Linux Jobs with Work from Home Options

Linux
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 32 35
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 -11
Permanent jobs citing Linux 2,222 3,228 6,052
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.58% 7.78% 8.84%
As % of the Operating Systems category 47.57% 50.35% 49.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,445 2,209 3,405
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £91,934 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,671 6,411 12,175
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.83% 15.46% 17.79%
Number of salaries quoted 3,627 4,703 7,407
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,800 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,250 £75,000 £73,675
90th Percentile £82,500 £93,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Linux
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Linux trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Linux.

Linux salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Linux over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Linux salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 122 (5.49%) Apache
2 63 (2.84%) IIS
3 56 (2.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 56 (2.52%) nginx
4 53 (2.39%) WebLogic
5 49 (2.21%) ArcGIS
6 48 (2.16%) GeoServer
7 32 (1.44%) OpenStack
8 30 (1.35%) SharePoint
9 26 (1.17%) Tomcat
10 15 (0.68%) Confluence
11 6 (0.27%) WordPress
12 5 (0.23%) Apache Spark
12 5 (0.23%) CMS
12 5 (0.23%) WebSphere
13 3 (0.14%) CloudStack
13 3 (0.14%) GlassFish
13 3 (0.14%) JBoss
14 2 (0.090%) NServiceBus
14 2 (0.090%) Oracle Service Bus
Applications
1 31 (1.40%) Simulink
2 23 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.36%) GNU Octave
3 8 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.23%) OrCAD
4 5 (0.23%) SOLIDWORKS
4 5 (0.23%) Trello
5 3 (0.14%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.090%) CATIA
6 2 (0.090%) NASTRAN
7 1 (0.045%) 1Password
7 1 (0.045%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 48 (2.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 21 (0.95%) NEC Housing
3 13 (0.59%) Unit4 Business World
4 8 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.090%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.090%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.090%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.045%) Endur
6 1 (0.045%) Findur
6 1 (0.045%) Shopify
6 1 (0.045%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 790 (35.55%) Azure
2 696 (31.32%) AWS
3 262 (11.79%) Entra ID
4 118 (5.31%) Microsoft 365
5 113 (5.09%) GCP
6 101 (4.55%) Amazon S3
7 98 (4.41%) GitHub
8 84 (3.78%) Amazon EKS
8 84 (3.78%) SaaS
9 55 (2.48%) Serverless
10 48 (2.16%) Amazon SQS
11 46 (2.07%) Cloud Computing
12 43 (1.94%) OpenShift
13 42 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
14 41 (1.85%) Amazon EC2
15 35 (1.58%) AWS Lambda
16 34 (1.53%) Power Platform
17 27 (1.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 27 (1.22%) AWS CloudFormation
18 21 (0.95%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 318 (14.31%) Firewall
2 239 (10.76%) 5G
3 221 (9.95%) Broadband
4 211 (9.50%) DNS
5 166 (7.47%) TCP/IP
6 154 (6.93%) VPN
7 122 (5.49%) Internet
8 112 (5.04%) DHCP
9 86 (3.87%) WAN
10 78 (3.51%) SAN
11 69 (3.11%) LAN
12 67 (3.02%) SNMP
13 63 (2.84%) BGP
14 62 (2.79%) IPsec
15 60 (2.70%) SSL
16 56 (2.52%) Wireless
17 54 (2.43%) Network Security
18 43 (1.94%) Wi-Fi
19 40 (1.80%) RS-232
20 38 (1.71%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 156 (7.02%) SQL Server
2 148 (6.66%) PostgreSQL
3 140 (6.30%) MongoDB
4 121 (5.45%) MySQL
5 101 (4.55%) Oracle Database
6 99 (4.46%) Relational Database
7 98 (4.41%) Amazon RDS
8 77 (3.47%) Elasticsearch
9 66 (2.97%) RDBMS
10 58 (2.61%) GIS
11 53 (2.39%) NoSQL
12 48 (2.16%) QGIS
13 39 (1.76%) DB2
14 30 (1.35%) Redis
15 25 (1.13%) Power BI
16 17 (0.77%) Amazon Aurora
16 17 (0.77%) BigQuery
17 13 (0.59%) Data Hub
18 12 (0.54%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
18 12 (0.54%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 189 (8.51%) Git
2 139 (6.26%) Jenkins
3 129 (5.81%) JIRA
4 86 (3.87%) GitLab
5 42 (1.89%) Subversion
6 26 (1.17%) IBM UrbanCode
7 23 (1.04%) Artifactory
7 23 (1.04%) Vagrant
8 17 (0.77%) Visual Studio
9 16 (0.72%) CMake
9 16 (0.72%) Eclipse
10 15 (0.68%) TeamCity
11 12 (0.54%) webpack
12 11 (0.50%) CircleCI
13 10 (0.45%) Trac
14 9 (0.41%) Bitbucket
15 8 (0.36%) git-flow
15 8 (0.36%) IntelliJ
16 7 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
16 7 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
General
1 538 (24.21%) Social Skills
2 414 (18.63%) Finance
3 361 (16.25%) Analytical Skills
4 299 (13.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 121 (5.45%) Public Sector
6 111 (5.00%) Aerospace
7 103 (4.64%) Banking
8 95 (4.28%) Telecoms
9 78 (3.51%) Electronics
10 69 (3.11%) Manufacturing
11 58 (2.61%) Retail
12 55 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
13 43 (1.94%) Marketing
14 39 (1.76%) Automotive
14 39 (1.76%) Military
15 38 (1.71%) Law
16 30 (1.35%) Financial Institution
17 23 (1.04%) Police
18 21 (0.95%) Front Office
18 21 (0.95%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 573 (25.79%) Senior
2 399 (17.96%) Software Engineer
3 235 (10.58%) Developer
4 218 (9.81%) Linux Specialist
5 212 (9.54%) Technical Specialist
6 208 (9.36%) DevOps Engineer
7 191 (8.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 184 (8.28%) Senior Software Engineer
9 160 (7.20%) Lead
10 152 (6.84%) Embedded Engineer
11 136 (6.12%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 133 (5.99%) Embedded Software Engineer
13 129 (5.81%) Senior Linux Specialist
14 127 (5.72%) Senior Technical Specialist
14 127 (5.72%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
15 120 (5.40%) Architect
16 117 (5.27%) Linux Engineer
17 100 (4.50%) Consultant
18 88 (3.96%) Support Engineer
19 83 (3.74%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (5.45%) RabbitMQ
2 118 (5.31%) React
3 81 (3.65%) HTML
4 74 (3.33%) REST
5 73 (3.29%) .NET
6 70 (3.15%) YAML
7 65 (2.93%) Django
8 63 (2.84%) Web Services
9 58 (2.61%) CSS
10 52 (2.34%) Spring Boot
11 51 (2.30%) Middleware
12 49 (2.21%) Leaflet
12 49 (2.21%) OpenLayers
12 49 (2.21%) PostGIS
13 47 (2.12%) Node.js
14 42 (1.89%) SOAP
15 41 (1.85%) Yocto
16 38 (1.71%) Kafka
17 35 (1.58%) Elastic Stack
18 34 (1.53%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 211 (9.50%) Social Media
2 175 (7.88%) Data Centre
3 157 (7.07%) Public Cloud
4 86 (3.87%) IoT
5 82 (3.69%) Self-Motivation
6 73 (3.29%) Enterprise Software
7 51 (2.30%) Linux Command Line
7 51 (2.30%) Management Information System
8 45 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
9 44 (1.98%) Client/Server
10 43 (1.94%) Embedded Systems
11 41 (1.85%) FPGA
12 39 (1.76%) Device Driver
13 37 (1.67%) Algorithms
14 35 (1.58%) PKI
15 34 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
16 29 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
17 28 (1.26%) Cloud Native
17 28 (1.26%) Onboarding
18 27 (1.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 820 (36.90%) Windows
2 392 (17.64%) Ubuntu
3 225 (10.13%) Unix
4 223 (10.04%) Windows Server
5 190 (8.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 142 (6.39%) Embedded Linux
7 91 (4.10%) CentOS
8 57 (2.57%) Windows Server 2016
9 54 (2.43%) Data ONTAP
10 52 (2.34%) Solaris
11 47 (2.12%) Android
12 44 (1.98%) VMS
13 43 (1.94%) AIX
14 36 (1.62%) Debian
15 30 (1.35%) Windows Server 2019
16 25 (1.13%) Apple iOS
16 25 (1.13%) zOS
17 23 (1.04%) Mac OS
17 23 (1.04%) Windows Server 2012
18 20 (0.90%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 550 (24.75%) Software Engineering
2 546 (24.57%) DevOps
3 522 (23.49%) Agile
4 380 (17.10%) Cybersecurity
5 361 (16.25%) Problem-Solving
6 332 (14.94%) CI/CD
7 314 (14.13%) Artificial Intelligence
8 282 (12.69%) Actionable Insight
9 266 (11.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 225 (10.13%) CRM
11 223 (10.04%) IT Strategy
12 215 (9.68%) Technology Strategy
13 207 (9.32%) Infrastructure as Code
14 200 (9.00%) Mentoring
15 190 (8.55%) Computer Science
16 188 (8.46%) Project Management
17 163 (7.34%) Scrum
18 157 (7.07%) Open Source
19 153 (6.89%) Continuous Integration
20 144 (6.48%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 697 (31.37%) Python
2 460 (20.70%) Bash
3 338 (15.21%) C
4 298 (13.41%) SQL
5 249 (11.21%) Java
6 219 (9.86%) C++
7 198 (8.91%) PowerShell
8 190 (8.55%) JavaScript
9 130 (5.85%) C#
10 122 (5.49%) Embedded C
11 88 (3.96%) Shell Script
12 84 (3.78%) PHP
13 75 (3.38%) Rust
14 67 (3.02%) Perl
15 55 (2.48%) TypeScript
16 42 (1.89%) Ruby
17 39 (1.76%) VB
18 38 (1.71%) Go
19 32 (1.44%) Groovy
20 27 (1.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 540 (24.30%) Security Cleared
2 382 (17.19%) Degree
3 278 (12.51%) SC Cleared
4 139 (6.26%) DV Cleared
5 130 (5.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 86 (3.87%) AWS Certification
7 73 (3.29%) Azure Certification
8 56 (2.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 38 (1.71%) Master's Degree
10 31 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
11 30 (1.35%) CISSP
12 28 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
12 28 (1.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 28 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
13 26 (1.17%) CCNA
14 23 (1.04%) CISM
15 18 (0.81%) CISA
15 18 (0.81%) MCSE
16 17 (0.77%) PMI Certification
17 16 (0.72%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (1.85%) QA
2 27 (1.22%) SLA
3 23 (1.04%) Accessibility
4 20 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (0.72%) NIST
5 16 (0.72%) PMO
6 13 (0.59%) ITGC
7 12 (0.54%) MISRA
8 11 (0.50%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.27%) Data Quality
9 6 (0.27%) Def Stans
9 6 (0.27%) ISO 9000
10 5 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.23%) JSP 440
11 4 (0.18%) GRC
11 4 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (0.18%) NCSC
11 4 (0.18%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.14%) GDPR
13 2 (0.090%) NIST 800
System Software
1 460 (20.70%) Active Directory
2 424 (19.08%) Docker
3 219 (9.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 111 (5.00%) Hyper-V
5 60 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
6 49 (2.21%) Firmware
7 42 (1.89%) vSphere
8 29 (1.31%) VMware ESXi
9 19 (0.86%) Virtual Servers
10 18 (0.81%) Embedded Firmware
11 16 (0.72%) pfSense
12 15 (0.68%) NFS
12 15 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
13 11 (0.50%) KVM
13 11 (0.50%) VMware Workstation
14 9 (0.41%) Forefront TMG
15 7 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
16 5 (0.23%) VMware Server
17 4 (0.18%) Ceph
18 3 (0.14%) oVirt
Systems Management
1 448 (20.16%) Ansible
2 397 (17.87%) Kubernetes
3 324 (14.58%) Terraform
4 257 (11.57%) Microsoft Intune
5 210 (9.45%) Jamf Pro
6 89 (4.01%) Puppet
7 85 (3.83%) vCenter Server
8 84 (3.78%) Prometheus
9 73 (3.29%) Grafana
10 67 (3.02%) Progress Chef
11 45 (2.03%) ZABBIX
12 41 (1.85%) SCCM
12 41 (1.85%) WSUS
13 37 (1.67%) SCOM
14 33 (1.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 30 (1.35%) Nagios
16 23 (1.04%) Docker Swarm
17 17 (0.77%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
18 15 (0.68%) FortiGate
19 13 (0.59%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 537 (24.17%) Microsoft
2 326 (14.67%) VMware
3 239 (10.76%) Oracle
4 210 (9.45%) CyberArk
4 210 (9.45%) Tanium
5 168 (7.56%) Red Hat
6 91 (4.10%) NetApp
7 70 (3.15%) Cisco
8 65 (2.93%) IBM
9 57 (2.57%) Palo Alto
10 54 (2.43%) SolidFire
11 49 (2.21%) ESRI
11 49 (2.21%) Google
12 48 (2.16%) Sparx
13 47 (2.12%) Dell
14 41 (1.85%) Juniper
14 41 (1.85%) SAP
15 37 (1.67%) Veeam
16 34 (1.53%) Citrix
17 33 (1.49%) SolarWinds