Linux Job Trends in Cheshire

Linux
North West > Cheshire

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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 16 32
Rank change year-on-year -57 +16 +38
Permanent jobs citing Linux 13 101 79
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.75% 14.47% 4.71%
As % of the Operating Systems category 17.11% 81.45% 32.38%
Number of salaries quoted 10 9 45
10th Percentile £28,225 - £26,250
25th Percentile £35,375 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,306 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.51% -12.17% +15.79%
75th Percentile - £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £51,375 £68,000 £62,500
North West median annual salary £52,500 £53,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% -12.50%

All Operating Systems
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 76 124 244
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 4.41% 17.77% 14.55%
Number of salaries quoted 71 30 155
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,000 £24,904
25th Percentile £30,250 £32,500 £29,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +13.33% -1.32%
75th Percentile £50,000 £55,202 £54,375
90th Percentile £61,250 £60,375 £61,250
North West median annual salary £39,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.24% -5.56% -6.78%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Linux job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Linux
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Linux.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Linux

Linux
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in Cheshire over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Linux in Cheshire

Linux
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 18 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Warrington -29 8 £50,000 +20.04% 1
Knutsford +2 4 £29,000 -53.04% 1
Linux
North West

Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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 (7.69%) Confluence
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
1 3 (23.08%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Bluetooth
1 2 (15.38%) TCP/IP
1 2 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (15.38%) Wireless
1 2 (15.38%) ZigBee
2 1 (7.69%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 2 (15.38%) Electronics
2 1 (7.69%) Banking
2 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Systems Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Support Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Technical Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Technical Support
2 3 (23.08%) Technical Support Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Cryptography Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Embedded Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Principal Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Principal Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Principal Software Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (15.38%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (7.69%) Algorithms
3 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 1 (7.69%) Driving Licence
3 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.69%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Windows
2 3 (23.08%) Windows Server
3 2 (15.38%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (15.38%) FreeRTOS
3 2 (15.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (15.38%) Agile
1 2 (15.38%) CI/CD
1 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
1 2 (15.38%) Concurrent Programming
1 2 (15.38%) Containerisation
1 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (15.38%) Cryptography
1 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (15.38%) DevOps
1 2 (15.38%) Embedded Software Development
1 2 (15.38%) Key Management
1 2 (15.38%) Multithreading
1 2 (15.38%) Software Architecture
1 2 (15.38%) Software Engineering
1 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (15.38%) Test Strategy
2 1 (7.69%) Business Strategy
2 1 (7.69%) Customer Service
2 1 (7.69%) Incident Response
2 1 (7.69%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) Python
2 2 (15.38%) C
2 2 (15.38%) C++
3 1 (7.69%) Go
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.69%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Thales