Linux Jobs in Scotland

Linux
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 70 28 26
Rank change year-on-year -42 -2 -6
Permanent jobs citing Linux 354 383 535
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 5.25% 8.42% 8.93%
As % of the Operating Systems category 45.15% 50.80% 54.70%
Number of salaries quoted 170 214 255
10th Percentile £38,750 £32,088 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £40,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,750 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.91% -4.35% +21.05%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

All Operating Systems
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 784 754 978
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 11.62% 16.58% 16.33%
Number of salaries quoted 409 416 557
10th Percentile £25,840 £27,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £32,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,875 £72,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Scotland

Linux
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Linux in Scotland

Linux
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in Scotland over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux in Scotland

Linux
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
Glasgow -69 174 £50,000 -9.09% 18
Edinburgh +12 131 £60,000 +9.09% 39
West Lothian -4 21 £60,000 -11.11% 1
Dundee -7 9 £49,990 +33.31% 4
Aberdeen -17 7 £50,000 -23.08% 4
Aberdeenshire +3 3 £28,500 -56.15% 2
Lanarkshire -7 2 £27,500 -11.29% 3
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £23,000 - 1
Linux
UK

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 19 (5.37%) Apache
2 10 (2.82%) Tomcat
2 10 (2.82%) WebSphere
3 9 (2.54%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.26%) ArcGIS
4 8 (2.26%) GeoServer
4 8 (2.26%) WebLogic
5 5 (1.41%) Captiva
5 5 (1.41%) FileNet
5 5 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.13%) IIS
6 4 (1.13%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.28%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 11 (3.11%) Unit4 Business World
2 8 (2.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 82 (23.16%) Azure
2 63 (17.80%) AWS
3 30 (8.47%) GCP
4 23 (6.50%) SaaS
5 21 (5.93%) IaaS
6 20 (5.65%) PaaS
7 19 (5.37%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (3.67%) Cloud Computing
9 12 (3.39%) Amazon S3
10 9 (2.54%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (2.26%) Amazon SQS
11 8 (2.26%) Entra ID
12 7 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (1.98%) GitHub
13 6 (1.69%) OpenShift
14 4 (1.13%) Azure Sentinel
14 4 (1.13%) Google Docs
15 3 (0.85%) Asana
15 3 (0.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 3 (0.85%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 40 (11.30%) Firewall
2 29 (8.19%) VPN
3 24 (6.78%) Network Security
4 23 (6.50%) Wireless
5 18 (5.08%) TCP/IP
6 17 (4.80%) SD-WAN
6 17 (4.80%) WAN
7 16 (4.52%) Wi-Fi
8 15 (4.24%) Ethernet
9 14 (3.95%) DNS
10 13 (3.67%) Internet
10 13 (3.67%) RS-232
11 11 (3.11%) SNMP
12 10 (2.82%) IPsec
13 8 (2.26%) BGP
13 8 (2.26%) SSL
14 6 (1.69%) DHCP
15 4 (1.13%) LAN
16 3 (0.85%) Modbus
17 2 (0.56%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (8.19%) SQL Server
2 15 (4.24%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (3.95%) MongoDB
3 14 (3.95%) Relational Database
4 12 (3.39%) RDBMS
5 11 (3.11%) DB2
5 11 (3.11%) Elasticsearch
5 11 (3.11%) Oracle Database
6 8 (2.26%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (2.26%) Big Data
6 8 (2.26%) GIS
6 8 (2.26%) QGIS
7 7 (1.98%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (1.41%) Pentaho
9 3 (0.85%) Ingres
9 3 (0.85%) MySQL
10 2 (0.56%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.56%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.28%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.28%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 19 (5.37%) JIRA
2 11 (3.11%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.26%) Git
3 8 (2.26%) Oracle Forms
4 7 (1.98%) GitLab
5 6 (1.69%) IBM UrbanCode
5 6 (1.69%) Maven
6 5 (1.41%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.41%) JUnit
6 5 (1.41%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.28%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.28%) GoCD
7 1 (0.28%) Gradle
7 1 (0.28%) Subversion
General
1 151 (42.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 146 (41.24%) Finance
3 96 (27.12%) Law
4 75 (21.19%) Social Skills
5 58 (16.38%) Marketing
6 38 (10.73%) Legal
7 24 (6.78%) Banking
8 20 (5.65%) Manufacturing
9 17 (4.80%) Public Sector
10 14 (3.95%) Analytical Skills
10 14 (3.95%) Military
11 12 (3.39%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.98%) Retail
13 6 (1.69%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.41%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.13%) Electronics
15 4 (1.13%) Retail Banking
16 3 (0.85%) Automotive
16 3 (0.85%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 185 (52.26%) Software Engineer
2 72 (20.34%) Senior
3 61 (17.23%) Lead
4 47 (13.28%) Lead Software Engineer
5 46 (12.99%) Senior Software Engineer
6 24 (6.78%) Embedded Engineer
7 23 (6.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 23 (6.50%) Support Engineer
8 22 (6.21%) Architect
9 18 (5.08%) Cloud Engineer
10 16 (4.52%) Analyst
11 15 (4.24%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 15 (4.24%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 15 (4.24%) Support Analyst
12 14 (3.95%) C Software Engineer
12 14 (3.95%) Consultant
12 14 (3.95%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
13 13 (3.67%) Solutions Architect
14 11 (3.11%) IT Manager
14 11 (3.11%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.37%) RabbitMQ
2 13 (3.67%) React
2 13 (3.67%) Spring Boot
2 13 (3.67%) Yocto
3 11 (3.11%) Web Services
4 10 (2.82%) HTML
4 10 (2.82%) YAML
5 9 (2.54%) .NET
6 8 (2.26%) CSS
6 8 (2.26%) Django
6 8 (2.26%) Leaflet
6 8 (2.26%) OpenLayers
6 8 (2.26%) PostGIS
6 8 (2.26%) RESTful
7 5 (1.41%) Kafka
7 5 (1.41%) LDAP
7 5 (1.41%) OpenCV
7 5 (1.41%) OpenVINO
7 5 (1.41%) Spring
7 5 (1.41%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 48 (13.56%) Algorithms
2 33 (9.32%) Data Centre
2 33 (9.32%) Public Cloud
3 18 (5.08%) Cloud Native
4 14 (3.95%) Device Driver
4 14 (3.95%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (3.67%) Replication
6 11 (3.11%) Private Cloud
7 8 (2.26%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (1.69%) Driving Licence
9 5 (1.41%) DataPower
9 5 (1.41%) Reference Data
9 5 (1.41%) Video\Live Streaming
10 4 (1.13%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.13%) Virtual Team
11 3 (0.85%) Embedded Systems
11 3 (0.85%) IoT
11 3 (0.85%) Management Information System
11 3 (0.85%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 2 (0.56%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 133 (37.57%) Windows
2 51 (14.41%) Unix
3 46 (12.99%) Windows Server
4 14 (3.95%) Embedded Linux
4 14 (3.95%) Mac OS X
5 13 (3.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (2.82%) Data ONTAP
6 10 (2.82%) Ubuntu
7 7 (1.98%) CentOS
7 7 (1.98%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (1.69%) Mac OS
9 4 (1.13%) AIX
9 4 (1.13%) Debian
9 4 (1.13%) Mesosphere
9 4 (1.13%) Windows 10
9 4 (1.13%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (1.13%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.85%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.56%) Android
11 2 (0.56%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (52.82%) Software Engineering
2 158 (44.63%) Agile
3 112 (31.64%) SDLC
4 97 (27.40%) CI/CD
5 91 (25.71%) Community of Practice
6 73 (20.62%) DevOps
7 59 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
7 59 (16.67%) Machine Learning
8 52 (14.69%) Operational Stability
9 51 (14.41%) Continuous Improvement
10 48 (13.56%) Continuous Delivery
11 47 (13.28%) Architectural Design
11 47 (13.28%) Information Architecture
12 45 (12.71%) Problem-Solving
12 45 (12.71%) Visualisation
13 42 (11.86%) Actionable Insight
14 36 (10.17%) Mentoring
15 34 (9.60%) Cybersecurity
15 34 (9.60%) Risk Management
16 33 (9.32%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 155 (43.79%) Python
2 137 (38.70%) SQL
3 135 (38.14%) Java
4 52 (14.69%) C
5 39 (11.02%) PL/SQL
6 31 (8.76%) C++
6 31 (8.76%) Embedded C
7 27 (7.63%) Bash
8 16 (4.52%) JavaScript
8 16 (4.52%) PowerShell
9 12 (3.39%) Shell Script
10 11 (3.11%) C#
11 5 (1.41%) Groovy
11 5 (1.41%) Ruby
12 4 (1.13%) T-SQL
12 4 (1.13%) VB
13 3 (0.85%) Perl
13 3 (0.85%) PHP
14 2 (0.56%) Embedded C++
14 2 (0.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 57 (16.10%) Degree
2 21 (5.93%) Cisco Certification
3 20 (5.65%) Security Cleared
4 18 (5.08%) SC Cleared
5 17 (4.80%) CCNA
6 16 (4.52%) CISSP
7 15 (4.24%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (3.95%) AWS Certification
8 14 (3.95%) CISM
8 14 (3.95%) GCIA
8 14 (3.95%) GCIH
8 14 (3.95%) GREM
9 12 (3.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (3.39%) Azure Certification
10 11 (3.11%) CISA
11 5 (1.41%) MCSA
11 5 (1.41%) MCSE
11 5 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.13%) CCDP
12 4 (1.13%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.11%) ITGC
1 11 (3.11%) PMO
2 6 (1.69%) GDPR
2 6 (1.69%) QA
3 2 (0.56%) DICOM
4 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 32 (9.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 28 (7.91%) Docker
3 17 (4.80%) Hyper-V
4 15 (4.24%) Active Directory
5 13 (3.67%) VMware NSX
6 7 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.69%) KVM
8 4 (1.13%) Firmware
9 2 (0.56%) Xen
10 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 120 (33.90%) Kubernetes
2 46 (12.99%) Ansible
3 32 (9.04%) Terraform
4 15 (4.24%) Prometheus
5 13 (3.67%) FortiGate
5 13 (3.67%) Progress Chef
6 12 (3.39%) Grafana
7 10 (2.82%) vCenter Server
8 9 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (1.69%) Puppet
10 5 (1.41%) ITRS Geneos
11 4 (1.13%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (0.85%) ZABBIX
13 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.28%) Kibana
Vendors
1 126 (35.59%) Oracle
2 52 (14.69%) VMware
3 30 (8.47%) Microsoft
4 23 (6.50%) Cisco
4 23 (6.50%) NetApp
5 18 (5.08%) Dell
6 16 (4.52%) SAP
7 14 (3.95%) Red Hat
7 14 (3.95%) ServiceNow
8 12 (3.39%) Google
9 11 (3.11%) IBM
9 11 (3.11%) Sage
10 10 (2.82%) Palo Alto
10 10 (2.82%) SolidFire
11 8 (2.26%) ESRI
11 8 (2.26%) Sparx
12 6 (1.69%) Splunk
13 5 (1.41%) Kofax
13 5 (1.41%) Pega
13 5 (1.41%) Sybase