Hybrid/Remote Linux Engineer Job Trends

Linux Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Linux Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £63,451 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 September 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 421 370 426
Rank change year-on-year -51 +56 -56
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Engineer 45 50 75
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.18% 0.30% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.32% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 40 42 49
10th Percentile £55,750 £41,250 £38,362
25th Percentile £59,375 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,451 £72,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.48% +26.09% -8.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £87,500 £111,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% -5.17%

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 23,394 15,597 21,579
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 93.01% 96.45%
Number of salaries quoted 16,247 8,759 13,446
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 30 September 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 30 September 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 45 (100.00%) Linux
2 22 (48.89%) Software Engineering
3 18 (40.00%) C++
4 17 (37.78%) C
5 16 (35.56%) Embedded Linux
5 16 (35.56%) Python
5 16 (35.56%) Yocto
6 13 (28.89%) CI/CD
6 13 (28.89%) Embedded C
7 12 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (24.44%) Collaborative Engineering
9 10 (22.22%) Collaborative Culture
9 10 (22.22%) Git
9 10 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (22.22%) Wireless
10 9 (20.00%) Device Driver Development
10 9 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 8 (17.78%) AI
12 7 (15.56%) AWS
12 7 (15.56%) Docker
12 7 (15.56%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (15.56%) Unix
13 6 (13.33%) Ansible
13 6 (13.33%) Azure
13 6 (13.33%) Bash
13 6 (13.33%) Degree
13 6 (13.33%) DNS
14 5 (11.11%) DevOps
14 5 (11.11%) Embedded C++
14 5 (11.11%) Infrastructure Automation

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 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 7 (15.56%) AWS
2 6 (13.33%) Azure
3 3 (6.67%) GCP
4 2 (4.44%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
1 10 (22.22%) Wireless
2 6 (13.33%) DNS
3 5 (11.11%) TCP/IP
4 3 (6.67%) Firewall
5 2 (4.44%) DHCP
5 2 (4.44%) VPN
6 1 (2.22%) 5G
6 1 (2.22%) iSCSI
6 1 (2.22%) LTE
6 1 (2.22%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (2.22%) SAN
6 1 (2.22%) VLAN
6 1 (2.22%) WireGuard
6 1 (2.22%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.44%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.22%) MySQL
2 1 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (22.22%) Git
2 1 (2.22%) CMake
2 1 (2.22%) GDB
General
1 9 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.33%) Electronics
3 4 (8.89%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (8.89%) Finance
4 3 (6.67%) Automotive
4 3 (6.67%) Legal
5 2 (4.44%) Banking
6 1 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (35.56%) Yocto
2 5 (11.11%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 15 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
2 13 (28.89%) Device Driver
2 13 (28.89%) IoT
3 7 (15.56%) FPGA
4 4 (8.89%) Algorithms
4 4 (8.89%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (8.89%) Robotics
5 1 (2.22%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.22%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.22%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.22%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (2.22%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.22%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 45 (100.00%) Linux
2 16 (35.56%) Embedded Linux
3 7 (15.56%) Unix
4 5 (11.11%) Ubuntu
5 4 (8.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (6.67%) Android
6 3 (6.67%) Windows
7 2 (4.44%) Debian
8 1 (2.22%) CentOS
8 1 (2.22%) Mac OS
8 1 (2.22%) OpenWrt
8 1 (2.22%) Solaris
8 1 (2.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (48.89%) Software Engineering
2 13 (28.89%) CI/CD
3 12 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (24.44%) Collaborative Engineering
5 10 (22.22%) Collaborative Culture
6 9 (20.00%) Device Driver Development
6 9 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 8 (17.78%) AI
8 7 (15.56%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (11.11%) DevOps
9 5 (11.11%) Infrastructure Automation
10 4 (8.89%) Computer Science
10 4 (8.89%) Containerisation
10 4 (8.89%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (8.89%) Disaster Recovery
10 4 (8.89%) Platform Engineering
11 3 (6.67%) Full-Stack Development
11 3 (6.67%) Principle of Least Privilege
11 3 (6.67%) RBAC
11 3 (6.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (40.00%) C++
2 17 (37.78%) C
3 16 (35.56%) Python
4 13 (28.89%) Embedded C
5 6 (13.33%) Bash
6 5 (11.11%) Embedded C++
6 5 (11.11%) Shell Script
7 2 (4.44%) Rust
8 1 (2.22%) C#
8 1 (2.22%) Go
8 1 (2.22%) Korn
8 1 (2.22%) PowerShell
8 1 (2.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (13.33%) Degree
2 5 (11.11%) Master's Degree
3 4 (8.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.22%) Linux+ Certification
4 1 (2.22%) RHCE
4 1 (2.22%) RHCSA
4 1 (2.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.22%) JTAG
System Software
1 7 (15.56%) Docker
2 2 (4.44%) KVM
2 2 (4.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.22%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.22%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 1 (2.22%) Firmware
3 1 (2.22%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (13.33%) Ansible
2 5 (11.11%) Kubernetes
3 2 (4.44%) Podman
3 2 (4.44%) Progress Chef
4 1 (2.22%) Puppet
Vendors
1 5 (11.11%) Red Hat
2 3 (6.67%) VMware
2 3 (6.67%) YouTube
3 1 (2.22%) Dell
3 1 (2.22%) Microsoft