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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 15 11
Rank change year-on-year +3 -4 +15
Permanent jobs citing Linux 16 44 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham 11.35% 14.67% 16.43%
As % of the Operating Systems category 94.12% 57.14% 81.94%
Number of salaries quoted 11 16 24
10th Percentile £48,750 £41,250 £24,875
25th Percentile £53,125 £44,688 £30,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £71,750 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.38% +28.13% +4.19%
75th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £64,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £88,750 £78,675
Gloucestershire median annual salary £73,750 £54,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +36.57% -3.57% -2.61%

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 17 77 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham 12.06% 25.67% 20.06%
Number of salaries quoted 12 37 37
10th Percentile £46,500 £31,900 £23,750
25th Percentile £51,563 £45,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £88,125 £70,000 £72,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £84,500 £78,500
Gloucestershire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux 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 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Linux in Cheltenham

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham 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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (75.00%) AWS
2 4 (25.00%) OpenShift
3 2 (12.50%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (12.50%) Azure
3 2 (12.50%) Serverless
4 1 (6.25%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Internet
2 2 (12.50%) DHCP
2 2 (12.50%) DNS
2 2 (12.50%) IPv4
2 2 (12.50%) LAN
2 2 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 2 (12.50%) VSAN
2 2 (12.50%) WAN
3 1 (6.25%) Firewall
3 1 (6.25%) Network Security
3 1 (6.25%) OSPF
3 1 (6.25%) VLAN
3 1 (6.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (6.25%) MongoDB
1 1 (6.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Git
2 1 (6.25%) GitLab
2 1 (6.25%) JUnit
General
1 2 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
1 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (18.75%) Administrator
1 3 (18.75%) Architect
1 3 (18.75%) Developer
1 3 (18.75%) Linux Administrator
1 3 (18.75%) Software Architect
1 3 (18.75%) Software Developer
2 2 (12.50%) Cloud Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Linux Systems Administrator
2 2 (12.50%) Senior
2 2 (12.50%) Virtualisation Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Lead
3 1 (6.25%) Lead Cloud Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Senior Cloud Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Senior Software Developer
3 1 (6.25%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Unix Administrator
3 1 (6.25%) Unix Linux Systems Administrator
3 1 (6.25%) Unix Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (12.50%) Linux Command Line
1 2 (12.50%) Public Cloud
2 1 (6.25%) CMDB
2 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.25%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 5 (31.25%) Windows
2 4 (25.00%) CentOS
3 3 (18.75%) CoreOS
4 2 (12.50%) Windows Server
4 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (6.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Containerisation
2 5 (31.25%) ITIL
3 4 (25.00%) DevOps
3 4 (25.00%) Time Management
4 3 (18.75%) Data Modelling
4 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (12.50%) Configuration Management
5 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (12.50%) Cost Reduction
5 2 (12.50%) DevSecOps
5 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (12.50%) Re-Platforming
5 2 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (12.50%) Software Engineering
5 2 (12.50%) Task Automation
6 1 (6.25%) CI/CD
6 1 (6.25%) Code Quality
6 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (6.25%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 10 (62.50%) Python
2 7 (43.75%) Bash
3 4 (25.00%) C++
3 4 (25.00%) PowerShell
4 3 (18.75%) Go
4 3 (18.75%) Rust
5 2 (12.50%) R
6 1 (6.25%) Java
6 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
6 1 (6.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 8 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
4 2 (12.50%) AWS Certification
5 1 (6.25%) CCIE
5 1 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (6.25%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 2 (12.50%) Docker
1 2 (12.50%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (37.50%) Ansible
2 4 (25.00%) Puppet
3 2 (12.50%) Kubernetes
3 2 (12.50%) McAfee ePO
3 2 (12.50%) SCVMM
4 1 (6.25%) Kibana
4 1 (6.25%) Nagios
4 1 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Red Hat
2 2 (12.50%) McAfee
3 1 (6.25%) CheckPoint
3 1 (6.25%) Cisco
3 1 (6.25%) F5
3 1 (6.25%) Fortinet
3 1 (6.25%) Oracle