Linux Jobs in the East of England

Linux
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for Linux skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Linux over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 31 20
Rank change year-on-year +11 -11 -6
Permanent jobs citing Linux 423 433 654
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 6.99% 7.83% 10.30%
As % of the Operating Systems category 39.50% 37.46% 45.20%
Number of salaries quoted 345 236 213
10th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% +10.60%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,375 £77,250
England median annual salary £55,343 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.86% +8.33% +4.35%

All Operating Systems
East of England

Linux is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,071 1,156 1,447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 17.71% 20.91% 22.78%
Number of salaries quoted 921 669 736
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,500 £24,125
25th Percentile £27,000 £31,973 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +11.76% -10.53%
75th Percentile £55,000 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the East of England

Linux
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux in the East of England.

Salary trend for Linux in the East of England

Linux
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in the East of England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 +11 219 £55,000 -12.00% 73
Hertfordshire +1 102 £56,250 -2.17% 35
Norfolk +1 41 £32,500 - 4
Essex +3 25 £55,000 +37.50% 7
Bedfordshire -12 19 £40,000 -30.43% 6
Suffolk -4 17 £52,500 -27.08% 5
Linux
England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 27 (6.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (5.44%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.84%) Apache
4 11 (2.60%) Exchange Server 2007
4 11 (2.60%) Exchange Server 2010
4 11 (2.60%) Exchange Server 2013
5 9 (2.13%) Confluence
6 8 (1.89%) nginx
6 8 (1.89%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.71%) WordPress
8 1 (0.24%) CMS
8 1 (0.24%) IIS
8 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.24%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.95%) Simulink
3 2 (0.47%) Abaqus
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 90 (21.28%) AWS
2 69 (16.31%) Azure
3 48 (11.35%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (5.44%) AWS IoT
5 17 (4.02%) Power Platform
6 16 (3.78%) Entra ID
7 14 (3.31%) GCP
8 12 (2.84%) Cloud Computing
8 12 (2.84%) GitHub
9 9 (2.13%) Serverless
10 8 (1.89%) SaaS
11 5 (1.18%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.71%) Amazon ECS
13 3 (0.71%) Amazon EKS
13 3 (0.71%) DigitalOcean
13 3 (0.71%) Google Workspace
13 3 (0.71%) Route 53
13 3 (0.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 2 (0.47%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 46 (10.87%) Firewall
2 29 (6.86%) SAN
3 26 (6.15%) DNS
4 21 (4.96%) Wi-Fi
5 20 (4.73%) VLAN
6 18 (4.26%) VPN
7 17 (4.02%) Internet
7 17 (4.02%) TCP/IP
8 16 (3.78%) Bluetooth
9 15 (3.55%) Wireless
10 12 (2.84%) DHCP
11 8 (1.89%) LTE
11 8 (1.89%) NAS
12 7 (1.65%) LoRaWAN
12 7 (1.65%) MQTT
13 6 (1.42%) Software-Defined Networking
14 5 (1.18%) Ethernet
14 5 (1.18%) PBX
15 4 (0.95%) Cisco ASA
15 4 (0.95%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (10.40%) MySQL
2 21 (4.96%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (4.96%) SQL Server
3 20 (4.73%) Relational Database
4 17 (4.02%) Power BI
5 15 (3.55%) MongoDB
6 14 (3.31%) BusinessObjects
6 14 (3.31%) MariaDB
6 14 (3.31%) QlikView
7 12 (2.84%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (2.36%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (1.42%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (0.95%) Big Data
10 4 (0.95%) GIS
10 4 (0.95%) Redis
10 4 (0.95%) Spatial Data
10 4 (0.95%) Triplestore
11 2 (0.47%) Hadoop
12 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database 11g
12 1 (0.24%) OrientDB
Development Applications
1 45 (10.64%) Git
2 29 (6.86%) JIRA
3 22 (5.20%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.36%) GitLab
4 10 (2.36%) Subversion
5 8 (1.89%) Appium
5 8 (1.89%) ClearCase
5 8 (1.89%) ClearQuest
5 8 (1.89%) UI Automator
6 6 (1.42%) Bitbucket
6 6 (1.42%) Trac
6 6 (1.42%) webpack
7 5 (1.18%) Artifactory
7 5 (1.18%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.95%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.71%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.71%) Rational Rhapsody
9 3 (0.71%) Rational Team Concert
9 3 (0.71%) Redmine
9 3 (0.71%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 108 (25.53%) Social Skills
2 38 (8.98%) Electronics
3 37 (8.75%) Automotive
4 32 (7.57%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (6.86%) Finance
6 27 (6.38%) Manufacturing
7 25 (5.91%) Presentation Skills
8 20 (4.73%) Aerospace
9 13 (3.07%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.65%) Games
10 7 (1.65%) Marketing
10 7 (1.65%) Public Sector
11 5 (1.18%) Health Technology
11 5 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (0.95%) Local Government
12 4 (0.95%) Multimedia
12 4 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.71%) Advertising
13 3 (0.71%) Law
Job Titles
1 95 (22.46%) Developer
2 65 (15.37%) Software Engineer
3 59 (13.95%) Senior
4 39 (9.22%) Embedded Engineer
4 39 (9.22%) Linux Engineer
5 36 (8.51%) Administrator
6 34 (8.04%) Consultant
6 34 (8.04%) IT Support
7 30 (7.09%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 30 (7.09%) IT Engineer
8 29 (6.86%) PHP Developer
9 28 (6.62%) Support Engineer
10 25 (5.91%) Software Developer
11 23 (5.44%) IT Support Engineer
12 21 (4.96%) IT Administrator
12 21 (4.96%) Server Administrator
13 18 (4.26%) DevOps Engineer
13 18 (4.26%) IT Technician
14 17 (4.02%) Python Developer
14 17 (4.02%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (10.64%) HTML
2 32 (7.57%) Node.js
3 25 (5.91%) React
4 24 (5.67%) CSS
5 13 (3.07%) Django
5 13 (3.07%) Fluent Bit
5 13 (3.07%) Laravel
6 12 (2.84%) Ajax
7 11 (2.60%) Yocto
8 10 (2.36%) CSS3
8 10 (2.36%) HTML5
8 10 (2.36%) RESTful
8 10 (2.36%) Vue
8 10 (2.36%) XML
9 9 (2.13%) Flask
9 9 (2.13%) Middleware
9 9 (2.13%) REST
10 8 (1.89%) jQuery
10 8 (1.89%) JSON
10 8 (1.89%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 64 (15.13%) IoT
2 40 (9.46%) Embedded Systems
3 34 (8.04%) Self-Motivation
4 30 (7.09%) Data Centre
5 21 (4.96%) Client/Server
6 20 (4.73%) Mobile App
7 19 (4.49%) Blog
8 18 (4.26%) Raspberry Pi
9 12 (2.84%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (2.60%) Linux Command Line
10 11 (2.60%) Public Cloud
11 10 (2.36%) Distributed Systems
12 9 (2.13%) Device Driver
12 9 (2.13%) Smartphone
13 8 (1.89%) Renewable Energy
13 8 (1.89%) RISC-V
14 6 (1.42%) Robotics
15 5 (1.18%) Data Structures
15 5 (1.18%) Life Science
16 4 (0.95%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 162 (38.30%) Windows
2 51 (12.06%) Windows Server
3 39 (9.22%) Android
4 25 (5.91%) Embedded Linux
5 22 (5.20%) Apple iOS
6 20 (4.73%) Ubuntu
7 17 (4.02%) Debian
7 17 (4.02%) Mac OS
8 12 (2.84%) Unix
9 11 (2.60%) Windows 7
9 11 (2.60%) Windows 8
9 11 (2.60%) Windows Server 2008
9 11 (2.60%) Windows Server 2012
9 11 (2.60%) Windows Server 2016
10 10 (2.36%) Windows 10
11 7 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 6 (1.42%) Alpine Linux
13 4 (0.95%) FreeRTOS
14 3 (0.71%) AIX
15 2 (0.47%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (23.17%) Problem-Solving
2 95 (22.46%) Software Engineering
3 52 (12.29%) DevOps
4 40 (9.46%) Agile
5 39 (9.22%) Computer Science
6 35 (8.27%) Test Automation
7 30 (7.09%) Mentoring
8 29 (6.86%) Multithreading
9 27 (6.38%) Server Management
10 24 (5.67%) Benchmarking
10 24 (5.67%) OO
10 24 (5.67%) Presales
11 23 (5.44%) Business Intelligence
11 23 (5.44%) Customer Service
11 23 (5.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 23 (5.44%) ITIL
12 22 (5.20%) CI/CD
12 22 (5.20%) Performance Monitoring
12 22 (5.20%) Vulnerability Management
13 21 (4.96%) Infrastructure Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 107 (25.30%) Python
2 98 (23.17%) C
3 71 (16.78%) JavaScript
4 48 (11.35%) PowerShell
5 46 (10.87%) C++
6 40 (9.46%) PHP
7 39 (9.22%) SQL
8 38 (8.98%) Bash
9 34 (8.04%) C#
10 32 (7.57%) TypeScript
11 30 (7.09%) Embedded C
12 28 (6.62%) Shell Script
13 20 (4.73%) Java
14 12 (2.84%) Rust
14 12 (2.84%) VB
15 10 (2.36%) Embedded C++
16 8 (1.89%) Ada
17 5 (1.18%) Perl
18 4 (0.95%) MATLAB
18 4 (0.95%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 62 (14.66%) Degree
2 49 (11.58%) Security Cleared
3 38 (8.98%) SC Cleared
4 18 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (3.55%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (3.31%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (3.07%) CCNA
8 11 (2.60%) MCSE
8 11 (2.60%) Network+ Certification
9 8 (1.89%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (1.65%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.42%) A+ Certification
12 4 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.95%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (0.71%) HND
13 3 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.71%) PhD
14 2 (0.47%) HNC
14 2 (0.47%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.36%) QA
2 8 (1.89%) IEC 62304
2 8 (1.89%) ISO 13485
3 7 (1.65%) SLA
4 4 (0.95%) MISRA
5 3 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.71%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.24%) MISRA C
System Software
1 55 (13.00%) Active Directory
2 51 (12.06%) Docker
3 33 (7.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (4.73%) Firmware
5 18 (4.26%) Hyper-V
6 9 (2.13%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.42%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.71%) KVM
9 2 (0.47%) iptables
9 2 (0.47%) Lustre
9 2 (0.47%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.47%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.47%) vSphere
10 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.24%) Samba
10 1 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 29 (6.86%) Kubernetes
2 25 (5.91%) Ansible
3 19 (4.49%) Terraform
4 14 (3.31%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (3.07%) Fluentd
5 13 (3.07%) logstash
6 11 (2.60%) Progress Chef
6 11 (2.60%) Puppet
7 6 (1.42%) ZABBIX
8 3 (0.71%) Grafana
8 3 (0.71%) SCCM
9 2 (0.47%) Argo
9 2 (0.47%) Aspera SmartTrack
9 2 (0.47%) Packer
9 2 (0.47%) Podman
9 2 (0.47%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.24%) cPanel
10 1 (0.24%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 92 (21.75%) Microsoft
2 58 (13.71%) VMware
3 26 (6.15%) Red Hat
4 23 (5.44%) NetApp
5 21 (4.96%) Citrix
6 14 (3.31%) Cognos
6 14 (3.31%) IBM
6 14 (3.31%) Splunk
7 11 (2.60%) Atlassian
8 9 (2.13%) Cisco
9 8 (1.89%) Sophos
10 7 (1.65%) F5
11 6 (1.42%) SAP
12 5 (1.18%) Apple
12 5 (1.18%) Dell
13 4 (0.95%) Oracle
14 3 (0.71%) EMC
14 3 (0.71%) Google
14 3 (0.71%) HP
15 2 (0.47%) WatchGuard