Senior Linux Engineer
UK
The median Senior Linux Engineer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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 1 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 817 | 887 | 1182 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +70 | +295 | -330 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Linux Engineer | 90 | 60 | 79 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.086% | 0.063% | 0.047% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.090% | 0.069% | 0.049% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 72 | 56 | 64 |
| 10th Percentile | £39,001 | £48,000 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £47,188 | £51,250 | £50,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £59,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.17% | -1.67% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £67,500 | £71,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £85,000 | £82,575 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £60,000 | £52,250 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.83% | -12.92% | +26.32% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title | 99,552 | 86,380 | 162,088 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.85% | 91.27% | 96.05% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 70,786 | 55,655 | 84,889 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,625 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £80,000 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,500 | £50,244 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.54% | +6.48% | +5.78% |
Senior Linux Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Linux Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Linux Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Linux Engineer.
Senior Linux Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Linux Engineer over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.
Senior Linux Engineer
Top 14 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Linux Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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 |
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| England | +80 | 77 | £65,000 | - | 6 |
| UK excluding London | +5 | 55 | £60,000 | +14.83% | |
| London | +128 | 29 | £79,750 | -0.31% | 6 |
| Work from Home | +26 | 26 | £57,500 | - | 1 |
| Midlands | -1 | 14 | £65,000 | -3.70% | |
| West Midlands | -4 | 12 | £65,000 | -3.70% | |
| South West | -22 | 9 | £52,500 | +9.38% | |
| East of England | - | 9 | £60,000 | - | |
| North of England | +39 | 8 | £56,000 | +23.76% | |
| South East | -7 | 8 | £57,500 | +9.52% | |
| Wales | - | 7 | £41,067 | - | |
| North East | - | 7 | £58,000 | - | |
| East Midlands | - | 2 | £51,250 | - | |
| Yorkshire | +63 | 1 | £40,681 | -7.54% |
Senior Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Senior Linux Engineer 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 featuring Senior Linux Engineer in the job title.
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Senior Linux Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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