Linux Jobs in the UK excluding London

Linux
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 34 33 21
Rank change year-on-year -1 -12 +1
Permanent jobs citing Linux 4,336 4,158 7,406
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.98% 7.08% 10.18%
As % of the Operating Systems category 41.08% 42.95% 49.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2,823 2,342 3,579
10th Percentile £33,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,603 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 10,555 9,682 14,976
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.55% 16.48% 20.58%
Number of salaries quoted 8,138 6,054 9,305
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £73,675
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the UK excluding London

Linux
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Linux in the UK excluding London

Linux
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Linux in the UK excluding London

Linux
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the UK excluding London 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
South East -1 1,180 £55,000 +10.00% 411
South West +2 867 £52,500 -4.55% 168
North of England +18 827 £50,000 - 132
North West +21 524 £52,500 - 72
Midlands +21 507 £50,000 -9.09% 134
East of England +13 425 £52,500 -8.70% 170
Scotland -42 354 £51,750 -5.91% 74
East Midlands +31 292 £50,000 -9.09% 55
Yorkshire +14 247 £47,250 -4.55% 50
West Midlands -8 215 £54,000 -1.82% 76
Wales +24 131 £47,500 -5.00% 15
North East -13 56 £52,500 +25.75% 11
Northern Ireland -7 44 £52,500 +1.94% 8
Isle of Man - 4 £43,000 -
Linux
UK

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 223 (5.14%) Apache
2 134 (3.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 92 (2.12%) WebLogic
4 83 (1.91%) SharePoint
5 82 (1.89%) nginx
6 80 (1.85%) IIS
7 53 (1.22%) Apache Spark
8 52 (1.20%) Confluence
9 51 (1.18%) OpenStack
10 47 (1.08%) ArcGIS
11 44 (1.01%) Oracle Service Bus
12 40 (0.92%) GeoServer
13 36 (0.83%) Tomcat
14 27 (0.62%) WebSphere
15 24 (0.55%) Jupyter
16 13 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2010
16 13 (0.30%) WordPress
17 12 (0.28%) Captiva
17 12 (0.28%) FileNet
18 11 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 121 (2.79%) Microsoft Office
2 70 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 45 (1.04%) MS Visio
4 39 (0.90%) Simulink
5 11 (0.25%) OrCAD
6 7 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.14%) SOLIDWORKS
8 5 (0.12%) GNU Octave
9 4 (0.092%) Adobe Illustrator
9 4 (0.092%) Doxygen
9 4 (0.092%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.069%) Microsoft Project
11 2 (0.046%) Abaqus
11 2 (0.046%) CATIA
11 2 (0.046%) NASTRAN
12 1 (0.023%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 44 (1.01%) Remedy ITSM
2 42 (0.97%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 16 (0.37%) NEC Housing
4 11 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
5 5 (0.12%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.092%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.069%) Maximo
7 3 (0.069%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.046%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.046%) Shopify
8 2 (0.046%) Teamcenter
9 1 (0.023%) C-CURE
9 1 (0.023%) Magento
9 1 (0.023%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.023%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.023%) PeopleSoft HCM
9 1 (0.023%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.023%) SAP GRC
9 1 (0.023%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.023%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,287 (29.68%) Azure
2 929 (21.43%) AWS
3 309 (7.13%) Microsoft 365
4 268 (6.18%) IBM Cloud
5 210 (4.84%) Azure DevOps
6 191 (4.40%) GCP
7 187 (4.31%) Serverless
8 175 (4.04%) Entra ID
9 152 (3.51%) OpenShift
10 148 (3.41%) SaaS
11 125 (2.88%) Azure Logic Apps
12 118 (2.72%) Azure Functions
13 116 (2.68%) Azure API Management
14 115 (2.65%) Azure Service Bus
15 103 (2.38%) GitHub
16 100 (2.31%) Amazon S3
17 90 (2.08%) Amazon EKS
18 70 (1.61%) IaaS
19 65 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
20 58 (1.34%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 559 (12.89%) Firewall
2 342 (7.89%) DNS
3 283 (6.53%) TCP/IP
4 221 (5.10%) DHCP
5 193 (4.45%) VPN
6 169 (3.90%) SAN
7 142 (3.27%) Internet
8 134 (3.09%) WAN
9 132 (3.04%) Wireless
10 106 (2.44%) 5G
11 105 (2.42%) LAN
12 100 (2.31%) Wi-Fi
13 93 (2.14%) Network Security
14 86 (1.98%) Broadband
15 85 (1.96%) HTTP
16 79 (1.82%) SNMP
17 76 (1.75%) VLAN
18 73 (1.68%) NAS
19 71 (1.64%) SSL
20 65 (1.50%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 395 (9.11%) PostgreSQL
2 370 (8.53%) MongoDB
3 307 (7.08%) NoSQL
4 280 (6.46%) MySQL
5 255 (5.88%) DB2
5 255 (5.88%) Relational Database
6 249 (5.74%) SQL Server
7 132 (3.04%) Oracle Database
8 88 (2.03%) Amazon RDS
8 88 (2.03%) Big Data
9 77 (1.78%) Elasticsearch
10 58 (1.34%) GIS
10 58 (1.34%) RDBMS
11 52 (1.20%) Hadoop
12 45 (1.04%) Oracle Database 11g
13 44 (1.01%) Oracle Database 10g
13 44 (1.01%) VLDB
14 40 (0.92%) QGIS
15 36 (0.83%) MariaDB
15 36 (0.83%) Redis
Development Applications
1 326 (7.52%) Git
2 272 (6.27%) JIRA
3 194 (4.47%) Jenkins
4 95 (2.19%) Subversion
5 84 (1.94%) GitLab
6 65 (1.50%) Visual Studio
7 40 (0.92%) Eclipse
8 36 (0.83%) Bitbucket
9 27 (0.62%) Artifactory
10 23 (0.53%) Ant
10 23 (0.53%) IBM UrbanCode
10 23 (0.53%) Robot Framework
11 21 (0.48%) Vagrant
12 20 (0.46%) CMake
13 18 (0.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 17 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
15 16 (0.37%) Trac
16 14 (0.32%) Maven
17 12 (0.28%) Gradle
17 12 (0.28%) webpack
General
1 878 (20.25%) Social Skills
2 482 (11.12%) Finance
3 435 (10.03%) Public Sector
4 381 (8.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 373 (8.60%) Analytical Skills
6 265 (6.11%) Aerospace
7 203 (4.68%) Electronics
8 170 (3.92%) Manufacturing
9 140 (3.23%) Law
10 139 (3.21%) Marketing
11 134 (3.09%) Telecoms
12 85 (1.96%) Automotive
13 75 (1.73%) Military
14 74 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
15 70 (1.61%) Retail
16 67 (1.55%) Banking
17 55 (1.27%) Legal
18 36 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
19 25 (0.58%) Games
20 23 (0.53%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 887 (20.46%) Software Engineer
2 808 (18.63%) Senior
3 582 (13.42%) Developer
4 435 (10.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 322 (7.43%) Embedded Engineer
6 279 (6.43%) Lead
7 271 (6.25%) Senior Software Engineer
8 258 (5.95%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 241 (5.56%) Linux Engineer
10 230 (5.30%) Support Engineer
11 223 (5.14%) DevOps Engineer
12 205 (4.73%) Administrator
13 184 (4.24%) Architect
14 170 (3.92%) Analyst
15 163 (3.76%) Full Stack Developer
16 162 (3.74%) IT Support
17 156 (3.60%) IT Engineer
18 144 (3.32%) Systems Engineer
19 139 (3.21%) Consultant
20 136 (3.14%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 469 (10.82%) HTML
2 436 (10.06%) React
3 412 (9.50%) CSS
4 383 (8.83%) REST
5 354 (8.16%) .NET
6 325 (7.50%) Web Services
7 319 (7.36%) AngularJS
8 290 (6.69%) jQuery
9 283 (6.53%) Vue
10 264 (6.09%) Node.js
11 248 (5.72%) ASP.NET
12 236 (5.44%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 228 (5.26%) ASP.NET Core
13 228 (5.26%) Backbone.js
13 228 (5.26%) Ember.js
14 159 (3.67%) RabbitMQ
15 110 (2.54%) XML
16 87 (2.01%) Middleware
17 86 (1.98%) Laravel
18 82 (1.89%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 382 (8.81%) Algorithms
2 329 (7.59%) Hybrid Cloud
3 286 (6.60%) Data Centre
4 268 (6.18%) Blockchain
5 242 (5.58%) Data Structures
6 204 (4.70%) Public Cloud
7 190 (4.38%) IoT
8 144 (3.32%) Self-Motivation
9 117 (2.70%) Embedded Systems
10 114 (2.63%) e-Learning
11 94 (2.17%) Cloud Native
12 91 (2.10%) Linux Command Line
13 87 (2.01%) Management Information System
14 79 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
15 72 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
16 67 (1.55%) Social Media
17 61 (1.41%) Device Driver
18 57 (1.31%) Replication
19 54 (1.25%) PKI
20 49 (1.13%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 1,889 (43.57%) Windows
2 462 (10.65%) Windows Server
3 382 (8.81%) Unix
4 313 (7.22%) Ubuntu
5 312 (7.20%) Android
6 306 (7.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 272 (6.27%) Embedded Linux
8 269 (6.20%) Apple iOS
9 255 (5.88%) CentOS
10 165 (3.81%) Windows Server 2016
11 141 (3.25%) Debian
12 106 (2.44%) Windows Server 2019
13 101 (2.33%) Windows Server 2012
14 100 (2.31%) Windows 10
15 88 (2.03%) Solaris
16 69 (1.59%) Mac OS
17 50 (1.15%) Data ONTAP
18 47 (1.08%) Alpine Linux
19 43 (0.99%) AIX
20 39 (0.90%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,140 (26.29%) Software Engineering
2 1,050 (24.22%) Agile
3 897 (20.69%) DevOps
4 749 (17.27%) Problem-Solving
5 564 (13.01%) Artificial Intelligence
6 530 (12.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 470 (10.84%) CI/CD
7 470 (10.84%) Mentoring
8 410 (9.46%) Actionable Insight
8 410 (9.46%) Computer Science
9 391 (9.02%) OO
10 357 (8.23%) Cybersecurity
11 348 (8.03%) Web Development
12 343 (7.91%) User Experience
13 341 (7.86%) Full Stack Development
14 313 (7.22%) OOP
15 311 (7.17%) Collaborative Working
16 297 (6.85%) MVC
17 289 (6.67%) SDLC
18 285 (6.57%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 1,341 (30.93%) Python
2 900 (20.76%) SQL
3 738 (17.02%) Java
4 694 (16.01%) C
5 649 (14.97%) JavaScript
6 569 (13.12%) Bash
7 549 (12.66%) C++
8 482 (11.12%) C#
9 410 (9.46%) PowerShell
10 175 (4.04%) Embedded C
11 168 (3.87%) PHP
12 137 (3.16%) Shell Script
13 106 (2.44%) PL/SQL
14 90 (2.08%) Perl
14 90 (2.08%) TypeScript
15 87 (2.01%) Rust
16 72 (1.66%) VB
17 54 (1.25%) Kotlin
18 49 (1.13%) Go
19 38 (0.88%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 1,039 (23.96%) Security Cleared
2 789 (18.20%) Degree
3 577 (13.31%) SC Cleared
4 405 (9.34%) DV Cleared
5 237 (5.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 145 (3.34%) Cisco Certification
7 129 (2.98%) Microsoft Certification
8 126 (2.91%) Azure Certification
9 124 (2.86%) CCNA
10 95 (2.19%) AWS Certification
11 94 (2.17%) MCSE
12 89 (2.05%) Master's Degree
13 64 (1.48%) MCSA
13 64 (1.48%) PhD
14 62 (1.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 55 (1.27%) CCNP
16 36 (0.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 36 (0.83%) Network+ Certification
17 35 (0.81%) HND
18 29 (0.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (2.63%) SLA
2 84 (1.94%) QA
3 49 (1.13%) GDPR
4 44 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 31 (0.71%) PMO
6 21 (0.48%) Accessibility
7 18 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
7 18 (0.42%) NIST
8 15 (0.35%) ISO 13485
9 14 (0.32%) MISRA
10 13 (0.30%) Data Quality
11 11 (0.25%) ITGC
12 10 (0.23%) JTAG
13 8 (0.18%) IEC 62304
14 7 (0.16%) ISO 9000
15 6 (0.14%) Def Stans
15 6 (0.14%) NCSC
16 4 (0.092%) IEC 61131
16 4 (0.092%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 3 (0.069%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 542 (12.50%) Docker
2 502 (11.58%) Active Directory
3 475 (10.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 257 (5.93%) Hyper-V
5 151 (3.48%) Firmware
6 94 (2.17%) vSphere
7 91 (2.10%) VMware ESXi
8 89 (2.05%) Virtual Machines
9 61 (1.41%) Embedded Firmware
10 51 (1.18%) Oracle RAC
11 36 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
12 30 (0.69%) VMware NSX
13 24 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
14 19 (0.44%) KVM
14 19 (0.44%) pfSense
15 16 (0.37%) NFS
16 15 (0.35%) VMware Server
17 12 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
18 8 (0.18%) XenApp
19 7 (0.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 673 (15.52%) Kubernetes
2 612 (14.11%) Ansible
3 402 (9.27%) Terraform
4 204 (4.70%) Puppet
5 146 (3.37%) Microsoft Intune
6 135 (3.11%) vCenter Server
7 100 (2.31%) Prometheus
8 81 (1.87%) Progress Chef
9 80 (1.85%) Grafana
10 72 (1.66%) Jamf Pro
10 72 (1.66%) SCCM
11 68 (1.57%) SCOM
11 68 (1.57%) ZABBIX
12 55 (1.27%) Oracle RMAN
12 55 (1.27%) WSUS
13 50 (1.15%) Data Guard
13 50 (1.15%) Nagios
14 36 (0.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 35 (0.81%) FortiGate
16 32 (0.74%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 774 (17.85%) Microsoft
2 702 (16.19%) VMware
3 618 (14.25%) Red Hat
4 418 (9.64%) Oracle
5 347 (8.00%) IBM
6 224 (5.17%) Cisco
7 122 (2.81%) Veeam
8 113 (2.61%) NetApp
9 100 (2.31%) Google
10 79 (1.82%) SAP
11 73 (1.68%) Palo Alto
12 72 (1.66%) Dell
13 71 (1.64%) CyberArk
14 70 (1.61%) Citrix
15 68 (1.57%) Tanium
16 62 (1.43%) EMC
17 60 (1.38%) Juniper
18 58 (1.34%) Remedy
19 55 (1.27%) SolarWinds
20 54 (1.25%) Splunk