Linux Engineer
UK
The median Linux Engineer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 October 2024.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 Oct 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 518 | 489 | 721 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -29 | +232 | -104 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Engineer | 285 | 283 | 446 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.38% | 0.49% | 0.32% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.40% | 0.51% | 0.34% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 200 | 237 | 361 |
| 10th Percentile | £39,900 | £40,000 | £41,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £46,250 | £48,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £57,500 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.35% | - | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £78,750 | £73,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £105,000 | £97,000 | £88,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,500 | £50,000 | £53,750 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -6.98% | +9.69% |
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 | 71,968 | 55,098 | 132,518 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.73% | 95.65% | 95.50% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 37,505 | 40,133 | 78,004 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £31,604 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £42,750 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,525 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.79% | - | +4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £80,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £93,750 | £97,500 | £97,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,404 | £52,500 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.99% | - | +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 31 October 2024.
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 31 October 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 | -22 | 275 | £55,000 | -4.35% | 44 |
| UK excluding London | -13 | 185 | £52,500 | +5.00% | 26 |
| London | +24 | 89 | £82,500 | +3.13% | 18 |
| Work from Home | -37 | 75 | £57,500 | -5.74% | 17 |
| East of England | -26 | 47 | £55,660 | -20.49% | 3 |
| North of England | -8 | 38 | £41,000 | -25.45% | 7 |
| South East | -57 | 37 | £50,000 | +2.56% | 8 |
| South West | -16 | 33 | £45,000 | -5.26% | 4 |
| Midlands | -34 | 29 | £57,500 | - | 3 |
| North West | -26 | 22 | £52,500 | -16.67% | 7 |
| East Midlands | -31 | 17 | £55,000 | - | 1 |
| Yorkshire | +23 | 13 | £35,000 | -36.36% | |
| West Midlands | -37 | 12 | £58,750 | +2.17% | 2 |
| North East | -35 | 3 | £56,000 | +6.67% | |
| Scotland | -5 | 1 | £40,000 | - |
Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, 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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