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 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 72 28 26
Rank change year-on-year -44 -2 -4
Permanent jobs citing Linux 351 381 534
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 5.17% 8.52% 8.82%
As % of the Operating Systems category 44.88% 51.14% 54.05%
Number of salaries quoted 172 216 254
10th Percentile £38,750 £31,688 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% -4.35% +21.05%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,125 £66,250
90th Percentile £79,875 £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 782 745 988
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 11.52% 16.66% 16.31%
Number of salaries quoted 413 410 560
10th Percentile £26,050 £27,715 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £32,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +16.67%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £72,625
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 28 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 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
Glasgow -68 173 £50,000 -9.09% 17
Edinburgh +8 127 £60,000 +9.09% 37
West Lothian -3 21 £60,000 -11.11% 2
Dundee -9 9 £49,990 +33.31% 3
Aberdeen -17 8 £50,000 -23.08% 4
Aberdeenshire +4 4 £28,500 -56.15% 2
Lanarkshire -10 2 £27,500 -11.29% 2
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 (5.41%) Apache
2 10 (2.85%) Tomcat
3 9 (2.56%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.56%) WebSphere
4 8 (2.28%) ArcGIS
4 8 (2.28%) GeoServer
4 8 (2.28%) WebLogic
5 5 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.14%) Captiva
6 4 (1.14%) FileNet
6 4 (1.14%) IIS
6 4 (1.14%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.28%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 11 (3.13%) Unit4 Business World
2 8 (2.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 80 (22.79%) Azure
2 63 (17.95%) AWS
3 29 (8.26%) GCP
4 21 (5.98%) IaaS
5 20 (5.70%) PaaS
6 19 (5.41%) SaaS
7 18 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
9 12 (3.42%) Amazon S3
10 9 (2.56%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (2.28%) Amazon SQS
12 7 (1.99%) Entra ID
13 6 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (1.71%) GitHub
13 6 (1.71%) OpenShift
14 4 (1.14%) Google Docs
15 3 (0.85%) Asana
15 3 (0.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 3 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
15 3 (0.85%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 39 (11.11%) Firewall
2 29 (8.26%) VPN
3 27 (7.69%) Network Security
4 22 (6.27%) Wireless
5 18 (5.13%) TCP/IP
6 17 (4.84%) SD-WAN
6 17 (4.84%) WAN
7 16 (4.56%) Wi-Fi
8 15 (4.27%) Ethernet
9 14 (3.99%) DNS
10 13 (3.70%) RS-232
11 12 (3.42%) Internet
12 11 (3.13%) SNMP
13 10 (2.85%) IPsec
14 8 (2.28%) BGP
14 8 (2.28%) SSL
15 6 (1.71%) DHCP
16 4 (1.14%) LAN
17 3 (0.85%) Modbus
18 2 (0.57%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.98%) SQL Server
2 15 (4.27%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (3.99%) MongoDB
3 14 (3.99%) Relational Database
4 12 (3.42%) RDBMS
5 11 (3.13%) DB2
5 11 (3.13%) Elasticsearch
6 10 (2.85%) Oracle Database
7 8 (2.28%) Amazon RDS
7 8 (2.28%) Big Data
7 8 (2.28%) GIS
7 8 (2.28%) QGIS
8 7 (1.99%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (1.42%) Pentaho
10 3 (0.85%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.85%) Ingres
10 3 (0.85%) MySQL
11 2 (0.57%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.57%) NoSQL
12 1 (0.28%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 18 (5.13%) JIRA
2 11 (3.13%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.28%) Git
4 7 (1.99%) GitLab
5 6 (1.71%) Maven
5 6 (1.71%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (1.42%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.42%) IBM UrbanCode
6 5 (1.42%) JUnit
6 5 (1.42%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.28%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.28%) GoCD
7 1 (0.28%) Gradle
7 1 (0.28%) Subversion
General
1 155 (44.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 142 (40.46%) Finance
3 95 (27.07%) Law
4 76 (21.65%) Social Skills
5 57 (16.24%) Marketing
6 38 (10.83%) Legal
7 22 (6.27%) Banking
8 20 (5.70%) Manufacturing
9 17 (4.84%) Public Sector
10 16 (4.56%) Analytical Skills
11 14 (3.99%) Military
12 12 (3.42%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.99%) Retail
14 6 (1.71%) Telecoms
15 5 (1.42%) Automotive
15 5 (1.42%) Investment Banking
15 5 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (1.14%) Electronics
16 4 (1.14%) Retail Banking
17 3 (0.85%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 183 (52.14%) Software Engineer
2 68 (19.37%) Senior
3 60 (17.09%) Lead
4 46 (13.11%) Lead Software Engineer
5 42 (11.97%) Senior Software Engineer
6 24 (6.84%) Embedded Engineer
7 23 (6.55%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 23 (6.55%) Support Engineer
8 22 (6.27%) Architect
9 18 (5.13%) Cloud Engineer
10 16 (4.56%) Analyst
11 15 (4.27%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 15 (4.27%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 15 (4.27%) Support Analyst
12 14 (3.99%) C Software Engineer
12 14 (3.99%) Consultant
12 14 (3.99%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
13 13 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
14 12 (3.42%) Java Engineer
14 12 (3.42%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.41%) RabbitMQ
2 13 (3.70%) React
2 13 (3.70%) Spring Boot
2 13 (3.70%) Yocto
3 12 (3.42%) HTML
4 11 (3.13%) Web Services
5 10 (2.85%) CSS
5 10 (2.85%) YAML
6 9 (2.56%) .NET
7 8 (2.28%) Django
7 8 (2.28%) Leaflet
7 8 (2.28%) OpenLayers
7 8 (2.28%) PostGIS
7 8 (2.28%) RESTful
8 5 (1.42%) Kafka
8 5 (1.42%) LDAP
8 5 (1.42%) OpenCV
8 5 (1.42%) OpenVINO
8 5 (1.42%) Spring
8 5 (1.42%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 48 (13.68%) Algorithms
2 33 (9.40%) Data Centre
2 33 (9.40%) Public Cloud
3 14 (3.99%) Cloud Native
3 14 (3.99%) Device Driver
3 14 (3.99%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (3.70%) Replication
5 10 (2.85%) Private Cloud
6 8 (2.28%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (1.71%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.42%) Reference Data
8 5 (1.42%) Video\Live Streaming
9 4 (1.14%) DataPower
9 4 (1.14%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.85%) Embedded Systems
10 3 (0.85%) IoT
10 3 (0.85%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.57%) Life Science
11 2 (0.57%) Mainframe
11 2 (0.57%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 130 (37.04%) Windows
2 50 (14.25%) Unix
3 47 (13.39%) Windows Server
4 14 (3.99%) Embedded Linux
4 14 (3.99%) Mac OS X
5 12 (3.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (2.85%) Data ONTAP
6 10 (2.85%) Ubuntu
7 7 (1.99%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (1.71%) CentOS
9 4 (1.14%) AIX
9 4 (1.14%) Debian
9 4 (1.14%) Mesosphere
9 4 (1.14%) Windows 10
9 4 (1.14%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (1.14%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.85%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.57%) Android
11 2 (0.57%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.57%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (52.71%) Software Engineering
2 151 (43.02%) Agile
3 111 (31.62%) SDLC
4 96 (27.35%) CI/CD
5 90 (25.64%) Community of Practice
6 70 (19.94%) DevOps
7 58 (16.52%) Artificial Intelligence
7 58 (16.52%) Machine Learning
8 51 (14.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 51 (14.53%) Operational Stability
9 47 (13.39%) Continuous Delivery
9 47 (13.39%) Visualisation
10 46 (13.11%) Architectural Design
10 46 (13.11%) Information Architecture
10 46 (13.11%) Problem-Solving
11 42 (11.97%) Actionable Insight
12 34 (9.69%) Mentoring
12 34 (9.69%) Risk Management
13 32 (9.12%) ITIL
13 32 (9.12%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 155 (44.16%) Python
2 134 (38.18%) SQL
3 133 (37.89%) Java
4 52 (14.81%) C
5 39 (11.11%) PL/SQL
6 33 (9.40%) C++
7 31 (8.83%) Embedded C
8 26 (7.41%) Bash
9 18 (5.13%) JavaScript
10 15 (4.27%) PowerShell
11 12 (3.42%) Shell Script
12 11 (3.13%) C#
13 5 (1.42%) Groovy
13 5 (1.42%) Ruby
14 4 (1.14%) T-SQL
14 4 (1.14%) VB
15 3 (0.85%) Perl
15 3 (0.85%) PHP
16 2 (0.57%) Embedded C++
16 2 (0.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 57 (16.24%) Degree
2 21 (5.98%) Cisco Certification
3 20 (5.70%) Security Cleared
4 18 (5.13%) SC Cleared
5 17 (4.84%) CCNA
6 16 (4.56%) CISSP
6 16 (4.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (3.99%) AWS Certification
7 14 (3.99%) CISM
7 14 (3.99%) GCIA
7 14 (3.99%) GCIH
7 14 (3.99%) GREM
8 12 (3.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 12 (3.42%) Azure Certification
9 11 (3.13%) CISA
10 5 (1.42%) MCSA
10 5 (1.42%) MCSE
10 5 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.14%) CCDP
11 4 (1.14%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.13%) ITGC
1 11 (3.13%) PMO
2 6 (1.71%) QA
3 5 (1.42%) GDPR
4 2 (0.57%) DICOM
5 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 32 (9.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 28 (7.98%) Docker
3 17 (4.84%) Hyper-V
4 14 (3.99%) Active Directory
5 13 (3.70%) VMware NSX
6 6 (1.71%) KVM
6 6 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.14%) Firmware
8 2 (0.57%) Xen
9 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 119 (33.90%) Kubernetes
2 45 (12.82%) Ansible
3 31 (8.83%) Terraform
4 15 (4.27%) Prometheus
5 13 (3.70%) FortiGate
5 13 (3.70%) Progress Chef
6 12 (3.42%) Grafana
7 10 (2.85%) vCenter Server
8 9 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (1.71%) Puppet
10 5 (1.42%) ITRS Geneos
11 4 (1.14%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (0.85%) ZABBIX
13 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.28%) Kibana
Vendors
1 123 (35.04%) Oracle
2 52 (14.81%) VMware
3 29 (8.26%) Microsoft
4 23 (6.55%) Cisco
4 23 (6.55%) NetApp
5 15 (4.27%) SAP
6 14 (3.99%) Dell
6 14 (3.99%) Red Hat
7 13 (3.70%) ServiceNow
8 12 (3.42%) Google
9 11 (3.13%) Sage
10 10 (2.85%) Palo Alto
10 10 (2.85%) SolidFire
11 9 (2.56%) IBM
12 8 (2.28%) ESRI
12 8 (2.28%) Sparx
12 8 (2.28%) Splunk
13 5 (1.42%) AppDynamics
13 5 (1.42%) CA
13 5 (1.42%) Sybase