Linux Jobs in the Midlands

Linux
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Linux skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Linux over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 72 34
Rank change year-on-year +21 -38 -10
Permanent jobs citing Linux 524 398 818
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.00% 4.65% 7.27%
As % of the Operating Systems category 31.55% 31.94% 39.77%
Number of salaries quoted 348 246 394
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,447 £33,500
25th Percentile £38,563 £43,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £58,750 £67,500 £63,438
90th Percentile £68,750 £80,000 £79,625
England median annual salary £55,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.39% +5.83% +4.35%

All Operating Systems
Midlands

Linux is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,661 1,246 2,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.67% 14.55% 18.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,331 814 1,399
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,000 £24,725
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the Midlands

Linux
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Linux in the Midlands

Linux
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in the Midlands over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux in the Midlands

Linux
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Midlands region 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
East Midlands +29 301 £50,000 -13.04% 58
West Midlands -11 223 £54,000 -1.82% 97
Linux
England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 24 (4.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (3.05%) Apache
3 15 (2.86%) nginx
4 13 (2.48%) IIS
5 12 (2.29%) SharePoint
6 11 (2.10%) WebSphere
7 9 (1.72%) Tomcat
8 8 (1.53%) WebLogic
9 4 (0.76%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.76%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.76%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.57%) MQSeries
10 3 (0.57%) Oracle HTTP Server
11 2 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (0.38%) WebSphere Application Server
12 1 (0.19%) CMS
12 1 (0.19%) Drupal
12 1 (0.19%) PrestaShop
12 1 (0.19%) SAP Portal
12 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.38%) CATIA
2 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.38%) NASTRAN
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (1.53%) NEC Housing
2 4 (0.76%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.57%) Maximo
4 2 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.38%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 2 (0.38%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.19%) Magento
5 1 (0.19%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.19%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.19%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 186 (35.50%) Azure
2 85 (16.22%) AWS
3 71 (13.55%) IBM Cloud
4 48 (9.16%) Microsoft 365
5 35 (6.68%) Entra ID
6 23 (4.39%) SaaS
7 19 (3.63%) GitHub
8 17 (3.24%) GCP
9 14 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (1.72%) Azure Logic Apps
11 8 (1.53%) Amazon S3
11 8 (1.53%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (1.53%) IaaS
11 8 (1.53%) PaaS
12 6 (1.15%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (0.95%) Amazon SQS
13 5 (0.95%) Google Workspace
13 5 (0.95%) npm
13 5 (0.95%) OCI
13 5 (0.95%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 72 (13.74%) Firewall
2 34 (6.49%) TCP/IP
3 31 (5.92%) DNS
4 24 (4.58%) SAN
5 23 (4.39%) DHCP
6 21 (4.01%) Internet
7 19 (3.63%) VLAN
7 19 (3.63%) VPN
8 17 (3.24%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (2.48%) LAN
10 11 (2.10%) WAN
11 10 (1.91%) IPsec
12 9 (1.72%) BGP
12 9 (1.72%) Bluetooth
13 8 (1.53%) 802.11
13 8 (1.53%) HTTP
13 8 (1.53%) Wireless
13 8 (1.53%) Wireshark
14 7 (1.34%) MQTT
15 6 (1.15%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (20.04%) PostgreSQL
2 82 (15.65%) MongoDB
3 76 (14.50%) DB2
4 72 (13.74%) NoSQL
5 51 (9.73%) SQL Server
6 47 (8.97%) MySQL
7 24 (4.58%) Oracle Database
8 14 (2.67%) Relational Database
9 11 (2.10%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (1.72%) Elasticsearch
11 7 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
11 7 (1.34%) Ingres
11 7 (1.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (1.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (1.15%) MariaDB
13 5 (0.95%) RDBMS
14 4 (0.76%) DynamoDB
14 4 (0.76%) GIS
14 4 (0.76%) Redis
14 4 (0.76%) UniData
Development Applications
1 54 (10.31%) Git
2 27 (5.15%) JIRA
3 18 (3.44%) Visual Studio
4 16 (3.05%) Subversion
5 10 (1.91%) GNU Toolchain
6 7 (1.34%) GitLab
6 7 (1.34%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.95%) gulp
7 5 (0.95%) webpack
8 3 (0.57%) IBM UrbanCode
9 2 (0.38%) CANoe
9 2 (0.38%) GCC
9 2 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.19%) PHPUnit
10 1 (0.19%) Selenium
General
1 106 (20.23%) Social Skills
2 83 (15.84%) Public Sector
3 74 (14.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 55 (10.50%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (8.59%) Finance
6 40 (7.63%) Electronics
7 23 (4.39%) Law
8 22 (4.20%) Retail
9 20 (3.82%) Automotive
10 17 (3.24%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.91%) Local Government
11 10 (1.91%) Marketing
12 9 (1.72%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.53%) Police
14 7 (1.34%) Military
15 5 (0.95%) iGaming
15 5 (0.95%) Legal
16 4 (0.76%) Aerospace
16 4 (0.76%) Games
16 4 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 85 (16.22%) Senior
2 78 (14.89%) Azure Engineer
3 73 (13.93%) Developer
4 71 (13.55%) Full Stack Engineer
5 59 (11.26%) Software Engineer
6 51 (9.73%) Embedded Engineer
7 50 (9.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 49 (9.35%) Administrator
9 39 (7.44%) Linux Engineer
10 36 (6.87%) Analyst
11 29 (5.53%) DBA
12 26 (4.96%) Cloud Engineer
13 25 (4.77%) IT Engineer
13 25 (4.77%) Senior Software Engineer
13 25 (4.77%) Systems Administrator
14 24 (4.58%) IT Support
14 24 (4.58%) Lead
14 24 (4.58%) Software Developer
15 22 (4.20%) Support Engineer
16 20 (3.82%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (19.85%) HTML
2 100 (19.08%) .NET
3 98 (18.70%) CSS
4 89 (16.98%) React
5 85 (16.22%) jQuery
6 84 (16.03%) Web Services
7 78 (14.89%) AngularJS
7 78 (14.89%) REST
8 77 (14.69%) Vue
9 72 (13.74%) ASP.NET
10 71 (13.55%) ASP.NET Core
10 71 (13.55%) Backbone.js
10 71 (13.55%) Ember.js
10 71 (13.55%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 22 (4.20%) Laravel
12 21 (4.01%) Yocto
13 20 (3.82%) HTML5
14 17 (3.24%) Node.js
15 16 (3.05%) MFC
16 13 (2.48%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 80 (15.27%) Algorithms
2 78 (14.89%) Data Structures
3 72 (13.74%) Hybrid Cloud
4 71 (13.55%) Blockchain
4 71 (13.55%) e-Learning
5 24 (4.58%) Data Centre
5 24 (4.58%) IoT
6 23 (4.39%) Public Cloud
7 21 (4.01%) Embedded Systems
8 20 (3.82%) Management Information System
9 15 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (2.29%) Cloud Native
10 12 (2.29%) Driving Licence
10 12 (2.29%) Linux Command Line
11 11 (2.10%) Replication
12 10 (1.91%) PKI
13 9 (1.72%) CUDA
14 8 (1.53%) Clustering
14 8 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (1.53%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 255 (48.66%) Windows
2 72 (13.74%) Android
3 71 (13.55%) Apple iOS
3 71 (13.55%) Windows Server
4 59 (11.26%) Unix
5 39 (7.44%) Embedded Linux
6 34 (6.49%) Ubuntu
7 33 (6.30%) CentOS
8 24 (4.58%) SUSE
9 20 (3.82%) Debian
10 17 (3.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 16 (3.05%) Solaris
12 13 (2.48%) Windows 10
13 10 (1.91%) Mac OS
14 9 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
15 7 (1.34%) AIX
16 6 (1.15%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
17 5 (0.95%) Data ONTAP
18 4 (0.76%) Oracle Linux
19 2 (0.38%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (34.16%) Agile
2 105 (20.04%) Software Engineering
3 94 (17.94%) Mentoring
4 93 (17.75%) Full Stack Development
4 93 (17.75%) Problem-Solving
4 93 (17.75%) User Experience
5 91 (17.37%) Web Development
6 87 (16.60%) Artificial Intelligence
7 85 (16.22%) OO
8 83 (15.84%) OOP
9 81 (15.46%) Coaching
9 81 (15.46%) MVC
10 75 (14.31%) SOLID
11 74 (14.12%) Code Quality
12 73 (13.93%) Design Patterns
13 71 (13.55%) Co-Creation
13 71 (13.55%) Design Thinking
13 71 (13.55%) MVVM
13 71 (13.55%) Responsive Web Design
14 60 (11.45%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 167 (31.87%) SQL
2 118 (22.52%) C#
3 117 (22.33%) JavaScript
4 91 (17.37%) C++
5 87 (16.60%) C
6 76 (14.50%) Python
7 43 (8.21%) PowerShell
8 38 (7.25%) Java
9 32 (6.11%) Bash
10 27 (5.15%) PHP
10 27 (5.15%) TypeScript
11 19 (3.63%) Embedded C
12 18 (3.44%) VB
13 17 (3.24%) Shell Script
14 16 (3.05%) Assembly Language
15 7 (1.34%) T-SQL
16 6 (1.15%) Embedded C++
17 5 (0.95%) Go
17 5 (0.95%) Ruby
18 4 (0.76%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 84 (16.03%) Degree
2 44 (8.40%) Security Cleared
3 23 (4.39%) Azure Certification
4 22 (4.20%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (4.01%) CCNA
5 21 (4.01%) SC Cleared
6 19 (3.63%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (3.24%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (2.67%) AWS Certification
8 14 (2.67%) DV Cleared
9 12 (2.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 11 (2.10%) CCNP
10 11 (2.10%) Oracle Certification
11 10 (1.91%) HNC
12 9 (1.72%) OCP
13 8 (1.53%) MCSE
14 7 (1.34%) DBS Check
14 7 (1.34%) Network+ Certification
15 5 (0.95%) Master's Degree
15 5 (0.95%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.01%) QA
2 12 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (1.91%) GDPR
4 8 (1.53%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.53%) NIST
5 7 (1.34%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.95%) MISRA
7 3 (0.57%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.38%) AUTOSAR
8 2 (0.38%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 77 (14.69%) Active Directory
2 45 (8.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (7.44%) Docker
4 38 (7.25%) Hyper-V
5 33 (6.30%) Firmware
6 14 (2.67%) Embedded Firmware
6 14 (2.67%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (2.67%) vSphere
7 8 (1.53%) VMware Server
8 7 (1.34%) VMware Workstation
9 6 (1.15%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.95%) VMware NSX
11 4 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.57%) Oracle RAC
13 2 (0.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 2 (0.38%) pfSense
13 2 (0.38%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 31 (5.92%) Kubernetes
2 24 (4.58%) Ansible
3 18 (3.44%) Terraform
4 14 (2.67%) Docker Swarm
5 12 (2.29%) SCOM
6 11 (2.10%) vCenter Server
7 6 (1.15%) Prometheus
7 6 (1.15%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 5 (0.95%) Backup Exec
9 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.76%) SCOrch
9 4 (0.76%) vMotion
9 4 (0.76%) WSUS
10 3 (0.57%) Data Guard
10 3 (0.57%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.57%) Functional Safety
10 3 (0.57%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.38%) Nagios
11 2 (0.38%) Trend Micro Deep Security
12 1 (0.19%) Argo
Vendors
1 101 (19.27%) Microsoft
2 88 (16.79%) Red Hat
3 86 (16.41%) IBM
4 74 (14.12%) VMware
5 39 (7.44%) Cisco
6 36 (6.87%) Oracle
7 19 (3.63%) Veeam
8 18 (3.44%) Citrix
9 13 (2.48%) Remedy
10 10 (1.91%) Google
11 9 (1.72%) NVIDIA
12 8 (1.53%) NEC
13 7 (1.34%) Databricks
13 7 (1.34%) Dell
13 7 (1.34%) Ubiquiti
14 6 (1.15%) ESET
14 6 (1.15%) QNX
15 5 (0.95%) NetApp
15 5 (0.95%) Palo Alto
15 5 (0.95%) SolidFire