Linux Jobs in the North West

Linux
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 56 31
Rank change year-on-year +22 -25 -9
Permanent jobs citing Linux 522 448 784
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.36% 5.64% 8.33%
As % of the Operating Systems category 44.01% 38.75% 46.36%
Number of salaries quoted 319 267 390
10th Percentile £34,750 £27,600 £31,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,875 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £68,359 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £78,750 £73,675
England median annual salary £57,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.31% +8.33% +4.35%

All Operating Systems
North West

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 West with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,186 1,156 1,691
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.18% 14.55% 17.97%
Number of salaries quoted 884 773 1,082
10th Percentile £25,075 £24,750 £23,038
25th Percentile £30,001 £31,250 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £71,250
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 West

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the North West

Linux
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux in the North West.

Salary trend for Linux in the North West

Linux
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in the North West over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux in the North West

Linux
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the North West region over the 6 months to 5 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
Manchester +29 382 £55,000 -1.79% 57
Cheshire +18 65 £55,000 - 17
Lancashire +6 39 £50,000 +5.26% 6
Merseyside -31 24 £26,500 -47.00% 8
Cumbria -16 10 £70,000 +55.56%
Linux
England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 36 (6.90%) Apache
2 19 (3.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (3.07%) IIS
4 15 (2.87%) ArcGIS
5 14 (2.68%) Apache Spark
6 8 (1.53%) GeoServer
6 8 (1.53%) WebLogic
7 6 (1.15%) SharePoint
8 4 (0.77%) Captiva
8 4 (0.77%) CloudStack
8 4 (0.77%) FileNet
8 4 (0.77%) nginx
8 4 (0.77%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.77%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.38%) SAS
11 1 (0.19%) CMS
11 1 (0.19%) Confluence
11 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.19%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 8 (1.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (0.96%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.77%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 203 (38.89%) Azure
2 151 (28.93%) AWS
3 78 (14.94%) IBM Cloud
4 70 (13.41%) Serverless
5 50 (9.58%) Azure DevOps
6 46 (8.81%) GCP
7 43 (8.24%) Microsoft 365
8 41 (7.85%) Azure API Management
8 41 (7.85%) Azure Functions
8 41 (7.85%) Azure Logic Apps
8 41 (7.85%) Azure Service Bus
9 27 (5.17%) Amazon EKS
10 23 (4.41%) GitHub
11 20 (3.83%) AWS Lambda
12 18 (3.45%) AWS CloudFormation
13 15 (2.87%) OpenShift
14 14 (2.68%) Amazon SQS
15 12 (2.30%) Amazon S3
15 12 (2.30%) SaaS
16 10 (1.92%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 55 (10.54%) Firewall
2 37 (7.09%) DNS
2 37 (7.09%) WAN
3 27 (5.17%) DHCP
3 27 (5.17%) LAN
4 25 (4.79%) Network Security
4 25 (4.79%) SAN
4 25 (4.79%) VPN
5 24 (4.60%) TCP/IP
6 21 (4.02%) SSL
7 15 (2.87%) Internet
8 13 (2.49%) SD-WAN
9 12 (2.30%) iSCSI
10 11 (2.11%) AMQP
10 11 (2.11%) Wireless
11 10 (1.92%) IPsec
11 10 (1.92%) SNMP
11 10 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (1.72%) BGP
12 9 (1.72%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (20.31%) PostgreSQL
2 103 (19.73%) MongoDB
3 97 (18.58%) NoSQL
4 78 (14.94%) DB2
5 67 (12.84%) Relational Database
6 50 (9.58%) SQL Server
7 49 (9.39%) MySQL
8 18 (3.45%) Big Data
9 15 (2.87%) GIS
10 14 (2.68%) Oracle Database
11 13 (2.49%) RDBMS
11 13 (2.49%) Redis
12 11 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
12 11 (2.11%) Cloudera CDH
12 11 (2.11%) Elasticsearch
12 11 (2.11%) Hadoop
13 8 (1.53%) QGIS
14 7 (1.34%) DynamoDB
14 7 (1.34%) Geospatial Data
15 6 (1.15%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 41 (7.85%) JIRA
2 36 (6.90%) Git
3 30 (5.75%) Jenkins
4 15 (2.87%) GitLab
5 9 (1.72%) Subversion
6 7 (1.34%) Artifactory
6 7 (1.34%) PHPUnit
6 7 (1.34%) Rational DOORS
7 6 (1.15%) GDB
8 5 (0.96%) Clang
9 4 (0.77%) CMake
9 4 (0.77%) GCC
9 4 (0.77%) IBM UrbanCode
9 4 (0.77%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.57%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.38%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.38%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.38%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.38%) LabVIEW
11 2 (0.38%) SonarQube
General
1 93 (17.82%) Public Sector
2 84 (16.09%) Social Skills
3 61 (11.69%) Finance
4 42 (8.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (5.36%) Aerospace
6 20 (3.83%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (2.68%) Retail
7 14 (2.68%) Telecoms
8 13 (2.49%) Manufacturing
9 10 (1.92%) Automotive
9 10 (1.92%) Banking
9 10 (1.92%) Electronics
10 8 (1.53%) Military
11 7 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.15%) Health Technology
13 5 (0.96%) Games
14 4 (0.77%) Law
14 4 (0.77%) Local Government
14 4 (0.77%) Police
14 4 (0.77%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 124 (23.75%) Developer
2 120 (22.99%) Software Engineer
3 118 (22.61%) Senior
4 48 (9.20%) Full Stack Developer
5 44 (8.43%) Lead
6 43 (8.24%) Full Stack Engineer
7 41 (7.85%) Azure Developer
8 40 (7.66%) Azure Engineer
9 34 (6.51%) DevOps Engineer
10 33 (6.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 32 (6.13%) Embedded Engineer
12 31 (5.94%) Embedded Software Engineer
13 28 (5.36%) Senior Software Engineer
14 22 (4.21%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 21 (4.02%) Software Developer
16 20 (3.83%) Senior Developer
17 17 (3.26%) Cloud Engineer
18 16 (3.07%) Architect
18 16 (3.07%) Consultant
19 15 (2.87%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (24.90%) React
2 121 (23.18%) CSS
3 114 (21.84%) HTML
4 102 (19.54%) AngularJS
5 97 (18.58%) REST
6 95 (18.20%) .NET
7 93 (17.82%) Vue
8 89 (17.05%) jQuery
8 89 (17.05%) Node.js
9 86 (16.48%) ASP.NET
9 86 (16.48%) Web Services
10 78 (14.94%) ASP.NET Core
10 78 (14.94%) Backbone.js
10 78 (14.94%) Ember.js
10 78 (14.94%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 31 (5.94%) RabbitMQ
12 20 (3.83%) Spring Boot
13 16 (3.07%) HTML5
13 16 (3.07%) Laravel
14 15 (2.87%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 85 (16.28%) Hybrid Cloud
2 79 (15.13%) Algorithms
2 79 (15.13%) Blockchain
3 78 (14.94%) Data Structures
4 37 (7.09%) e-Learning
5 34 (6.51%) Data Centre
6 25 (4.79%) Public Cloud
7 24 (4.60%) Embedded Systems
8 22 (4.21%) IoT
9 19 (3.64%) Management Information System
10 15 (2.87%) PMI
11 13 (2.49%) Cloud Native
12 10 (1.92%) Device Driver
13 9 (1.72%) Replication
14 8 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
15 7 (1.34%) Smart Energy
16 6 (1.15%) Cyberattack
16 6 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
16 6 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 264 (50.57%) Windows
2 84 (16.09%) Android
2 84 (16.09%) Apple iOS
3 50 (9.58%) Windows Server
4 36 (6.90%) Unix
5 33 (6.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 32 (6.13%) Ubuntu
7 16 (3.07%) Debian
7 16 (3.07%) Embedded Linux
8 15 (2.87%) Mac OS
9 13 (2.49%) CentOS
10 10 (1.92%) Data ONTAP
10 10 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
11 8 (1.53%) Windows Server 2012
12 6 (1.15%) Windows 10
12 6 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
13 5 (0.96%) Solaris
14 4 (0.77%) FreeRTOS
14 4 (0.77%) Kali Linux
14 4 (0.77%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (31.03%) Agile
2 141 (27.01%) Software Engineering
3 128 (24.52%) DevOps
4 109 (20.88%) Full Stack Development
5 101 (19.35%) Mentoring
6 98 (18.77%) OO
6 98 (18.77%) OOP
7 96 (18.39%) Web Development
8 92 (17.62%) MVC
8 92 (17.62%) User Experience
9 90 (17.24%) Design Patterns
9 90 (17.24%) MVVM
10 89 (17.05%) Artificial Intelligence
11 78 (14.94%) Co-Creation
11 78 (14.94%) Design Thinking
11 78 (14.94%) Responsive Web Design
11 78 (14.94%) SOLID
12 75 (14.37%) Problem-Solving
13 73 (13.98%) Coaching
14 63 (12.07%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 173 (33.14%) Python
2 141 (27.01%) JavaScript
3 122 (23.37%) Java
3 122 (23.37%) SQL
4 94 (18.01%) C#
5 68 (13.03%) C
6 38 (7.28%) C++
7 30 (5.75%) PowerShell
8 25 (4.79%) PHP
9 21 (4.02%) Rust
10 15 (2.87%) Bash
10 15 (2.87%) Embedded C
11 11 (2.11%) Delphi
11 11 (2.11%) Perl
12 10 (1.92%) TypeScript
13 9 (1.72%) Go
13 9 (1.72%) Ruby
14 7 (1.34%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.96%) ABAP
15 5 (0.96%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 72 (13.79%) Degree
2 70 (13.41%) Security Cleared
3 44 (8.43%) SC Cleared
4 35 (6.70%) DV Cleared
5 24 (4.60%) AWS Certification
6 19 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (2.87%) PMI Certification
8 11 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (1.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 10 (1.92%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (1.15%) CCNP
12 5 (0.96%) Citrix Certification
12 5 (0.96%) HND
12 5 (0.96%) JNCIA
12 5 (0.96%) VCAP
13 4 (0.77%) Chartered Engineer
13 4 (0.77%) HNC
14 2 (0.38%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 2 (0.38%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (1.72%) GDPR
3 7 (1.34%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.34%) ISO 9000
3 7 (1.34%) SLA
4 6 (1.15%) NIST
5 4 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.19%) GRC
7 1 (0.19%) NCSC
7 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.19%) QA
System Software
1 75 (14.37%) Docker
2 57 (10.92%) Active Directory
3 49 (9.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (4.21%) Firmware
5 13 (2.49%) Embedded Firmware
5 13 (2.49%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.77%) Terminal Services
7 3 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.57%) vSphere
8 2 (0.38%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.19%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.19%) Lustre
9 1 (0.19%) Postfix
9 1 (0.19%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 76 (14.56%) Ansible
2 74 (14.18%) Kubernetes
3 62 (11.88%) Terraform
4 18 (3.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 15 (2.87%) Prometheus
6 14 (2.68%) Progress Chef
6 14 (2.68%) Puppet
7 12 (2.30%) Opsgenie
7 12 (2.30%) VxRail
7 12 (2.30%) ZABBIX
8 11 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
9 10 (1.92%) vCenter Server
10 8 (1.53%) WSUS
11 6 (1.15%) Grafana
12 5 (0.96%) Plesk
13 4 (0.77%) cPanel
14 3 (0.57%) Podman
14 3 (0.57%) SELinux
15 1 (0.19%) CASB
15 1 (0.19%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 111 (21.26%) Red Hat
2 90 (17.24%) IBM
3 81 (15.52%) Microsoft
4 66 (12.64%) VMware
5 43 (8.24%) Cisco
6 37 (7.09%) Oracle
7 25 (4.79%) NetApp
8 24 (4.60%) Google
9 21 (4.02%) Veeam
10 15 (2.87%) ESRI
11 14 (2.68%) Fortinet
12 13 (2.49%) Dell
12 13 (2.49%) F5
13 12 (2.30%) SolarWinds
14 11 (2.11%) SaltStack
15 10 (1.92%) Facebook
15 10 (1.92%) Palo Alto
15 10 (1.92%) SAP
15 10 (1.92%) SolidFire
16 8 (1.53%) Sparx