Unix/Linux Engineer
UK
The median Unix/Linux Engineer salary in the UK is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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 2 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 887 | 929 | 1249 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +42 | +320 | -335 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Unix Linux Engineer | 18 | 17 | 15 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.017% | 0.018% | 0.009% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.018% | 0.020% | 0.009% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 14 | 10 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £48,750 | £51,500 | £36,400 |
| 25th Percentile | £51,250 | £53,625 | £47,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £75,000 | £59,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -30.00% | +27.12% | -4.07% |
| 75th Percentile | £56,250 | £91,000 | £73,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £57,125 | £95,500 | £83,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,500 | £55,000 | £49,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +12.24% | -16.95% |
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 | 99,838 | 86,540 | 162,414 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.86% | 91.29% | 96.05% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 70,991 | 55,953 | 84,888 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,676 |
| 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 | £50,238 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.54% | +6.49% | +5.76% |
Unix Linux Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Unix Linux Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Unix Linux Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Unix Linux Engineer.
Unix Linux Engineer
Top 10 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unix Linux Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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 | +67 | 18 | £52,500 | -30.00% | 9 |
| UK excluding London | -31 | 18 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 9 |
| North of England | +40 | 8 | £52,500 | - | 5 |
| South West | -28 | 8 | £52,500 | -7.89% | 1 |
| North West | -9 | 4 | £52,500 | - | 4 |
| North East | - | 4 | - | - | |
| Work from Home | +50 | 3 | £52,500 | -30.00% | 4 |
| East of England | -6 | 1 | £52,500 | +5.00% | 3 |
| West Midlands | -10 | 1 | £56,000 | -26.32% | |
| Midlands | -11 | 1 | £56,000 | -26.32% |
Unix Linux Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Unix 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 Unix Linux Engineer in the job title.
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Unix 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: