Linux Jobs in Birmingham

Linux
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 71 52
Rank change year-on-year -14 -19 -28
Permanent jobs citing Linux 62 77 181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.29% 3.82% 5.80%
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.40% 29.50% 37.24%
Number of salaries quoted 42 64 137
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,725 £35,950
25th Percentile £38,500 £47,375 £40,399
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £81,250 £83,000
West Midlands median annual salary £53,250 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.18% +4.76% +0.96%

All Operating Systems
Birmingham

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 Birmingham with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 265 261 486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 9.78% 12.94% 15.57%
Number of salaries quoted 217 227 390
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,100 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% -

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Birmingham

Linux
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Linux in Birmingham

Linux
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in Birmingham over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux in Birmingham

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 8 (12.90%) WebSphere
2 6 (9.68%) IIS
2 6 (9.68%) Tomcat
3 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (8.06%) nginx
4 4 (6.45%) Apache
5 3 (4.84%) MQSeries
5 3 (4.84%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (3.23%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (3.23%) JBoss
6 2 (3.23%) SharePoint
6 2 (3.23%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (6.45%) NEC Housing
2 3 (4.84%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 22 (35.48%) Azure
2 13 (20.97%) AWS
3 12 (19.35%) GCP
4 6 (9.68%) IaaS
4 6 (9.68%) PaaS
4 6 (9.68%) SaaS
5 5 (8.06%) Entra ID
5 5 (8.06%) npm
6 3 (4.84%) Azure Stack
6 3 (4.84%) GitHub
6 3 (4.84%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (3.23%) Amazon S3
7 2 (3.23%) Azure App Service
7 2 (3.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (3.23%) Mimecast
7 2 (3.23%) OpenDNS
7 2 (3.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (16.13%) SAN
2 5 (8.06%) DHCP
2 5 (8.06%) DNS
2 5 (8.06%) Firewall
2 5 (8.06%) HTTP
3 3 (4.84%) LAN
4 2 (3.23%) 4G
4 2 (3.23%) EIGRP
4 2 (3.23%) HSRP
4 2 (3.23%) IPsec
4 2 (3.23%) IPv6
4 2 (3.23%) iSCSI
4 2 (3.23%) OSPF
4 2 (3.23%) RIP
4 2 (3.23%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.23%) VLAN
4 2 (3.23%) VPN
4 2 (3.23%) VRRP
4 2 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (3.23%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (20.97%) SQL Server
2 12 (19.35%) MySQL
3 7 (11.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 7 (11.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (6.45%) Oracle Database
5 3 (4.84%) DB2
5 3 (4.84%) InterSystems Cache
6 2 (3.23%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (3.23%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (3.23%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (11.29%) Git
2 5 (8.06%) JIRA
2 5 (8.06%) webpack
3 3 (4.84%) IBM UrbanCode
3 3 (4.84%) Jenkins
4 2 (3.23%) GCC
4 2 (3.23%) gulp
4 2 (3.23%) MSBuild
General
1 20 (32.26%) Social Skills
2 17 (27.42%) Finance
3 9 (14.52%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.45%) Local Government
4 4 (6.45%) Marketing
4 4 (6.45%) Police
4 4 (6.45%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.84%) Banking
5 3 (4.84%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.84%) Retail
6 2 (3.23%) iGaming
6 2 (3.23%) Law
6 2 (3.23%) Legal
6 2 (3.23%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.61%) Back Office
7 1 (1.61%) Front Office
7 1 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.61%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 17 (27.42%) Developer
2 10 (16.13%) DBA
3 8 (12.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (11.29%) Administrator
4 7 (11.29%) Senior
5 6 (9.68%) Architect
5 6 (9.68%) Cloud Architect
6 5 (8.06%) Analyst
6 5 (8.06%) Full Stack Developer
6 5 (8.06%) Full Stack PHP Developer
6 5 (8.06%) IT Support
6 5 (8.06%) PHP Developer
6 5 (8.06%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (8.06%) Senior Technical Analyst
6 5 (8.06%) Technical Analyst
7 4 (6.45%) Applications Support
7 4 (6.45%) C# Developer
7 4 (6.45%) Support Engineer
8 3 (4.84%) DB2 DBA
8 3 (4.84%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (17.74%) Middleware
2 10 (16.13%) jQuery
3 8 (12.90%) React
4 7 (11.29%) CSS
4 7 (11.29%) HTML
4 7 (11.29%) HTML5
4 7 (11.29%) LAMP
4 7 (11.29%) Laravel
4 7 (11.29%) Sass
4 7 (11.29%) Web Services
5 5 (8.06%) LEMP Stack
5 5 (8.06%) LESS
5 5 (8.06%) Vue
6 4 (6.45%) .NET
7 3 (4.84%) AngularJS
8 2 (3.23%) ASP.NET
8 2 (3.23%) CSS3
8 2 (3.23%) J2EE
8 2 (3.23%) Twig
8 2 (3.23%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.13%) Replication
2 8 (12.90%) Public Cloud
3 6 (9.68%) Cloud Native
4 5 (8.06%) Mobile App
5 3 (4.84%) Clustering
6 2 (3.23%) Digital Media
6 2 (3.23%) Management Information System
6 2 (3.23%) PKI
7 1 (1.61%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.61%) Derivative
7 1 (1.61%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.61%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 31 (50.00%) Windows
2 15 (24.19%) Unix
3 11 (17.74%) Ubuntu
4 10 (16.13%) Solaris
4 10 (16.13%) Windows Server
5 8 (12.90%) SUSE
6 5 (8.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (8.06%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 3 (4.84%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (3.23%) Debian
8 2 (3.23%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (1.61%) CentOS
9 1 (1.61%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (1.61%) Mac OS
9 1 (1.61%) Scientific Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (25.81%) Agile
2 12 (19.35%) Information Security
2 12 (19.35%) Server Management
3 11 (17.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 10 (16.13%) Full Stack Development
4 10 (16.13%) Performance Tuning
4 10 (16.13%) User Experience
5 9 (14.52%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (12.90%) Computer Science
6 8 (12.90%) Configuration Management
6 8 (12.90%) Disaster Recovery
6 8 (12.90%) Storage Management
7 7 (11.29%) Application Security
7 7 (11.29%) DevOps
7 7 (11.29%) Migration
7 7 (11.29%) Software Engineering
8 6 (9.68%) Continuous Integration
8 6 (9.68%) Kanban
8 6 (9.68%) Scrum
8 6 (9.68%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (24.19%) SQL
2 9 (14.52%) PHP
3 7 (11.29%) Java
3 7 (11.29%) JavaScript
3 7 (11.29%) Python
3 7 (11.29%) T-SQL
4 6 (9.68%) C#
5 4 (6.45%) Go
5 4 (6.45%) PowerShell
5 4 (6.45%) Shell Script
6 3 (4.84%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.61%) Bash
7 1 (1.61%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 22 (35.48%) Degree
2 7 (11.29%) Security Cleared
3 6 (9.68%) AWS Certification
3 6 (9.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 6 (9.68%) Azure Certification
4 2 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.23%) MCSE
4 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.61%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (6.45%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.23%) QA
4 1 (1.61%) GRC
4 1 (1.61%) NCSC
4 1 (1.61%) NIST
4 1 (1.61%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (12.90%) Active Directory
2 6 (9.68%) Docker
3 5 (8.06%) Hyper-V
4 2 (3.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 2 (3.23%) pfSense
4 2 (3.23%) Terminal Services
4 2 (3.23%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (3.23%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (8.06%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 3 (4.84%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.84%) Trend Micro Deep Security
3 2 (3.23%) Backup Exec
4 1 (1.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.61%) Ansible
4 1 (1.61%) WSUS
Vendors
1 18 (29.03%) Microsoft
2 11 (17.74%) IBM
3 9 (14.52%) Oracle
4 6 (9.68%) Citrix
5 5 (8.06%) Veeam
6 4 (6.45%) NEC
6 4 (6.45%) SolarWinds
7 3 (4.84%) Cisco
7 3 (4.84%) Google
7 3 (4.84%) InterSystems
8 2 (3.23%) Acronis
8 2 (3.23%) Aruba
8 2 (3.23%) HP
8 2 (3.23%) Remedy
8 2 (3.23%) SonicWALL
8 2 (3.23%) Sophos
8 2 (3.23%) Veritas
8 2 (3.23%) VMware
9 1 (1.61%) Nimble Storage
9 1 (1.61%) Red Hat