Linux Jobs in Bedfordshire

Linux
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Linux skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Linux over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 32 18
Rank change year-on-year -4 -14 -2
Permanent jobs citing Linux 20 17 85
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 3.55% 3.78% 13.20%
As % of the Operating Systems category 41.67% 29.82% 52.80%
Number of salaries quoted 7 17 58
10th Percentile £28,125 £32,600 £27,750
25th Percentile £28,313 £35,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,377 £40,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% -28.89% -6.25%
75th Percentile £54,027 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,000 - £67,875
East of England median annual salary £55,320 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.37% -8.70% -4.17%

All Operating Systems
Bedfordshire

Linux falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Bedfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 48 57 161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 8.53% 12.67% 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 26 47 91
10th Percentile £30,625 £21,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,750 £25,375 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £35,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% -36.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £64,813 £45,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £66,750 £65,000 £67,500
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £38,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +16.88% -14.44% +5.88%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Bedfordshire

Linux
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Salary trend for Linux in Bedfordshire

Linux
Salary Histogram in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Linux in Bedfordshire

Linux
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 23 May 2025. 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
Luton +8 4 £49,500 -17.50% 53
Bedford 0 1 £67,500 +68.75% 44
Linux
East of England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (15.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Azure
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (10.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (10.00%) Azure Monitor
3 2 (10.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (10.00%) OneDrive
3 2 (10.00%) PaaS
3 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (10.00%) PowerApps
3 2 (10.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (75.00%) TCP/IP
1 15 (75.00%) VPN
2 4 (20.00%) DHCP
2 4 (20.00%) DNS
3 2 (10.00%) VoIP
4 1 (5.00%) GSM
4 1 (5.00%) LTE
4 1 (5.00%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (5.00%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (5.00%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Power BI
1 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (65.00%) Cucumber
1 13 (65.00%) Robot Framework
2 2 (10.00%) JIRA
3 1 (5.00%) Git
General
1 16 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (65.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 13 (65.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Finance
4 1 (5.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 13 (65.00%) Test Automation Engineer
1 13 (65.00%) Test Engineer
2 2 (10.00%) Support Specialist
2 2 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (10.00%) Technical Specialist
2 2 (10.00%) Technical Support
2 2 (10.00%) Technical Support Specialist
3 1 (5.00%) DSP Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) IT Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) IT Support
3 1 (5.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Senior
3 1 (5.00%) Senior DSP Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (70.00%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (10.00%) Client/Server
3 1 (5.00%) FPGA
3 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (80.00%) Windows
2 3 (15.00%) Mac OS
3 2 (10.00%) SUSE
4 1 (5.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (90.00%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (70.00%) System Testing
2 14 (70.00%) Test Automation
3 13 (65.00%) Coaching
3 13 (65.00%) DevOps
3 13 (65.00%) Mentoring
3 13 (65.00%) Test Management
4 5 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 5 (25.00%) ITIL
5 2 (10.00%) Change Management
5 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (10.00%) Critical Thinking
5 2 (10.00%) CRM
5 2 (10.00%) Customer Experience
5 2 (10.00%) ETL
5 2 (10.00%) Performance Metrics
6 1 (5.00%) Issue Tracking
6 1 (5.00%) OOD
6 1 (5.00%) Performance Monitoring
6 1 (5.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 14 (70.00%) Bash
1 14 (70.00%) Python
2 13 (65.00%) JavaScript
2 13 (65.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (10.00%) C
3 2 (10.00%) C++
3 2 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (65.00%) Degree
2 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) A+ Certification
3 2 (10.00%) Azure Certification
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (65.00%) QA
2 1 (5.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (10.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) SCCM
1 2 (10.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) Ab Initio
2 2 (10.00%) arcserve
2 2 (10.00%) Aruba
2 2 (10.00%) Avaya
2 2 (10.00%) Cisco
2 2 (10.00%) Citrix
2 2 (10.00%) Freshdesk
2 2 (10.00%) Linksys
2 2 (10.00%) VMware