Linux Engineer
UK
The median Linux Engineer salary in the UK is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 April 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 563 | 525 | 564 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -38 | +39 | +219 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Engineer | 107 | 351 | 517 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.21% | 0.38% | 0.47% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.24% | 0.40% | 0.51% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 94 | 291 | 411 |
| 10th Percentile | £41,250 | £41,250 | £41,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £52,500 | £48,750 | £50,625 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £60,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.17% | -4.00% | +4.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £79,625 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £86,250 | £102,500 | £120,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £56,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.79% | +1.82% | +10.00% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 | 45,395 | 87,713 | 101,679 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.82% | 94.66% | 91.93% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,632 | 64,228 | 63,419 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £28,501 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £43,750 | £38,750 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £54,650 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.22% | -8.92% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £76,250 | £72,433 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £91,250 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,500 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
Linux Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Linux Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Linux Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux Engineer.
Linux Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux Engineer over the 6 months to 2 April 2025.
Linux Engineer
Top 15 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 2 April 2025. 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 | -52 | 96 | £61,000 | -6.15% | 73 |
| London | +32 | 57 | £77,500 | -3.13% | 43 |
| UK excluding London | +4 | 44 | £55,000 | -1.79% | 34 |
| Work from Home | +59 | 26 | £55,320 | -7.80% | 28 |
| East of England | +27 | 11 | £55,000 | -8.33% | 6 |
| North of England | +68 | 9 | £46,500 | -15.45% | 9 |
| Midlands | +37 | 9 | £40,000 | -38.46% | |
| South East | +51 | 8 | £60,000 | +9.09% | 2 |
| North West | +45 | 7 | £45,000 | -18.18% | 8 |
| South West | +45 | 6 | £55,000 | +4.76% | 12 |
| East Midlands | +41 | 5 | £40,000 | -27.27% | |
| Scotland | +117 | 4 | £55,000 | -21.43% | 5 |
| West Midlands | +14 | 3 | £47,500 | -26.92% | |
| Yorkshire | +51 | 1 | £47,500 | +5.56% | |
| North East | +34 | 1 | £60,000 | - | 1 |
Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 2 April 2025, 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 Linux Engineer in the job title.
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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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