Linux Jobs in Cambridge

Linux
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridge 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 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 14 10
Rank change year-on-year +9 -4 0
Permanent jobs citing Linux 199 140 297
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 20.08% 13.90% 18.31%
As % of the Operating Systems category 73.16% 63.93% 67.19%
Number of salaries quoted 140 55 65
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £29,667
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £86,000 £92,500 £85,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +20.00%

All Operating Systems
Cambridge

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 Cambridge with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 272 219 442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 27.45% 21.75% 27.25%
Number of salaries quoted 212 105 138
10th Percentile £27,625 £28,559 £26,625
25th Percentile £37,188 £34,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £86,500 £80,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -10.00% -

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Cambridge

Linux
Salary Trend in Cambridge

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

Salary trend for Linux in Cambridge

Linux
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in Cambridge over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux in Cambridge

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 8 (4.02%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (4.02%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.51%) Apache
3 2 (1.01%) WordPress
4 1 (0.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 47 (23.62%) AWS
2 22 (11.06%) AWS IoT
3 19 (9.55%) Azure
4 13 (6.53%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (5.53%) GitHub
6 6 (3.02%) Serverless
7 3 (1.51%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.51%) SaaS
8 2 (1.01%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.50%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.50%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.50%) GCP
9 1 (0.50%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 29 (14.57%) SAN
2 15 (7.54%) Firewall
2 15 (7.54%) TCP/IP
3 11 (5.53%) DNS
3 11 (5.53%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (4.52%) Bluetooth
4 9 (4.52%) DHCP
5 8 (4.02%) NAS
6 7 (3.52%) VLAN
7 6 (3.02%) LoRaWAN
7 6 (3.02%) MQTT
7 6 (3.02%) Wireless
8 5 (2.51%) LTE
9 4 (2.01%) RS-232
10 3 (1.51%) VPN
11 2 (1.01%) IP Telephony
11 2 (1.01%) ZigBee
12 1 (0.50%) Cisco IOS
12 1 (0.50%) Modbus
12 1 (0.50%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.52%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (4.02%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (2.01%) Redis
3 4 (2.01%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.51%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.01%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.50%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 15 (7.54%) Git
2 11 (5.53%) Jenkins
2 11 (5.53%) JIRA
3 8 (4.02%) Appium
3 8 (4.02%) UI Automator
4 6 (3.02%) Trac
5 5 (2.51%) Subversion
6 4 (2.01%) Zephyr
7 3 (1.51%) GitLab
8 2 (1.01%) CircleCI
8 2 (1.01%) Phabricator
9 1 (0.50%) ScriptRunner
9 1 (0.50%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.50%) TestDirector
General
1 73 (36.68%) Social Skills
2 33 (16.58%) Automotive
3 22 (11.06%) Electronics
3 22 (11.06%) Presentation Skills
4 17 (8.54%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (8.04%) Finance
6 15 (7.54%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.52%) Games
7 7 (3.52%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.51%) Marketing
8 5 (2.51%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.01%) Multimedia
9 4 (2.01%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.01%) French Language
11 2 (1.01%) German Language
11 2 (1.01%) Health Technology
11 2 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.01%) Japanese Language
11 2 (1.01%) Korean Language
Job Titles
1 55 (27.64%) Developer
2 34 (17.09%) Senior
3 31 (15.58%) Administrator
4 30 (15.08%) Consultant
5 28 (14.07%) Software Engineer
6 24 (12.06%) Embedded Engineer
6 24 (12.06%) Software Developer
7 21 (10.55%) IT Administrator
7 21 (10.55%) Server Administrator
8 16 (8.04%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 16 (8.04%) Linux Developer
8 16 (8.04%) Python Developer
9 15 (7.54%) Linux Consultant
10 13 (6.53%) Software Consultant
11 11 (5.53%) Support Engineer
12 9 (4.52%) Architect
12 9 (4.52%) Senior Developer
12 9 (4.52%) Test Engineer
13 8 (4.02%) C++ Developer
13 8 (4.02%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.04%) Node.js
2 13 (6.53%) Django
3 10 (5.03%) Yocto
4 8 (4.02%) Flask
5 6 (3.02%) CSS
5 6 (3.02%) FFmpeg
5 6 (3.02%) GStreamer
5 6 (3.02%) HTML
5 6 (3.02%) React
6 5 (2.51%) OpenEmbedded
6 5 (2.51%) REST
7 4 (2.01%) LLVM
7 4 (2.01%) Web Services
8 3 (1.51%) .NET
8 3 (1.51%) JSON
8 3 (1.51%) LAPP Stack
8 3 (1.51%) Protocol Buffers
8 3 (1.51%) SOAP
9 2 (1.01%) scikit-learn
9 2 (1.01%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 55 (27.64%) IoT
2 34 (17.09%) Embedded Systems
3 22 (11.06%) Data Centre
4 21 (10.55%) Client/Server
4 21 (10.55%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (9.55%) Blog
6 18 (9.05%) Raspberry Pi
7 13 (6.53%) Mobile App
8 8 (4.02%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (4.02%) RISC-V
8 8 (4.02%) Smartphone
9 6 (3.02%) Device Driver
9 6 (3.02%) Public Cloud
10 5 (2.51%) Life Science
11 4 (2.01%) FPGA
11 4 (2.01%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (2.01%) Renewable Energy
12 3 (1.51%) Driving Licence
12 3 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
13 2 (1.01%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 65 (32.66%) Windows
2 36 (18.09%) Android
3 30 (15.08%) Windows Server
4 22 (11.06%) Apple iOS
5 20 (10.05%) Embedded Linux
6 17 (8.54%) Mac OS
7 7 (3.52%) Unix
8 4 (2.01%) FreeRTOS
9 3 (1.51%) AIX
9 3 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (1.51%) Windows 10
10 2 (1.01%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (28.14%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (23.12%) Software Engineering
3 28 (14.07%) Test Automation
4 27 (13.57%) Agile
4 27 (13.57%) Multithreading
5 23 (11.56%) Computer Science
6 22 (11.06%) Benchmarking
7 21 (10.55%) Data Centre Operations
7 21 (10.55%) Infrastructure Maintenance
7 21 (10.55%) Performance Monitoring
7 21 (10.55%) Server Management
7 21 (10.55%) Vulnerability Management
8 20 (10.05%) Business Development
8 20 (10.05%) Commercial Awareness
8 20 (10.05%) Multithreaded Programming
8 20 (10.05%) Open Source
9 18 (9.05%) Customer Engagement
10 17 (8.54%) DevOps
11 15 (7.54%) Mentoring
12 14 (7.04%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 69 (34.67%) C
1 69 (34.67%) Python
2 34 (17.09%) C++
3 26 (13.07%) JavaScript
4 25 (12.56%) PowerShell
5 23 (11.56%) TypeScript
6 22 (11.06%) C#
6 22 (11.06%) Embedded C
7 11 (5.53%) Java
8 10 (5.03%) Bash
9 9 (4.52%) Embedded C++
10 6 (3.02%) Rust
11 5 (2.51%) Shell Script
12 4 (2.01%) SQL
13 3 (1.51%) Cython
13 3 (1.51%) PHP
13 3 (1.51%) VB
14 2 (1.01%) Haskell
14 2 (1.01%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.50%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 35 (17.59%) Degree
2 21 (10.55%) SC Cleared
2 21 (10.55%) Security Cleared
3 13 (6.53%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (4.52%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (3.52%) CCNA
5 7 (3.52%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (3.52%) MCSE
6 4 (2.01%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.51%) PhD
8 2 (1.01%) A+ Certification
8 2 (1.01%) MCSA
8 2 (1.01%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.02%) QA
2 4 (2.01%) IEC 62304
2 4 (2.01%) ISO 13485
3 2 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.50%) MISRA
4 1 (0.50%) MISRA C
System Software
1 32 (16.08%) Active Directory
2 31 (15.58%) Docker
3 17 (8.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (6.53%) Firmware
4 13 (6.53%) Hyper-V
5 8 (4.02%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (6.53%) Kubernetes
2 10 (5.03%) Ansible
3 9 (4.52%) Terraform
4 4 (2.01%) Progress Chef
5 3 (1.51%) Grafana
6 2 (1.01%) Argo
6 2 (1.01%) Podman
7 1 (0.50%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.50%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 42 (21.11%) VMware
2 32 (16.08%) Microsoft
3 21 (10.55%) Citrix
3 21 (10.55%) NetApp
4 6 (3.02%) F5
5 5 (2.51%) SAP
6 3 (1.51%) Dell
6 3 (1.51%) Oracle
6 3 (1.51%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.01%) Acronis
7 2 (1.01%) Apple
7 2 (1.01%) ConnectWise
7 2 (1.01%) Google
7 2 (1.01%) HP
7 2 (1.01%) MikroTik
7 2 (1.01%) Ubiquiti
7 2 (1.01%) WatchGuard
8 1 (0.50%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.50%) Renesas
8 1 (0.50%) Veeam