Linux+ Certification Jobs

CompTIA Linux+ Certification
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Linux+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 705 907 951
Rank change year-on-year +202 +44 -362
Permanent jobs citing Linux+ Certification 4 5 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.005% 0.011%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.015% 0.018% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile - £71,375 -
25th Percentile £45,750 £71,563 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,250 £73,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.58% +5.36% +42.86%
75th Percentile £58,125 £76,563 £72,500
90th Percentile £68,250 £77,125 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,500 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

Linux+ Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,102 27,804 32,509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 48.91% 26.92% 33.46%
Number of salaries quoted 10,972 17,251 14,583
10th Percentile £31,750 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £43,546 £38,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Linux+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Linux+ Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Linux+ Certification in the UK

Linux+ Certification
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Linux+ Certification in the UK

Linux+ Certification
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux+ Certification over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Linux+ Certification in the UK

Linux+ Certification
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux+ Certification within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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 +157 4 £48,250 -34.58%
Work from Home - 4 £48,250 - 6
UK excluding London +195 3 £46,500 -
North of England +53 3 £46,500 -
North West - 3 £46,500 -
London +112 1 £70,000 -5.08%

Linux+ Certification
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) AWS
2 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (75.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (75.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Artifactory
1 1 (25.00%) Git
1 1 (25.00%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Linux Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Linux Systems Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Storage Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) CentOS
2 3 (75.00%) Ubuntu
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (75.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 3 (75.00%) Containerisation
1 3 (75.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 3 (75.00%) DevOps
1 3 (75.00%) Identity Management
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Data Centre Operations
3 1 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
3 1 (25.00%) Physics
3 1 (25.00%) Server Virtualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Bash
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) Azure Certification
2 3 (75.00%) RHCE
3 1 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) GDPR
1 3 (75.00%) HIPAA
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Docker
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) Dovecot
2 3 (75.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (75.00%) Postfix
3 1 (25.00%) KVM
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (25.00%) Ansible
2 1 (25.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Okta
2 3 (75.00%) Ping Identity
2 3 (75.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (25.00%) Dell
3 1 (25.00%) HP
3 1 (25.00%) Juniper
3 1 (25.00%) NetApp