Linux DevOps Administrator Job Trends

Linux Development Operations Administrator
UK

The median Linux Development Operations Administrator salary in the UK is £43,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 December 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 637 - 703
Rank change year-on-year - - +346
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux DevOps Administrator 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.003% - 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% - 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £39,600 - -
25th Percentile £40,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 - £110,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +33.33%
75th Percentile £44,500 - -
90th Percentile £44,800 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

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 53,363 52,464 45,998
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.37% 93.53% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 32,877 27,963 35,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,253 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% - -

Linux DevOps Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Linux DevOps Administrator' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Linux DevOps Administrator job vacancy trend in the UK

Linux DevOps Administrator
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Linux DevOps Administrator job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Linux DevOps Administrator job vacancies in the UK

Linux DevOps Administrator
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux DevOps Administrator within the UK over the 6 months to 22 December 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 - 2 £43,000 - 34
Work from Home - 1 £41,000 - 36
London - 1 £45,000 - 1

Linux DevOps Administrator Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 22 December 2025, Linux DevOps Administrator 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 featuring Linux DevOps Administrator in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) LAMP
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Ansible
2 1 (50.00%) CentOS
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Debian
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Perl
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Terraform
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Ubuntu
2 1 (50.00%) Unix
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Machines

Linux DevOps Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) LAMP
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) CentOS
2 1 (50.00%) Debian
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Ubuntu
2 1 (50.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform