Linux Job Trends in the East of England

Linux
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 76 23
Rank change year-on-year +22 -53 +7
Permanent jobs citing Linux 195 125 265
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.66% 3.59% 5.66%
As % of the Operating Systems category 35.14% 29.34% 39.43%
Number of salaries quoted 142 82 219
10th Percentile £31,500 £28,408 £40,800
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £74,875 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -9.45%

All Operating Systems
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 555 426 672
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 7.56% 12.24% 14.36%
Number of salaries quoted 462 321 521
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -4.44% +5.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year +8.43% -14.43% -7.62%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Linux job vacancy trend in the East of England

Linux
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Linux.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Linux

Linux
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in the East of England over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Linux in the East of England

Linux
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the East of England region over the 6 months to 17 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
Cambridgeshire +7 103 £67,500 +73.08% 98
Hertfordshire -46 30 £75,000 +36.36% 35
Bedfordshire -6 22 £51,359 +39.28% 12
Essex -11 16 £40,000 -36.00% 9
Norfolk -15 15 £48,750 +31.76% 1
Suffolk +25 9 £55,000 -18.52% 6
Linux
England

Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 24 (12.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2007
2 15 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2010
2 15 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2013
3 5 (2.56%) SharePoint
4 4 (2.05%) IIS
5 3 (1.54%) WordPress
6 1 (0.51%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 40 (20.51%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (9.74%) AWS
3 17 (8.72%) Azure
4 16 (8.21%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.54%) Cloudflare
5 3 (1.54%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.03%) GCP
7 1 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 21 (10.77%) DNS
1 21 (10.77%) Firewall
2 8 (4.10%) TCP/IP
3 7 (3.59%) SNMP
4 4 (2.05%) VPN
5 3 (1.54%) Broadband
5 3 (1.54%) SAN
6 2 (1.03%) Bluetooth
6 2 (1.03%) DHCP
6 2 (1.03%) VLAN
6 2 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (1.03%) Wireless
7 1 (0.51%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.51%) InfiniBand
7 1 (0.51%) LoRaWAN
7 1 (0.51%) LTE
7 1 (0.51%) SSL
7 1 (0.51%) VoIP
7 1 (0.51%) WireGuard
7 1 (0.51%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.15%) MySQL
2 7 (3.59%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.54%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.51%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (2.05%) Git
2 3 (1.54%) JIRA
2 3 (1.54%) PetaLinux
3 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.51%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.51%) Zephyr
General
1 32 (16.41%) Social Skills
2 16 (8.21%) Finance
3 15 (7.69%) Electronics
3 15 (7.69%) Telecoms
4 14 (7.18%) Aerospace
5 10 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (4.62%) Retail
7 7 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (3.59%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (3.08%) Aviation
9 4 (2.05%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (2.05%) Legal
10 3 (1.54%) Back Office
10 3 (1.54%) Multimedia
10 3 (1.54%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.54%) Tech for Good
11 2 (1.03%) Digital Economy
11 2 (1.03%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 54 (27.69%) Embedded Engineer
2 47 (24.10%) Software Engineer
3 46 (23.59%) Linux Engineer
4 43 (22.05%) Senior
5 34 (17.44%) Embedded Linux Engineer
6 33 (16.92%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 30 (15.38%) IT Support
8 24 (12.31%) Support Technician
9 20 (10.26%) Senior Software Engineer
10 16 (8.21%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 14 (7.18%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
11 14 (7.18%) IT Support Technician
11 14 (7.18%) IT Technician
11 14 (7.18%) Senior Linux Engineer
12 13 (6.67%) Administrator
12 13 (6.67%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 12 (6.15%) Developer
13 12 (6.15%) Systems Administrator
14 11 (5.64%) IT Engineer
14 11 (5.64%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.69%) HTML
2 9 (4.62%) CSS
3 8 (4.10%) Ruby on Rails
3 8 (4.10%) Yocto
4 6 (3.08%) .NET
4 6 (3.08%) ASP.NET
5 3 (1.54%) Middleware
5 3 (1.54%) Nuxt
5 3 (1.54%) Qt
6 2 (1.03%) Node.js
6 2 (1.03%) React
6 2 (1.03%) Vue
7 1 (0.51%) Django
7 1 (0.51%) REST
7 1 (0.51%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 29 (14.87%) Embedded Systems
2 23 (11.79%) Robotics
3 12 (6.15%) Device Driver
4 11 (5.64%) Linux Command Line
5 10 (5.13%) IoT
6 7 (3.59%) Algorithms
6 7 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (3.08%) FPGA
8 5 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (2.05%) Clustering
9 4 (2.05%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.54%) Media Streaming
11 2 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (1.03%) Replication
11 2 (1.03%) Security Posture
12 1 (0.51%) BYOD
12 1 (0.51%) Hybrid Cloud
12 1 (0.51%) Management Information System
12 1 (0.51%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 69 (35.38%) Windows
2 49 (25.13%) Embedded Linux
3 21 (10.77%) Windows Server
4 15 (7.69%) Windows 7
4 15 (7.69%) Windows 8
5 8 (4.10%) Mac OS
6 7 (3.59%) Debian
6 7 (3.59%) Ubuntu
6 7 (3.59%) Unix
7 5 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (2.56%) VxWorks
8 4 (2.05%) Android
9 3 (1.54%) CentOS
9 3 (1.54%) Robot Operating System
9 3 (1.54%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (1.03%) Rocky
11 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.51%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.51%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (37.95%) Software Engineering
2 33 (16.92%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (11.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (8.21%) Computer Science
5 13 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 12 (6.15%) Migration
6 12 (6.15%) Software Testing
6 12 (6.15%) Virtual Infrastructure
6 12 (6.15%) Vulnerability Management
7 11 (5.64%) SIEM
8 10 (5.13%) Agile
8 10 (5.13%) CI/CD
8 10 (5.13%) Containerisation
8 10 (5.13%) Cybersecurity
8 10 (5.13%) DevOps
8 10 (5.13%) Embedded Software Development
8 10 (5.13%) Incident Response
8 10 (5.13%) OO
9 9 (4.62%) Linux Kernel Development
10 8 (4.10%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (22.05%) C++
2 28 (14.36%) C
3 24 (12.31%) Python
4 20 (10.26%) SQL
5 15 (7.69%) JavaScript
6 12 (6.15%) PowerShell
7 11 (5.64%) C#
8 8 (4.10%) Ruby
9 7 (3.59%) TypeScript
10 6 (3.08%) Rust
11 5 (2.56%) Ada
11 5 (2.56%) Embedded C
11 5 (2.56%) Java
11 5 (2.56%) Shell Script
12 4 (2.05%) Bash
12 4 (2.05%) Embedded C++
13 3 (1.54%) MATLAB
14 2 (1.03%) Go
14 2 (1.03%) PHP
15 1 (0.51%) VB
Qualifications
1 35 (17.95%) Degree
2 32 (16.41%) Security Cleared
3 15 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 14 (7.18%) DV Cleared
5 9 (4.62%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (3.08%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (3.08%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.05%) HNC
8 4 (2.05%) HND
9 1 (0.51%) CCNA
9 1 (0.51%) CEH
9 1 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.51%) CISSP
9 1 (0.51%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.51%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.08%) Accessibility
2 5 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.56%) QA
3 4 (2.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (2.05%) GDPR
4 1 (0.51%) JTAG
4 1 (0.51%) NIST
System Software
1 16 (8.21%) Active Directory
2 13 (6.67%) Docker
3 12 (6.15%) Hyper-V
4 6 (3.08%) Firmware
5 4 (2.05%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.51%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.51%) GPFS
6 1 (0.51%) Lustre
6 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.51%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.51%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (5.13%) Proxmox
2 7 (3.59%) Ansible
2 7 (3.59%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.56%) Terraform
4 4 (2.05%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (1.54%) Check_MK
5 3 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.54%) ZABBIX
6 2 (1.03%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.51%) Nessus
7 1 (0.51%) Podman
7 1 (0.51%) Puppet
7 1 (0.51%) SCCM
7 1 (0.51%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 46 (23.59%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.62%) Red Hat
3 7 (3.59%) VMware
4 6 (3.08%) Cisco
5 5 (2.56%) Veeam
6 4 (2.05%) Oracle
7 3 (1.54%) Acronis
8 2 (1.03%) NetApp
9 1 (0.51%) Adobe
9 1 (0.51%) Apple
9 1 (0.51%) EMC
9 1 (0.51%) Tenable
9 1 (0.51%) Thales