Linux Jobs in the South East

Linux
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 26 24 19
Rank change year-on-year -2 -5 +4
Permanent jobs citing Linux 1,197 1,155 2,258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.88% 8.19% 10.99%
As % of the Operating Systems category 42.12% 43.18% 51.44%
Number of salaries quoted 791 789 1,081
10th Percentile £35,000 £27,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £68,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +4.35%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 South East with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2,842 2,675 4,390
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 16.32% 18.98% 21.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,251 1,854 2,795
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,556 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.73% -8.95% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,188 £63,300
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the South East

Linux
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Linux in the South East

Linux
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in the South East over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux in the South East

Linux
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the South East 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
Hampshire +1 417 £57,500 +15.00% 62
Thames Valley -9 417 £55,000 +10.00% 89
Berkshire -4 227 £59,000 -15.71% 59
Surrey -3 211 £55,000 - 30
Oxfordshire +16 117 £50,000 +17.65% 13
Buckinghamshire -48 73 £45,000 -5.26% 17
West Sussex +25 48 £54,918 +4.60% 15
East Sussex +43 37 £50,000 -6.98% 13
Middlesex +5 35 £60,000 -31.43%
Kent -32 20 £40,000 +23.08% 4
Sussex - 3 £60,000 - 3
Linux
England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 40 (3.34%) Apache
2 32 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (2.59%) IIS
4 27 (2.26%) OpenStack
5 21 (1.75%) Confluence
5 21 (1.75%) nginx
6 19 (1.59%) WebLogic
7 14 (1.17%) Oracle Service Bus
8 7 (0.58%) SharePoint
9 6 (0.50%) WordPress
10 4 (0.33%) Apache Solr
10 4 (0.33%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.33%) ColdFusion
10 4 (0.33%) GeoServer
11 2 (0.17%) CMS
11 2 (0.17%) Drupal
11 2 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.084%) Kinematics
Applications
1 36 (3.01%) Simulink
2 31 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
4 14 (1.17%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.42%) OrCAD
6 4 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.33%) Doxygen
6 4 (0.33%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.17%) GNU Octave
8 1 (0.084%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.17%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.084%) Magento
4 1 (0.084%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 421 (35.17%) Azure
2 170 (14.20%) AWS
3 124 (10.36%) Azure DevOps
4 116 (9.69%) IBM Cloud
5 101 (8.44%) Entra ID
6 84 (7.02%) Microsoft 365
7 80 (6.68%) Serverless
8 75 (6.27%) Azure Functions
9 74 (6.18%) Azure API Management
9 74 (6.18%) Azure Logic Apps
9 74 (6.18%) Azure Service Bus
10 33 (2.76%) GitHub
11 19 (1.59%) Amazon EC2
11 19 (1.59%) Azure Monitor
12 18 (1.50%) Azure Storage
13 17 (1.42%) Amazon S3
13 17 (1.42%) SaaS
14 15 (1.25%) Cloud Computing
14 15 (1.25%) GCP
15 12 (1.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 179 (14.95%) Firewall
2 115 (9.61%) DNS
3 87 (7.27%) 5G
4 78 (6.52%) Broadband
5 71 (5.93%) DHCP
5 71 (5.93%) TCP/IP
6 52 (4.34%) VPN
7 44 (3.68%) SAN
7 44 (3.68%) Wireless
8 31 (2.59%) SNMP
9 27 (2.26%) WAN
10 26 (2.17%) NAS
11 22 (1.84%) BGP
11 22 (1.84%) LAN
12 20 (1.67%) HTTP
13 18 (1.50%) Network Security
13 18 (1.50%) VoIP
14 16 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
15 15 (1.25%) Internet
15 15 (1.25%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (10.53%) NoSQL
2 112 (9.36%) PostgreSQL
3 102 (8.52%) Relational Database
4 88 (7.35%) DB2
5 87 (7.27%) MongoDB
6 84 (7.02%) MySQL
7 33 (2.76%) SQL Server
8 23 (1.92%) Oracle Database
9 22 (1.84%) Amazon RDS
10 14 (1.17%) Oracle Database 10g
10 14 (1.17%) Oracle Database 11g
10 14 (1.17%) VLDB
11 12 (1.00%) GIS
11 12 (1.00%) MariaDB
12 9 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
13 8 (0.67%) Redis
14 7 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
15 6 (0.50%) Power BI
16 5 (0.42%) Big Data
16 5 (0.42%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 114 (9.52%) Git
2 76 (6.35%) JIRA
3 52 (4.34%) Jenkins
4 31 (2.59%) Subversion
5 23 (1.92%) Ant
6 21 (1.75%) GitLab
7 20 (1.67%) Visual Studio
8 19 (1.59%) Robot Framework
8 19 (1.59%) Vagrant
9 18 (1.50%) Eclipse
10 15 (1.25%) CMake
11 10 (0.84%) Bitbucket
11 10 (0.84%) Trac
12 4 (0.33%) GDB
13 3 (0.25%) IntelliJ
14 2 (0.17%) CircleCI
14 2 (0.17%) Cucumber
14 2 (0.17%) GCC
14 2 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
15 1 (0.084%) SonarQube
General
1 246 (20.55%) Social Skills
2 151 (12.61%) Public Sector
3 119 (9.94%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (6.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 68 (5.68%) Finance
6 64 (5.35%) Electronics
7 55 (4.59%) Telecoms
8 50 (4.18%) Manufacturing
9 49 (4.09%) Aerospace
10 39 (3.26%) Military
11 34 (2.84%) Marketing
12 9 (0.75%) Banking
13 8 (0.67%) Aviation
13 8 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.33%) Aeronautics
15 4 (0.33%) Billing
15 4 (0.33%) Legal
16 3 (0.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 243 (20.30%) Software Engineer
2 212 (17.71%) Senior
3 190 (15.87%) Developer
4 129 (10.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 86 (7.18%) Full Stack Developer
6 82 (6.85%) Support Engineer
7 80 (6.68%) Senior Software Engineer
8 74 (6.18%) Azure Developer
9 72 (6.02%) Embedded Engineer
10 68 (5.68%) Linux Specialist
11 67 (5.60%) Technical Specialist
12 64 (5.35%) Lead
13 60 (5.01%) Embedded Software Engineer
14 54 (4.51%) Applications Engineer
15 49 (4.09%) Architect
16 48 (4.01%) Linux Engineer
17 39 (3.26%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
17 39 (3.26%) Senior Embedded Engineer
18 38 (3.17%) Senior Linux Specialist
18 38 (3.17%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 155 (12.95%) HTML
2 135 (11.28%) REST
3 131 (10.94%) CSS
4 119 (9.94%) Web Services
5 116 (9.69%) .NET
6 114 (9.52%) React
7 102 (8.52%) AngularJS
8 92 (7.69%) Node.js
9 91 (7.60%) jQuery
10 87 (7.27%) Vue
11 78 (6.52%) ASP.NET
12 76 (6.35%) ASP.NET Core
12 76 (6.35%) Backbone.js
12 76 (6.35%) Ember.js
12 76 (6.35%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 58 (4.85%) XML
14 45 (3.76%) Middleware
15 41 (3.43%) Qt
16 32 (2.67%) SOAP
17 26 (2.17%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 170 (14.20%) Algorithms
2 122 (10.19%) Hybrid Cloud
3 116 (9.69%) Blockchain
4 77 (6.43%) Data Centre
4 77 (6.43%) Data Structures
5 67 (5.60%) Social Media
6 60 (5.01%) IoT
7 56 (4.68%) Distributed Systems
8 37 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
9 36 (3.01%) Linux Command Line
10 27 (2.26%) PKI
11 24 (2.01%) CMDB
12 22 (1.84%) Embedded Systems
12 22 (1.84%) Product Ownership
13 20 (1.67%) CUDA
14 18 (1.50%) Client/Server
15 17 (1.42%) Raspberry Pi
16 16 (1.34%) Robotics
17 15 (1.25%) Driving Licence
18 14 (1.17%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 545 (45.53%) Windows
2 141 (11.78%) Ubuntu
3 135 (11.28%) Windows Server
4 102 (8.52%) CentOS
5 99 (8.27%) Android
6 88 (7.35%) Unix
7 79 (6.60%) Apple iOS
8 74 (6.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 73 (6.10%) Windows Server 2016
10 70 (5.85%) Embedded Linux
11 46 (3.84%) Windows Server 2019
12 44 (3.68%) Debian
13 40 (3.34%) Alpine Linux
14 34 (2.84%) Windows 10
15 26 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
16 15 (1.25%) Solaris
17 12 (1.00%) Windows XP
18 11 (0.92%) AIX
19 10 (0.84%) VMS
20 8 (0.67%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (27.40%) Software Engineering
2 313 (26.15%) DevOps
3 270 (22.56%) Artificial Intelligence
4 265 (22.14%) Agile
5 209 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
6 158 (13.20%) Computer Science
7 145 (12.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 142 (11.86%) CI/CD
9 131 (10.94%) OO
10 118 (9.86%) OOP
11 117 (9.77%) Mathematics
12 116 (9.69%) Co-Creation
13 105 (8.77%) MVC
14 99 (8.27%) Full Stack Development
14 99 (8.27%) Web Development
15 95 (7.94%) Cybersecurity
16 93 (7.77%) Actionable Insight
16 93 (7.77%) MVVM
16 93 (7.77%) SOLID
17 83 (6.93%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 410 (34.25%) Python
2 275 (22.97%) Java
3 250 (20.89%) SQL
4 233 (19.47%) C++
5 208 (17.38%) C
6 201 (16.79%) JavaScript
7 182 (15.20%) C#
8 161 (13.45%) Bash
9 114 (9.52%) PowerShell
10 47 (3.93%) Kotlin
11 41 (3.43%) Fortran
12 32 (2.67%) Perl
12 32 (2.67%) PL/SQL
13 30 (2.51%) PHP
14 24 (2.01%) Go
15 21 (1.75%) Bicep
15 21 (1.75%) VB
16 17 (1.42%) Embedded C
16 17 (1.42%) VBScript
16 17 (1.42%) XAML
Qualifications
1 330 (27.57%) Security Cleared
2 292 (24.39%) Degree
3 242 (20.22%) SC Cleared
4 108 (9.02%) DV Cleared
5 101 (8.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 73 (6.10%) Master's Degree
7 58 (4.85%) Microsoft Certification
8 56 (4.68%) MCSE
9 55 (4.59%) Azure Certification
9 55 (4.59%) PhD
10 43 (3.59%) MCSA
11 36 (3.01%) Cisco Certification
12 34 (2.84%) CCNA
13 27 (2.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 17 (1.42%) CCNP
15 14 (1.17%) AWS Certification
16 8 (0.67%) Network+ Certification
17 5 (0.42%) A+ Certification
17 5 (0.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 4 (0.33%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (3.59%) SLA
2 17 (1.42%) QA
3 7 (0.58%) ISO 13485
3 7 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.33%) IEC 61131
4 4 (0.33%) JTAG
5 3 (0.25%) GDPR
5 3 (0.25%) GRC
6 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.084%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.084%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.084%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.084%) NIST
7 1 (0.084%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 188 (15.71%) Active Directory
2 138 (11.53%) Docker
3 99 (8.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 57 (4.76%) Hyper-V
5 35 (2.92%) Virtual Machines
6 33 (2.76%) vSphere
7 22 (1.84%) Firmware
7 22 (1.84%) VMware ESXi
8 21 (1.75%) Virtual Servers
9 19 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
10 17 (1.42%) pfSense
11 15 (1.25%) Oracle RAC
12 11 (0.92%) NFS
13 7 (0.58%) Embedded Firmware
14 5 (0.42%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 5 (0.42%) VMware Server
15 3 (0.25%) VirtualBox
16 2 (0.17%) GPFS
16 2 (0.17%) KVM
16 2 (0.17%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 178 (14.87%) Kubernetes
2 112 (9.36%) Terraform
3 100 (8.35%) Ansible
4 99 (8.27%) Microsoft Intune
5 67 (5.60%) Jamf Pro
6 43 (3.59%) SCOM
7 42 (3.51%) vCenter Server
8 37 (3.09%) SCCM
9 34 (2.84%) ZABBIX
10 31 (2.59%) WSUS
11 30 (2.51%) Puppet
12 21 (1.75%) Grafana
13 20 (1.67%) Oracle RMAN
14 17 (1.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 16 (1.34%) EMC NetWorker
15 16 (1.34%) NetBackup
16 15 (1.25%) Data Guard
17 13 (1.09%) WMI
18 11 (0.92%) FortiGate
18 11 (0.92%) Nagios
Vendors
1 279 (23.31%) Microsoft
2 171 (14.29%) Red Hat
3 165 (13.78%) VMware
4 122 (10.19%) IBM
5 67 (5.60%) CyberArk
5 67 (5.60%) Tanium
6 66 (5.51%) Oracle
7 49 (4.09%) Juniper
8 44 (3.68%) Cisco
9 36 (3.01%) Xilinx
10 34 (2.84%) Veeam
11 32 (2.67%) SAP
12 28 (2.34%) EMC
13 27 (2.26%) Fortinet
14 25 (2.09%) Palo Alto
15 20 (1.67%) Dell
15 20 (1.67%) Splunk
16 18 (1.50%) Atlassian
17 16 (1.34%) HP
17 16 (1.34%) Sun