Linux Jobs in Coventry

Linux
West Midlands > Coventry

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Coventry requiring Linux skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Linux over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 23 53
Rank change year-on-year -10 +30 -9
Permanent jobs citing Linux 9 18 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Coventry 2.99% 7.93% 3.69%
As % of the Operating Systems category 52.94% 45.00% 28.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4 18 13
10th Percentile £45,375 £55,475 £45,659
25th Percentile £45,938 £62,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.31% +18.18% +25.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile - - £61,350
West Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -25.93% -1.82% +4.76%

All Operating Systems
Coventry

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 Coventry.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 17 40 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Coventry 5.65% 17.62% 13.02%
Number of salaries quoted 6 39 50
10th Percentile £41,875 £25,750 £30,975
25th Percentile £43,125 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +18.75%
75th Percentile £60,313 £67,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £62,500 - £59,075
West Midlands median annual salary £36,925 £38,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.83% -15.56% +5.88%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Coventry.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Coventry

Linux
Salary Trend in Coventry

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux in Coventry.

Salary trend for Linux in Coventry

Linux
Salary Histogram in Coventry

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in Coventry over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Linux in Coventry

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Coventry by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Network Security
2 2 (22.22%) Internet
2 2 (22.22%) WLAN
3 1 (11.11%) Firewall
3 1 (11.11%) LAN
3 1 (11.11%) VPN
3 1 (11.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) MySQL
1 3 (33.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Git
2 3 (33.33%) Bitbucket
2 3 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Games
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) IT Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Senior
3 2 (22.22%) IT Support
3 2 (22.22%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Support Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Lead
4 1 (11.11%) Lead Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) .NET
2 2 (22.22%) Yocto
3 1 (11.11%) jQuery
3 1 (11.11%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Driving Licence
1 2 (22.22%) IoT
2 1 (11.11%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (11.11%) e-Learning
2 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
2 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (11.11%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Agile
1 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 3 (33.33%) Coaching
2 3 (33.33%) Continuous Deployment
2 3 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (33.33%) DevSecOps
2 3 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 2 (22.22%) Asset Management
3 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
3 2 (22.22%) Embedded Software Development
3 2 (22.22%) IT Asset Management
3 2 (22.22%) ITIL
3 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
3 2 (22.22%) Network Management
3 2 (22.22%) Systems Engineering
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (11.11%) Logistics
4 1 (11.11%) Server Management
4 1 (11.11%) Visual Effects
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) C#
2 3 (33.33%) C
3 2 (22.22%) C++
4 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
4 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (22.22%) CCNA
2 2 (22.22%) CCNP
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) LPIC
2 2 (22.22%) MCP
2 2 (22.22%) MCSE
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Atlassian
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft