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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 34 19
Rank change year-on-year +14 -15 -4
Permanent jobs citing Linux 422 407 670
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 6.89% 7.65% 10.40%
As % of the Operating Systems category 39.55% 37.37% 45.45%
Number of salaries quoted 346 225 205
10th Percentile £31,250 £39,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,250 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.39% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,625 £77,500 £74,500
England median annual salary £56,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.08% +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 1,089 1,474
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 17.42% 20.47% 22.87%
Number of salaries quoted 918 638 735
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,500 £24,100
25th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,225 £72,500 £68,750
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 10 May 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 10 May 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 +13 224 £55,000 -12.00% 73
Hertfordshire +1 101 £55,000 -4.35% 42
Norfolk -3 40 £32,500 - 3
Essex 0 22 £55,000 +37.50% 6
Bedfordshire -11 18 £40,000 -30.43% 3
Suffolk -2 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 (6.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (5.45%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.84%) Apache
4 11 (2.61%) Exchange Server 2007
4 11 (2.61%) Exchange Server 2010
4 11 (2.61%) Exchange Server 2013
5 8 (1.90%) nginx
5 8 (1.90%) OpenStack
6 7 (1.66%) Confluence
7 3 (0.71%) WordPress
8 1 (0.24%) CMS
8 1 (0.24%) IIS
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 88 (20.85%) AWS
2 67 (15.88%) Azure
3 46 (10.90%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (5.21%) AWS IoT
5 17 (4.03%) Power Platform
6 15 (3.55%) Entra ID
7 14 (3.32%) GCP
8 12 (2.84%) GitHub
9 11 (2.61%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (1.90%) SaaS
10 8 (1.90%) Serverless
11 4 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.71%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (0.71%) DigitalOcean
13 2 (0.47%) Amazon EKS
13 2 (0.47%) Google Workspace
13 2 (0.47%) npm
13 2 (0.47%) Route 53
13 2 (0.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 2 (0.47%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 44 (10.43%) Firewall
2 29 (6.87%) SAN
3 26 (6.16%) DNS
4 21 (4.98%) Wi-Fi
5 19 (4.50%) VLAN
6 18 (4.27%) Internet
7 17 (4.03%) TCP/IP
7 17 (4.03%) VPN
8 16 (3.79%) Bluetooth
9 15 (3.55%) Wireless
10 12 (2.84%) DHCP
11 8 (1.90%) NAS
12 7 (1.66%) LTE
13 6 (1.42%) LoRaWAN
13 6 (1.42%) 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 43 (10.19%) MySQL
2 21 (4.98%) SQL Server
3 20 (4.74%) Relational Database
4 19 (4.50%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (4.03%) Power BI
6 15 (3.55%) MongoDB
7 14 (3.32%) BusinessObjects
7 14 (3.32%) MariaDB
7 14 (3.32%) QlikView
8 12 (2.84%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (2.37%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (1.42%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (0.95%) Big Data
11 4 (0.95%) GIS
11 4 (0.95%) Redis
11 4 (0.95%) Spatial Data
11 4 (0.95%) Triplestore
12 2 (0.47%) Hadoop
13 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database 11g
13 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 43 (10.19%) Git
2 26 (6.16%) JIRA
3 20 (4.74%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.13%) GitLab
5 8 (1.90%) Appium
5 8 (1.90%) UI Automator
6 7 (1.66%) Subversion
7 6 (1.42%) ClearCase
7 6 (1.42%) ClearQuest
7 6 (1.42%) Trac
7 6 (1.42%) webpack
8 4 (0.95%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.71%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.71%) Rational Rhapsody
9 3 (0.71%) Rational Team Concert
10 2 (0.47%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.47%) GCC
10 2 (0.47%) git-flow
10 2 (0.47%) Phabricator
10 2 (0.47%) SonarQube
General
1 111 (26.30%) Social Skills
2 39 (9.24%) Automotive
3 37 (8.77%) Electronics
4 32 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (6.40%) Finance
6 26 (6.16%) Manufacturing
6 26 (6.16%) Presentation Skills
7 20 (4.74%) Aerospace
8 13 (3.08%) Telecoms
9 7 (1.66%) Games
10 6 (1.42%) Marketing
10 6 (1.42%) 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
13 3 (0.71%) Advertising
13 3 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.47%) Law
Job Titles
1 96 (22.75%) Developer
2 65 (15.40%) Software Engineer
3 63 (14.93%) Senior
4 41 (9.72%) Embedded Engineer
5 39 (9.24%) Linux Engineer
6 35 (8.29%) Administrator
7 34 (8.06%) Consultant
7 34 (8.06%) IT Support
8 31 (7.35%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 30 (7.11%) IT Engineer
10 29 (6.87%) PHP Developer
11 28 (6.64%) Support Engineer
12 26 (6.16%) Software Developer
13 23 (5.45%) IT Support Engineer
14 21 (4.98%) IT Administrator
14 21 (4.98%) Server Administrator
15 18 (4.27%) IT Technician
16 17 (4.03%) DevOps Engineer
16 17 (4.03%) Python Developer
16 17 (4.03%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (10.66%) HTML
2 32 (7.58%) Node.js
3 25 (5.92%) React
4 24 (5.69%) CSS
5 13 (3.08%) Django
5 13 (3.08%) Fluent Bit
5 13 (3.08%) Laravel
6 12 (2.84%) Ajax
7 11 (2.61%) Yocto
8 10 (2.37%) CSS3
8 10 (2.37%) HTML5
8 10 (2.37%) RESTful
8 10 (2.37%) Vue
8 10 (2.37%) XML
9 9 (2.13%) Middleware
10 8 (1.90%) Flask
10 8 (1.90%) jQuery
10 8 (1.90%) REST
10 8 (1.90%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 7 (1.66%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 64 (15.17%) IoT
2 40 (9.48%) Embedded Systems
3 35 (8.29%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (6.64%) Data Centre
5 21 (4.98%) Client/Server
6 20 (4.74%) Mobile App
7 19 (4.50%) Blog
8 18 (4.27%) Raspberry Pi
9 12 (2.84%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (2.37%) Linux Command Line
10 10 (2.37%) Public Cloud
11 9 (2.13%) Device Driver
11 9 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (2.13%) Smartphone
12 8 (1.90%) Renewable Energy
12 8 (1.90%) RISC-V
13 6 (1.42%) Data Structures
13 6 (1.42%) Robotics
14 5 (1.18%) Life Science
15 4 (0.95%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 160 (37.91%) Windows
2 51 (12.09%) Windows Server
3 40 (9.48%) Android
4 27 (6.40%) Embedded Linux
5 22 (5.21%) Apple iOS
6 20 (4.74%) Ubuntu
7 17 (4.03%) Debian
7 17 (4.03%) Mac OS
8 12 (2.84%) Unix
9 11 (2.61%) Windows 7
9 11 (2.61%) Windows 8
9 11 (2.61%) Windows Server 2008
9 11 (2.61%) Windows Server 2012
9 11 (2.61%) Windows Server 2016
10 10 (2.37%) Windows 10
11 7 (1.66%) 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 99 (23.46%) Problem-Solving
2 97 (22.99%) Software Engineering
3 50 (11.85%) DevOps
4 40 (9.48%) Agile
4 40 (9.48%) Computer Science
5 34 (8.06%) Test Automation
6 30 (7.11%) Mentoring
7 29 (6.87%) Multithreading
8 27 (6.40%) Server Management
9 25 (5.92%) Customer Service
10 24 (5.69%) Benchmarking
10 24 (5.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 24 (5.69%) OO
10 24 (5.69%) Presales
11 22 (5.21%) Business Intelligence
11 22 (5.21%) ITIL
11 22 (5.21%) Performance Monitoring
11 22 (5.21%) Vulnerability Management
12 21 (4.98%) Data Centre Operations
12 21 (4.98%) Multithreaded Programming
Programming Languages
1 105 (24.88%) Python
2 100 (23.70%) C
3 71 (16.82%) JavaScript
4 48 (11.37%) C++
4 48 (11.37%) PowerShell
5 42 (9.95%) PHP
6 40 (9.48%) Bash
7 37 (8.77%) SQL
8 33 (7.82%) C#
9 32 (7.58%) Embedded C
9 32 (7.58%) TypeScript
10 27 (6.40%) Shell Script
11 22 (5.21%) Java
12 12 (2.84%) Rust
12 12 (2.84%) VB
13 10 (2.37%) Embedded C++
14 8 (1.90%) Ada
15 4 (0.95%) MATLAB
15 4 (0.95%) Perl
15 4 (0.95%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 63 (14.93%) Degree
2 47 (11.14%) Security Cleared
3 37 (8.77%) SC Cleared
4 19 (4.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.32%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (3.08%) CCNA
6 13 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (2.61%) MCSE
8 10 (2.37%) Network+ Certification
9 8 (1.90%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (1.66%) DV Cleared
11 5 (1.18%) 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%) PhD
14 2 (0.47%) HNC
14 2 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.47%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.13%) QA
2 8 (1.90%) IEC 62304
2 8 (1.90%) ISO 13485
3 7 (1.66%) SLA
4 4 (0.95%) MISRA
5 3 (0.71%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.24%) MISRA C
System Software
1 54 (12.80%) Active Directory
2 51 (12.09%) Docker
3 33 (7.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (4.50%) Firmware
5 18 (4.27%) Hyper-V
6 8 (1.90%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.42%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.71%) KVM
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%) iptables
10 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.24%) Samba
10 1 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 29 (6.87%) Kubernetes
2 25 (5.92%) Ansible
3 17 (4.03%) Terraform
4 14 (3.32%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (3.08%) Fluentd
5 13 (3.08%) logstash
6 12 (2.84%) Progress Chef
6 12 (2.84%) Puppet
7 6 (1.42%) ZABBIX
8 3 (0.71%) Grafana
9 2 (0.47%) Argo
9 2 (0.47%) Aspera SmartTrack
9 2 (0.47%) Podman
9 2 (0.47%) SCCM
9 2 (0.47%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.24%) cPanel
10 1 (0.24%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.24%) Packer
10 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 90 (21.33%) Microsoft
2 58 (13.74%) VMware
3 26 (6.16%) Red Hat
4 23 (5.45%) NetApp
5 21 (4.98%) Citrix
6 14 (3.32%) Cognos
6 14 (3.32%) Splunk
7 12 (2.84%) IBM
8 8 (1.90%) Atlassian
8 8 (1.90%) Cisco
8 8 (1.90%) F5
8 8 (1.90%) Sophos
9 5 (1.18%) Apple
9 5 (1.18%) Dell
9 5 (1.18%) Oracle
9 5 (1.18%) SAP
10 3 (0.71%) EMC
10 3 (0.71%) HP
11 2 (0.47%) CheckPoint
11 2 (0.47%) Intel