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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 29 21
Rank change year-on-year +8 -8 -6
Permanent jobs citing Linux 426 455 634
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 7.08% 8.02% 9.95%
As % of the Operating Systems category 39.93% 38.04% 44.34%
Number of salaries quoted 346 240 208
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% +9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £77,875
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +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 1,067 1,196 1,430
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 17.72% 21.09% 22.43%
Number of salaries quoted 917 685 736
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,750 £24,125
25th Percentile £26,750 £32,000 £28,938
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 £60,000
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 19 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 19 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 +13 218 £55,000 -12.00% 60
Hertfordshire +4 102 £56,250 -2.17% 27
Norfolk -1 42 £32,500 - 3
Essex +6 29 £58,750 +46.88% 9
Bedfordshire -7 19 £40,000 -30.43% 6
Suffolk -2 16 £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 (6.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (5.40%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.82%) Apache
4 11 (2.58%) Exchange Server 2007
4 11 (2.58%) Exchange Server 2010
4 11 (2.58%) Exchange Server 2013
5 9 (2.11%) Confluence
5 9 (2.11%) nginx
6 7 (1.64%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.70%) WordPress
8 1 (0.23%) CMS
8 1 (0.23%) IIS
8 1 (0.23%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.23%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.94%) Simulink
3 2 (0.47%) Abaqus
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.23%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 90 (21.13%) AWS
2 71 (16.67%) Azure
3 48 (11.27%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (5.40%) AWS IoT
5 17 (3.99%) Power Platform
6 15 (3.52%) Entra ID
7 13 (3.05%) GCP
8 12 (2.82%) Cloud Computing
8 12 (2.82%) GitHub
9 10 (2.35%) Serverless
10 8 (1.88%) SaaS
11 6 (1.41%) Amazon EC2
11 6 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (0.94%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (0.94%) Route 53
13 3 (0.70%) Amazon ECS
13 3 (0.70%) Amazon S3
13 3 (0.70%) AWS Lambda
13 3 (0.70%) Google Workspace
13 3 (0.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 46 (10.80%) Firewall
2 29 (6.81%) SAN
3 26 (6.10%) DNS
4 21 (4.93%) Wi-Fi
5 19 (4.46%) VLAN
6 17 (3.99%) TCP/IP
6 17 (3.99%) VPN
7 16 (3.76%) Bluetooth
7 16 (3.76%) Internet
8 14 (3.29%) Wireless
9 12 (2.82%) DHCP
10 8 (1.88%) LTE
10 8 (1.88%) NAS
11 7 (1.64%) LoRaWAN
11 7 (1.64%) MQTT
12 5 (1.17%) Ethernet
12 5 (1.17%) PBX
12 5 (1.17%) Software-Defined Networking
13 4 (0.94%) RS-232
13 4 (0.94%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (10.33%) MySQL
2 21 (4.93%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (4.93%) SQL Server
3 20 (4.69%) Relational Database
4 17 (3.99%) Power BI
5 15 (3.52%) MongoDB
6 14 (3.29%) BusinessObjects
6 14 (3.29%) MariaDB
6 14 (3.29%) QlikView
7 13 (3.05%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (2.58%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (1.41%) Amazon Aurora
10 5 (1.17%) GIS
11 4 (0.94%) Big Data
11 4 (0.94%) Redis
11 4 (0.94%) Spatial Data
11 4 (0.94%) Triplestore
12 2 (0.47%) Hadoop
13 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database 12c
13 1 (0.23%) OrientDB
Development Applications
1 48 (11.27%) Git
2 31 (7.28%) JIRA
3 25 (5.87%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.35%) GitLab
4 10 (2.35%) Subversion
5 8 (1.88%) Appium
5 8 (1.88%) Bitbucket
5 8 (1.88%) ClearCase
5 8 (1.88%) ClearQuest
5 8 (1.88%) UI Automator
6 7 (1.64%) Artifactory
6 7 (1.64%) SonarQube
7 6 (1.41%) Trac
7 6 (1.41%) webpack
8 5 (1.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.94%) Zephyr
10 3 (0.70%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.70%) Rational Rhapsody
10 3 (0.70%) Rational Team Concert
10 3 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 108 (25.35%) Social Skills
2 38 (8.92%) Electronics
3 36 (8.45%) Automotive
4 33 (7.75%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (6.57%) Finance
5 28 (6.57%) Manufacturing
6 25 (5.87%) Presentation Skills
7 20 (4.69%) Aerospace
8 13 (3.05%) Telecoms
9 8 (1.88%) Public Sector
10 7 (1.64%) Games
10 7 (1.64%) Marketing
11 6 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.17%) Health Technology
12 5 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.94%) Local Government
13 4 (0.94%) Multimedia
14 3 (0.70%) Advertising
14 3 (0.70%) Law
Job Titles
1 95 (22.30%) Developer
2 64 (15.02%) Software Engineer
3 60 (14.08%) Senior
4 40 (9.39%) Linux Engineer
5 39 (9.15%) Embedded Engineer
6 37 (8.69%) Administrator
7 34 (7.98%) Consultant
7 34 (7.98%) IT Support
8 30 (7.04%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 30 (7.04%) IT Engineer
9 29 (6.81%) PHP Developer
10 28 (6.57%) Support Engineer
11 25 (5.87%) Software Developer
12 23 (5.40%) IT Support Engineer
13 21 (4.93%) DevOps Engineer
13 21 (4.93%) IT Administrator
13 21 (4.93%) Server Administrator
14 18 (4.23%) IT Technician
15 17 (3.99%) Linux Developer
15 17 (3.99%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (10.56%) HTML
2 32 (7.51%) Node.js
3 25 (5.87%) React
4 24 (5.63%) CSS
5 13 (3.05%) Fluent Bit
5 13 (3.05%) Laravel
6 12 (2.82%) Ajax
6 12 (2.82%) Django
7 11 (2.58%) Yocto
8 10 (2.35%) CSS3
8 10 (2.35%) HTML5
8 10 (2.35%) RESTful
8 10 (2.35%) Vue
8 10 (2.35%) XML
9 9 (2.11%) Elastic Stack
9 9 (2.11%) Flask
9 9 (2.11%) JSON
9 9 (2.11%) Middleware
9 9 (2.11%) REST
10 8 (1.88%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 63 (14.79%) IoT
2 40 (9.39%) Embedded Systems
3 34 (7.98%) Self-Motivation
4 30 (7.04%) Data Centre
5 21 (4.93%) Client/Server
6 20 (4.69%) Mobile App
7 19 (4.46%) Blog
8 18 (4.23%) Raspberry Pi
9 13 (3.05%) Linux Command Line
10 12 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (2.58%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (2.58%) Public Cloud
12 10 (2.35%) Smartphone
13 9 (2.11%) Device Driver
14 8 (1.88%) Renewable Energy
14 8 (1.88%) RISC-V
15 6 (1.41%) Robotics
16 5 (1.17%) Data Structures
16 5 (1.17%) Life Science
17 4 (0.94%) Linked Data
Operating Systems
1 164 (38.50%) Windows
2 51 (11.97%) Windows Server
3 39 (9.15%) Android
4 24 (5.63%) Embedded Linux
5 22 (5.16%) Apple iOS
6 19 (4.46%) Ubuntu
7 17 (3.99%) Mac OS
8 16 (3.76%) Debian
9 12 (2.82%) Unix
10 11 (2.58%) Windows 7
10 11 (2.58%) Windows 8
10 11 (2.58%) Windows Server 2008
10 11 (2.58%) Windows Server 2012
10 11 (2.58%) Windows Server 2016
11 10 (2.35%) Windows 10
12 8 (1.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 6 (1.41%) Alpine Linux
14 4 (0.94%) FreeRTOS
15 3 (0.70%) AIX
16 2 (0.47%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (23.00%) Problem-Solving
2 94 (22.07%) Software Engineering
3 57 (13.38%) DevOps
4 40 (9.39%) Agile
4 40 (9.39%) Computer Science
5 36 (8.45%) Test Automation
6 30 (7.04%) Mentoring
7 29 (6.81%) Multithreading
8 27 (6.34%) Server Management
9 25 (5.87%) CI/CD
10 24 (5.63%) Benchmarking
10 24 (5.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 24 (5.63%) ITIL
10 24 (5.63%) OO
10 24 (5.63%) Presales
11 23 (5.40%) Business Intelligence
12 22 (5.16%) Customer Service
12 22 (5.16%) Performance Monitoring
12 22 (5.16%) Vulnerability Management
13 21 (4.93%) Infrastructure Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 108 (25.35%) Python
2 99 (23.24%) C
3 70 (16.43%) JavaScript
4 50 (11.74%) PowerShell
5 47 (11.03%) C++
6 40 (9.39%) PHP
7 39 (9.15%) Bash
8 38 (8.92%) SQL
9 34 (7.98%) C#
10 31 (7.28%) TypeScript
11 30 (7.04%) Embedded C
12 28 (6.57%) Shell Script
13 22 (5.16%) Java
14 12 (2.82%) Rust
14 12 (2.82%) VB
15 10 (2.35%) Embedded C++
16 8 (1.88%) Ada
17 7 (1.64%) Perl
17 7 (1.64%) Ruby
18 4 (0.94%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 62 (14.55%) Degree
2 50 (11.74%) Security Cleared
3 39 (9.15%) SC Cleared
4 18 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (3.52%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (3.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (3.05%) CCNA
8 11 (2.58%) MCSE
8 11 (2.58%) Network+ Certification
9 8 (1.88%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (1.64%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.41%) A+ Certification
12 4 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.94%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (0.70%) HND
13 3 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.70%) PhD
14 2 (0.47%) HNC
14 2 (0.47%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.82%) QA
2 8 (1.88%) IEC 62304
2 8 (1.88%) ISO 13485
3 7 (1.64%) SLA
4 4 (0.94%) MISRA
5 3 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.70%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.23%) MISRA C
System Software
1 55 (12.91%) Active Directory
2 53 (12.44%) Docker
3 32 (7.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (4.69%) Firmware
5 18 (4.23%) Hyper-V
6 9 (2.11%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.41%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.70%) 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 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.23%) Samba
10 1 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 33 (7.75%) Kubernetes
2 26 (6.10%) Ansible
3 22 (5.16%) Terraform
4 14 (3.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (3.29%) Puppet
5 13 (3.05%) Fluentd
5 13 (3.05%) logstash
6 11 (2.58%) Progress Chef
7 5 (1.17%) ZABBIX
8 3 (0.70%) Grafana
8 3 (0.70%) Packer
8 3 (0.70%) SCCM
9 2 (0.47%) Argo
9 2 (0.47%) Aspera SmartTrack
9 2 (0.47%) Podman
9 2 (0.47%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.23%) cPanel
10 1 (0.23%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 93 (21.83%) Microsoft
2 57 (13.38%) VMware
3 24 (5.63%) Red Hat
4 23 (5.40%) NetApp
5 21 (4.93%) Citrix
6 15 (3.52%) IBM
7 14 (3.29%) Cognos
7 14 (3.29%) Splunk
8 12 (2.82%) Atlassian
9 9 (2.11%) Cisco
10 8 (1.88%) Sophos
11 7 (1.64%) F5
12 6 (1.41%) SAP
13 5 (1.17%) Apple
13 5 (1.17%) Dell
13 5 (1.17%) Oracle
14 4 (0.94%) AppDynamics
14 4 (0.94%) Google
15 3 (0.70%) EMC
15 3 (0.70%) HP