Linux Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

Linux Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Linux Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 683 731 813
Rank change year-on-year +48 +82 -131
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Specialist 72 20 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.10% 0.032% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.036% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 4 15 16
10th Percentile - - £35,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,725 £35,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £57,500 £50,413 -
90th Percentile £75,500 £51,250 -
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% +3.45% -17.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,472 55,237 67,618
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 89.31% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 47,163 31,304 42,933
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%

Linux Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Linux Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Linux Specialist in the UK excluding London

Linux Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux Specialist in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Linux Specialist in the UK excluding London

Linux Specialist
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux Specialist in the UK excluding London

Linux Specialist
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
South East +85 71 £45,000 - 1
East of England +21 1 - -
Linux Specialist
UK

Linux Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Linux Specialist 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 UK excluding London region featuring Linux Specialist in the job title.

1 72 (100.00%) Linux
2 68 (94.44%) Artificial Intelligence
2 68 (94.44%) Bash
3 67 (93.06%) Social Media
3 67 (93.06%) Microsoft Intune
3 67 (93.06%) Cybersecurity
3 67 (93.06%) CRM
3 67 (93.06%) Broadband
3 67 (93.06%) Microsoft
3 67 (93.06%) Active Directory
3 67 (93.06%) Ubuntu
3 67 (93.06%) Azure
3 67 (93.06%) CyberArk
3 67 (93.06%) Analytical Skills
3 67 (93.06%) Jamf Pro
3 67 (93.06%) Entra ID
3 67 (93.06%) 5G
3 67 (93.06%) IT Strategy
3 67 (93.06%) Tanium
3 67 (93.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 67 (93.06%) Technology Strategy
4 4 (5.56%) Python
5 3 (4.17%) Video\Live Streaming
5 3 (4.17%) Perl
5 3 (4.17%) AWS
5 3 (4.17%) CentOS
5 3 (4.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (4.17%) Network Monitoring
5 3 (4.17%) Infrastructure Management
6 2 (2.78%) DV Cleared

Linux Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Cloud Services
1 67 (93.06%) Azure
1 67 (93.06%) Entra ID
2 3 (4.17%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 67 (93.06%) 5G
1 67 (93.06%) Broadband
General
1 67 (93.06%) Analytical Skills
1 67 (93.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 67 (93.06%) Social Media
2 3 (4.17%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 72 (100.00%) Linux
2 67 (93.06%) Ubuntu
3 3 (4.17%) CentOS
3 3 (4.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.39%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (94.44%) Artificial Intelligence
2 67 (93.06%) CRM
2 67 (93.06%) Cybersecurity
2 67 (93.06%) IT Strategy
2 67 (93.06%) Technology Strategy
3 3 (4.17%) Infrastructure Management
3 3 (4.17%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 68 (94.44%) Bash
2 4 (5.56%) Python
3 3 (4.17%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2 (2.78%) DV Cleared
1 2 (2.78%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 67 (93.06%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 67 (93.06%) Jamf Pro
1 67 (93.06%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 67 (93.06%) CyberArk
1 67 (93.06%) Microsoft
1 67 (93.06%) Tanium
2 1 (1.39%) Red Hat