Ubuntu Jobs with Work from Home Options

Ubuntu 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 Ubuntu skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Ubuntu over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 274 436 440
Rank change year-on-year +162 +4 -27
Permanent jobs citing Ubuntu 390 241 487
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.15% 0.58% 0.71%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.34% 3.75% 3.99%
Number of salaries quoted 92 169 244
10th Percentile £34,225 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -4.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile £84,063 £71,250 £87,813
90th Percentile £92,000 £80,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £62,450 £53,750
% change year-on-year -15.93% +16.19% +4.88%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

Ubuntu 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 4,675 6,434 12,202
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.81% 15.47% 17.76%
Number of salaries quoted 3,625 4,713 7,444
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,800 £30,487
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 £67,500 £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%

Ubuntu
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Ubuntu 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 Ubuntu.

Ubuntu 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 Ubuntu over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Ubuntu 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 48 (12.31%) ArcGIS
1 48 (12.31%) GeoServer
2 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.77%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.26%) Apache
3 1 (0.26%) Confluence
3 1 (0.26%) nginx
3 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (3.08%) Simulink
2 5 (1.28%) Trello
3 2 (0.51%) CATIA
3 2 (0.51%) NASTRAN
4 1 (0.26%) 1Password
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.51%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 290 (74.36%) Azure
2 212 (54.36%) Entra ID
3 83 (21.28%) AWS
4 11 (2.82%) Cloud Computing
5 10 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (2.31%) SaaS
7 7 (1.79%) Amazon S3
8 5 (1.28%) ClickUp
9 4 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (1.03%) GCP
10 3 (0.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (0.77%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (0.77%) CloudFront
10 3 (0.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 2 (0.51%) Amazon ECR
11 2 (0.51%) Amazon ELB
11 2 (0.51%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (0.51%) AWS OpsWorks
12 1 (0.26%) AWS Lambda
12 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 210 (53.85%) 5G
1 210 (53.85%) Broadband
2 46 (11.79%) Firewall
3 43 (11.03%) LAN
4 38 (9.74%) Internet
4 38 (9.74%) VPN
5 37 (9.49%) WAN
6 12 (3.08%) TCP/IP
7 8 (2.05%) HTTPS
7 8 (2.05%) SSL
8 7 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (1.28%) DHCP
9 5 (1.28%) DNS
10 2 (0.51%) Asterisk PBX
10 2 (0.51%) PBX
10 2 (0.51%) RTP
10 2 (0.51%) VLAN
10 2 (0.51%) VoIP
11 1 (0.26%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.26%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (12.31%) GIS
1 48 (12.31%) PostgreSQL
1 48 (12.31%) QGIS
2 21 (5.38%) MySQL
3 14 (3.59%) SQL Server
4 13 (3.33%) NoSQL
5 10 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (1.79%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.77%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.26%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.26%) Riak
Development Applications
1 21 (5.38%) Vagrant
2 19 (4.87%) Git
3 12 (3.08%) JIRA
4 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.26%) Protractor
4 1 (0.26%) Selenium
4 1 (0.26%) Subversion
4 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 210 (53.85%) Analytical Skills
1 210 (53.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 52 (13.33%) Social Skills
3 37 (9.49%) Retail
4 25 (6.41%) Finance
5 17 (4.36%) Telecoms
6 13 (3.33%) Banking
7 10 (2.56%) Financial Institution
8 9 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.26%) Advertising
10 1 (0.26%) Electronics
10 1 (0.26%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 210 (53.85%) Linux Specialist
1 210 (53.85%) Technical Specialist
2 190 (48.72%) Senior
3 127 (32.56%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 127 (32.56%) Senior Linux Specialist
3 127 (32.56%) Senior Technical Specialist
3 127 (32.56%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
4 78 (20.00%) Software Engineer
5 48 (12.31%) Senior Software Engineer
6 29 (7.44%) Linux Engineer
7 26 (6.67%) Architect
8 24 (6.15%) Infrastructure Architect
9 21 (5.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 17 (4.36%) Lead
11 15 (3.85%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (3.08%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
13 10 (2.56%) Linux Support
13 10 (2.56%) Linux Support Engineer
13 10 (2.56%) Support Engineer
13 10 (2.56%) Ubuntu Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (12.56%) React
2 48 (12.31%) Django
2 48 (12.31%) Leaflet
2 48 (12.31%) OpenLayers
2 48 (12.31%) PostGIS
3 25 (6.41%) Middleware
4 12 (3.08%) Kafka
5 8 (2.05%) GTK
6 5 (1.28%) HTML
6 5 (1.28%) REST
7 4 (1.03%) Laravel
7 4 (1.03%) SOAP
8 2 (0.51%) Node.js
9 1 (0.26%) .NET
9 1 (0.26%) CSS
9 1 (0.26%) HTML5
9 1 (0.26%) LAMP
9 1 (0.26%) LEMP Stack
9 1 (0.26%) React Native
9 1 (0.26%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 210 (53.85%) Social Media
2 11 (2.82%) PKI
3 9 (2.31%) Replication
4 8 (2.05%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (2.05%) Cyberattack
4 8 (2.05%) Data Fabric
5 5 (1.28%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.03%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 4 (1.03%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.51%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.26%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.26%) Clustering
8 1 (0.26%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.26%) iPhone
8 1 (0.26%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.26%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.26%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.26%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 390 (100.00%) Linux
2 62 (15.90%) Windows
3 48 (12.31%) CentOS
4 37 (9.49%) VMS
5 27 (6.92%) Debian
6 22 (5.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 20 (5.13%) Unix
8 14 (3.59%) Android
8 14 (3.59%) Solaris
9 12 (3.08%) zOS
10 4 (1.03%) SUSE
11 3 (0.77%) Windows Server
12 2 (0.51%) Fedora
13 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.26%) openSUSE
13 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (56.92%) Artificial Intelligence
2 216 (55.38%) Cybersecurity
3 212 (54.36%) IT Strategy
3 212 (54.36%) Technology Strategy
4 210 (53.85%) CRM
5 92 (23.59%) Agile
6 82 (21.03%) Actionable Insight
6 82 (21.03%) Software Engineering
7 55 (14.10%) DevOps
8 52 (13.33%) Web Development
9 39 (10.00%) Collaborative Culture
10 38 (9.74%) DevSecOps
11 37 (9.49%) Application Security
12 29 (7.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 20 (5.13%) Key Management
14 18 (4.62%) Computer Science
15 15 (3.85%) Infrastructure as Code
16 13 (3.33%) Microservices
16 13 (3.33%) Open Source
17 12 (3.08%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 233 (59.74%) Bash
2 78 (20.00%) Python
3 69 (17.69%) JavaScript
4 21 (5.38%) SQL
5 19 (4.87%) C
6 15 (3.85%) Java
7 14 (3.59%) Shell Script
8 13 (3.33%) C++
8 13 (3.33%) Kotlin
9 7 (1.79%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.03%) PHP
10 4 (1.03%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.77%) Ada
12 2 (0.51%) Go
12 2 (0.51%) Perl
13 1 (0.26%) C#
13 1 (0.26%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.26%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 102 (26.15%) Security Cleared
2 63 (16.15%) SC Cleared
3 35 (8.97%) DV Cleared
4 24 (6.15%) Degree
5 12 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.03%) CISM
6 4 (1.03%) CISSP
7 1 (0.26%) HNC
7 1 (0.26%) HND
7 1 (0.26%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.54%) SLA
2 5 (1.28%) QA
3 4 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 4 (1.03%) NIST
4 1 (0.26%) MISRA
System Software
1 250 (64.10%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.08%) Docker
3 4 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.51%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.51%) Kamailio
4 2 (0.51%) vSphere
5 1 (0.26%) KVM
5 1 (0.26%) Samba
5 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 219 (56.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 210 (53.85%) Jamf Pro
3 60 (15.38%) Ansible
4 56 (14.36%) Terraform
5 4 (1.03%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.51%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.51%) Puppet
6 2 (0.51%) WSUS
7 1 (0.26%) Cacti
7 1 (0.26%) Grafana
7 1 (0.26%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.26%) Icinga
7 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 220 (56.41%) Microsoft
2 210 (53.85%) CyberArk
2 210 (53.85%) Tanium
3 48 (12.31%) ESRI
4 16 (4.10%) Red Hat
5 12 (3.08%) Xilinx
6 8 (2.05%) Cisco
6 8 (2.05%) IBM
7 6 (1.54%) Meraki
7 6 (1.54%) Ubiquiti
7 6 (1.54%) VMware
8 4 (1.03%) Qualys
8 4 (1.03%) Splunk
9 2 (0.51%) Commvault
9 2 (0.51%) Dialogic
9 2 (0.51%) Ribbon
10 1 (0.26%) Apple
10 1 (0.26%) Google
10 1 (0.26%) Sophos
10 1 (0.26%) TOWER Software