Linux Job Trends in England
Linux
UK > England
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 70 | 49 | 30 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -21 | -19 | +2 |
| Permanent jobs citing Linux | 2,421 | 2,078 | 3,650 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in England | 2.30% | 4.88% | 5.84% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 39.33% | 38.09% | 43.85% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,623 | 1,019 | 2,117 |
| 10th Percentile | £36,250 | £32,500 | £37,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,375 | £43,000 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £62,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | +4.17% | -4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £82,500 | £79,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £100,250 | £93,750 |
| UK median annual salary | £65,000 | £62,500 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | +4.17% | -4.00% |
All Operating Systems
England
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 England.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 6,155 | 5,455 | 8,323 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England | 5.84% | 12.82% | 13.31% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4,479 | 3,741 | 4,904 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,250 | £27,000 | £28,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,500 | £31,250 | £36,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £41,355 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.81% | -17.29% | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £63,750 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,000 | £82,500 | £85,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £45,000 | £41,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.43% | -17.00% | -4.76% |
Linux Job Vacancy Trend in England
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Linux relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.
Linux Salary Trend in England
Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Linux.
Linux Salary Histogram in England
Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in England over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.
Linux Job Locations in England
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the England region over the 6 months to 17 October 2026. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | -39 | 628 | £80,000 | - | 950 |
| South East | +27 | 529 | £65,000 | +18.18% | 363 |
| North of England | -74 | 394 | £60,000 | +26.32% | 207 |
| South West | -9 | 372 | £61,500 | +6.96% | 233 |
| East of England | +36 | 246 | £65,000 | +44.44% | 237 |
| Midlands | -29 | 231 | £45,000 | -14.29% | 137 |
| North West | -79 | 205 | £60,000 | +12.94% | 109 |
| East Midlands | +22 | 127 | £44,472 | +11.18% | 58 |
| Yorkshire | -14 | 110 | £42,500 | +6.25% | 68 |
| West Midlands | -58 | 104 | £55,000 | -18.52% | 79 |
| North East | -10 | 79 | £71,991 | +19.99% | 31 |
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Linux Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Operating Systems
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Windows | 39.9% | 967 |
| 2 | Windows Server | 15.7% | 379 |
| 3 | Unix | 9.2% | 222 |
| 4 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 7.3% | 177 |
| 5 | Embedded Linux | 4.9% | 119 |
| 6 | Ubuntu | 4.7% | 114 |
| 7 | CentOS | 4.0% | 97 |
| 8 | Windows Server 2016 | 3.9% | 95 |
| 9 | macOS | 3.6% | 88 |
| 10 | Debian | 2.2% | 53 |
| 11 | Android | 1.5% | 37 |
| 11 | Rocky | 1.5% | 37 |
| 13 | Windows 10 | 1.5% | 36 |
| 14 | Apple iOS | 1.2% | 29 |
| 15 | Solaris | 0.8% | 20 |
| 15 | Windows Server 2019 | 0.8% | 20 |
| 17 | Windows 7 | 0.8% | 19 |
| 18 | AIX | 0.7% | 18 |
| 19 | Windows 8 | 0.7% | 17 |
| 20 | VMS | 0.6% | 14 |