Ubuntu Job Trends in Edinburgh

Ubuntu Linux
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Ubuntu skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 - 94
Rank change year-on-year - - +65
Permanent jobs citing Ubuntu 1 0 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.11% - 0.88%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.64% - 4.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £61,000
25th Percentile £51,875 - £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 - £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +50.00%
75th Percentile £55,625 - £80,000
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £53,750 £87,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -38.57% +16.67% +50.00%

All Operating Systems
Edinburgh

Ubuntu 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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 61 168 195
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 6.60% 12.92% 19.14%
Number of salaries quoted 30 85 149
10th Percentile £24,500 £35,400 £30,400
25th Percentile £25,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -43.64% -15.38% +18.18%
75th Percentile £49,500 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £78,790 £81,500 £91,934
Scotland median annual salary £35,000 £52,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -33.65% +5.50% -4.76%

Ubuntu
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Ubuntu job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Ubuntu
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Ubuntu.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Ubuntu

Ubuntu
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Robotics
1 1 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Chat Support
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Innovative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft