Linux Engineer
UK
The median Linux Engineer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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 27 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 560 | 560 | 817 |
| Rank change year-on-year | 0 | +257 | -362 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Engineer | 357 | 472 | 438 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.36% | 0.45% | 0.28% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.38% | 0.49% | 0.30% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 297 | 368 | 358 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,000 | £41,250 | £38,925 |
| 25th Percentile | £48,000 | £50,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £60,000 | £59,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.33% | +0.84% | +19.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £79,250 | £75,000 | £71,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £102,500 | £121,250 | £85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £56,750 | £54,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.09% | +8.00% | +11.11% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 | 92,756 | 95,826 | 148,057 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.61% | 91.56% | 96.06% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 66,592 | 60,202 | 85,221 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,550 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.42% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £81,250 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £96,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | +5.26% |
Linux Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Linux Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Linux Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux Engineer.
Linux Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux Engineer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
Linux Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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 |
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| England | +31 | 317 | £65,000 | +4.00% | 61 |
| UK excluding London | +5 | 225 | £56,750 | +5.09% | 48 |
| Work from Home | -58 | 120 | £60,000 | -4.00% | 27 |
| London | +51 | 109 | £80,000 | +14.29% | 18 |
| South West | +23 | 57 | £52,500 | -5.83% | 13 |
| South East | +37 | 53 | £57,500 | +15.00% | 10 |
| East of England | -3 | 39 | £63,750 | +10.87% | 7 |
| Midlands | +11 | 32 | £57,500 | -17.86% | 6 |
| North of England | +14 | 30 | £55,000 | +29.41% | 6 |
| West Midlands | +18 | 17 | £65,000 | -7.14% | |
| Yorkshire | +47 | 16 | £45,000 | +5.88% | 3 |
| East Midlands | -3 | 15 | £52,500 | -16.00% | 6 |
| Scotland | -58 | 10 | £60,000 | +9.09% | 5 |
| North East | - | 10 | £60,000 | - | |
| Wales | - | 9 | £41,067 | - | 1 |
| North West | +11 | 4 | £55,000 | +3.77% | 3 |
Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Linux Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.
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Linux Engineer 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:
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