Linux Job Trends in the East Midlands

Linux
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 86 29
Rank change year-on-year +13 -57 +23
Permanent jobs citing Linux 117 62 249
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.77% 2.67% 6.25%
As % of the Operating Systems category 31.97% 21.83% 47.52%
Number of salaries quoted 81 31 108
10th Percentile £27,750 - £34,600
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -17.95% -15.22%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £57,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £60,375
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -4.00%

All Operating Systems
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 366 284 524
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 5.54% 12.22% 13.16%
Number of salaries quoted 262 218 280
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,875 £26,475
25th Percentile £28,625 £27,063 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -12.50% -15.79%
75th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £50,250
90th Percentile £64,975 £55,000 £58,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.43% -17.00% -4.76%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Linux job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Linux
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Linux

Linux
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 20 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Linux in the East Midlands

Linux
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 within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Leicestershire +6 53 £44,472 +27.06% 7
Derbyshire -10 19 £28,500 -18.57% 5
Lincolnshire -5 16 £53,750 +10.26% 5
Northamptonshire -17 15 £58,500 +1.74% 6
Nottinghamshire -11 13 £45,500 +13.75% 20
Linux
England

Linux
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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (5.13%) SharePoint
3 5 (4.27%) IIS
4 1 (0.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 45 (38.46%) Azure
2 30 (25.64%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (23.08%) AWS
4 15 (12.82%) Entra ID
5 14 (11.97%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (5.98%) GCP
6 7 (5.98%) SaaS
7 5 (4.27%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (3.42%) IaaS
8 4 (3.42%) OneDrive
8 4 (3.42%) PaaS
8 4 (3.42%) SonarCloud
9 3 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (2.56%) GitHub
9 3 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.71%) AWS IoT
10 2 (1.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (1.71%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.71%) npm
10 2 (1.71%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 36 (30.77%) Firewall
2 20 (17.09%) VPN
3 19 (16.24%) DNS
4 16 (13.68%) Wi-Fi
5 14 (11.97%) Wireless
6 13 (11.11%) MQTT
7 10 (8.55%) DHCP
8 8 (6.84%) IP Telephony
9 7 (5.98%) Internet
9 7 (5.98%) VLAN
10 6 (5.13%) LAN
10 6 (5.13%) TCP/IP
10 6 (5.13%) ZigBee
11 5 (4.27%) LoRaWAN
11 5 (4.27%) VoIP
12 4 (3.42%) Bluetooth
13 3 (2.56%) Remote Desktop
13 3 (2.56%) WAN
14 2 (1.71%) SMTP
14 2 (1.71%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (11.11%) MySQL
2 12 (10.26%) SQL Server
3 6 (5.13%) MongoDB
4 4 (3.42%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (3.42%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.56%) Neo4j
5 3 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.71%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (1.71%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (1.71%) KNIME
6 2 (1.71%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.71%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 28 (23.93%) Git
2 7 (5.98%) Jenkins
3 6 (5.13%) GDB
3 6 (5.13%) GitLab
4 4 (3.42%) Robot Framework
5 3 (2.56%) Subversion
6 2 (1.71%) JIRA
7 1 (0.85%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.85%) gulp
7 1 (0.85%) webpack
General
1 29 (24.79%) Social Skills
2 16 (13.68%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (13.68%) Manufacturing
3 13 (11.11%) Telecoms
4 6 (5.13%) Finance
4 6 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (4.27%) Electronics
6 4 (3.42%) Law
7 2 (1.71%) Legal
8 1 (0.85%) Marketing
8 1 (0.85%) Military
8 1 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.85%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (17.95%) Senior
2 18 (15.38%) Embedded Engineer
3 15 (12.82%) Linux Engineer
4 14 (11.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 14 (11.97%) IT Support
4 14 (11.97%) Support Engineer
5 13 (11.11%) DevOps Engineer
5 13 (11.11%) IT Engineer
5 13 (11.11%) Technical Support
6 10 (8.55%) Software Engineer
7 9 (7.69%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 9 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
8 8 (6.84%) Embedded Linux Engineer
8 8 (6.84%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 8 (6.84%) Senior Linux Engineer
8 8 (6.84%) Systems Engineer
9 7 (5.98%) Linux Systems Engineer
10 6 (5.13%) Developer
10 6 (5.13%) IT Technician
10 6 (5.13%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (11.97%) Terraform
1 14 (11.97%) Yocto
2 6 (5.13%) .NET
3 5 (4.27%) REST
4 4 (3.42%) .NET Framework
4 4 (3.42%) ASP.NET
4 4 (3.42%) ASP.NET Core
4 4 (3.42%) pytest
4 4 (3.42%) Unity DI Container
4 4 (3.42%) YAML
5 3 (2.56%) React
6 2 (1.71%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.71%) Blazor
6 2 (1.71%) Django
6 2 (1.71%) Middleware
6 2 (1.71%) Node.js
6 2 (1.71%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.85%) CodeIgniter
7 1 (0.85%) Laravel
7 1 (0.85%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 23 (19.66%) IoT
2 20 (17.09%) Driving Licence
3 18 (15.38%) Embedded Systems
4 14 (11.97%) Device Driver
5 13 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (6.84%) CCTV
7 6 (5.13%) ARM Cortex
8 5 (4.27%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (4.27%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 5 (4.27%) Private Cloud
9 4 (3.42%) Replication
10 3 (2.56%) Data Centre
11 2 (1.71%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (1.71%) Enterprise Storage
11 2 (1.71%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (1.71%) Robotics
11 2 (1.71%) SCADA
11 2 (1.71%) Tandem
12 1 (0.85%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 47 (40.17%) Windows
2 31 (26.50%) Windows Server
3 11 (9.40%) Debian
3 11 (9.40%) Embedded Linux
4 8 (6.84%) Solaris
5 5 (4.27%) Mac OS
5 5 (4.27%) OpenVMS
5 5 (4.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (3.42%) Ubuntu
6 4 (3.42%) VMS
7 3 (2.56%) Android
7 3 (2.56%) Apple iOS
7 3 (2.56%) Unix
8 2 (1.71%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.85%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (34.19%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (29.06%) Continuous Improvement
3 33 (28.21%) CI/CD
4 30 (25.64%) Software Engineering
5 26 (22.22%) DevOps
6 24 (20.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 23 (19.66%) Customer Service
8 18 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
9 17 (14.53%) Infrastructure as Code
10 15 (12.82%) Incident Management
10 15 (12.82%) Mentoring
11 14 (11.97%) Computer Science
11 14 (11.97%) DevSecOps
11 14 (11.97%) Line Management
12 13 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
12 13 (11.11%) High Availability
12 13 (11.11%) ITIL
12 13 (11.11%) Software Delivery
12 13 (11.11%) Time Management
13 12 (10.26%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 20 (17.09%) Python
2 19 (16.24%) C
2 19 (16.24%) PowerShell
3 18 (15.38%) C++
4 16 (13.68%) SQL
5 15 (12.82%) Bash
6 9 (7.69%) Embedded C
7 7 (5.98%) C#
8 5 (4.27%) JavaScript
8 5 (4.27%) Shell Script
9 3 (2.56%) Bicep
9 3 (2.56%) Go
10 2 (1.71%) PHP
11 1 (0.85%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.85%) Ruby
11 1 (0.85%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 19 (16.24%) Degree
2 14 (11.97%) SC Cleared
2 14 (11.97%) Security Cleared
3 8 (6.84%) CCNA
3 8 (6.84%) CCNP
3 8 (6.84%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (6.84%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (6.84%) MCSA
3 8 (6.84%) MCSE
3 8 (6.84%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (6.84%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 6 (5.13%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.56%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.56%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.71%) CISSP
7 1 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (5.13%) JTAG
3 4 (3.42%) GDPR
4 3 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.71%) QA
6 1 (0.85%) NCSC
System Software
1 23 (19.66%) Docker
1 23 (19.66%) Hyper-V
2 21 (17.95%) Active Directory
3 13 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.56%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (2.56%) vSphere
5 2 (1.71%) Firmware
5 2 (1.71%) Samba
Systems Management
1 21 (17.95%) Kubernetes
2 14 (11.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (5.13%) Ansible
4 3 (2.56%) Galera Cluster
4 3 (2.56%) Grafana
4 3 (2.56%) Prometheus
4 3 (2.56%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.85%) Argo
5 1 (0.85%) Nessus
Vendors
1 29 (24.79%) Microsoft
2 22 (18.80%) VMware
3 8 (6.84%) Draytek
3 8 (6.84%) Mitel
3 8 (6.84%) WatchGuard
4 5 (4.27%) Apple
4 5 (4.27%) Cisco
4 5 (4.27%) Google
4 5 (4.27%) Oracle
4 5 (4.27%) Red Hat
5 4 (3.42%) CheckPoint
5 4 (3.42%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (1.71%) Acronis
6 2 (1.71%) AlienVault
6 2 (1.71%) IFS
6 2 (1.71%) SAP
6 2 (1.71%) Sybase
6 2 (1.71%) Veeam
6 2 (1.71%) Veracode
7 1 (0.85%) Imperva