Linux Jobs in the North of England

Linux
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 58 21
Rank change year-on-year +16 -37 +2
Permanent jobs citing Linux 827 927 1,739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.55% 5.60% 9.44%
As % of the Operating Systems category 36.89% 40.10% 46.03%
Number of salaries quoted 537 509 929
10th Percentile £33,450 £29,850 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,625 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £71,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +4.35%

All Operating Systems
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2,242 2,312 3,778
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 12.32% 13.97% 20.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,740 1,455 2,458
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £23,963
25th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.56%
75th Percentile £56,250 £58,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,968 £71,652 £68,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the North of England

Linux
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux in the North of England.

Salary trend for Linux in the North of England

Linux
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in the North of England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux in the North of England

Linux
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the North of England region over the 6 months to 28 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
North West +22 526 £52,500 - 80
Yorkshire +10 244 £47,500 -4.04% 52
North East -10 57 £52,500 +25.75% 9
Linux
England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 57 (6.89%) Apache
2 32 (3.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (2.90%) IIS
4 19 (2.30%) ArcGIS
5 18 (2.18%) SharePoint
6 14 (1.69%) Apache Spark
7 12 (1.45%) GeoServer
7 12 (1.45%) Tomcat
7 12 (1.45%) WebLogic
8 10 (1.21%) nginx
9 8 (0.97%) Confluence
10 4 (0.48%) CloudStack
11 3 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.36%) Captiva
11 3 (0.36%) FileNet
11 3 (0.36%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.36%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.24%) SAS
13 1 (0.12%) CMS
13 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.12%) GNU Octave
2 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (1.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 8 (0.97%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.60%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 296 (35.79%) Azure
2 238 (28.78%) AWS
3 78 (9.43%) IBM Cloud
4 73 (8.83%) Serverless
5 67 (8.10%) GCP
6 61 (7.38%) Microsoft 365
7 49 (5.93%) Azure DevOps
8 42 (5.08%) Azure API Management
9 41 (4.96%) Azure Functions
9 41 (4.96%) Azure Logic Apps
9 41 (4.96%) Azure Service Bus
10 30 (3.63%) Amazon EKS
11 25 (3.02%) OpenShift
11 25 (3.02%) SaaS
12 24 (2.90%) GitHub
13 21 (2.54%) AWS Lambda
14 18 (2.18%) Amazon S3
14 18 (2.18%) Amazon SQS
15 17 (2.06%) AWS CloudFormation
16 14 (1.69%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 129 (15.60%) Firewall
2 68 (8.22%) DNS
3 57 (6.89%) VPN
4 55 (6.65%) TCP/IP
5 53 (6.41%) DHCP
6 52 (6.29%) WAN
7 49 (5.93%) LAN
8 47 (5.68%) SAN
9 35 (4.23%) Network Security
10 31 (3.75%) SSL
11 28 (3.39%) Internet
12 26 (3.14%) Wi-Fi
13 23 (2.78%) NAS
13 23 (2.78%) Wireless
14 21 (2.54%) MQTT
15 20 (2.42%) SD-WAN
16 15 (1.81%) IPsec
16 15 (1.81%) SNMP
17 14 (1.69%) BGP
17 14 (1.69%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (14.27%) PostgreSQL
2 113 (13.66%) MongoDB
3 107 (12.94%) NoSQL
4 79 (9.55%) DB2
5 78 (9.43%) SQL Server
6 73 (8.83%) Relational Database
7 70 (8.46%) MySQL
8 25 (3.02%) Oracle Database
9 21 (2.54%) Elasticsearch
10 19 (2.30%) GIS
10 19 (2.30%) Redis
11 18 (2.18%) Big Data
12 17 (2.06%) RDBMS
13 15 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
14 12 (1.45%) Hadoop
14 12 (1.45%) QGIS
15 11 (1.33%) Cloudera CDH
16 7 (0.85%) DynamoDB
16 7 (0.85%) Geospatial Data
17 5 (0.60%) MaxDB
Development Applications
1 50 (6.05%) JIRA
2 48 (5.80%) Git
3 37 (4.47%) GitLab
4 35 (4.23%) Jenkins
5 24 (2.90%) Artifactory
6 11 (1.33%) IBM UrbanCode
6 11 (1.33%) Subversion
7 7 (0.85%) Eclipse
7 7 (0.85%) PHPUnit
7 7 (0.85%) Rational DOORS
8 6 (0.73%) GDB
8 6 (0.73%) Gradle
9 5 (0.60%) Clang
9 5 (0.60%) Maven
10 4 (0.48%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.48%) CMake
10 4 (0.48%) GCC
11 3 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
12 2 (0.24%) LabVIEW
12 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 156 (18.86%) Social Skills
2 128 (15.48%) Public Sector
3 101 (12.21%) Finance
4 53 (6.41%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (6.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (4.23%) Aerospace
7 23 (2.78%) Banking
8 22 (2.66%) Manufacturing
8 22 (2.66%) Retail
9 20 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
10 18 (2.18%) Electronics
11 17 (2.06%) Telecoms
12 14 (1.69%) Law
13 13 (1.57%) Automotive
13 13 (1.57%) Mandarin Language
13 13 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (1.09%) Police
15 8 (0.97%) Local Government
15 8 (0.97%) Military
16 7 (0.85%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 176 (21.28%) Senior
2 165 (19.95%) Developer
3 148 (17.90%) Software Engineer
4 79 (9.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 70 (8.46%) Lead
6 59 (7.13%) Embedded Engineer
7 52 (6.29%) DevOps Engineer
7 52 (6.29%) Full Stack Developer
8 50 (6.05%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 43 (5.20%) Full Stack Engineer
10 41 (4.96%) Azure Developer
11 39 (4.72%) Azure Engineer
12 38 (4.59%) Support Engineer
13 37 (4.47%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 36 (4.35%) Architect
14 36 (4.35%) Linux Engineer
15 34 (4.11%) Cloud Engineer
15 34 (4.11%) IT Engineer
16 33 (3.99%) Analyst
16 33 (3.99%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (16.81%) React
2 123 (14.87%) CSS
3 121 (14.63%) HTML
3 121 (14.63%) REST
4 104 (12.58%) .NET
5 102 (12.33%) AngularJS
6 99 (11.97%) Vue
7 96 (11.61%) Web Services
8 95 (11.49%) Node.js
9 89 (10.76%) jQuery
10 86 (10.40%) ASP.NET
11 78 (9.43%) ASP.NET Core
11 78 (9.43%) Backbone.js
11 78 (9.43%) Ember.js
11 78 (9.43%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 40 (4.84%) RabbitMQ
13 26 (3.14%) Spring Boot
14 24 (2.90%) Laravel
15 21 (2.54%) Spring
16 20 (2.42%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 99 (11.97%) Hybrid Cloud
2 80 (9.67%) Algorithms
3 78 (9.43%) Blockchain
3 78 (9.43%) Data Structures
4 69 (8.34%) Public Cloud
5 68 (8.22%) Data Centre
6 37 (4.47%) e-Learning
7 31 (3.75%) Management Information System
8 28 (3.39%) IoT
9 26 (3.14%) Embedded Systems
9 26 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
10 21 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
11 17 (2.06%) Cloud Native
11 17 (2.06%) Greenfield Project
12 15 (1.81%) PMI
13 12 (1.45%) Private Cloud
13 12 (1.45%) Replication
14 11 (1.33%) Device Driver
15 9 (1.09%) Cyberattack
15 9 (1.09%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 421 (50.91%) Windows
2 95 (11.49%) Windows Server
3 87 (10.52%) Android
3 87 (10.52%) Apple iOS
4 65 (7.86%) Unix
5 54 (6.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 44 (5.32%) Embedded Linux
7 43 (5.20%) Ubuntu
8 27 (3.26%) Mac OS
9 20 (2.42%) Windows Server 2012
10 19 (2.30%) Windows Server 2016
11 17 (2.06%) CentOS
12 16 (1.93%) Debian
13 15 (1.81%) Data ONTAP
14 13 (1.57%) Solaris
14 13 (1.57%) Windows Server 2008
15 10 (1.21%) AIX
16 9 (1.09%) Windows 10
17 8 (0.97%) Mac OS X
17 8 (0.97%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (26.72%) Agile
2 181 (21.89%) Software Engineering
3 173 (20.92%) DevOps
4 141 (17.05%) Mentoring
5 137 (16.57%) Problem-Solving
6 124 (14.99%) OO
7 116 (14.03%) Full Stack Development
8 113 (13.66%) User Experience
9 109 (13.18%) Web Development
10 106 (12.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 101 (12.21%) Coaching
12 99 (11.97%) OOP
13 96 (11.61%) MVC
14 93 (11.25%) Artificial Intelligence
14 93 (11.25%) Design Patterns
15 90 (10.88%) MVVM
16 81 (9.79%) Infrastructure as Code
17 80 (9.67%) CI/CD
18 79 (9.55%) SOLID
19 78 (9.43%) Design Thinking
Programming Languages
1 220 (26.60%) Python
2 166 (20.07%) JavaScript
3 160 (19.35%) SQL
4 145 (17.53%) Java
5 103 (12.45%) C#
6 96 (11.61%) C
7 68 (8.22%) C++
8 60 (7.26%) PowerShell
9 46 (5.56%) PHP
10 26 (3.14%) Bash
11 21 (2.54%) Rust
12 20 (2.42%) Shell Script
13 16 (1.93%) Embedded C
14 14 (1.69%) VBScript
15 13 (1.57%) Perl
15 13 (1.57%) TypeScript
16 12 (1.45%) Ruby
17 11 (1.33%) COBOL
17 11 (1.33%) Delphi
17 11 (1.33%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 115 (13.91%) Degree
2 104 (12.58%) Security Cleared
3 72 (8.71%) SC Cleared
4 43 (5.20%) DV Cleared
5 40 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (3.63%) AWS Certification
7 26 (3.14%) Cisco Certification
8 23 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (2.30%) Azure Certification
10 16 (1.93%) PMI Certification
11 15 (1.81%) CCNA
12 14 (1.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 14 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 12 (1.45%) MCSE
14 11 (1.33%) MCSA
15 9 (1.09%) CCNP
16 8 (0.97%) CISSP
17 6 (0.73%) TOGAF Certification
18 5 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
18 5 (0.60%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.02%) GDPR
2 20 (2.42%) SLA
3 14 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (1.33%) Accessibility
5 8 (0.97%) NIST
6 7 (0.85%) ISO 9000
7 6 (0.73%) QA
8 4 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 104 (12.58%) Docker
2 95 (11.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 93 (11.25%) Active Directory
4 56 (6.77%) Hyper-V
5 29 (3.51%) Firmware
6 18 (2.18%) Embedded Firmware
7 17 (2.06%) VMware ESXi
8 15 (1.81%) vSphere
9 4 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.36%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (0.36%) Terminal Services
10 3 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.24%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.12%) Dovecot
12 1 (0.12%) KVM
12 1 (0.12%) Lustre
12 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.12%) Time Sharing Option
12 1 (0.12%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 113 (13.66%) Ansible
2 101 (12.21%) Kubernetes
3 92 (11.12%) Terraform
4 27 (3.26%) Prometheus
5 23 (2.78%) Progress Chef
6 20 (2.42%) Puppet
7 18 (2.18%) vCenter Server
8 17 (2.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 17 (2.06%) WSUS
9 16 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
10 15 (1.81%) SCCM
11 14 (1.69%) Grafana
12 12 (1.45%) Opsgenie
12 12 (1.45%) SCOM
12 12 (1.45%) VxRail
12 12 (1.45%) ZABBIX
13 8 (0.97%) FortiGate
14 6 (0.73%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 6 (0.73%) Nagios
15 5 (0.60%) Plesk
Vendors
1 138 (16.69%) Red Hat
2 134 (16.20%) Microsoft
3 133 (16.08%) VMware
4 107 (12.94%) IBM
5 78 (9.43%) Oracle
6 67 (8.10%) Cisco
7 45 (5.44%) Google
8 31 (3.75%) Veeam
9 30 (3.63%) NetApp
10 23 (2.78%) SolarWinds
11 19 (2.30%) ESRI
11 19 (2.30%) Palo Alto
12 18 (2.18%) Dell
13 15 (1.81%) SolidFire
14 14 (1.69%) Fortinet
15 13 (1.57%) F5
16 12 (1.45%) Sparx
17 11 (1.33%) Facebook
17 11 (1.33%) Micro Focus
17 11 (1.33%) SaltStack