Linux Job Trends in Chester

Linux
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Chester requiring Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 14 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Permanent jobs citing Linux 1 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Chester 0.78% 2.99% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.50% 25.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £45,625 -
25th Percentile £61,250 £46,563 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £48,750 -
Median % change year-on-year +28.21% - -
75th Percentile £63,750 £51,563 -
90th Percentile - £52,875 -
Cheshire median annual salary £62,500 £42,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year +47.06% +26.87% -34.63%

All Operating Systems
Chester

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 Chester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 8 8 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chester 6.20% 11.94% -
Number of salaries quoted 8 5 0
10th Percentile £47,625 £31,750 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £32,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £35,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +67.86% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £45,000 -
90th Percentile - £50,250 -
Cheshire median annual salary £37,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -5.63% +6.67% -

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Linux job vacancy trend in Chester

Linux
Salary Trend in Chester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Linux.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Linux

Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Help Desk Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) People Management
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Server Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) VMware