Linux Job Trends in Kent

Linux
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Linux skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 42 43
Rank change year-on-year -25 +1 +59
Permanent jobs citing Linux 5 40 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 0.67% 3.71% 4.26%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.42% 32.52% 23.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2 29 24
10th Percentile - £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile - £37,500 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile - £62,500 £60,313
90th Percentile - £73,000 £75,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -

All Operating Systems
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 207 123 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 27.67% 11.42% 18.30%
Number of salaries quoted 197 71 107
10th Percentile £28,400 £23,000 £26,150
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,325 £40,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.19% +5.26% -10.59%
75th Percentile £41,663 £47,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £45,000 £62,500 £58,750
South East median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +7.53% +3.33%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Kent

Linux
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Linux.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Linux

Linux
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Kent region over the 6 months to 15 September 2025. 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
Dartford - 2 £50,000 - 1
Linux
South East

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) AWS
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) Amazon EKS
2 3 (60.00%) AWS CloudFormation
3 2 (40.00%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (40.00%) Nutanix
3 2 (40.00%) OVHcloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (40.00%) VPN
1 2 (40.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Elasticsearch
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
1 3 (60.00%) Software Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) .NET
1 3 (60.00%) Node.js
1 3 (60.00%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Android
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Android Development
1 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (60.00%) Collaborative Working
1 3 (60.00%) Containerisation
1 3 (60.00%) Design Patterns
1 3 (60.00%) Kanban
1 3 (60.00%) Line Management
1 3 (60.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (60.00%) OO
1 3 (60.00%) OOP
1 3 (60.00%) OWASP
1 3 (60.00%) Secure Coding
1 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (60.00%) Statistics
2 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C++
1 3 (60.00%) Go
1 3 (60.00%) Java
1 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (60.00%) Python
1 3 (60.00%) Rust
2 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Docker
2 2 (40.00%) Hyper-V
2 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) Terraform
2 3 (60.00%) Ansible
2 3 (60.00%) Kubernetes
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) VMware