Hybrid/Remote SUSE Job Trends

SUSE Linux
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring SUSE skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 408 543
Rank change year-on-year +19 +135 +139
Permanent jobs citing SUSE 5 9 4
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.030% 0.061% 0.014%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.36% 0.42% 0.097%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 4
10th Percentile - - £28,200
25th Percentile - £33,199 £33,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,265 £34,377 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -23.60% -25.67% -22.92%
75th Percentile £53,758 £46,527 £52,500
90th Percentile £70,253 £53,111 -
UK median annual salary £50,860 £49,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.79% -24.62% +10.64%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

SUSE falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,391 2,124 4,133
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.46% 14.35% 14.52%
Number of salaries quoted 965 1,416 3,540
10th Percentile £28,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -9.52%

SUSE
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SUSE and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SUSE job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

SUSE
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SUSE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SUSE

SUSE
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SUSE over the 6 months to 1 March 2026.

SUSE salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

SUSE
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) BusinessObjects
1 3 (60.00%) SAP HANA
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Consultant
1 3 (60.00%) Principal Consultant
1 3 (60.00%) Principal SAP Consultant
1 3 (60.00%) SAP Basis Consultant
1 3 (60.00%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Graduate
2 2 (40.00%) Graduate Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Graduate Systems Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 2 (40.00%) Lead Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Linux Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Linux Systems Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Principal Technical Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) SAP Technical Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Systems Support
2 2 (40.00%) Systems Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) SAP Basis
1 3 (60.00%) SAP Fiori
1 3 (60.00%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Replication
2 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (60.00%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
2 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (40.00%) CentOS
3 2 (40.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (60.00%) Business Strategy
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (60.00%) High Availability
1 3 (60.00%) Migration
1 3 (60.00%) Performance Tuning
1 3 (60.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Ticket Management
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) SAP
2 2 (40.00%) Red Hat