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 23 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 85 29
Rank change year-on-year +10 -56 +21
Permanent jobs citing Linux 117 62 240
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.76% 2.69% 6.16%
As % of the Operating Systems category 32.41% 22.22% 47.81%
Number of salaries quoted 82 31 105
10th Percentile £27,750 - £35,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -20.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £64,687 £58,750 £58,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £60,750
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 361 279 502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 5.44% 12.09% 12.89%
Number of salaries quoted 260 214 265
10th Percentile £26,225 £25,875 £27,000
25th Percentile £28,438 £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 £51,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £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 23 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 23 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 +8 53 £44,472 +27.06% 10
Derbyshire -10 20 £28,500 -18.57% 6
Lincolnshire -11 15 £53,750 +10.26% 5
Nottinghamshire -6 14 £45,500 +13.75% 16
Northamptonshire -18 14 £58,500 +1.74% 6
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 47 (40.17%) Azure
2 31 (26.50%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (24.79%) AWS
4 16 (13.68%) Entra ID
5 14 (11.97%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (6.84%) GCP
7 7 (5.98%) SaaS
8 5 (4.27%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (3.42%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (3.42%) IaaS
9 4 (3.42%) OneDrive
9 4 (3.42%) PaaS
9 4 (3.42%) SonarCloud
10 3 (2.56%) GitHub
10 3 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (1.71%) AWS IoT
11 2 (1.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (1.71%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (1.71%) npm
11 2 (1.71%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 36 (30.77%) Firewall
2 19 (16.24%) DNS
2 19 (16.24%) VPN
3 16 (13.68%) Wi-Fi
4 14 (11.97%) Wireless
5 12 (10.26%) MQTT
6 10 (8.55%) DHCP
7 9 (7.69%) IP Telephony
8 8 (6.84%) 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%) VoIP
12 4 (3.42%) Bluetooth
12 4 (3.42%) LoRaWAN
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 11 (9.40%) MySQL
1 11 (9.40%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.13%) MongoDB
3 4 (3.42%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (3.42%) NoSQL
4 3 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.71%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (1.71%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (1.71%) KNIME
5 2 (1.71%) Neo4j
5 2 (1.71%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.71%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 29 (24.79%) 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 17 (14.53%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (12.82%) Manufacturing
4 14 (11.97%) Telecoms
5 6 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.27%) Electronics
6 5 (4.27%) Finance
7 3 (2.56%) Law
8 2 (1.71%) Legal
9 1 (0.85%) Marketing
9 1 (0.85%) Military
9 1 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.85%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (17.95%) Senior
2 18 (15.38%) Embedded Engineer
3 15 (12.82%) IT Support
3 15 (12.82%) Linux Engineer
4 14 (11.97%) DevOps Engineer
4 14 (11.97%) Support Engineer
5 13 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 13 (11.11%) IT Engineer
6 12 (10.26%) Technical Support
7 10 (8.55%) Software Engineer
8 9 (7.69%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 9 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
9 8 (6.84%) Embedded Linux Engineer
9 8 (6.84%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 8 (6.84%) Senior Linux Engineer
9 8 (6.84%) Systems Engineer
10 7 (5.98%) IT Technician
10 7 (5.98%) Linux Systems Engineer
11 6 (5.13%) Developer
11 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 22 (18.80%) IoT
2 20 (17.09%) Driving Licence
3 18 (15.38%) Embedded Systems
4 14 (11.97%) Device Driver
5 12 (10.26%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (7.69%) CCTV
7 6 (5.13%) ARM Cortex
7 6 (5.13%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (4.27%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 5 (4.27%) Private Cloud
9 3 (2.56%) Data Centre
9 3 (2.56%) Replication
10 2 (1.71%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.71%) Enterprise Storage
10 2 (1.71%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (1.71%) Robotics
10 2 (1.71%) SCADA
10 2 (1.71%) Tandem
11 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 48 (41.03%) Windows
2 32 (27.35%) Windows Server
3 11 (9.40%) Embedded Linux
4 10 (8.55%) Debian
5 8 (6.84%) Solaris
6 5 (4.27%) Mac OS
6 5 (4.27%) OpenVMS
6 5 (4.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (3.42%) VMS
8 3 (2.56%) Android
8 3 (2.56%) Apple iOS
8 3 (2.56%) Ubuntu
8 3 (2.56%) Unix
9 2 (1.71%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.85%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (29.06%) CI/CD
2 34 (29.06%) Continuous Improvement
3 30 (25.64%) Software Engineering
4 27 (23.08%) DevOps
5 24 (20.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 22 (18.80%) Customer Service
7 18 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
7 18 (15.38%) Infrastructure as Code
8 17 (14.53%) Incident Management
9 15 (12.82%) DevSecOps
9 15 (12.82%) Mentoring
10 14 (11.97%) Computer Science
10 14 (11.97%) ITIL
11 13 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
11 13 (11.11%) Line Management
11 13 (11.11%) Software Delivery
12 12 (10.26%) Containerisation
12 12 (10.26%) Disaster Recovery
12 12 (10.26%) Time Management
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 6 (5.13%) Shell Script
9 5 (4.27%) JavaScript
10 3 (2.56%) Bicep
10 3 (2.56%) Go
11 2 (1.71%) PHP
12 1 (0.85%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.85%) Ruby
12 1 (0.85%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 19 (16.24%) Degree
2 14 (11.97%) SC Cleared
2 14 (11.97%) Security Cleared
3 9 (7.69%) CCNA
3 9 (7.69%) CCNP
3 9 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (7.69%) MCSA
3 9 (7.69%) MCSE
3 9 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (7.69%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 8 (6.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (5.13%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.56%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.56%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.71%) CISSP
8 1 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (11.97%) 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 24 (20.51%) Docker
1 24 (20.51%) Hyper-V
2 20 (17.09%) Active Directory
3 12 (10.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.56%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.71%) Firmware
5 2 (1.71%) Samba
5 2 (1.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (17.95%) Kubernetes
2 15 (12.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (5.13%) Ansible
4 3 (2.56%) Grafana
4 3 (2.56%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.71%) Galera Cluster
5 2 (1.71%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.85%) Argo
6 1 (0.85%) Nessus
Vendors
1 29 (24.79%) Microsoft
2 22 (18.80%) VMware
3 9 (7.69%) Draytek
3 9 (7.69%) Mitel
3 9 (7.69%) WatchGuard
4 6 (5.13%) Google
5 5 (4.27%) Apple
5 5 (4.27%) Cisco
5 5 (4.27%) Oracle
5 5 (4.27%) Red Hat
6 4 (3.42%) CheckPoint
6 4 (3.42%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (1.71%) Acronis
7 2 (1.71%) AlienVault
7 2 (1.71%) IFS
7 2 (1.71%) SAP
7 2 (1.71%) Sybase
7 2 (1.71%) Veeam
7 2 (1.71%) Veracode
8 1 (0.85%) Imperva