Linux Job Trends in Brentwood

Linux
Essex > Brentwood

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Brentwood requiring Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 4 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Permanent jobs citing Linux 1 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Brentwood 9.09% 20.00% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 40.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £40,000 -
Essex median annual salary £45,000 £57,500 £82,500
% change year-on-year -21.74% -30.30% -

All Operating Systems
Brentwood

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 Brentwood.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1 5 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Brentwood 9.09% 50.00% 11.11%
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 2
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% +20.00%
Essex median annual salary £30,500 £42,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -28.24% +21.43% -26.32%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Brentwood

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

Linux job vacancy trend in Brentwood

Linux
Salary Trend in Brentwood

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Brentwood citing Linux.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Brentwood citing Linux

Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Brentwood 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DOCSIS
1 1 (100.00%) DSL
1 1 (100.00%) GPON
1 1 (100.00%) IPv4
1 1 (100.00%) IPv6
1 1 (100.00%) PPP
1 1 (100.00%) RTP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++