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 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 100 30
Rank change year-on-year +32 -70 +13
Permanent jobs citing Linux 124 49 219
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.84% 2.10% 5.87%
As % of the Operating Systems category 34.07% 19.44% 46.90%
Number of salaries quoted 89 31 89
10th Percentile £27,750 - £36,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,472 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.18% -20.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £58,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £61,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.36% +5.83% -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 364 252 467
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 5.41% 10.82% 12.51%
Number of salaries quoted 253 201 228
10th Percentile £26,437 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £33,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.40% -16.25% -16.78%
75th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £50,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £55,000 £58,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.76% -18.00% -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 11 October 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 11 October 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 +11 54 £44,472 +27.06% 12
Derbyshire -3 24 £28,500 -18.57% 10
Nottinghamshire -3 17 £51,250 +7.89% 22
Lincolnshire -2 15 £65,000 +39.04% 9
Northamptonshire -15 13 £58,500 +1.74% 11
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 12 (9.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.84%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.23%) IIS
4 1 (0.81%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.61%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 50 (40.32%) Azure
2 32 (25.81%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (25.00%) AWS
4 18 (14.52%) Entra ID
5 14 (11.29%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (7.26%) GCP
7 7 (5.65%) SaaS
8 5 (4.03%) Amazon EKS
8 5 (4.03%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (3.23%) IaaS
9 4 (3.23%) OneDrive
9 4 (3.23%) PaaS
10 3 (2.42%) GitHub
10 3 (2.42%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (2.42%) SonarCloud
11 2 (1.61%) AWS IoT
11 2 (1.61%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (1.61%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.81%) Cloudflare
12 1 (0.81%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 36 (29.03%) Firewall
2 18 (14.52%) DNS
2 18 (14.52%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (13.71%) VPN
4 16 (12.90%) Wireless
5 11 (8.87%) IP Telephony
5 11 (8.87%) MQTT
6 9 (7.26%) DHCP
6 9 (7.26%) Internet
7 7 (5.65%) VLAN
8 6 (4.84%) TCP/IP
8 6 (4.84%) ZigBee
9 5 (4.03%) LAN
9 5 (4.03%) VoIP
10 4 (3.23%) Bluetooth
11 3 (2.42%) LoRaWAN
11 3 (2.42%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (1.61%) SSH
12 2 (1.61%) SSL
12 2 (1.61%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.06%) SQL Server
2 9 (7.26%) MySQL
3 6 (4.84%) MongoDB
4 4 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (2.42%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.61%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (1.61%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (1.61%) KNIME
6 2 (1.61%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.61%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.81%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 30 (24.19%) Git
2 8 (6.45%) Jenkins
3 6 (4.84%) GDB
3 6 (4.84%) GitLab
4 4 (3.23%) Robot Framework
5 2 (1.61%) JIRA
5 2 (1.61%) Subversion
6 1 (0.81%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.81%) gulp
6 1 (0.81%) webpack
General
1 32 (25.81%) Social Skills
2 18 (14.52%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (12.90%) Telecoms
4 13 (10.48%) Manufacturing
5 6 (4.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.03%) Electronics
7 4 (3.23%) Finance
8 3 (2.42%) Legal
9 2 (1.61%) Military
9 2 (1.61%) Retail
10 1 (0.81%) Aviation
10 1 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.81%) Law
10 1 (0.81%) Marketing
10 1 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.81%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (17.74%) Embedded Engineer
1 22 (17.74%) Senior
2 20 (16.13%) Linux Engineer
3 17 (13.71%) IT Support
4 14 (11.29%) DevOps Engineer
4 14 (11.29%) Support Engineer
5 13 (10.48%) IT Engineer
6 12 (9.68%) Embedded Linux Engineer
6 12 (9.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (8.87%) Software Engineer
7 11 (8.87%) Technical Support
8 10 (8.06%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 10 (8.06%) Senior Linux Engineer
9 9 (7.26%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 9 (7.26%) IT Support Engineer
9 9 (7.26%) IT Technician
10 8 (6.45%) Systems Engineer
11 7 (5.65%) IT Support Technician
11 7 (5.65%) Linux Systems Engineer
11 7 (5.65%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (12.90%) Yocto
2 14 (11.29%) Terraform
3 7 (5.65%) .NET
4 4 (3.23%) Blazor
4 4 (3.23%) Django
4 4 (3.23%) pytest
4 4 (3.23%) REST
4 4 (3.23%) Unity DI Container
5 3 (2.42%) .NET Framework
5 3 (2.42%) ASP.NET
5 3 (2.42%) ASP.NET Core
5 3 (2.42%) YAML
6 2 (1.61%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.61%) Middleware
6 2 (1.61%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (1.61%) React
7 1 (0.81%) CodeIgniter
7 1 (0.81%) Laravel
7 1 (0.81%) Node.js
7 1 (0.81%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 23 (18.55%) IoT
2 21 (16.94%) Driving Licence
3 20 (16.13%) Embedded Systems
4 16 (12.90%) Device Driver
5 11 (8.87%) CCTV
5 11 (8.87%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (5.65%) Linux Command Line
7 6 (4.84%) ARM Cortex
8 5 (4.03%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 5 (4.03%) Private Cloud
9 4 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (3.23%) Robotics
10 3 (2.42%) Data Centre
11 2 (1.61%) Algorithms
11 2 (1.61%) Enterprise Storage
11 2 (1.61%) FPGA
11 2 (1.61%) Replication
11 2 (1.61%) SCADA
11 2 (1.61%) Tandem
11 2 (1.61%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 48 (38.71%) Windows
2 33 (26.61%) Windows Server
3 17 (13.71%) Embedded Linux
4 9 (7.26%) Debian
5 8 (6.45%) Solaris
6 5 (4.03%) macOS
6 5 (4.03%) OpenVMS
6 5 (4.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (3.23%) VMS
8 3 (2.42%) Android
8 3 (2.42%) Apple iOS
8 3 (2.42%) Unix
8 3 (2.42%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (1.61%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.81%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (31.45%) CI/CD
2 38 (30.65%) Continuous Improvement
2 38 (30.65%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (27.42%) Software Engineering
4 28 (22.58%) DevOps
5 23 (18.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 21 (16.94%) Customer Service
7 20 (16.13%) Cybersecurity
7 20 (16.13%) Incident Management
8 18 (14.52%) Infrastructure as Code
9 17 (13.71%) Mentoring
10 16 (12.90%) ITIL
11 15 (12.10%) Collaborative Culture
11 15 (12.10%) Containerisation
11 15 (12.10%) DevSecOps
12 14 (11.29%) Computer Science
13 13 (10.48%) ERP
13 13 (10.48%) ITSM
13 13 (10.48%) Software Delivery
14 12 (9.68%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (18.55%) Python
2 22 (17.74%) C
2 22 (17.74%) C++
3 18 (14.52%) PowerShell
4 15 (12.10%) Bash
4 15 (12.10%) SQL
5 12 (9.68%) Embedded C
6 8 (6.45%) C#
7 7 (5.65%) Shell Script
8 4 (3.23%) JavaScript
9 3 (2.42%) Bicep
10 2 (1.61%) Go
10 2 (1.61%) MATLAB
10 2 (1.61%) PHP
10 2 (1.61%) SystemVerilog
11 1 (0.81%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 19 (15.32%) Degree
2 15 (12.10%) SC Cleared
2 15 (12.10%) Security Cleared
3 11 (8.87%) CCNA
3 11 (8.87%) CCNP
3 11 (8.87%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (8.87%) MCSA
3 11 (8.87%) MCSE
3 11 (8.87%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (8.87%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 8 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (4.84%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.42%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.42%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.61%) CISSP
8 1 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (12.90%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (4.84%) JTAG
3 4 (3.23%) GDPR
4 3 (2.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.61%) QA
6 1 (0.81%) NCSC
System Software
1 26 (20.97%) Docker
2 25 (20.16%) Hyper-V
3 18 (14.52%) Active Directory
4 10 (8.06%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (2.42%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.61%) Firmware
6 2 (1.61%) Samba
7 1 (0.81%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (17.74%) Kubernetes
2 17 (13.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (5.65%) Ansible
4 3 (2.42%) Grafana
4 3 (2.42%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.81%) Argo
5 1 (0.81%) Galera Cluster
5 1 (0.81%) Nessus
5 1 (0.81%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 28 (22.58%) Microsoft
2 22 (17.74%) VMware
3 11 (8.87%) Draytek
3 11 (8.87%) Mitel
3 11 (8.87%) WatchGuard
4 7 (5.65%) Google
5 5 (4.03%) Apple
5 5 (4.03%) Cisco
5 5 (4.03%) Oracle
5 5 (4.03%) Red Hat
6 4 (3.23%) CheckPoint
7 3 (2.42%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (1.61%) Acronis
8 2 (1.61%) AlienVault
8 2 (1.61%) IFS
8 2 (1.61%) Intel
8 2 (1.61%) SAP
8 2 (1.61%) Sybase
8 2 (1.61%) Veracode
8 2 (1.61%) Xilinx