Hybrid/Remote Linux Engineer Job Trends

Linux Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Linux Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 August 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 409 392 417
Rank change year-on-year -17 +25 -52
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Engineer 43 41 88
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.19% 0.25% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.27% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 39 34 68
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £56,875 £41,563 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.70% -8.37%
75th Percentile £71,250 £76,250 £75,625
90th Percentile £100,000 - £104,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% -4.55% -6.78%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 21,531 15,230 23,844
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 92.36% 96.31%
Number of salaries quoted 15,372 9,276 17,207
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,840 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,000 £96,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

Linux Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Linux Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Linux Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Linux Engineer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Linux Engineer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Linux Engineer job vacancies

Linux Engineer
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Linux Engineer over the 6 months to 19 August 2026.

Linux Engineer salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 19 August 2026, Linux Engineer 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Linux Engineer in the job title.

1 43 (100.00%) Linux
2 15 (34.88%) Python
3 14 (32.56%) Software Engineering
4 11 (25.58%) C
4 11 (25.58%) C++
4 11 (25.58%) CI/CD
4 11 (25.58%) Red Hat
5 10 (23.26%) Embedded Linux
5 10 (23.26%) Yocto
6 9 (20.93%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (20.93%) Docker
6 9 (20.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 9 (20.93%) Unix
7 8 (18.60%) Bash
7 8 (18.60%) Embedded C
7 8 (18.60%) High Availability
7 8 (18.60%) Platform Engineering
8 7 (16.28%) Collaborative Culture
8 7 (16.28%) Collaborative Engineering
8 7 (16.28%) Git
8 7 (16.28%) Kubernetes
8 7 (16.28%) Ubuntu
9 6 (13.95%) Ansible
9 6 (13.95%) Device Driver Development
9 6 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (13.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (13.95%) TCP/IP
9 6 (13.95%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (13.95%) Wireless
10 5 (11.63%) AWS

Linux Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.33%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.63%) AWS
2 3 (6.98%) Azure
3 2 (4.65%) GCP
3 2 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.33%) GitHub
4 1 (2.33%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (2.33%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.95%) TCP/IP
1 6 (13.95%) Wi-Fi
1 6 (13.95%) Wireless
2 5 (11.63%) DNS
3 4 (9.30%) Firewall
4 2 (4.65%) iSCSI
4 2 (4.65%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (4.65%) SAN
5 1 (2.33%) DHCP
5 1 (2.33%) LAN
5 1 (2.33%) LTE
5 1 (2.33%) VLAN
5 1 (2.33%) VPN
5 1 (2.33%) WAN
5 1 (2.33%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.98%) MySQL
1 3 (6.98%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (4.65%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.33%) InfluxDB
3 1 (2.33%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 7 (16.28%) Git
2 2 (4.65%) GDB
3 1 (2.33%) CMake
3 1 (2.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.33%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.33%) WinDbg
General
1 8 (18.60%) Social Skills
2 7 (16.28%) Finance
3 4 (9.30%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (9.30%) Electronics
4 3 (6.98%) Legal
5 2 (4.65%) Banking
5 2 (4.65%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.33%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (23.26%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.93%) Embedded Systems
2 8 (18.60%) Device Driver
2 8 (18.60%) IoT
3 5 (11.63%) FPGA
3 5 (11.63%) Hedge funds
4 4 (9.30%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.65%) Algorithms
5 2 (4.65%) Cloud Native
5 2 (4.65%) Robotics
6 1 (2.33%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.33%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (2.33%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 43 (100.00%) Linux
2 10 (23.26%) Embedded Linux
3 9 (20.93%) Unix
4 7 (16.28%) Ubuntu
5 6 (13.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (9.30%) CentOS
7 2 (4.65%) Solaris
7 2 (4.65%) SUSE
7 2 (4.65%) Windows
8 1 (2.33%) Debian
8 1 (2.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (32.56%) Software Engineering
2 11 (25.58%) CI/CD
3 9 (20.93%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (20.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 8 (18.60%) High Availability
4 8 (18.60%) Platform Engineering
5 7 (16.28%) Collaborative Culture
5 7 (16.28%) Collaborative Engineering
6 6 (13.95%) Device Driver Development
6 6 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (11.63%) Mentoring
8 4 (9.30%) AI
8 4 (9.30%) Computer Science
8 4 (9.30%) Containerisation
8 4 (9.30%) DevOps
8 4 (9.30%) Disaster Recovery
9 3 (6.98%) Fintech
9 3 (6.98%) Identity Management
9 3 (6.98%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
9 3 (6.98%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (34.88%) Python
2 11 (25.58%) C
2 11 (25.58%) C++
3 8 (18.60%) Bash
3 8 (18.60%) Embedded C
4 4 (9.30%) Shell Script
5 3 (6.98%) Embedded C++
6 2 (4.65%) Korn
6 2 (4.65%) PowerShell
7 1 (2.33%) C#
7 1 (2.33%) Rust
Qualifications
1 5 (11.63%) Degree
2 3 (6.98%) Master's Degree
2 3 (6.98%) SC Cleared
2 3 (6.98%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.65%) DV Cleared
3 2 (4.65%) RHCE
4 1 (2.33%) Linux+ Certification
4 1 (2.33%) RHCSA
System Software
1 9 (20.93%) Docker
2 4 (9.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (6.98%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 2 (4.65%) Active Directory
4 2 (4.65%) Hyper-V
4 2 (4.65%) KVM
5 1 (2.33%) Firmware
5 1 (2.33%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (16.28%) Kubernetes
2 6 (13.95%) Ansible
3 4 (9.30%) Terraform
4 3 (6.98%) Podman
5 2 (4.65%) Puppet
Vendors
1 11 (25.58%) Red Hat
2 4 (9.30%) VMware
3 3 (6.98%) Dell
3 3 (6.98%) YouTube
4 2 (4.65%) Cisco
4 2 (4.65%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.33%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.33%) Juniper
5 1 (2.33%) Mirantis
5 1 (2.33%) Oracle