Linux Jobs in Cheltenham

Linux
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheltenham 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 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 16 26
Rank change year-on-year +5 +10 +11
Permanent jobs citing Linux 17 59 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham 12.88% 14.22% 9.89%
As % of the Operating Systems category 94.44% 58.42% 61.02%
Number of salaries quoted 11 31 17
10th Percentile - £45,000 £38,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% +5.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £81,375 £73,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £87,500 £78,500
Gloucestershire median annual salary £61,250 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +11.36% -5.17% +0.87%

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 18 101 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham 13.64% 24.34% 16.21%
Number of salaries quoted 12 72 39
10th Percentile £50,250 £30,000 £26,600
25th Percentile £52,500 £42,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - +19.32%
75th Percentile £88,125 £60,000 £71,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £81,475 £74,700
Gloucestershire median annual salary £38,750 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -22.50% - -4.31%

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

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

Salary trend for Linux in Cheltenham

Linux
Salary Histogram in Cheltenham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 12 July 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 14 (82.35%) AWS
2 4 (23.53%) AWS Lambda
2 4 (23.53%) Serverless
3 1 (5.88%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (5.88%) Amazon S3
3 1 (5.88%) OpenShift
3 1 (5.88%) PaaS
3 1 (5.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) IPv4
2 3 (17.65%) Internet
3 2 (11.76%) OSPF
3 2 (11.76%) VLAN
3 2 (11.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (5.88%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (5.88%) MongoDB
1 1 (5.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Git
2 1 (5.88%) GitLab
2 1 (5.88%) JUnit
General
1 5 (29.41%) Telecoms
2 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Electronics
3 1 (5.88%) Finance
3 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.88%) Marketing
3 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Cloud Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Senior
3 3 (17.65%) Administrator
3 3 (17.65%) Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Developer
3 3 (17.65%) Software Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Software Developer
4 2 (11.76%) DevOps Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Lead
4 2 (11.76%) Lead Cloud Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Linux Administrator
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Cloud Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) AWS Administrator
5 1 (5.88%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Linux Systems Administrator
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Senior DevOps
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Software Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Software Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Hybrid Cloud
1 4 (23.53%) Public Cloud
2 1 (5.88%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (5.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Windows
2 3 (17.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (5.88%) CentOS
3 1 (5.88%) CoreOS
3 1 (5.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) DevOps
2 6 (35.29%) Containerisation
3 5 (29.41%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (23.53%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (23.53%) Configuration Management
4 4 (23.53%) Cost Reduction
4 4 (23.53%) DevSecOps
4 4 (23.53%) Re-Platforming
4 4 (23.53%) Task Automation
5 3 (17.65%) Data Modelling
5 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
6 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (11.76%) Software Engineering
7 1 (5.88%) CI/CD
7 1 (5.88%) Code Quality
7 1 (5.88%) Digital Marketing
7 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (5.88%) Time Management
7 1 (5.88%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (52.94%) Python
2 6 (35.29%) Bash
3 4 (23.53%) C++
3 4 (23.53%) PowerShell
3 4 (23.53%) R
4 3 (17.65%) Go
4 3 (17.65%) Rust
5 1 (5.88%) Java
5 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
5 1 (5.88%) Shell Script
5 1 (5.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (64.71%) Security Cleared
2 9 (52.94%) DV Cleared
3 5 (29.41%) AWS Certification
4 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
5 2 (11.76%) Degree
6 1 (5.88%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (52.94%) Ansible
2 5 (29.41%) Puppet
3 4 (23.53%) Kubernetes
4 3 (17.65%) Terraform
5 1 (5.88%) Kibana
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Red Hat
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle
2 1 (5.88%) SAP