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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 62 21
Rank change year-on-year +21 -41 +2
Permanent jobs citing Linux 832 936 1,747
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.71% 5.56% 9.66%
As % of the Operating Systems category 36.94% 39.98% 46.55%
Number of salaries quoted 546 514 937
10th Percentile £33,375 £29,475 £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 £65,603 £65,313 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £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 2,252 2,341 3,753
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 12.75% 13.91% 20.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,761 1,482 2,437
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £29,250 £31,250 £30,000
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 17 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 17 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 +20 524 £52,500 - 73
Yorkshire +13 253 £47,500 -4.52% 53
North East -15 55 £52,500 +31.25% 8
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 56 (6.73%) Apache
2 33 (3.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (2.88%) IIS
4 21 (2.52%) SharePoint
5 19 (2.28%) ArcGIS
6 14 (1.68%) Apache Spark
7 12 (1.44%) GeoServer
7 12 (1.44%) WebLogic
8 11 (1.32%) Tomcat
9 10 (1.20%) nginx
10 9 (1.08%) Captiva
10 9 (1.08%) FileNet
10 9 (1.08%) WebSphere
11 8 (0.96%) Confluence
12 4 (0.48%) CloudStack
13 3 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
14 2 (0.24%) OpenStack
14 2 (0.24%) SAS
15 1 (0.12%) CMS
15 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (2.40%) 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 (1.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 7 (0.84%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.60%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 305 (36.66%) Azure
2 242 (29.09%) AWS
3 78 (9.38%) IBM Cloud
4 73 (8.77%) GCP
4 73 (8.77%) Serverless
5 63 (7.57%) Microsoft 365
6 49 (5.89%) Azure DevOps
7 42 (5.05%) Azure API Management
8 41 (4.93%) Azure Functions
8 41 (4.93%) Azure Logic Apps
8 41 (4.93%) Azure Service Bus
9 31 (3.73%) Amazon EKS
10 30 (3.61%) GitHub
11 26 (3.13%) SaaS
12 25 (3.00%) OpenShift
13 21 (2.52%) AWS Lambda
14 19 (2.28%) AWS CloudFormation
15 18 (2.16%) Amazon S3
15 18 (2.16%) Amazon SQS
16 15 (1.80%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 131 (15.75%) Firewall
2 69 (8.29%) DNS
3 57 (6.85%) VPN
4 56 (6.73%) TCP/IP
5 53 (6.37%) DHCP
6 52 (6.25%) WAN
7 49 (5.89%) LAN
8 46 (5.53%) SAN
9 34 (4.09%) Network Security
10 31 (3.73%) SSL
11 29 (3.49%) Internet
12 26 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
13 23 (2.76%) NAS
13 23 (2.76%) Wireless
14 21 (2.52%) MQTT
15 20 (2.40%) SD-WAN
16 15 (1.80%) IPsec
16 15 (1.80%) SNMP
17 14 (1.68%) BGP
17 14 (1.68%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (14.30%) PostgreSQL
2 114 (13.70%) MongoDB
3 106 (12.74%) NoSQL
4 79 (9.50%) SQL Server
5 78 (9.38%) DB2
6 75 (9.01%) Relational Database
7 70 (8.41%) MySQL
8 24 (2.88%) Oracle Database
9 21 (2.52%) Elasticsearch
10 19 (2.28%) GIS
10 19 (2.28%) Redis
11 18 (2.16%) Big Data
11 18 (2.16%) RDBMS
12 16 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
13 12 (1.44%) Hadoop
13 12 (1.44%) QGIS
14 11 (1.32%) Cloudera CDH
15 7 (0.84%) DynamoDB
15 7 (0.84%) Geospatial Data
16 6 (0.72%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 55 (6.61%) JIRA
2 49 (5.89%) Git
3 38 (4.57%) GitLab
4 37 (4.45%) Jenkins
5 24 (2.88%) Artifactory
6 11 (1.32%) IBM UrbanCode
6 11 (1.32%) Subversion
7 9 (1.08%) Oracle Forms
8 7 (0.84%) Eclipse
8 7 (0.84%) PHPUnit
8 7 (0.84%) Rational DOORS
9 6 (0.72%) GDB
9 6 (0.72%) Gradle
10 5 (0.60%) Clang
10 5 (0.60%) Maven
11 4 (0.48%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.48%) CMake
11 4 (0.48%) GCC
12 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.24%) Jasmine
General
1 155 (18.63%) Social Skills
2 127 (15.26%) Public Sector
3 105 (12.62%) Finance
4 52 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (6.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (4.21%) Aerospace
7 29 (3.49%) Banking
8 23 (2.76%) Retail
9 22 (2.64%) Manufacturing
10 21 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (2.04%) Telecoms
12 16 (1.92%) Electronics
13 14 (1.68%) Law
14 13 (1.56%) Automotive
14 13 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
15 12 (1.44%) Mandarin Language
16 8 (0.96%) Games
16 8 (0.96%) Military
16 8 (0.96%) Police
17 7 (0.84%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 176 (21.15%) Senior
2 167 (20.07%) Developer
3 151 (18.15%) Software Engineer
4 81 (9.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 72 (8.65%) Lead
6 56 (6.73%) Embedded Engineer
7 54 (6.49%) DevOps Engineer
8 53 (6.37%) Full Stack Developer
9 47 (5.65%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 43 (5.17%) Full Stack Engineer
11 41 (4.93%) Azure Developer
12 39 (4.69%) Azure Engineer
13 38 (4.57%) Support Engineer
14 37 (4.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 36 (4.33%) Architect
16 35 (4.21%) Analyst
16 35 (4.21%) Cloud Engineer
17 34 (4.09%) IT Engineer
18 32 (3.85%) Senior Software Engineer
18 32 (3.85%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (16.71%) React
2 124 (14.90%) CSS
3 122 (14.66%) HTML
4 121 (14.54%) REST
5 105 (12.62%) .NET
6 102 (12.26%) AngularJS
7 99 (11.90%) Vue
8 95 (11.42%) Node.js
8 95 (11.42%) Web Services
9 89 (10.70%) jQuery
10 86 (10.34%) ASP.NET
11 78 (9.38%) ASP.NET Core
11 78 (9.38%) Backbone.js
11 78 (9.38%) Ember.js
11 78 (9.38%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 40 (4.81%) RabbitMQ
13 26 (3.13%) Spring Boot
14 25 (3.00%) Laravel
15 21 (2.52%) Spring
16 20 (2.40%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 99 (11.90%) Hybrid Cloud
2 80 (9.62%) Algorithms
3 78 (9.38%) Blockchain
3 78 (9.38%) Data Structures
4 68 (8.17%) Public Cloud
5 67 (8.05%) Data Centre
6 37 (4.45%) e-Learning
7 31 (3.73%) Management Information System
8 28 (3.37%) IoT
9 27 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
10 26 (3.13%) Embedded Systems
11 19 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
11 19 (2.28%) Private Cloud
12 18 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
13 17 (2.04%) Cloud Native
14 15 (1.80%) PMI
15 13 (1.56%) Replication
16 11 (1.32%) Device Driver
17 9 (1.08%) Cyberattack
17 9 (1.08%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 418 (50.24%) Windows
2 95 (11.42%) Windows Server
3 87 (10.46%) Android
3 87 (10.46%) Apple iOS
4 68 (8.17%) Unix
5 57 (6.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 44 (5.29%) Ubuntu
7 40 (4.81%) Embedded Linux
8 29 (3.49%) Mac OS
9 21 (2.52%) Windows Server 2012
10 20 (2.40%) Windows Server 2016
11 17 (2.04%) CentOS
12 16 (1.92%) Debian
13 15 (1.80%) Data ONTAP
14 13 (1.56%) Windows Server 2008
15 10 (1.20%) Windows 10
16 9 (1.08%) AIX
16 9 (1.08%) Solaris
17 8 (0.96%) Mac OS X
17 8 (0.96%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (27.16%) Agile
2 184 (22.12%) Software Engineering
3 183 (22.00%) DevOps
4 141 (16.95%) Mentoring
5 138 (16.59%) Problem-Solving
6 122 (14.66%) OO
7 116 (13.94%) Full Stack Development
8 114 (13.70%) User Experience
9 109 (13.10%) Web Development
10 107 (12.86%) Coaching
10 107 (12.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 100 (12.02%) OOP
12 96 (11.54%) MVC
13 93 (11.18%) Artificial Intelligence
13 93 (11.18%) Design Patterns
14 90 (10.82%) MVVM
15 83 (9.98%) Infrastructure as Code
16 82 (9.86%) CI/CD
17 79 (9.50%) SOLID
18 78 (9.38%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 218 (26.20%) Python
2 171 (20.55%) SQL
3 168 (20.19%) JavaScript
4 150 (18.03%) Java
5 104 (12.50%) C#
6 95 (11.42%) C
7 65 (7.81%) C++
8 60 (7.21%) PowerShell
9 47 (5.65%) PHP
10 29 (3.49%) Bash
11 22 (2.64%) Shell Script
12 21 (2.52%) Rust
13 16 (1.92%) Embedded C
14 14 (1.68%) TypeScript
14 14 (1.68%) VBScript
15 12 (1.44%) Perl
16 11 (1.32%) COBOL
16 11 (1.32%) Delphi
16 11 (1.32%) Micro Focus COBOL
16 11 (1.32%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 115 (13.82%) Degree
2 97 (11.66%) Security Cleared
3 66 (7.93%) SC Cleared
4 39 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 37 (4.45%) DV Cleared
6 31 (3.73%) AWS Certification
7 25 (3.00%) Cisco Certification
8 23 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (2.28%) Azure Certification
10 16 (1.92%) PMI Certification
11 14 (1.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 14 (1.68%) CCNA
11 14 (1.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 12 (1.44%) MCSE
13 11 (1.32%) MCSA
14 8 (0.96%) CCNP
14 8 (0.96%) CISSP
15 6 (0.72%) TOGAF Certification
16 5 (0.60%) JNCIA
16 5 (0.60%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (3.73%) GDPR
2 20 (2.40%) SLA
3 15 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.20%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.08%) NIST
6 7 (0.84%) ISO 9000
7 6 (0.72%) QA
8 4 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.12%) GRC
10 1 (0.12%) NCSC
10 1 (0.12%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 106 (12.74%) Docker
2 97 (11.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 94 (11.30%) Active Directory
4 56 (6.73%) Hyper-V
5 28 (3.37%) Firmware
6 18 (2.16%) VMware ESXi
7 17 (2.04%) Embedded Firmware
8 15 (1.80%) vSphere
9 4 (0.48%) Terminal Services
9 4 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.36%) Microsoft App-V
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%) Shibboleth
12 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.12%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 118 (14.18%) Ansible
2 101 (12.14%) Kubernetes
3 94 (11.30%) Terraform
4 28 (3.37%) Prometheus
5 23 (2.76%) Progress Chef
6 20 (2.40%) Puppet
7 18 (2.16%) vCenter Server
8 17 (2.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 17 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
8 17 (2.04%) WSUS
9 16 (1.92%) Grafana
10 15 (1.80%) SCCM
11 12 (1.44%) Opsgenie
11 12 (1.44%) SCOM
11 12 (1.44%) VxRail
11 12 (1.44%) ZABBIX
12 8 (0.96%) FortiGate
13 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 6 (0.72%) Nagios
14 5 (0.60%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 138 (16.59%) Red Hat
2 135 (16.23%) VMware
3 133 (15.99%) Microsoft
4 114 (13.70%) IBM
5 83 (9.98%) Oracle
6 69 (8.29%) Cisco
7 45 (5.41%) Google
8 31 (3.73%) Veeam
9 30 (3.61%) NetApp
10 23 (2.76%) SolarWinds
11 19 (2.28%) ESRI
12 18 (2.16%) Dell
12 18 (2.16%) Palo Alto
13 15 (1.80%) SAP
13 15 (1.80%) SolidFire
14 14 (1.68%) Fortinet
15 13 (1.56%) F5
16 12 (1.44%) Sparx
17 11 (1.32%) Citrix
17 11 (1.32%) SaltStack