The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Home Counties requiring Linux skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Linux over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 4 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
3
-
15
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
+1
Permanent jobs citing Linux
1
0
2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Home Counties
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 the Home Counties.
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills
1
0
3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Home Counties
25.00%
-
8.57%
Number of salaries quoted
1
0
3
10th Percentile
-
-
£48,250
25th Percentile
-
-
£49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile)
£70,000
-
£52,500
Median % change year-on-year
-
-
-36.36%
75th Percentile
-
-
£58,125
90th Percentile
-
-
£60,750
South East median annual salary
£42,000
£42,500
£42,500
% change year-on-year
-1.18%
-
-10.53%
Linux Job Vacancy Trend in the Home Counties
Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties.
Linux Salary Trend in the Home Counties
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux in the Home Counties.
Linux Top 6 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Home Counties
For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, job vacancies citing Linux also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Home Counties region with a requirement for Linux.
Linux Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Home Counties by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
