Linux Job Trends in Cheltenham

Linux
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheltenham requiring Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 11 15
Rank change year-on-year -6 +4 +1
Permanent jobs citing Linux 61 15 42
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham 7.01% 11.19% 13.29%
As % of the Operating Systems category 68.54% 88.24% 63.64%
Number of salaries quoted 45 9 21
10th Percentile £47,850 £51,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.80% +13.64% -1.79%
75th Percentile £80,000 £93,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,400 - £87,500
Gloucestershire median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +27.27% -1.79%

All Operating Systems
Cheltenham

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 Cheltenham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 89 17 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham 10.23% 12.69% 20.89%
Number of salaries quoted 65 11 45
10th Percentile £42,000 £31,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £49,375 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +9.09% -1.79%
75th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £93,750 £85,500
Gloucestershire median annual salary £57,500 £37,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +53.33% -25.00% -

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Linux job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Linux
Salary Trend in Cheltenham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Linux.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Linux

Linux
Salary Histogram in Cheltenham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Linux in Cheltenham

Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.64%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 22 (36.07%) AWS
2 9 (14.75%) Azure
3 7 (11.48%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (8.20%) GitHub
5 4 (6.56%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (4.92%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (4.92%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (4.92%) Serverless
7 2 (3.28%) Amazon ECS
7 2 (3.28%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (3.28%) OpenShift
8 1 (1.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (1.64%) Amazon ELB
8 1 (1.64%) Amazon S3
8 1 (1.64%) AWS KMS
8 1 (1.64%) PaaS
8 1 (1.64%) Route 53
8 1 (1.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (13.11%) Firewall
2 7 (11.48%) LAN
2 7 (11.48%) WAN
3 6 (9.84%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (9.84%) Cisco Firepower
3 6 (9.84%) DHCP
3 6 (9.84%) DNS
3 6 (9.84%) Unified Communications
3 6 (9.84%) VLAN
3 6 (9.84%) WebEx
4 5 (8.20%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.28%) VPN
6 1 (1.64%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.56%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (6.56%) NoSQL
2 3 (4.92%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 5 (8.20%) Git
1 5 (8.20%) Jenkins
2 4 (6.56%) GitLab
3 2 (3.28%) Valgrind
General
1 8 (13.11%) Social Skills
2 6 (9.84%) Banking
2 6 (9.84%) Marketing
2 6 (9.84%) Public Sector
2 6 (9.84%) Retail
2 6 (9.84%) Telecoms
3 5 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (8.20%) Finance
4 1 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (29.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 13 (21.31%) C++ Developer
2 13 (21.31%) C++ Software Developer
2 13 (21.31%) Developer
2 13 (21.31%) Software Developer
3 8 (13.11%) Linux Engineer
3 8 (13.11%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (11.48%) Software Engineer
5 6 (9.84%) AWS Engineer
5 6 (9.84%) C++/Java Developer
5 6 (9.84%) Java Developer
5 6 (9.84%) Java Software Developer
6 5 (8.20%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (8.20%) Collaboration Engineer
6 5 (8.20%) Senior
7 4 (6.56%) Azure Engineer
7 4 (6.56%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (6.56%) Kubernetes Engineer
7 4 (6.56%) Lead
7 4 (6.56%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.84%) XMPP
2 1 (1.64%) Bootstrap
2 1 (1.64%) CSS
2 1 (1.64%) HTML
2 1 (1.64%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.48%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (9.84%) FlexPod
2 6 (9.84%) Onboarding
2 6 (9.84%) Replication
2 6 (9.84%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (3.28%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.28%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.28%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (3.28%) Legacy Code
4 1 (1.64%) Distributed Applications
4 1 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.64%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 16 (26.23%) Windows
2 8 (13.11%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.28%) Android
3 2 (3.28%) Apple iOS
3 2 (3.28%) Unix
4 1 (1.64%) CentOS
4 1 (1.64%) CoreOS
4 1 (1.64%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (37.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 21 (34.43%) Infrastructure as Code
3 15 (24.59%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (21.31%) CI/CD
5 11 (18.03%) Containerisation
5 11 (18.03%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (16.39%) DevOps
7 9 (14.75%) Infrastructure Automation
7 9 (14.75%) Project Delivery
8 8 (13.11%) Agile
8 8 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (11.48%) Software Engineering
10 6 (9.84%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (9.84%) Data Management
10 6 (9.84%) Decision-Making
10 6 (9.84%) Performance Management
11 5 (8.20%) Continuous Integration
11 5 (8.20%) Technical Leadership
11 5 (8.20%) Test Automation
12 4 (6.56%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 22 (36.07%) Python
2 20 (32.79%) C++
3 14 (22.95%) Bash
4 10 (16.39%) Java
5 8 (13.11%) Rust
6 7 (11.48%) PowerShell
7 6 (9.84%) JavaScript
8 3 (4.92%) Go
8 3 (4.92%) TypeScript
9 2 (3.28%) C
10 1 (1.64%) C#
Qualifications
1 41 (67.21%) Security Cleared
2 28 (45.90%) DV Cleared
3 14 (22.95%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.92%) Degree
5 1 (1.64%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (1.64%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
5 1 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.28%) QA
System Software
1 11 (18.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (9.84%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 6 (9.84%) Virtual Servers
2 6 (9.84%) vSphere
3 5 (8.20%) Docker
4 4 (6.56%) Hyper-V
5 3 (4.92%) Active Directory
6 1 (1.64%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.64%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 24 (39.34%) Terraform
2 21 (34.43%) Ansible
3 14 (22.95%) Kubernetes
4 6 (9.84%) Cisco CUCM
4 6 (9.84%) Grafana
5 3 (4.92%) Packer
6 2 (3.28%) NetBackup
7 1 (1.64%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (1.64%) Puppet
7 1 (1.64%) SCVMM
7 1 (1.64%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 16 (26.23%) Microsoft
2 14 (22.95%) VMware
3 8 (13.11%) Cisco
4 6 (9.84%) Fortinet
4 6 (9.84%) NetApp
4 6 (9.84%) Palo Alto
4 6 (9.84%) Splunk
5 2 (3.28%) Dell
5 2 (3.28%) HP
5 2 (3.28%) Juniper
5 2 (3.28%) Veeam
6 1 (1.64%) McAfee
6 1 (1.64%) Red Hat