Linux Job Trends in Berkshire

Linux
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 42 17
Rank change year-on-year -45 -25 +14
Permanent jobs citing Linux 40 94 224
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 2.01% 5.51% 11.24%
As % of the Operating Systems category 38.10% 51.37% 50.91%
Number of salaries quoted 25 52 176
10th Percentile £40,015 £40,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,770 £50,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,065 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.56% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £81,250 £61,400
90th Percentile £66,500 £82,500 £71,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £53,260
% change year-on-year -8.70% +7.96% +1.45%

All Operating Systems
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 105 183 440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 5.27% 10.73% 22.08%
Number of salaries quoted 80 118 366
10th Percentile £28,655 £32,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,344 £40,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,250 £49,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £52,270 £60,938 £59,000
90th Percentile £61,250 £82,500 £71,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% -

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Linux relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Linux job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Linux
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Linux.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Linux

Linux
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in Berkshire over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Linux in Berkshire

Linux
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 5 January 2026. 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
Bracknell +24 10 £50,000 - 4
Reading -7 5 £57,500 -4.17% 26
Wokingham - 5 £62,500 - 6
Linux
South East

Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (7.50%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.00%) IIS
3 1 (2.50%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (35.00%) AWS
1 14 (35.00%) Azure
2 9 (22.50%) SaaS
3 7 (17.50%) GCP
4 4 (10.00%) Google Workspace
4 4 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (7.50%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.50%) IaaS
6 1 (2.50%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 8 (20.00%) DNS
2 7 (17.50%) Firewall
3 6 (15.00%) DHCP
4 4 (10.00%) Wireless
5 3 (7.50%) 5G
5 3 (7.50%) LAN
5 3 (7.50%) TCP/IP
6 2 (5.00%) 4G
6 2 (5.00%) VPN
7 1 (2.50%) 3GPP
7 1 (2.50%) GSM
7 1 (2.50%) ICMP
7 1 (2.50%) IPv4
7 1 (2.50%) IPv6
7 1 (2.50%) MIMO
7 1 (2.50%) NGN
7 1 (2.50%) SCTP
7 1 (2.50%) TETRA
7 1 (2.50%) UMTS
7 1 (2.50%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.50%) Data Mining
2 2 (5.00%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (5.00%) MySQL
2 2 (5.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Burp Suite
1 2 (5.00%) JIRA
1 2 (5.00%) Metasploit
2 1 (2.50%) GitLab
2 1 (2.50%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.50%) JMeter
2 1 (2.50%) LoadRunner
General
1 5 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (7.50%) Health Technology
3 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.00%) Tech for Good
4 1 (2.50%) Finance
4 1 (2.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (30.00%) Linux Engineer
2 6 (15.00%) Support Engineer
3 5 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) Administrator
4 4 (10.00%) DevOps Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) Linux Support
4 4 (10.00%) Linux Support Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) Software Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Architect
5 3 (7.50%) DevOps Systems Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Linux DevOps Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Linux Systems Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Linux/Unix DevOps
5 3 (7.50%) Network Administrator
5 3 (7.50%) Senior
5 3 (7.50%) Systems Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) Middleware
2 1 (2.50%) .NET
2 1 (2.50%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.50%) Hibernate
2 1 (2.50%) RESTful
2 1 (2.50%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 4 (10.00%) Algorithms
2 4 (10.00%) Replication
3 3 (7.50%) Fibre Optics
3 3 (7.50%) NHS
4 2 (5.00%) Cloud Native
4 2 (5.00%) Clustering
4 2 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.50%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 13 (32.50%) Windows
2 7 (17.50%) Unix
3 5 (12.50%) Windows Server
4 3 (7.50%) Ubuntu
4 3 (7.50%) Windows 10
5 2 (5.00%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 7 (17.50%) Physics
3 6 (15.00%) Mathematics
3 6 (15.00%) Open Source
3 6 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (12.50%) Customer Service
4 5 (12.50%) DevOps
4 5 (12.50%) High Availability
4 5 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (12.50%) Performance Analysis
4 5 (12.50%) SDLC
5 4 (10.00%) ITIL
5 4 (10.00%) Parallel Programming
5 4 (10.00%) Software Engineering
5 4 (10.00%) Software Testing
6 3 (7.50%) Infrastructure Monitoring
6 3 (7.50%) Network Design
6 3 (7.50%) Non-Blocking Code
6 3 (7.50%) Service Delivery
7 2 (5.00%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 11 (27.50%) Python
2 10 (25.00%) Bash
3 7 (17.50%) PowerShell
4 4 (10.00%) C
4 4 (10.00%) C++
4 4 (10.00%) Fortran
4 4 (10.00%) SQL
5 2 (5.00%) MATLAB
6 1 (2.50%) C#
6 1 (2.50%) Java
6 1 (2.50%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (25.00%) Degree
2 6 (15.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (10.00%) Master's Degree
3 4 (10.00%) PhD
4 3 (7.50%) SC Cleared
5 2 (5.00%) Numerate Degree
5 2 (5.00%) OSCP
6 1 (2.50%) CREST Certified
6 1 (2.50%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.50%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.00%) NIST
2 1 (2.50%) QA
System Software
1 9 (22.50%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.00%) Docker
2 4 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (10.00%) vSphere
3 2 (5.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.50%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (15.00%) Terraform
2 5 (12.50%) Ansible
2 5 (12.50%) Kubernetes
3 3 (7.50%) Argo
3 3 (7.50%) FortiGate
4 2 (5.00%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (5.00%) Grafana
4 2 (5.00%) Nmap
4 2 (5.00%) Prometheus
4 2 (5.00%) SCCM
4 2 (5.00%) SCOM
4 2 (5.00%) SCSM
5 1 (2.50%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 10 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.00%) Atlassian
2 4 (10.00%) Google
2 4 (10.00%) Red Hat
2 4 (10.00%) VMware
3 3 (7.50%) Arista
3 3 (7.50%) Extreme Networks
3 3 (7.50%) Palo Alto
3 3 (7.50%) Trend Micro
3 3 (7.50%) Veeam
4 2 (5.00%) Cisco
4 2 (5.00%) IBM
5 1 (2.50%) Pure Storage