Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring SELinux skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SELinux 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 - 904 958
Rank change year-on-year - +54 +278
Permanent jobs citing SELinux 0 8 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK - 0.008% 0.004%
As % of the Systems Management category - 0.081% 0.028%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £47,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £50,000 £42,155
Median % change year-on-year - +18.61% -47.31%
75th Percentile - £52,500 £56,078
90th Percentile - - £64,431
UK excluding London median annual salary - £50,000 £42,155
% change year-on-year - +18.61% -47.31%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

SELinux falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 5,645 9,864 14,258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.19% 9.55% 14.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3,097 7,020 8,824
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,400
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £61,206 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.28% -9.32% -3.57%
75th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £100,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.60% +0.89%

SELinux
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SELinux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SELinux in the UK

SELinux
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SELinux.

Salary trend for SELinux in the UK