Linux Jobs in Bolton

Linux
Manchester > Bolton

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bolton 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 9 32
Rank change year-on-year -27 +23 -15
Permanent jobs citing Linux 5 21 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton 3.57% 16.03% 2.92%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.20% 43.75% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 0 8 4
10th Percentile - - £35,575
25th Percentile - £51,250 £42,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.53% -
75th Percentile - £53,750 £52,313
90th Percentile - - £58,725
Manchester median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% +14.29%

All Operating Systems
Bolton

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 Bolton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 61 48 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton 43.57% 36.64% 8.76%
Number of salaries quoted 53 33 12
10th Percentile £28,100 £30,250 £24,700
25th Percentile £33,250 £45,000 £32,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% +80.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £53,000
90th Percentile £74,000 £64,250 £53,675
Manchester median annual salary £46,500 £50,000 £51,573
% change year-on-year -7.00% -3.05% +8.57%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Bolton

Linux
Salary Trend in Bolton

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

Salary trend for Linux in Bolton

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bolton 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) VPN
2 3 (60.00%) DNS
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco IOS
General
1 5 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
1 3 (60.00%) Software Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Android
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Line Management
1 5 (100.00%) Mathematics
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Android Development
2 3 (60.00%) Design Patterns
2 3 (60.00%) OO
2 3 (60.00%) OOP
3 2 (40.00%) DevOps
3 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Platform Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) Storage Management
3 2 (40.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Python
2 3 (60.00%) C++
2 3 (60.00%) Go
2 3 (60.00%) Java
3 2 (40.00%) Bash
3 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Docker
2 2 (40.00%) Hyper-V
2 2 (40.00%) VMware NSX
2 2 (40.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) Ansible
2 2 (40.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) 3PAR
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
1 2 (40.00%) Juniper
1 2 (40.00%) Splunk