Linux Job Trends in Chippenham

Linux
Wiltshire > Chippenham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Chippenham requiring Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - 19
Rank change year-on-year - - -3
Permanent jobs citing Linux 29 0 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Chippenham 39.73% - 9.57%
As % of the Operating Systems category 76.32% - 45.83%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 - -
75th Percentile £29,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median annual salary £29,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -27.50% -5.88% -32.00%

All Operating Systems
Chippenham

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 Chippenham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 38 4 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chippenham 52.05% 8.89% 20.87%
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28,500 £25,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £27,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% -21.43% -16.67%
75th Percentile £34,500 £36,313 £37,500
90th Percentile - £47,675 £43,750
Wiltshire median annual salary £32,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -18.75% -5.88% +6.25%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Chippenham

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

Linux job vacancy trend in Chippenham

Linux
Salary Trend in Chippenham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chippenham citing Linux.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chippenham citing Linux

Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chippenham 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 12 (41.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (41.38%) Azure
1 12 (41.38%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (13.79%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 12 (41.38%) DHCP
1 12 (41.38%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (41.38%) Amazon RDS
General
1 16 (55.17%) Social Skills
2 13 (44.83%) Finance
3 12 (41.38%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (13.79%) Dutch Language
4 4 (13.79%) French Language
4 4 (13.79%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 13 (44.83%) Administrator
1 13 (44.83%) Systems Administrator
2 12 (41.38%) Systems Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (13.79%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) IT Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) IT Support
3 4 (13.79%) IT Support Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (44.83%) e-Learning
2 12 (41.38%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 16 (55.17%) Windows
2 12 (41.38%) Windows Server
2 12 (41.38%) Windows Server 2016
3 7 (24.14%) Unix
4 4 (13.79%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (55.17%) Customer Service
2 13 (44.83%) High Availability
2 13 (44.83%) Innovative Thinking
3 12 (41.38%) Customer Experience
3 12 (41.38%) Email Filtering
3 12 (41.38%) Kalman Filter
3 12 (41.38%) Migration
3 12 (41.38%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (41.38%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 12 (41.38%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 12 (41.38%) Web Filtering
4 4 (13.79%) Computer Science
4 4 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (13.79%) Decision-Making
4 4 (13.79%) ITIL
4 4 (13.79%) Project Delivery
4 4 (13.79%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 25 (86.21%) SC Cleared
1 25 (86.21%) Security Cleared
2 13 (44.83%) CCNP
2 13 (44.83%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (44.83%) DV Cleared
3 7 (24.14%) CCNA
4 6 (20.69%) RHCSA
5 4 (13.79%) A+ Certification
5 4 (13.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (13.79%) Degree
5 4 (13.79%) MCP
5 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (41.38%) Cyber Essentials
1 12 (41.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (41.38%) Active Directory
1 12 (41.38%) Hyper-V
1 12 (41.38%) Terminal Server
Vendors
1 16 (55.17%) Microsoft
2 13 (44.83%) Cisco
3 12 (41.38%) Brocade
3 12 (41.38%) Nimble Storage
3 12 (41.38%) SolarWinds
3 12 (41.38%) Splunk
3 12 (41.38%) Tanium
3 12 (41.38%) Veeam
3 12 (41.38%) VMware
4 6 (20.69%) Red Hat