,500 +7.98% 7
Redhill - 5 £27,500 -
Woking +16 4 £80,000 +88.24% 5
Weybridge +2 2 £45,000 +5.88%
Caterham 0 2 £32,500 -4.41% 1
Epsom - 2 £30,000 -
Egham +8 1 £67,500 -25.00%
Staines -16 1 - -
Virginia Water - 1 - -
Linux
South East

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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 18 (25.35%) Confluence
2 3 (4.23%) Apache
2 3 (4.23%) IIS
3 2 (2.82%) Tomcat
4 1 (1.41%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (5.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (5.63%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 16 (22.54%) Azure
2 9 (12.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 9 (12.68%) AWS
2 9 (12.68%) SaaS
3 1 (1.41%) Azure AKS
3 1 (1.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.41%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (1.41%) Azure Pipelines
3 1 (1.41%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (1.41%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 15 (21.13%) Firewall
2 9 (12.68%) DNS
3 7 (9.86%) VPN
4 6 (8.45%) Network Security
5 5 (7.04%) TCP/IP
5 5 (7.04%) VSAT
6 4 (5.63%) Software-Defined Radio
7 3 (4.23%) DHCP
7 3 (4.23%) VSAN
8 1 (1.41%) DVB
8 1 (1.41%) LTE
8 1 (1.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (21.13%) MySQL
2 12 (16.90%) Relational Database
3 8 (11.27%) SQL Server
4 6 (8.45%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (4.23%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 27 (38.03%) JIRA
2 18 (25.35%) Bitbucket
3 13 (18.31%) Git
4 3 (4.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 3 (4.23%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.41%) GDB
5 1 (1.41%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 19 (26.76%) Social Skills
2 17 (23.94%) Manufacturing
3 13 (18.31%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (16.90%) Electronics
4 12 (16.90%) Marketing
5 10 (14.08%) Telecoms
6 8 (11.27%) Finance
7 7 (9.86%) Public Sector
8 5 (7.04%) Aerospace
8 5 (7.04%) Automotive
9 4 (5.63%) Back Office
10 2 (2.82%) Billing
11 1 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (16.90%) Principal Engineer
1 12 (16.90%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 9 (12.68%) Support Engineer
3 8 (11.27%) Applications Engineer
3 8 (11.27%) Applications Support
3 8 (11.27%) Applications Support Engineer
3 8 (11.27%) Security Engineer
3 8 (11.27%) Senior
4 7 (9.86%) Administrator
4 7 (9.86%) Graduate
4 7 (9.86%) Linux Administrator
4 7 (9.86%) Linux Systems Administrator
4 7 (9.86%) Systems Administrator
5 6 (8.45%) Analyst
5 6 (8.45%) Developer
5 6 (8.45%) DevOps Engineer
5 6 (8.45%) Graduate Applications Engineer
5 6 (8.45%) Graduate Applications Support
5 6 (8.45%) Graduate Support Engineer
5 6 (8.45%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (21.13%) .NET
2 9 (12.68%) REST
3 2 (2.82%) LAMP
4 1 (1.41%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.41%) HTML
4 1 (1.41%) HTML5
4 1 (1.41%) Loki
4 1 (1.41%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (1.41%) React
4 1 (1.41%) Redux
4 1 (1.41%) Regular Expression
4 1 (1.41%) RESTful
4 1 (1.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.68%) Linux Command Line
2 5 (7.04%) Cloud Native
2 5 (7.04%) Renewable Energy
2 5 (7.04%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (4.23%) Algorithms
3 3 (4.23%) FPGA
3 3 (4.23%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.23%) VHDL
4 2 (2.82%) Cyberattack
4 2 (2.82%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.82%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (2.82%) Shadow IT
5 1 (1.41%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.41%) NHS
5 1 (1.41%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 32 (45.07%) Windows
2 12 (16.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (9.86%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (4.23%) Unix
4 3 (4.23%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.41%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.41%) CentOS
5 1 (1.41%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (32.39%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (23.94%) Systems Engineering
3 15 (21.13%) DevOps
4 14 (19.72%) Agile
5 13 (18.31%) Coaching
6 12 (16.90%) Cybersecurity
7 9 (12.68%) Customer Service
7 9 (12.68%) Infrastructure Monitoring
7 9 (12.68%) SIEM
7 9 (12.68%) Software Engineering
8 8 (11.27%) Signal Processing
9 7 (9.86%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (9.86%) Continuous Integration
9 7 (9.86%) Digital Marketing
9 7 (9.86%) Programme Management
9 7 (9.86%) System Testing
10 6 (8.45%) Computer Science
10 6 (8.45%) Open Source
10 6 (8.45%) Root Cause Analysis
10 6 (8.45%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 25 (35.21%) SQL
2 24 (33.80%) Python
3 18 (25.35%) C
3 18 (25.35%) C++
4 17 (23.94%) Java
4 17 (23.94%) PowerShell
5 13 (18.31%) C#
6 7 (9.86%) Bash
7 3 (4.23%) MATLAB
8 2 (2.82%) Perl
8 2 (2.82%) PHP
9 1 (1.41%) Bicep
9 1 (1.41%) JavaScript
9 1 (1.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 19 (26.76%) Degree
2 14 (19.72%) Security Cleared
3 8 (11.27%) SC Cleared
4 7 (9.86%) DV Cleared
5 6 (8.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.41%) CISSP
6 1 (1.41%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.41%) HNC
6 1 (1.41%) HND
6 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (7.04%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (7.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.41%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (9.86%) Docker
2 4 (5.63%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.63%) Firmware
3 3 (4.23%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (4.23%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (16.90%) Ansible
2 11 (15.49%) Kubernetes
3 9 (12.68%) Nagios
4 8 (11.27%) Terraform
5 3 (4.23%) Packer
5 3 (4.23%) vCenter Server
6 1 (1.41%) Grafana
6 1 (1.41%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 16 (22.54%) Microsoft
2 15 (21.13%) Atlassian
3 7 (9.86%) Red Hat
3 7 (9.86%) SAP
4 5 (7.04%) Meraki
5 4 (5.63%) Xilinx
6 3 (4.23%) Dell
6 3 (4.23%) ServiceNow
6 3 (4.23%) VMware
7 2 (2.82%) Cisco
7 2 (2.82%) Juniper
7 2 (2.82%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.41%) Symantec