Linux Job Trends in High Wycombe

Linux
Buckinghamshire > High Wycombe

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in High Wycombe requiring Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 8 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 -2 +12
Permanent jobs citing Linux 3 2 10
As % of all permanent jobs in High Wycombe 3.00% 5.71% 11.63%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 50.00% 62.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 10
10th Percentile - - £42,500
25th Percentile - - £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% -26.67%
75th Percentile £57,500 - £72,500
90th Percentile £65,000 - £95,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +22.22%

All Operating Systems
High Wycombe

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 High Wycombe.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3 4 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in High Wycombe 3.00% 11.43% 18.60%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 14
10th Percentile - - £32,750
25th Percentile - £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% +96.43%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £65,000 - £92,750
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £36,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -24.21% +5.56% +38.46%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in High Wycombe

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

Linux job vacancy trend in High Wycombe

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Salary Trend in High Wycombe

Salary distribution trend for jobs in High Wycombe citing Linux.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in High Wycombe citing Linux

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Salary Histogram in High Wycombe

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in High Wycombe over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Linux in High Wycombe

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in High Wycombe 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) IIS
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) iSCSI
1 1 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (33.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MySQL
1 1 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Applications Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Applications Support
2 1 (33.33%) Applications Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Linux Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Support
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Bash
2 1 (33.33%) Korn
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) A+ Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Dell
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Red Hat
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk