Linux Command Line Job Trends in the East Midlands

Linux/Unix Command Line Interface (CLI)
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Linux Command Line in permanent job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Linux Command Line over the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 130 169
Rank change year-on-year -35 +39 -
Permanent jobs citing Linux Command Line 2 17 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.034% 0.74% 0.048%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.16% 1.65% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21,750 - £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £22,500 - £40,000
75th Percentile £23,250 - £45,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £48,445 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.72% -4.55% -8.33%

All Generic Skills
East Midlands

Linux Command Line falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,277 1,033 1,098
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 21.68% 44.95% 26.36%
Number of salaries quoted 824 427 608
10th Percentile £27,927 £26,250 £26,425
25th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £33,957
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £57,591 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.71% -4.35% -11.54%

Linux Command Line
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Linux Command Line relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Linux Command Line job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Linux Command Line
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Linux Command Line.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Linux Command Line

Linux Command Line
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Command Line within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 August 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
Nottinghamshire - 2 £22,500 - 3
Linux Command Line
England

Linux Command Line
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) SMTP
1 2 (100.00%) SSH
1 2 (100.00%) SSL
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Service Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Samba