Linux Job Trends in Eastleigh

Linux
Hampshire > Eastleigh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Eastleigh requiring Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 12 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Permanent jobs citing Linux 3 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Eastleigh 4.17% 5.88% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 30.00% 66.67% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £68,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +24.09% - -
Hampshire median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -19.23% +13.04% +15.00%

All Operating Systems
Eastleigh

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 Eastleigh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 10 3 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Eastleigh 13.89% 8.82% 30.00%
Number of salaries quoted 10 3 3
10th Percentile £30,225 £32,900 -
25th Percentile £31,250 £44,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% - +62.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £69,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £71,100 -
Hampshire median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £44,400
% change year-on-year -13.64% +23.87% -1.33%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Eastleigh

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

Linux job vacancy trend in Eastleigh

Linux
Salary Trend in Eastleigh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Eastleigh citing Linux.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Eastleigh citing Linux

Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Eastleigh 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Lead
1 3 (100.00%) Lead DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Lead DevOps Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Microservices
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Kubernetes