Linux Developer Jobs

Linux Developer
UK

The median Linux Developer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 655 856 972
Rank change year-on-year +201 +116 +183
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Developer 37 40 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.071% 0.041% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.079% 0.043% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 1 37 16
10th Percentile - £32,500 -
25th Percentile - £50,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile - £70,000 £104,375
90th Percentile - £93,200 £140,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% +25.00% -27.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 46,902 93,183 95,132
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,275 66,883 59,840
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Linux Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux Developer in the UK

Linux Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Linux Developer in the UK

Linux Developer
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +172 37 £65,000 +18.18% 8
London +139 36 - - 2
Work from Home +199 20 - - 5
UK excluding London +178 1 £65,000 +30.00% 7
South East +107 1 £65,000 -9.72%

Linux Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Linux Developer 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 featuring Linux Developer in the job title.

1 37 (100.00%) C++
1 37 (100.00%) Linux
2 34 (91.89%) Finance
2 34 (91.89%) Low Latency
3 21 (56.76%) C
4 20 (54.05%) TCP/IP
4 20 (54.05%) FPGA
5 17 (45.95%) Python
6 16 (43.24%) Management Information System
7 15 (40.54%) Java
8 14 (37.84%) OOP
8 14 (37.84%) OO
8 14 (37.84%) Front Office
8 14 (37.84%) Equities
8 14 (37.84%) Agile
8 14 (37.84%) Banking
8 14 (37.84%) Order Management
8 14 (37.84%) Data Structures
8 14 (37.84%) Algorithms
8 14 (37.84%) Test Automation
8 14 (37.84%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 14 (37.84%) Hedge funds
8 14 (37.84%) Investment Banking
9 3 (8.11%) Git
9 3 (8.11%) Degree
9 3 (8.11%) JavaScript
10 2 (5.41%) SQL
10 2 (5.41%) Asset Management
10 2 (5.41%) Rust
10 2 (5.41%) Data Pipeline

Linux Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 20 (54.05%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Git
2 1 (2.70%) Subversion
General
1 34 (91.89%) Finance
2 14 (37.84%) Banking
2 14 (37.84%) Front Office
2 14 (37.84%) Investment Banking
3 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (37.84%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 1 (2.70%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (54.05%) FPGA
2 16 (43.24%) Management Information System
3 14 (37.84%) Algorithms
3 14 (37.84%) Data Structures
3 14 (37.84%) Equities
3 14 (37.84%) Hedge funds
4 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 37 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (91.89%) Low Latency
2 14 (37.84%) Agile
2 14 (37.84%) OO
2 14 (37.84%) OOP
2 14 (37.84%) Order Management
2 14 (37.84%) Test Automation
3 2 (5.41%) Asset Management
3 2 (5.41%) Data Pipeline
4 1 (2.70%) Image Processing
4 1 (2.70%) Mathematics
4 1 (2.70%) Mentoring
4 1 (2.70%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 37 (100.00%) C++
2 21 (56.76%) C
3 17 (45.95%) Python
4 15 (40.54%) Java
5 3 (8.11%) JavaScript
6 2 (5.41%) Rust
6 2 (5.41%) SQL
7 1 (2.70%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 3 (8.11%) Degree
2 1 (2.70%) Master's Degree
2 1 (2.70%) PhD
2 1 (2.70%) Security Cleared