Linux Systems Administrator Jobs in England

Linux System Administrator
UK > England

The median Linux System Administrator salary in England is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 785 806 1043
Rank change year-on-year +21 +237 -253
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Systems Administrator 51 103 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.057% 0.12% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.061% 0.13% 0.092%
Number of salaries quoted 51 86 110
10th Percentile £41,500 £39,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,438 £47,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +33.33% -
75th Percentile £58,125 £75,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £185,000 £62,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +33.33% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 84,097 79,150 134,411
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.43% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 62,393 50,588 75,337
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Linux Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Linux Systems Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Linux Systems Administrator in England

Linux Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux Systems Administrator in England.

Salary trend for Linux Systems Administrator in England

Linux Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux Systems Administrator in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux Systems Administrator in England

Linux Systems Administrator
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Systems Administrator within the England region over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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
South West -26 23 £47,500 -29.63% 1
Midlands +4 12 £50,000 +21.95% 2
London +112 9 £57,500 -17.86% 1
East Midlands - 8 £50,000 - 2
West Midlands +11 4 £54,000 +31.71%
East of England -7 3 £50,000 -21.57%
South East -16 2 £46,250 -7.50% 4
North of England +42 1 £45,000 -5.26% 1
North West +1 1 £45,000 +2.86% 1
Linux Systems Administrator
UK

Linux Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Linux Systems Administrator job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Linux Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 51 (100.00%) Linux
2 28 (54.90%) VMware
3 24 (47.06%) Python
3 24 (47.06%) CentOS
3 24 (47.06%) Bash
4 21 (41.18%) Unix
5 20 (39.22%) Red Hat
6 18 (35.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 17 (33.33%) Git
7 17 (33.33%) Ansible
8 16 (31.37%) Azure
9 15 (29.41%) Puppet
9 15 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (27.45%) AWS
10 14 (27.45%) DevOps
10 14 (27.45%) VMware Infrastructure
11 13 (25.49%) Security Cleared
12 12 (23.53%) DV Cleared
13 11 (21.57%) Windows
14 10 (19.61%) Debian
14 10 (19.61%) Linux Command Line
15 9 (17.65%) CoreOS
15 9 (17.65%) ITIL
15 9 (17.65%) Load Balancing
15 9 (17.65%) Time Management
15 9 (17.65%) OpenShift
16 8 (15.69%) SQL
16 8 (15.69%) Social Skills
17 7 (13.73%) Data Centre
17 7 (13.73%) DNS

Linux Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (5.88%) Apache
2 1 (1.96%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 16 (31.37%) Azure
2 14 (27.45%) AWS
3 9 (17.65%) OpenShift
4 6 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (5.88%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.92%) IaaS
6 2 (3.92%) PaaS
6 2 (3.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (13.73%) DNS
2 5 (9.80%) Internet
3 4 (7.84%) SMTP
3 4 (7.84%) VPN
4 3 (5.88%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.92%) Firewall
6 1 (1.96%) DHCP
6 1 (1.96%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (1.96%) Kerberos
6 1 (1.96%) LAN
6 1 (1.96%) SSH
6 1 (1.96%) tcpdump
6 1 (1.96%) WAN
6 1 (1.96%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.88%) Ingres
1 3 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.96%) MariaDB
2 1 (1.96%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 17 (33.33%) Git
2 1 (1.96%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.96%) Subversion
General
1 8 (15.69%) Social Skills
2 5 (9.80%) Retail
3 4 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (7.84%) Manufacturing
4 3 (5.88%) Finance
5 1 (1.96%) Banking
5 1 (1.96%) Electronics
5 1 (1.96%) Games
5 1 (1.96%) iGaming
5 1 (1.96%) Marketing
5 1 (1.96%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.96%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.88%) EDI
2 1 (1.96%) CSS
2 1 (1.96%) Keycloak
2 1 (1.96%) LDAP
2 1 (1.96%) Middleware
2 1 (1.96%) PHP-FPM
2 1 (1.96%) REST
2 1 (1.96%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (19.61%) Linux Command Line
2 7 (13.73%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.92%) Client/Server
3 2 (3.92%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.96%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.96%) Sports Betting
4 1 (1.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 51 (100.00%) Linux
2 24 (47.06%) CentOS
3 21 (41.18%) Unix
4 18 (35.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (21.57%) Windows
6 10 (19.61%) Debian
7 9 (17.65%) CoreOS
8 7 (13.73%) SUSE
8 7 (13.73%) Ubuntu
9 3 (5.88%) Solaris
9 3 (5.88%) Windows 10
10 1 (1.96%) AIX
10 1 (1.96%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (27.45%) DevOps
3 9 (17.65%) ITIL
3 9 (17.65%) Load Balancing
3 9 (17.65%) Time Management
4 6 (11.76%) Business Continuity
4 6 (11.76%) High Availability
5 5 (9.80%) Capacity Planning
5 5 (9.80%) Computer Science
5 5 (9.80%) Configuration Management
5 5 (9.80%) Customer Service
5 5 (9.80%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (9.80%) Performance Monitoring
5 5 (9.80%) Problem Management
5 5 (9.80%) Task Automation
6 4 (7.84%) Change Management
6 4 (7.84%) Data Protection
6 4 (7.84%) Logistics
7 3 (5.88%) IC Design
7 3 (5.88%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 24 (47.06%) Bash
1 24 (47.06%) Python
2 8 (15.69%) SQL
3 6 (11.76%) Shell Script
4 3 (5.88%) AWK
4 3 (5.88%) sed
5 1 (1.96%) Korn
5 1 (1.96%) Perl
5 1 (1.96%) PHP
5 1 (1.96%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.96%) tcsh
Qualifications
1 13 (25.49%) Security Cleared
2 12 (23.53%) DV Cleared
3 7 (13.73%) SC Cleared
4 6 (11.76%) RHCE
5 5 (9.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (9.80%) Degree
5 5 (9.80%) RHCSA
6 1 (1.96%) Linux+ Certification
System Software
1 14 (27.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (9.80%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (7.84%) Hyper-V
4 3 (5.88%) vSphere
5 2 (3.92%) KVM
6 1 (1.96%) Docker
6 1 (1.96%) NFS
6 1 (1.96%) Postfix
6 1 (1.96%) QEMU
6 1 (1.96%) Shibboleth
6 1 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.96%) Xen
Systems Management
1 17 (33.33%) Ansible
2 15 (29.41%) Puppet
3 5 (9.80%) Failover Clustering
3 5 (9.80%) Progress Chef
4 2 (3.92%) Grafana
4 2 (3.92%) Kubernetes
4 2 (3.92%) Prometheus
4 2 (3.92%) systemd
Vendors
1 28 (54.90%) VMware
2 20 (39.22%) Red Hat
3 3 (5.88%) Veeam
4 1 (1.96%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.96%) SaltStack
4 1 (1.96%) SAP
4 1 (1.96%) Splunk