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 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 15 19
Rank change year-on-year +9 +4 +1
Permanent jobs citing Linux 19 45 68
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham 15.83% 16.30% 17.39%
As % of the Operating Systems category 95.00% 57.69% 91.89%
Number of salaries quoted 14 15 27
10th Percentile £47,000 £40,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £44,375 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -6.25% +1.82%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £90,000 £78,600
Gloucestershire median annual salary £70,000 £52,500 £56,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% -6.25% -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 20 78 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham 16.67% 28.26% 18.93%
Number of salaries quoted 15 35 33
10th Percentile £44,000 £31,600 £24,500
25th Percentile £50,625 £44,375 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% +17.89%
75th Percentile £78,750 £64,375 £72,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £82,100 £78,500
Gloucestershire median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

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 23 October 2025.

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 (5.26%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 12 (63.16%) AWS
2 5 (26.32%) OpenShift
3 4 (21.05%) Azure
4 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.26%) GCP
4 1 (5.26%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (21.05%) Firewall
2 3 (15.79%) Internet
2 3 (15.79%) Network Security
2 3 (15.79%) VSAN
3 2 (10.53%) DHCP
3 2 (10.53%) DNS
3 2 (10.53%) LAN
3 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
3 2 (10.53%) WAN
4 1 (5.26%) VLAN
4 1 (5.26%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (5.26%) MongoDB
1 1 (5.26%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Git
2 2 (10.53%) GitLab
3 1 (5.26%) Jenkins
3 1 (5.26%) JUnit
General
1 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Manufacturing
3 2 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) Administrator
1 4 (21.05%) Linux Administrator
2 3 (15.79%) Architect
2 3 (15.79%) Developer
2 3 (15.79%) Linux Systems Administrator
2 3 (15.79%) Software Architect
2 3 (15.79%) Software Developer
3 2 (10.53%) Lead
3 2 (10.53%) Network Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Systems Administrator
3 2 (10.53%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Lead Network Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Senior
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Developer
4 1 (5.26%) Splunk Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Unix Linux Systems Administrator
4 1 (5.26%) Unix Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) CMDB
1 3 (15.79%) Data Centre
2 2 (10.53%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (5.26%) Public Cloud
3 1 (5.26%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 6 (31.58%) Windows
2 5 (26.32%) CentOS
2 5 (26.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (15.79%) CoreOS
3 3 (15.79%) Windows Server
4 2 (10.53%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (10.53%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (5.26%) Ubuntu
5 1 (5.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Containerisation
2 7 (36.84%) ITIL
3 4 (21.05%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (21.05%) Time Management
4 3 (15.79%) Asset Management
4 3 (15.79%) Change Control
4 3 (15.79%) Data Modelling
4 3 (15.79%) DevOps
4 3 (15.79%) ITSM
4 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (15.79%) Use Case
5 2 (10.53%) CI/CD
5 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (10.53%) Network Design
5 2 (10.53%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (10.53%) Service Management
5 2 (10.53%) Software Engineering
6 1 (5.26%) Code Quality
6 1 (5.26%) Identity Management
6 1 (5.26%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (63.16%) Python
2 7 (36.84%) Bash
3 4 (21.05%) C++
3 4 (21.05%) PowerShell
4 3 (15.79%) Go
4 3 (15.79%) Rust
5 1 (5.26%) Java
5 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
5 1 (5.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (68.42%) Security Cleared
2 10 (52.63%) DV Cleared
3 6 (31.58%) SC Cleared
4 3 (15.79%) CCIE
4 3 (15.79%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (5.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.53%) Docker
2 2 (10.53%) Hyper-V
3 1 (5.26%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.26%) VMware NSX
3 1 (5.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (31.58%) Ansible
2 3 (15.79%) Kubernetes
2 3 (15.79%) Nagios
3 2 (10.53%) McAfee ePO
3 2 (10.53%) Puppet
3 2 (10.53%) SCVMM
3 2 (10.53%) Terraform
4 1 (5.26%) Kibana
4 1 (5.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Cisco
1 4 (21.05%) Fortinet
1 4 (21.05%) Red Hat
2 3 (15.79%) CheckPoint
2 3 (15.79%) F5
3 2 (10.53%) McAfee
4 1 (5.26%) Google
4 1 (5.26%) Oracle
4 1 (5.26%) Palo Alto
4 1 (5.26%) Splunk
4 1 (5.26%) VMware