Linux Job Trends in Gwent

Linux
South Wales > Gwent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Gwent requiring Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 11 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Permanent jobs citing Linux 1 7 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Gwent 4.55% 12.28% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 77.78% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
75th Percentile £47,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £65,000 £58,307 £57,500
% change year-on-year +11.48% +1.40% +27.78%

All Operating Systems
Gwent

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 Gwent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1 9 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gwent 4.55% 15.79% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
75th Percentile £47,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £51,500 £29,750 £41,598
% change year-on-year +73.11% -28.48% -7.56%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Gwent

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

Linux job vacancy trend in Gwent

Linux
Salary Trend in Gwent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gwent citing Linux.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gwent citing Linux

Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gwent 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree