Linux Job Trends in Fareham

Linux
Hampshire > Fareham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Fareham requiring Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 24 8
Rank change year-on-year -10 -16 +5
Permanent jobs citing Linux 2 13 16
As % of all permanent jobs in Fareham 0.69% 6.70% 14.55%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.25% 23.64% 55.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1 10 15
10th Percentile - - £45,950
25th Percentile - £31,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -25.00% +75.00%
75th Percentile - £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile - - £80,000
Hampshire median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -19.23% +13.04% +15.00%

All Operating Systems
Fareham

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 Fareham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 32 55 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Fareham 11.11% 28.35% 26.36%
Number of salaries quoted 31 31 28
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £26,775
25th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £32,500 £51,150
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -36.46% +46.14%
75th Percentile £70,000 £50,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 -
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 Fareham

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

Linux job vacancy trend in Fareham

Linux
Salary Trend in Fareham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Fareham citing Linux.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Fareham citing Linux

Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Fareham 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 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (50.00%) VoIP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Military
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Def Stans
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) VMware