Linux Jobs in Cambridgeshire

Linux
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire 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 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 7 21
Rank change year-on-year -20 +14 -11
Permanent jobs citing Linux 34 223 149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 6.75% 14.23% 10.31%
As % of the Operating Systems category 33.66% 67.17% 48.06%
Number of salaries quoted 29 157 66
10th Percentile £26,100 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -12.00% +2.46%
75th Percentile £90,000 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £92,500
East of England median annual salary £55,320 £53,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.89% -7.39% -4.17%

All Operating Systems
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 101 332 310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 20.04% 21.19% 21.45%
Number of salaries quoted 74 260 159
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,188 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.15% +3.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £87,375 £83,750 £80,750
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £38,000 £45,250
% change year-on-year +18.42% -16.02% +5.85%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Cambridgeshire

Linux
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary trend for Linux in Cambridgeshire

Linux
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Linux in Cambridgeshire

Linux
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 9 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
Cambridge -20 19 £65,000 +18.18% 141
Huntingdon - 3 £26,000 - 2
Peterborough - 1 £55,000 - 7
Linux
East of England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 7 (20.59%) IIS
1 7 (20.59%) Tomcat
2 3 (8.82%) Apache
2 3 (8.82%) nginx
3 1 (2.94%) Apache Solr
3 1 (2.94%) CMS
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (26.47%) Azure
2 8 (23.53%) Entra ID
2 8 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Copilot
3 7 (20.59%) Power Automate
4 3 (8.82%) AWS
5 1 (2.94%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (2.94%) Cloudflare
5 1 (2.94%) GCP
5 1 (2.94%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (20.59%) DMARC
1 7 (20.59%) SSL
2 6 (17.65%) Firewall
3 4 (11.76%) VLAN
4 3 (8.82%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (8.82%) HTTP
5 2 (5.88%) VPN
5 2 (5.88%) Wireless
6 1 (2.94%) Bluetooth
6 1 (2.94%) DNS
6 1 (2.94%) LAN
6 1 (2.94%) SAN
6 1 (2.94%) SNMP
6 1 (2.94%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (2.94%) TCP/IP
6 1 (2.94%) VSAN
6 1 (2.94%) WAN
6 1 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (35.29%) SQL Server
2 7 (20.59%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.94%) Big Data
3 1 (2.94%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (2.94%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (11.76%) GitLab
2 3 (8.82%) Git
2 3 (8.82%) Jenkins
2 3 (8.82%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (5.88%) JIRA
4 1 (2.94%) GDB
4 1 (2.94%) KGDB
General
1 13 (38.24%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Czech Language
2 7 (20.59%) Organisational Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Presentation Skills
3 6 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.88%) Retail
5 1 (2.94%) Aviation
5 1 (2.94%) Electronics
5 1 (2.94%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (32.35%) Administrator
2 7 (20.59%) IT Administrator
2 7 (20.59%) IT Support
3 4 (11.76%) Senior
4 3 (8.82%) 1st Line Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) DevOps Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Linux Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Python Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Software Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Systems Administrator
5 2 (5.88%) Embedded Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Lead
5 2 (5.88%) Test Automation Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Test Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) CloudOps Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Junior DevOps Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Junior Linux Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Senior Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (20.59%) JSON
1 7 (20.59%) REST
1 7 (20.59%) SOAP
1 7 (20.59%) XML
2 2 (5.88%) Django
2 2 (5.88%) Yocto
3 1 (2.94%) Google JAX
3 1 (2.94%) JAX
3 1 (2.94%) OpenEmbedded
3 1 (2.94%) POSIX
3 1 (2.94%) PyTorch
3 1 (2.94%) TensorFlow
3 1 (2.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (32.35%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (23.53%) Data Centre
3 7 (20.59%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (11.76%) Virtual Team
5 3 (8.82%) Driving Licence
6 2 (5.88%) Device Driver
6 2 (5.88%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (5.88%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (5.88%) Raspberry Pi
7 1 (2.94%) Algorithms
7 1 (2.94%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
7 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
7 1 (2.94%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (2.94%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 17 (50.00%) Windows
2 7 (20.59%) Unix
2 7 (20.59%) Windows Server
3 4 (11.76%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (11.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (2.94%) Android
4 1 (2.94%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (47.06%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (23.53%) Agile
3 7 (20.59%) CRM
3 7 (20.59%) Customer Service
3 7 (20.59%) Data Privacy
3 7 (20.59%) Portfolio Management
3 7 (20.59%) Project Management
3 7 (20.59%) Roadmaps
3 7 (20.59%) Technology Roadmap
4 6 (17.65%) Open Source
5 5 (14.71%) Containerisation
5 5 (14.71%) Software Engineering
6 4 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (8.82%) Asset Management
7 3 (8.82%) Change Control
7 3 (8.82%) CI/CD
7 3 (8.82%) DevOps
7 3 (8.82%) Hardware Maintenance
7 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (8.82%) Virtual Team Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (41.18%) PowerShell
2 11 (32.35%) SQL
3 9 (26.47%) Bash
3 9 (26.47%) Python
4 8 (23.53%) JavaScript
5 7 (20.59%) Java
5 7 (20.59%) VBA
6 5 (14.71%) C
7 3 (8.82%) C++
8 1 (2.94%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.88%) DV Cleared
2 2 (5.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (2.94%) CCNA
3 1 (2.94%) CCNP
3 1 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.94%) Degree
3 1 (2.94%) MCP
3 1 (2.94%) MCSA
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.94%) PhD
3 1 (2.94%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.94%) Government Security Classifications
2 1 (2.94%) JTAG
2 1 (2.94%) QA
2 1 (2.94%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (44.12%) Active Directory
2 5 (14.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (11.76%) Docker
4 3 (8.82%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (8.82%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (5.88%) Firmware
5 2 (5.88%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (5.88%) VMware NSX
5 2 (5.88%) vSphere
6 1 (2.94%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 1 (2.94%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (20.59%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (11.76%) Ansible
3 3 (8.82%) Graylog
3 3 (8.82%) Nagios
3 3 (8.82%) Puppet
3 3 (8.82%) Rundeck
4 2 (5.88%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (5.88%) Kubernetes
4 2 (5.88%) WSUS
5 1 (2.94%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (2.94%) PowerCLI
5 1 (2.94%) SCCM
5 1 (2.94%) Terraform
5 1 (2.94%) vCenter Server
5 1 (2.94%) vRealize
5 1 (2.94%) VxRail
5 1 (2.94%) WMI
Vendors
1 15 (44.12%) Microsoft
2 8 (23.53%) Oracle
3 5 (14.71%) VMware
4 4 (11.76%) NetApp
5 3 (8.82%) Cisco
5 3 (8.82%) Citrix
5 3 (8.82%) Juniper
5 3 (8.82%) PagerDuty
5 3 (8.82%) Pure Storage
6 1 (2.94%) Dell
6 1 (2.94%) EMC
6 1 (2.94%) IBM
6 1 (2.94%) Isilon
6 1 (2.94%) McAfee
6 1 (2.94%) Red Hat
6 1 (2.94%) SolarWinds