Linux Jobs in Scotland

Linux
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 70 31 22
Rank change year-on-year -39 -9 -3
Permanent jobs citing Linux 362 386 527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 5.39% 8.15% 9.23%
As % of the Operating Systems category 44.53% 52.02% 54.44%
Number of salaries quoted 171 224 248
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £33,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,625 £42,279
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

All Operating Systems
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 813 742 968
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 12.11% 15.66% 16.96%
Number of salaries quoted 424 430 565
10th Percentile £25,200 £28,113 £24,250
25th Percentile £28,950 £35,000 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £64,000
90th Percentile £78,375 £77,715 £71,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Scotland

Linux
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Linux in Scotland

Linux
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for Linux in Scotland

Linux
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Scotland 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
Glasgow -68 169 £50,000 -9.09% 22
Edinburgh +11 149 £60,000 +0.82% 42
West Lothian -2 20 £60,000 -5.88% 1
Dundee -6 11 £49,990 +33.31%
Aberdeen -17 4 £52,500 -19.23% 4
Aberdeenshire +4 3 £28,500 -56.15% 1
Fife -11 2 - - 2
Lanarkshire -11 1 £27,500 -11.29% 4
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £23,000 - 2
Linux
UK

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 21 (5.80%) Apache
2 12 (3.31%) WebSphere
3 10 (2.76%) Tomcat
4 8 (2.21%) ArcGIS
4 8 (2.21%) GeoServer
4 8 (2.21%) WebLogic
5 7 (1.93%) Captiva
5 7 (1.93%) FileNet
5 7 (1.93%) SharePoint
6 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.10%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.83%) IIS
8 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (3.59%) Unit4 Business World
2 8 (2.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 85 (23.48%) Azure
2 62 (17.13%) AWS
3 32 (8.84%) GCP
4 27 (7.46%) SaaS
5 21 (5.80%) IaaS
6 20 (5.52%) PaaS
7 19 (5.25%) Microsoft 365
8 12 (3.31%) Amazon S3
9 11 (3.04%) Cloud Computing
10 10 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (2.49%) Amazon EKS
11 9 (2.49%) Entra ID
11 9 (2.49%) GitHub
12 8 (2.21%) Amazon SQS
13 6 (1.66%) OpenShift
14 5 (1.38%) Azure Sentinel
15 4 (1.10%) AWS CloudFormation
15 4 (1.10%) Google Docs
15 4 (1.10%) Google Workspace
15 4 (1.10%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 44 (12.15%) Firewall
2 30 (8.29%) VPN
3 28 (7.73%) Wireless
4 21 (5.80%) Network Security
5 20 (5.52%) TCP/IP
6 19 (5.25%) WAN
7 17 (4.70%) SD-WAN
7 17 (4.70%) Wi-Fi
8 16 (4.42%) Ethernet
9 14 (3.87%) Internet
9 14 (3.87%) RS-232
10 13 (3.59%) DNS
11 11 (3.04%) SNMP
12 10 (2.76%) IPsec
13 8 (2.21%) BGP
13 8 (2.21%) SSL
14 7 (1.93%) DHCP
15 6 (1.66%) LAN
16 3 (0.83%) Modbus
16 3 (0.83%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (8.29%) SQL Server
2 15 (4.14%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (4.14%) Relational Database
3 14 (3.87%) MongoDB
3 14 (3.87%) Oracle Database
3 14 (3.87%) RDBMS
4 13 (3.59%) DB2
5 11 (3.04%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (2.49%) Big Data
7 8 (2.21%) Amazon RDS
7 8 (2.21%) GIS
7 8 (2.21%) QGIS
8 7 (1.93%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (1.38%) Pentaho
10 4 (1.10%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.83%) InfluxDB
11 3 (0.83%) Ingres
11 3 (0.83%) MySQL
12 1 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.28%) Flink
Development Applications
1 22 (6.08%) JIRA
2 13 (3.59%) Jenkins
2 13 (3.59%) Oracle Forms
3 10 (2.76%) GitLab
3 10 (2.76%) IBM UrbanCode
4 8 (2.21%) Git
5 6 (1.66%) JUnit
5 6 (1.66%) Maven
6 5 (1.38%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.38%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.55%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.28%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.28%) GoCD
8 1 (0.28%) Gradle
8 1 (0.28%) Protractor
8 1 (0.28%) Selenium
8 1 (0.28%) Subversion
General
1 154 (42.54%) Finance
2 146 (40.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 96 (26.52%) Law
4 84 (23.20%) Social Skills
5 58 (16.02%) Marketing
6 38 (10.50%) Legal
7 29 (8.01%) Banking
8 22 (6.08%) Manufacturing
9 19 (5.25%) Public Sector
10 14 (3.87%) Military
11 13 (3.59%) Analytical Skills
12 10 (2.76%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.66%) Retail
13 6 (1.66%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.38%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (1.10%) Retail Banking
16 2 (0.55%) Electronics
16 2 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 188 (51.93%) Software Engineer
2 79 (21.82%) Senior
3 61 (16.85%) Lead
4 49 (13.54%) Senior Software Engineer
5 47 (12.98%) Lead Software Engineer
6 23 (6.35%) Embedded Engineer
6 23 (6.35%) Support Engineer
7 22 (6.08%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 19 (5.25%) Architect
8 19 (5.25%) Cloud Engineer
9 18 (4.97%) Analyst
10 15 (4.14%) Support Analyst
11 14 (3.87%) C Software Engineer
11 14 (3.87%) Consultant
11 14 (3.87%) IT Manager
11 14 (3.87%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 14 (3.87%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 14 (3.87%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
12 13 (3.59%) Solutions Architect
13 12 (3.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.25%) RabbitMQ
2 14 (3.87%) Yocto
3 13 (3.59%) Spring Boot
4 12 (3.31%) React
4 12 (3.31%) Web Services
5 10 (2.76%) YAML
6 9 (2.49%) .NET
7 8 (2.21%) Django
7 8 (2.21%) HTML
7 8 (2.21%) Leaflet
7 8 (2.21%) OpenLayers
7 8 (2.21%) PostGIS
7 8 (2.21%) RESTful
8 6 (1.66%) CSS
8 6 (1.66%) Kafka
9 5 (1.38%) LDAP
9 5 (1.38%) Spring
9 5 (1.38%) Spring Cloud
10 4 (1.10%) REST
10 4 (1.10%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 48 (13.26%) Algorithms
2 35 (9.67%) Public Cloud
3 33 (9.12%) Data Centre
4 22 (6.08%) Cloud Native
5 15 (4.14%) Device Driver
6 14 (3.87%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (3.59%) Private Cloud
7 13 (3.59%) Replication
8 11 (3.04%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (2.49%) Virtual Team
10 7 (1.93%) DataPower
11 6 (1.66%) Driving Licence
11 6 (1.66%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 5 (1.38%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.38%) Reference Data
13 4 (1.10%) Product Ownership
14 3 (0.83%) Embedded Systems
14 3 (0.83%) Mainframe
14 3 (0.83%) Onboarding
14 3 (0.83%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 140 (38.67%) Windows
2 55 (15.19%) Unix
3 45 (12.43%) Windows Server
4 17 (4.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 15 (4.14%) Embedded Linux
6 14 (3.87%) Mac OS
6 14 (3.87%) Mac OS X
7 10 (2.76%) Data ONTAP
7 10 (2.76%) Ubuntu
8 7 (1.93%) CentOS
9 6 (1.66%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (1.10%) AIX
10 4 (1.10%) Apple iOS
10 4 (1.10%) Mesosphere
10 4 (1.10%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.83%) Android
11 3 (0.83%) Debian
11 3 (0.83%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.55%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (53.04%) Software Engineering
2 174 (48.07%) Agile
3 112 (30.94%) SDLC
4 99 (27.35%) CI/CD
5 91 (25.14%) Community of Practice
6 80 (22.10%) DevOps
7 57 (15.75%) Machine Learning
8 56 (15.47%) Artificial Intelligence
9 52 (14.36%) Operational Stability
10 48 (13.26%) Continuous Delivery
10 48 (13.26%) Continuous Improvement
11 47 (12.98%) Architectural Design
11 47 (12.98%) Information Architecture
12 44 (12.15%) Actionable Insight
12 44 (12.15%) Visualisation
13 43 (11.88%) Cybersecurity
14 42 (11.60%) Mentoring
15 41 (11.33%) Problem-Solving
16 35 (9.67%) ITIL
17 34 (9.39%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 154 (42.54%) Python
2 145 (40.06%) SQL
3 139 (38.40%) Java
4 54 (14.92%) C
5 39 (10.77%) PL/SQL
6 29 (8.01%) Embedded C
7 28 (7.73%) Bash
8 27 (7.46%) C++
9 19 (5.25%) PowerShell
10 17 (4.70%) JavaScript
11 12 (3.31%) Shell Script
12 11 (3.04%) C#
13 5 (1.38%) Groovy
14 4 (1.10%) Ruby
14 4 (1.10%) T-SQL
14 4 (1.10%) VB
15 3 (0.83%) PHP
16 2 (0.55%) Perl
16 2 (0.55%) TypeScript
17 1 (0.28%) Go
Qualifications
1 60 (16.57%) Degree
2 21 (5.80%) Cisco Certification
3 20 (5.52%) Security Cleared
4 18 (4.97%) SC Cleared
5 17 (4.70%) CCNA
6 16 (4.42%) CISSP
7 14 (3.87%) AWS Certification
7 14 (3.87%) CISM
7 14 (3.87%) GCIA
7 14 (3.87%) GCIH
7 14 (3.87%) GREM
8 13 (3.59%) CISA
8 13 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (3.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (3.31%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.10%) CCDP
10 4 (1.10%) CCNP
10 4 (1.10%) CCSP
10 4 (1.10%) MCSE
10 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.59%) ITGC
1 13 (3.59%) PMO
2 8 (2.21%) GDPR
3 6 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.66%) QA
4 4 (1.10%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.55%) DICOM
5 2 (0.55%) NIST
6 1 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.28%) SOC 3
System Software
1 31 (8.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 28 (7.73%) Docker
3 15 (4.14%) Active Directory
3 15 (4.14%) Hyper-V
4 13 (3.59%) VMware NSX
5 8 (2.21%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.10%) KVM
7 1 (0.28%) Firmware
7 1 (0.28%) Xen
Systems Management
1 123 (33.98%) Kubernetes
2 48 (13.26%) Ansible
3 34 (9.39%) Terraform
4 17 (4.70%) Prometheus
5 14 (3.87%) Grafana
6 13 (3.59%) FortiGate
6 13 (3.59%) Progress Chef
7 10 (2.76%) vCenter Server
8 9 (2.49%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (1.66%) Puppet
10 5 (1.38%) ITRS Geneos
11 4 (1.10%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (0.83%) ZABBIX
13 2 (0.55%) CASB
14 1 (0.28%) CA Endevor
14 1 (0.28%) CSIRT
14 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
14 1 (0.28%) Kibana
14 1 (0.28%) Rancher
Vendors
1 133 (36.74%) Oracle
2 50 (13.81%) VMware
3 35 (9.67%) Microsoft
4 24 (6.63%) Dell
5 23 (6.35%) NetApp
6 22 (6.08%) Cisco
7 20 (5.52%) SAP
8 17 (4.70%) Google
9 16 (4.42%) IBM
9 16 (4.42%) ServiceNow
10 15 (4.14%) Red Hat
11 13 (3.59%) Sage
12 10 (2.76%) Palo Alto
12 10 (2.76%) SolidFire
13 8 (2.21%) ESRI
13 8 (2.21%) Sparx
14 7 (1.93%) Kofax
14 7 (1.93%) Pega
15 5 (1.38%) AppDynamics
15 5 (1.38%) Splunk