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 6 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 12 20
Rank change year-on-year -23 +8 +5
Permanent jobs citing Linux 22 17 48
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham 3.36% 13.49% 11.46%
As % of the Operating Systems category 52.38% 94.44% 52.17%
Number of salaries quoted 14 11 31
10th Percentile £41,500 - £46,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £68,750 £90,000 £81,375
90th Percentile £100,300 £93,750 £87,500
Gloucestershire median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +13.64% -5.17%

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 42 18 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham 6.41% 14.29% 21.96%
Number of salaries quoted 30 12 74
10th Percentile £39,275 £50,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £88,125 £60,000
90th Percentile - £93,750 £81,425
Gloucestershire median annual salary £50,000 £37,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% -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 6 July 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:

Cloud Services
1 13 (59.09%) AWS
2 7 (31.82%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (22.73%) Azure
4 2 (9.09%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (9.09%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (9.09%) Serverless
5 1 (4.55%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 8 (36.36%) Firewall
1 8 (36.36%) LAN
1 8 (36.36%) WAN
2 7 (31.82%) Unified Communications
2 7 (31.82%) VLAN
2 7 (31.82%) WebEx
3 6 (27.27%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (27.27%) Cisco Firepower
4 4 (18.18%) DHCP
4 4 (18.18%) DNS
4 4 (18.18%) TCP/IP
5 1 (4.55%) Network Security
5 1 (4.55%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) Amazon Athena
1 2 (9.09%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (9.09%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Jenkins
2 1 (4.55%) Git
General
1 6 (27.27%) Banking
1 6 (27.27%) Marketing
1 6 (27.27%) Public Sector
1 6 (27.27%) Retail
1 6 (27.27%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
2 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (54.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (31.82%) Collaboration Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Senior
4 3 (13.64%) Administrator
4 3 (13.64%) Head of IT
4 3 (13.64%) Systems Administrator
5 2 (9.09%) AWS Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Data Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Linux Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Systems Administrator
6 1 (4.55%) AWS Data Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Security Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Data Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Unix Linux Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (31.82%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (31.82%) FlexPod
1 7 (31.82%) Hybrid Cloud
1 7 (31.82%) Onboarding
1 7 (31.82%) Replication
1 7 (31.82%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (4.55%) CMDB
2 1 (4.55%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.55%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 12 (54.55%) Windows
2 7 (31.82%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.55%) CentOS
3 1 (4.55%) CoreOS
3 1 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (4.55%) Unix
3 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (54.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 10 (45.45%) Infrastructure as Code
3 8 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (31.82%) Infrastructure Automation
5 6 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (27.27%) Data Management
5 6 (27.27%) Performance Management
6 3 (13.64%) ITIL
6 3 (13.64%) Use Case
7 2 (9.09%) Agile
7 2 (9.09%) AI
7 2 (9.09%) Analytics
7 2 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (9.09%) Data Modelling
7 2 (9.09%) Data Pipeline
7 2 (9.09%) Decision-Making
7 2 (9.09%) Logical Data Model
7 2 (9.09%) Physical Data Model
7 2 (9.09%) TDD
7 2 (9.09%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (54.55%) Python
2 4 (18.18%) Bash
2 4 (18.18%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 8 (36.36%) SC Cleared
3 3 (13.64%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.55%) CCIE
4 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.55%) Degree
System Software
1 9 (40.91%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (31.82%) vSphere
3 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 6 (27.27%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (9.09%) Hyper-V
5 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (54.55%) Ansible
2 10 (45.45%) Terraform
3 7 (31.82%) Cisco CUCM
3 7 (31.82%) Grafana
4 2 (9.09%) Packer
5 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
5 1 (4.55%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (4.55%) Nagios
5 1 (4.55%) NetBackup
5 1 (4.55%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 14 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 9 (40.91%) Cisco
2 9 (40.91%) VMware
3 8 (36.36%) Fortinet
4 7 (31.82%) NetApp
4 7 (31.82%) Palo Alto
4 7 (31.82%) Splunk
5 1 (4.55%) CheckPoint
5 1 (4.55%) Dell
5 1 (4.55%) F5
5 1 (4.55%) HP
5 1 (4.55%) Juniper
5 1 (4.55%) McAfee
5 1 (4.55%) Red Hat
5 1 (4.55%) Veeam