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 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 69 | 91 | 32 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +22 | -59 | +11 |
| Permanent jobs citing Linux | 127 | 54 | 211 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands | 1.88% | 2.35% | 5.89% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 34.14% | 21.60% | 47.42% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 92 | 37 | 80 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,750 | £31,500 | £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 | £64,700 | £61,375 |
| 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.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 372 | 250 | 445 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands | 5.51% | 10.88% | 12.43% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 260 | 199 | 206 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,437 | £25,750 | £26,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £29,750 | £26,250 | £31,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,000 | £33,500 | £40,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +19.40% | -16.25% | -15.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £47,500 | £42,500 | £52,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £69,325 | £55,000 | £59,375 |
| England median annual salary | £45,000 | £41,355 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.81% | -17.29% | -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 Salary Trend in the East Midlands
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 17 October 2026.
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 17 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 | +2 | 53 | £44,472 | +27.06% | 9 |
| Derbyshire | -7 | 26 | £28,500 | -18.57% | 10 |
| Nottinghamshire | 0 | 18 | £52,500 | +5.00% | 18 |
| Lincolnshire | -8 | 16 | £65,000 | +39.04% | 10 |
| Northamptonshire | -15 | 13 | £58,500 | +1.30% | 10 |
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Linux Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Operating Systems
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Windows | 38.6% | 49 |
| 2 | Windows Server | 26.0% | 33 |
| 3 | Embedded Linux | 14.2% | 18 |
| 4 | Debian | 7.1% | 9 |
| 5 | Solaris | 6.3% | 8 |
| 6 | OpenVMS | 3.9% | 5 |
| 6 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 3.9% | 5 |
| 8 | macOS | 3.1% | 4 |
| 8 | VMS | 3.1% | 4 |
| 10 | Android | 2.4% | 3 |
| 10 | Apple iOS | 2.4% | 3 |
| 10 | Unix | 2.4% | 3 |
| 10 | Windows Server 2012 | 2.4% | 3 |
| 14 | Ubuntu | 1.6% | 2 |
| 15 | Windows 10 | 0.8% | 1 |
| 15 | Windows Server 2016 | 0.8% | 1 |
| 15 | Windows Server 2019 | 0.8% | 1 |