Linux Jobs in Kent

Linux
South East > Kent

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 47 39
Rank change year-on-year -39 -8 -16
Permanent jobs citing Linux 14 53 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 0.95% 4.61% 6.48%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.91% 23.56% 36.73%
Number of salaries quoted 9 47 45
10th Percentile £29,250 - £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,750 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -15.58% +2.67%
75th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £47,500 £58,750 £56,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Operating Systems
Kent

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 Kent with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 177 225 226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 11.98% 19.58% 17.66%
Number of salaries quoted 170 145 160
10th Percentile £21,250 £25,750 £25,675
25th Percentile £23,563 £27,750 £28,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £34,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.47% -11.69% +2.67%
75th Percentile £43,750 £52,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £58,750 £58,875
South East median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -10.53% -

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Kent

Linux
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Linux in Kent

Linux
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in Kent over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux in Kent

Linux
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Kent region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Dartford -2 9 £40,000 -23.81% 1
Gravesend - 1 £42,000 -
Tunbridge Wells - 1 £30,000 - 1
Linux
South East

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 4 (28.57%) Apache
1 4 (28.57%) ColdFusion
1 4 (28.57%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (28.57%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 9 (64.29%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Firewall
2 1 (7.14%) Internet
2 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
2 1 (7.14%) VLAN
2 1 (7.14%) VoIP
2 1 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) MySQL
1 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Git
General
1 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Advertising
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) IT Support
1 5 (35.71%) IT Support Technician
1 5 (35.71%) IT Technician
1 5 (35.71%) Support Technician
2 4 (28.57%) Developer
2 4 (28.57%) PHP Developer
3 2 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) 1st Line Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (7.14%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) CSS
1 4 (28.57%) HTML
1 4 (28.57%) HTML5
1 4 (28.57%) jQuery
1 4 (28.57%) LAMP
1 4 (28.57%) Laravel
1 4 (28.57%) SOAP
1 4 (28.57%) Web Services
1 4 (28.57%) XHTML
1 4 (28.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Onboarding
2 4 (28.57%) Algorithms
3 1 (7.14%) Driving Licence
3 1 (7.14%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (7.14%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (92.86%) Windows
2 5 (35.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 6 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (35.71%) Asset Management
3 5 (35.71%) Customer-Centricity
3 5 (35.71%) Inventory Management
3 5 (35.71%) Preventative Maintenance
3 5 (35.71%) Proactive Maintenance
3 5 (35.71%) Ticket Management
4 4 (28.57%) OOP
4 4 (28.57%) Project Management
5 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (7.14%) Data Acquisition
6 1 (7.14%) Mathematics
6 1 (7.14%) Service Delivery
6 1 (7.14%) Software Engineering
6 1 (7.14%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) CFML
1 4 (28.57%) Java
1 4 (28.57%) JavaScript
1 4 (28.57%) PHP
1 4 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (7.14%) C
2 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) A+ Certification
1 5 (35.71%) CCNA
1 5 (35.71%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (35.71%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (7.14%) CTC Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) GDPR
1 1 (7.14%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Cisco
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 5 (35.71%) Red Hat
3 4 (28.57%) Adobe
4 1 (7.14%) Progress