Linux Jobs in the South East

Linux
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 26 24 19
Rank change year-on-year -2 -5 +5
Permanent jobs citing Linux 1,163 1,271 2,132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.00% 8.43% 10.82%
As % of the Operating Systems category 40.58% 43.39% 50.49%
Number of salaries quoted 780 842 1,077
10th Percentile £34,000 £27,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £39,696 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £68,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,343 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.86% +8.33% +4.35%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 South East with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2,866 2,929 4,223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 17.26% 19.42% 21.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,317 2,007 2,775
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.53% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the South East

Linux
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux in the South East.

Salary trend for Linux in the South East

Linux
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Linux in the South East

Linux
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the South East 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
Thames Valley -5 441 £51,500 +8.42% 85
Hampshire +3 385 £58,350 +16.70% 74
Berkshire +3 245 £58,350 -2.75% 44
Surrey -4 200 £55,000 - 38
Oxfordshire +14 121 £42,500 - 22
Buckinghamshire -41 75 £45,000 - 19
West Sussex +18 44 £64,000 +31.28% 11
East Sussex +31 36 £50,000 -20.00% 3
Middlesex +8 34 £60,000 -31.43%
Kent -39 14 £40,000 +23.08% 8
Linux
England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 41 (3.53%) Apache
2 33 (2.84%) IIS
3 29 (2.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 28 (2.41%) OpenStack
5 25 (2.15%) nginx
6 24 (2.06%) Confluence
7 20 (1.72%) WebLogic
8 15 (1.29%) Oracle Service Bus
9 7 (0.60%) WordPress
10 4 (0.34%) Apache Solr
10 4 (0.34%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.34%) ColdFusion
10 4 (0.34%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.34%) SharePoint
11 2 (0.17%) CMS
11 2 (0.17%) Drupal
11 2 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.086%) Kinematics
12 1 (0.086%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 32 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (1.72%) Simulink
4 15 (1.29%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (0.34%) Doxygen
5 4 (0.34%) OrCAD
5 4 (0.34%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.17%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.086%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 15 (1.29%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.086%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.086%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 405 (34.82%) Azure
2 167 (14.36%) AWS
3 120 (10.32%) Azure DevOps
4 112 (9.63%) IBM Cloud
5 97 (8.34%) Entra ID
6 79 (6.79%) Microsoft 365
7 76 (6.53%) Serverless
8 69 (5.93%) Azure Functions
9 68 (5.85%) Azure API Management
9 68 (5.85%) Azure Logic Apps
9 68 (5.85%) Azure Service Bus
10 33 (2.84%) GitHub
11 17 (1.46%) Amazon S3
11 17 (1.46%) GCP
12 16 (1.38%) Azure Monitor
12 16 (1.38%) SaaS
13 15 (1.29%) Azure Storage
14 13 (1.12%) Amazon EC2
15 12 (1.03%) OCI
16 11 (0.95%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 168 (14.45%) Firewall
2 114 (9.80%) DNS
3 86 (7.39%) 5G
4 78 (6.71%) Broadband
5 71 (6.10%) TCP/IP
6 68 (5.85%) DHCP
7 50 (4.30%) VPN
8 41 (3.53%) SAN
9 40 (3.44%) Wireless
10 35 (3.01%) SNMP
11 29 (2.49%) WAN
12 23 (1.98%) LAN
12 23 (1.98%) NAS
13 22 (1.89%) BGP
14 18 (1.55%) Network Security
15 16 (1.38%) VoIP
16 15 (1.29%) HTTP
16 15 (1.29%) SSH
16 15 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
17 13 (1.12%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (9.20%) PostgreSQL
2 96 (8.25%) Relational Database
3 94 (8.08%) NoSQL
4 90 (7.74%) MySQL
5 81 (6.96%) MongoDB
6 78 (6.71%) DB2
7 33 (2.84%) SQL Server
8 24 (2.06%) Oracle Database
9 15 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
9 15 (1.29%) Oracle Database 10g
9 15 (1.29%) Oracle Database 11g
9 15 (1.29%) VLDB
10 12 (1.03%) MariaDB
11 11 (0.95%) GIS
12 9 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
13 8 (0.69%) Redis
14 7 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (0.60%) InfluxDB
15 5 (0.43%) RDBMS
16 4 (0.34%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 110 (9.46%) Git
2 74 (6.36%) JIRA
3 49 (4.21%) Jenkins
4 34 (2.92%) Subversion
5 24 (2.06%) Ant
5 24 (2.06%) GitLab
6 20 (1.72%) Visual Studio
7 18 (1.55%) Eclipse
8 17 (1.46%) CMake
8 17 (1.46%) Robot Framework
9 10 (0.86%) Bitbucket
9 10 (0.86%) Trac
9 10 (0.86%) Vagrant
10 5 (0.43%) GDB
11 3 (0.26%) CircleCI
11 3 (0.26%) Gradle
11 3 (0.26%) IntelliJ
12 2 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
12 2 (0.17%) Selenium
12 2 (0.17%) SonarQube
General
1 231 (19.86%) Social Skills
2 145 (12.47%) Public Sector
3 127 (10.92%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (6.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 66 (5.67%) Electronics
6 64 (5.50%) Finance
7 55 (4.73%) Telecoms
8 51 (4.39%) Manufacturing
9 41 (3.53%) Military
10 38 (3.27%) Aerospace
11 33 (2.84%) Marketing
12 9 (0.77%) Aviation
12 9 (0.77%) Banking
12 9 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.34%) Aeronautics
14 4 (0.34%) Billing
14 4 (0.34%) Law
15 2 (0.17%) Legal
Job Titles
1 221 (19.00%) Software Engineer
2 209 (17.97%) Senior
3 178 (15.31%) Developer
4 123 (10.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 99 (8.51%) Support Engineer
6 79 (6.79%) Full Stack Developer
7 75 (6.45%) Senior Software Engineer
8 73 (6.28%) Embedded Engineer
9 71 (6.10%) Linux Specialist
10 68 (5.85%) Azure Developer
11 67 (5.76%) Technical Specialist
12 65 (5.59%) Lead
13 61 (5.25%) Embedded Software Engineer
14 54 (4.64%) Applications Engineer
15 53 (4.56%) Linux Engineer
16 45 (3.87%) Applications Support
17 43 (3.70%) Analyst
17 43 (3.70%) DevOps Engineer
18 39 (3.35%) Architect
18 39 (3.35%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (12.81%) HTML
2 128 (11.01%) REST
3 123 (10.58%) CSS
4 111 (9.54%) .NET
5 110 (9.46%) Web Services
6 109 (9.37%) React
7 97 (8.34%) AngularJS
8 86 (7.39%) jQuery
8 86 (7.39%) Node.js
9 81 (6.96%) Vue
10 72 (6.19%) ASP.NET
11 70 (6.02%) ASP.NET Core
11 70 (6.02%) Backbone.js
11 70 (6.02%) Ember.js
11 70 (6.02%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 60 (5.16%) XML
13 43 (3.70%) Qt
14 31 (2.67%) SOAP
15 29 (2.49%) HTML5
16 28 (2.41%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 156 (13.41%) Algorithms
2 116 (9.97%) Hybrid Cloud
3 110 (9.46%) Blockchain
4 73 (6.28%) Data Structures
5 69 (5.93%) Data Centre
6 67 (5.76%) Social Media
7 62 (5.33%) IoT
8 57 (4.90%) Distributed Systems
9 32 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
10 31 (2.67%) Linux Command Line
11 28 (2.41%) CMDB
12 26 (2.24%) PKI
13 24 (2.06%) Embedded Systems
14 22 (1.89%) Product Ownership
15 20 (1.72%) CUDA
15 20 (1.72%) Raspberry Pi
16 17 (1.46%) Public Cloud
17 16 (1.38%) Robotics
18 15 (1.29%) Driving Licence
19 14 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 536 (46.09%) Windows
2 130 (11.18%) Ubuntu
3 129 (11.09%) Windows Server
4 99 (8.51%) CentOS
5 86 (7.39%) Android
6 80 (6.88%) Unix
7 74 (6.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 73 (6.28%) Apple iOS
9 68 (5.85%) Windows Server 2016
10 63 (5.42%) Embedded Linux
11 44 (3.78%) Windows Server 2019
12 42 (3.61%) Debian
13 40 (3.44%) Alpine Linux
14 37 (3.18%) Windows 10
15 27 (2.32%) Windows Server 2012
16 16 (1.38%) Solaris
17 12 (1.03%) Windows XP
18 11 (0.95%) AIX
19 10 (0.86%) VMS
20 7 (0.60%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 298 (25.62%) DevOps
2 290 (24.94%) Software Engineering
3 249 (21.41%) Artificial Intelligence
4 246 (21.15%) Agile
5 204 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
6 145 (12.47%) CI/CD
7 133 (11.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 131 (11.26%) Computer Science
9 125 (10.75%) OO
10 113 (9.72%) OOP
11 110 (9.46%) Co-Creation
12 109 (9.37%) Mathematics
13 100 (8.60%) Actionable Insight
13 100 (8.60%) Cybersecurity
14 95 (8.17%) MVC
15 92 (7.91%) Full Stack Development
16 91 (7.82%) Web Development
17 85 (7.31%) CRM
17 85 (7.31%) MVVM
17 85 (7.31%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 364 (31.30%) Python
2 244 (20.98%) Java
3 234 (20.12%) SQL
4 219 (18.83%) C++
5 196 (16.85%) C
6 186 (15.99%) JavaScript
7 173 (14.88%) C#
8 148 (12.73%) Bash
9 116 (9.97%) PowerShell
10 38 (3.27%) PL/SQL
11 35 (3.01%) Perl
12 32 (2.75%) Fortran
13 30 (2.58%) PHP
14 24 (2.06%) Go
15 22 (1.89%) Kotlin
16 19 (1.63%) VBScript
17 18 (1.55%) Bicep
17 18 (1.55%) VB
18 17 (1.46%) Embedded C
19 15 (1.29%) XAML
Qualifications
1 317 (27.26%) Security Cleared
2 260 (22.36%) Degree
3 241 (20.72%) SC Cleared
4 99 (8.51%) DV Cleared
5 84 (7.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 64 (5.50%) Master's Degree
7 59 (5.07%) Microsoft Certification
8 56 (4.82%) MCSE
9 55 (4.73%) Azure Certification
10 46 (3.96%) PhD
11 43 (3.70%) MCSA
12 36 (3.10%) Cisco Certification
13 34 (2.92%) CCNA
14 24 (2.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 17 (1.46%) CCNP
16 11 (0.95%) AWS Certification
17 9 (0.77%) Network+ Certification
18 6 (0.52%) A+ Certification
19 5 (0.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
20 4 (0.34%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (3.70%) SLA
2 20 (1.72%) QA
3 7 (0.60%) ISO 13485
3 7 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.34%) IEC 61131
4 4 (0.34%) JTAG
5 3 (0.26%) GDPR
5 3 (0.26%) GRC
6 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.086%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.086%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.086%) NCSC
7 1 (0.086%) NIST
7 1 (0.086%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 199 (17.11%) Active Directory
2 141 (12.12%) Docker
3 106 (9.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 60 (5.16%) Hyper-V
5 32 (2.75%) Virtual Machines
5 32 (2.75%) VMware ESXi
6 31 (2.67%) vSphere
7 22 (1.89%) Firmware
8 21 (1.81%) Virtual Servers
9 16 (1.38%) Oracle RAC
9 16 (1.38%) pfSense
10 14 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
11 10 (0.86%) NFS
12 6 (0.52%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 6 (0.52%) Embedded Firmware
13 5 (0.43%) VMware Server
14 3 (0.26%) GPFS
14 3 (0.26%) VirtualBox
15 2 (0.17%) KVM
15 2 (0.17%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 169 (14.53%) Kubernetes
2 116 (9.97%) Terraform
3 99 (8.51%) Ansible
4 97 (8.34%) Microsoft Intune
5 67 (5.76%) Jamf Pro
6 52 (4.47%) vCenter Server
7 45 (3.87%) SCOM
8 34 (2.92%) SCCM
8 34 (2.92%) ZABBIX
9 28 (2.41%) WSUS
10 24 (2.06%) Puppet
11 22 (1.89%) Grafana
12 20 (1.72%) Oracle RMAN
13 16 (1.38%) Data Guard
13 16 (1.38%) EMC NetWorker
13 16 (1.38%) Rancher
14 15 (1.29%) NetBackup
15 14 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 13 (1.12%) WMI
17 11 (0.95%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 264 (22.70%) Microsoft
2 168 (14.45%) Red Hat
3 166 (14.27%) VMware
4 118 (10.15%) IBM
5 67 (5.76%) CyberArk
5 67 (5.76%) Tanium
6 66 (5.67%) Oracle
7 49 (4.21%) Juniper
8 41 (3.53%) Cisco
9 37 (3.18%) Veeam
10 31 (2.67%) SAP
11 27 (2.32%) Fortinet
12 26 (2.24%) EMC
13 24 (2.06%) Palo Alto
14 21 (1.81%) Dell
15 20 (1.72%) Xilinx
16 19 (1.63%) Splunk
17 18 (1.55%) Atlassian
18 17 (1.46%) Dynatrace
18 17 (1.46%) Sun