Linux Jobs in Central London

Linux
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 66 30
Rank change year-on-year +16 -36 +8
Permanent jobs citing Linux 127 138 386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 5.33% 3.66% 7.68%
As % of the Operating Systems category 34.14% 26.29% 41.28%
Number of salaries quoted 98 96 329
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - -17.65% +17.24%
75th Percentile £89,688 £92,813 £107,500
90th Percentile £117,500 £126,250 £117,500
London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £77,521
% change year-on-year +6.67% -3.25% +3.36%

All Operating Systems
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 372 525 935
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 15.62% 13.91% 18.60%
Number of salaries quoted 307 415 798
10th Percentile £35,900 £33,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £41,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,750 £110,000
London median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Central London

Linux
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Linux in Central London

Linux
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in Central London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Linux in Central London

Linux
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Central London region over the 6 months to 30 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
City of London +20 105 £70,000 - 51
City of Westminster -2 7 £26,000 -62.86% 3
Southwark -4 7 £55,000 -12.00%
Camden - 5 £70,000 -
West End of London +7 3 £55,000 -21.43% 15
Lambeth +3 1 - -
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 - -
Linux
London

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 17 (13.39%) Confluence
2 8 (6.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.94%) nginx
4 2 (1.57%) OpenStack
4 2 (1.57%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.79%) Alfresco
5 1 (0.79%) Apache
5 1 (0.79%) Camunda
5 1 (0.79%) CMS
5 1 (0.79%) Drupal
Applications
1 5 (3.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.36%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 54 (42.52%) Azure
2 51 (40.16%) AWS
3 12 (9.45%) GCP
4 10 (7.87%) Cloud Computing
4 10 (7.87%) GitHub
5 9 (7.09%) AWS CloudFormation
6 7 (5.51%) Pulumi
7 6 (4.72%) Amazon EC2
7 6 (4.72%) Amazon EKS
7 6 (4.72%) Entra ID
7 6 (4.72%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (4.72%) PaaS
7 6 (4.72%) SaaS
8 5 (3.94%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (3.15%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 4 (3.15%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (3.15%) npm
10 3 (2.36%) Amazon S3
10 3 (2.36%) Serverless
11 2 (1.57%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.87%) Firewall
2 9 (7.09%) VPN
3 8 (6.30%) DNS
4 7 (5.51%) Broadband
5 6 (4.72%) Network Security
5 6 (4.72%) WAN
6 5 (3.94%) HTTP
6 5 (3.94%) Multicast
6 5 (3.94%) TCP/IP
7 4 (3.15%) DHCP
7 4 (3.15%) LAN
7 4 (3.15%) VLAN
8 3 (2.36%) NetScaler
8 3 (2.36%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (1.57%) SAN
9 2 (1.57%) SD-WAN
9 2 (1.57%) Telnet
10 1 (0.79%) Internet
10 1 (0.79%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.79%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (11.02%) NoSQL
2 13 (10.24%) Relational Database
3 8 (6.30%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (5.51%) RDBMS
4 7 (5.51%) SQL Server
5 5 (3.94%) MongoDB
5 5 (3.94%) MySQL
6 3 (2.36%) ClickHouse
6 3 (2.36%) Metadata
7 2 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.79%) KDB
8 1 (0.79%) Kdb+
8 1 (0.79%) Redis
Development Applications
1 30 (23.62%) Git
2 23 (18.11%) JIRA
3 21 (16.54%) Jenkins
4 18 (14.17%) Maven
5 17 (13.39%) Ant
5 17 (13.39%) SonarQube
5 17 (13.39%) Sonatype Nexus
5 17 (13.39%) TeamCity
6 7 (5.51%) Jaeger
7 3 (2.36%) Babel
7 3 (2.36%) GitLab
7 3 (2.36%) gulp
7 3 (2.36%) webpack
8 2 (1.57%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.79%) Gradle
9 1 (0.79%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 41 (32.28%) Finance
2 34 (26.77%) Social Skills
3 28 (22.05%) Banking
4 16 (12.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (11.02%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.94%) Back Office
7 4 (3.15%) Games
8 3 (2.36%) Advertising
8 3 (2.36%) Fire and Rescue
8 3 (2.36%) Front Office
8 3 (2.36%) Legal
9 2 (1.57%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.57%) iGaming
9 2 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.57%) Publishing
10 1 (0.79%) Law
10 1 (0.79%) Marketing
10 1 (0.79%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.79%) Retail
10 1 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (14.96%) Developer
2 18 (14.17%) Architect
3 17 (13.39%) DevOps Architect
3 17 (13.39%) Senior
4 15 (11.81%) Lead
5 11 (8.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 10 (7.87%) Analyst
7 9 (7.09%) Team Leader
8 7 (5.51%) Cloud Engineer
8 7 (5.51%) DevOps Engineer
8 7 (5.51%) Platform Engineer
8 7 (5.51%) Software Developer
8 7 (5.51%) Systems Engineer
9 6 (4.72%) Administrator
9 6 (4.72%) Linux Administrator
9 6 (4.72%) Support Analyst
9 6 (4.72%) Support Engineer
10 5 (3.94%) Applications Support
10 5 (3.94%) Software Engineer
10 5 (3.94%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (8.66%) FIX Protocol
1 11 (8.66%) Node.js
1 11 (8.66%) REST
2 9 (7.09%) Elastic Stack
2 9 (7.09%) Pandas
3 7 (5.51%) .NET
3 7 (5.51%) OpenTelemetry
3 7 (5.51%) React
4 6 (4.72%) JSON
5 5 (3.94%) HTML
5 5 (3.94%) Puppeteer
5 5 (3.94%) Scrapy
5 5 (3.94%) Vue
6 4 (3.15%) CSS
7 3 (2.36%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 3 (2.36%) GraphQL
7 3 (2.36%) Middleware
7 3 (2.36%) OAuth
7 3 (2.36%) pytest
7 3 (2.36%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.51%) Equities
1 7 (5.51%) Linux Command Line
2 6 (4.72%) Hedge funds
3 5 (3.94%) Derivative
3 5 (3.94%) Fixed Income
3 5 (3.94%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (3.15%) Algorithms
4 4 (3.15%) Cyberattack
4 4 (3.15%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.15%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (2.36%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (2.36%) Reference Data
5 3 (2.36%) Smart City
6 2 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.57%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.57%) Mobile Games
6 2 (1.57%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.57%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 33 (25.98%) Windows
2 27 (21.26%) Unix
3 20 (15.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (10.24%) Windows Server
5 7 (5.51%) CentOS
6 5 (3.94%) Ubuntu
6 5 (3.94%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (3.15%) Android
7 4 (3.15%) Rocky
8 2 (1.57%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.57%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.79%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.79%) CoreOS
9 1 (0.79%) Solaris
9 1 (0.79%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (45.67%) DevOps
2 36 (28.35%) Agile
3 33 (25.98%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (22.83%) Continuous Integration
5 27 (21.26%) CI/CD
6 21 (16.54%) Containerisation
7 20 (15.75%) Computer Science
8 19 (14.96%) Infrastructure as Code
9 18 (14.17%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 17 (13.39%) Static Code Analysis
11 15 (11.81%) High Availability
11 15 (11.81%) Mentoring
12 13 (10.24%) Collaborative Working
12 13 (10.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 12 (9.45%) Software Engineering
14 11 (8.66%) Customer Service
15 10 (7.87%) Infrastructure Automation
15 10 (7.87%) Low Latency
15 10 (7.87%) Performance Optimisation
15 10 (7.87%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 57 (44.88%) Python
2 43 (33.86%) JavaScript
3 30 (23.62%) Bash
4 28 (22.05%) SQL
5 19 (14.96%) Java
6 17 (13.39%) PowerShell
7 14 (11.02%) C++
8 13 (10.24%) Go
9 4 (3.15%) Rust
10 3 (2.36%) R
10 3 (2.36%) T-SQL
11 2 (1.57%) PHP
11 2 (1.57%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.79%) Perl
Qualifications
1 19 (14.96%) Degree
2 14 (11.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (5.51%) AWS Certification
4 6 (4.72%) Security Cleared
5 5 (3.94%) DV Cleared
5 5 (3.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (3.15%) MCSA
6 4 (3.15%) RHCSA
7 3 (2.36%) CCNA
7 3 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.57%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.79%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.79%) CCNP
9 1 (0.79%) CEH
9 1 (0.79%) CISSP
9 1 (0.79%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.79%) MCSE
9 1 (0.79%) OSCP
9 1 (0.79%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.09%) QA
2 7 (5.51%) SLA
3 1 (0.79%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.79%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.79%) NIST
System Software
1 22 (17.32%) Docker
1 22 (17.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (10.24%) Active Directory
3 7 (5.51%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (3.15%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.15%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.57%) Firmware
6 1 (0.79%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 35 (27.56%) Ansible
2 31 (24.41%) Terraform
3 24 (18.90%) Kubernetes
4 10 (7.87%) Prometheus
5 9 (7.09%) Nagios
6 7 (5.51%) Argo
6 7 (5.51%) Grafana
6 7 (5.51%) Kustomize
7 5 (3.94%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (3.94%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (2.36%) SCCM
8 3 (2.36%) vCenter Server
9 2 (1.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (1.57%) Kibana
9 2 (1.57%) logstash
9 2 (1.57%) Puppet
9 2 (1.57%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (1.57%) SCOM
10 1 (0.79%) Avamar
10 1 (0.79%) Istio
Vendors
1 30 (23.62%) VMware
2 23 (18.11%) Microsoft
3 18 (14.17%) Red Hat
4 9 (7.09%) Cisco
4 9 (7.09%) Citrix
5 7 (5.51%) Google
6 6 (4.72%) SolarWinds
7 4 (3.15%) Commvault
7 4 (3.15%) NetApp
7 4 (3.15%) Veeam
8 3 (2.36%) Bloomberg
8 3 (2.36%) FactSet
8 3 (2.36%) Fortinet
8 3 (2.36%) Mitel
8 3 (2.36%) Oracle
8 3 (2.36%) Pure Storage
8 3 (2.36%) Refinitiv
9 2 (1.57%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.57%) Rapid7
9 2 (1.57%) Splunk