Linux Jobs in the South West

Linux
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 20 16
Rank change year-on-year +3 -4 0
Permanent jobs citing Linux 848 715 1,117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 9.18% 10.31% 13.85%
As % of the Operating Systems category 51.74% 54.75% 59.61%
Number of salaries quoted 545 317 635
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,605 £31,572
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £73,675
90th Percentile £82,548 £77,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.31% +8.33% +4.35%

All Operating Systems
South 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 South West with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,639 1,306 1,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 17.74% 18.84% 23.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,249 766 1,213
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,375 £32,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,188 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the South West

Linux
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Linux in the South West

Linux
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Linux in the South West

Linux
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the South West region over the 6 months to 6 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
Gloucestershire +1 339 £55,000 - 44
Wiltshire +10 157 £50,000 -27.27% 27
Bristol +2 157 £65,000 +8.33% 76
Devon +17 77 £39,750 +1.56% 9
Dorset -25 61 £50,000 - 10
Somerset +9 46 £42,750 -22.27% 12
Cornwall - 4 £55,000 - 2
Linux
England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 66 (7.78%) Apache
2 32 (3.77%) Apache Spark
3 23 (2.71%) nginx
4 21 (2.48%) Jupyter
5 13 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (1.30%) Confluence
7 9 (1.06%) SharePoint
8 6 (0.71%) IIS
9 5 (0.59%) JBoss
10 4 (0.47%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.47%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.47%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.35%) Captiva
11 3 (0.35%) CloudStack
11 3 (0.35%) FileNet
11 3 (0.35%) GlassFish
11 3 (0.35%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.35%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.24%) NServiceBus
12 2 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (2.24%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.59%) OrCAD
2 5 (0.59%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (0.24%) GNU Octave
3 2 (0.24%) Simulink
4 1 (0.12%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 6 (0.71%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 246 (29.01%) AWS
2 184 (21.70%) Azure
3 105 (12.38%) OpenShift
4 43 (5.07%) SaaS
5 41 (4.83%) Microsoft 365
6 38 (4.48%) GCP
7 33 (3.89%) Amazon S3
8 27 (3.18%) PaaS
9 26 (3.07%) IaaS
10 19 (2.24%) AWS CloudFormation
10 19 (2.24%) AWS Lambda
10 19 (2.24%) Serverless
11 18 (2.12%) Amazon EKS
11 18 (2.12%) MinIO
12 12 (1.42%) Nutanix
13 8 (0.94%) Amazon EC2
13 8 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (0.94%) GitHub
13 8 (0.94%) Power Platform
14 7 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 74 (8.73%) TCP/IP
2 68 (8.02%) Firewall
3 64 (7.55%) DNS
4 46 (5.42%) HTTP
5 43 (5.07%) DHCP
6 31 (3.66%) Internet
7 26 (3.07%) VSAN
8 22 (2.59%) WAN
9 21 (2.48%) SAN
10 19 (2.24%) AMQP
11 16 (1.89%) Ethernet
11 16 (1.89%) NAS
11 16 (1.89%) Wireless
12 15 (1.77%) iSCSI
13 13 (1.53%) 5G
13 13 (1.53%) LAN
14 12 (1.42%) Network Security
15 11 (1.30%) RS-232
16 10 (1.18%) VLAN
17 9 (1.06%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (5.31%) Big Data
2 42 (4.95%) MongoDB
3 36 (4.25%) SQL Server
4 32 (3.77%) Hadoop
5 30 (3.54%) MySQL
6 18 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
6 18 (2.12%) Presto
7 14 (1.65%) Cloudera CDH
8 11 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (1.18%) Relational Database
10 9 (1.06%) NoSQL
11 8 (0.94%) Oracle Database
11 8 (0.94%) Power BI
12 7 (0.83%) SQLite
13 6 (0.71%) Data Lake
13 6 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (0.71%) InfluxDB
14 5 (0.59%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.47%) GIS
15 4 (0.47%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 68 (8.02%) JIRA
2 61 (7.19%) Git
3 54 (6.37%) Jenkins
4 26 (3.07%) Subversion
5 18 (2.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 18 (2.12%) Visual Studio
6 12 (1.42%) Eclipse
7 9 (1.06%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.71%) GitLab
8 6 (0.71%) Postman
8 6 (0.71%) RStudio
9 5 (0.59%) LabVIEW
10 4 (0.47%) Gradle
10 4 (0.47%) IntelliJ
10 4 (0.47%) Maven
10 4 (0.47%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (0.35%) Rational Rhapsody
12 2 (0.24%) Selenium
General
1 141 (16.63%) Social Skills
2 122 (14.39%) Aerospace
3 67 (7.90%) Finance
4 60 (7.08%) Analytical Skills
5 54 (6.37%) Public Sector
6 36 (4.25%) Electronics
7 30 (3.54%) Manufacturing
8 27 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 27 (3.18%) Marketing
9 26 (3.07%) Telecoms
10 19 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
11 16 (1.89%) Retail
12 9 (1.06%) Military
13 8 (0.94%) Aviation
14 7 (0.83%) Automotive
14 7 (0.83%) Avionics
15 6 (0.71%) Banking
15 6 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (0.71%) Tech for Good
16 5 (0.59%) Games
Job Titles
1 166 (19.58%) Software Engineer
2 161 (18.99%) Senior
3 139 (16.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 91 (10.73%) DevOps Engineer
5 86 (10.14%) Administrator
6 71 (8.37%) Embedded Engineer
7 70 (8.25%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 60 (7.08%) Senior Software Engineer
9 56 (6.60%) Linux Engineer
10 53 (6.25%) Developer
11 52 (6.13%) Systems Engineer
12 45 (5.31%) Lead
13 41 (4.83%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 40 (4.72%) Systems Administrator
15 36 (4.25%) Architect
16 34 (4.01%) DBA
17 32 (3.77%) Consultant
18 30 (3.54%) Linux Administrator
19 29 (3.42%) Support Engineer
20 28 (3.30%) DV Cleared DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (5.31%) RabbitMQ
2 44 (5.19%) React
3 32 (3.77%) HTML
4 29 (3.42%) Apache NiFi
4 29 (3.42%) REST
5 26 (3.07%) Qt
6 25 (2.95%) CSS
7 24 (2.83%) AngularJS
8 22 (2.59%) YAML
9 21 (2.48%) JSON
9 21 (2.48%) Spring Boot
9 21 (2.48%) STL
9 21 (2.48%) XML
10 20 (2.36%) Elastic Stack
10 20 (2.36%) Swagger
11 19 (2.24%) Spring
12 18 (2.12%) ActiveMQ
13 17 (2.00%) jQuery
13 17 (2.00%) Node.js
14 15 (1.77%) JSON Schema
Miscellaneous
1 50 (5.90%) Public Cloud
2 37 (4.36%) Cloud Native
3 32 (3.77%) Hybrid Cloud
4 29 (3.42%) Data Centre
5 28 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
6 27 (3.18%) Linux Command Line
7 26 (3.07%) GNSS
8 23 (2.71%) Cyber Defence
9 19 (2.24%) FPGA
10 18 (2.12%) Enterprise Cloud
10 18 (2.12%) PKI
11 16 (1.89%) Management Information System
12 14 (1.65%) EMC VNX
12 14 (1.65%) VHDL
13 12 (1.42%) Device Driver
14 11 (1.30%) Analogue Electronics
14 11 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (1.30%) Operational Technology
15 8 (0.94%) IoT
15 8 (0.94%) MicroBlaze
Operating Systems
1 335 (39.50%) Windows
2 126 (14.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 79 (9.32%) CentOS
4 67 (7.90%) Embedded Linux
5 64 (7.55%) Unix
6 55 (6.49%) Windows Server
7 53 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
8 46 (5.42%) Ubuntu
9 44 (5.19%) Windows Server 2019
10 39 (4.60%) Windows Server 2012
11 34 (4.01%) Debian
12 23 (2.71%) Windows 10
13 21 (2.48%) CoreOS
14 10 (1.18%) AIX
14 10 (1.18%) Solaris
15 9 (1.06%) Android
16 8 (0.94%) VMS
17 7 (0.83%) Apple iOS
17 7 (0.83%) Windows 7
17 7 (0.83%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (24.88%) Software Engineering
2 205 (24.17%) DevOps
3 177 (20.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 144 (16.98%) Actionable Insight
5 135 (15.92%) Agile
6 123 (14.50%) Problem-Solving
7 102 (12.03%) Cybersecurity
8 93 (10.97%) Containerisation
9 88 (10.38%) Infrastructure as Code
10 85 (10.02%) Collaborative Working
11 82 (9.67%) CI/CD
11 82 (9.67%) Configuration Management
12 81 (9.55%) Mentoring
13 79 (9.32%) Computer Science
14 72 (8.49%) Validation
15 60 (7.08%) B2B
16 58 (6.84%) Scrum
17 57 (6.72%) SDLC
18 52 (6.13%) Continuous Integration
18 52 (6.13%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 361 (42.57%) Python
2 269 (31.72%) Bash
3 133 (15.68%) PowerShell
4 132 (15.57%) C
5 120 (14.15%) Java
6 111 (13.09%) SQL
7 76 (8.96%) C++
8 67 (7.90%) JavaScript
9 57 (6.72%) Embedded C
10 55 (6.49%) Rust
11 41 (4.83%) Shell Script
12 28 (3.30%) Perl
13 21 (2.48%) PHP
14 16 (1.89%) C#
15 13 (1.53%) TypeScript
16 12 (1.42%) Tcl
16 12 (1.42%) T-SQL
17 11 (1.30%) Go
17 11 (1.30%) MATLAB
17 11 (1.30%) VB
Qualifications
1 444 (52.36%) Security Cleared
2 234 (27.59%) DV Cleared
3 123 (14.50%) Degree
4 119 (14.03%) SC Cleared
5 34 (4.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.00%) HND
7 14 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (1.42%) CCNA
9 10 (1.18%) CCNP
9 10 (1.18%) ISTQB
9 10 (1.18%) RHCE
9 10 (1.18%) RHCSA
10 9 (1.06%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.06%) PMP
11 7 (0.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (0.71%) Network+ Certification
13 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.59%) PMI Certification
14 4 (0.47%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (2.12%) PMO
2 12 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (1.42%) QA
3 10 (1.18%) SLA
4 8 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (0.71%) Data Quality
5 6 (0.71%) NCSC
6 4 (0.47%) GDPR
7 3 (0.35%) Def Stans
7 3 (0.35%) MISRA
8 2 (0.24%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.12%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.12%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.12%) NIST
System Software
1 145 (17.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 139 (16.39%) Docker
3 64 (7.55%) Active Directory
4 59 (6.96%) Hyper-V
5 40 (4.72%) VMware ESXi
6 33 (3.89%) Firmware
7 31 (3.66%) vSphere
8 19 (2.24%) Virtual Machines
9 18 (2.12%) Embedded Firmware
10 13 (1.53%) VMware NSX
11 7 (0.83%) KVM
11 7 (0.83%) XenApp
12 3 (0.35%) Ceph
12 3 (0.35%) Forefront TMG
12 3 (0.35%) Gluster
12 3 (0.35%) NFS
12 3 (0.35%) oVirt
12 3 (0.35%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 3 (0.35%) VMware Workstation
13 2 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 255 (30.07%) Ansible
2 181 (21.34%) Kubernetes
3 136 (16.04%) Puppet
4 119 (14.03%) Terraform
5 42 (4.95%) vCenter Server
6 35 (4.13%) Prometheus
7 28 (3.30%) Nagios
8 27 (3.18%) Grafana
9 26 (3.07%) Progress Chef
10 18 (2.12%) HAProxy
11 17 (2.00%) EMC NetWorker
12 15 (1.77%) SCCM
13 11 (1.30%) ZABBIX
14 9 (1.06%) Failover Clustering
15 7 (0.83%) EMC VPLEX
16 6 (0.71%) Icinga
16 6 (0.71%) Opsgenie
17 5 (0.59%) Docker Swarm
17 5 (0.59%) Rancher
17 5 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 186 (21.93%) VMware
2 160 (18.87%) Red Hat
3 123 (14.50%) Microsoft
4 52 (6.13%) Oracle
5 41 (4.83%) Cisco
6 27 (3.18%) Veeam
7 24 (2.83%) EMC
7 24 (2.83%) SolarWinds
8 19 (2.24%) Google
9 18 (2.12%) SaltStack
10 14 (1.65%) Citrix
11 13 (1.53%) NetApp
11 13 (1.53%) SAP
12 12 (1.42%) Brocade
13 10 (1.18%) Xilinx
14 8 (0.94%) Altera
14 8 (0.94%) Green Hills
14 8 (0.94%) Motorola
14 8 (0.94%) Salesforce
15 7 (0.83%) IBM