Linux Jobs in Leicestershire

Linux
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 20 37
Rank change year-on-year -36 +17 -12
Permanent jobs citing Linux 13 116 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 1.87% 10.14% 7.23%
As % of the Operating Systems category 30.23% 53.46% 42.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1 27 11
10th Percentile - £38,750 -
25th Percentile £57,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +9.89% -17.27%
75th Percentile £72,500 £53,750 £52,384
90th Percentile - £61,250 £57,500
East Midlands median annual salary £40,101 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -19.80% -13.04% +4.55%

All Operating Systems
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 43 217 137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 6.20% 18.97% 17.08%
Number of salaries quoted 20 120 56
10th Percentile £26,625 £24,450 £25,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £25,500 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,750 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.29% -5.56% +14.40%
75th Percentile £57,063 £52,813 £56,250
90th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £60,000
East Midlands median annual salary £32,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -18.75% -11.11% +5.88%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Leicestershire

Linux
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux in Leicestershire.

Salary trend for Linux in Leicestershire

Linux
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Hinckley -27 4 - -
Lutterworth -24 3 - -
Leicester -6 1 £65,000 +23.81% 48
Ashby-de-la-Zouch - 1 - -
Linux
East Midlands

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (46.15%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) EngageOne
2 1 (7.69%) GNU Octave
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) Internet
1 4 (30.77%) Network Security
1 4 (30.77%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (46.15%) MySQL
1 6 (46.15%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (46.15%) Bitbucket
1 6 (46.15%) Git
1 6 (46.15%) JIRA
General
1 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) IT Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) IT Support
2 4 (30.77%) IT Support Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Support Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Software Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Senior
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Technical Specialist
5 1 (7.69%) Algorithm Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Embedded Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (46.15%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.69%) Algorithms
2 1 (7.69%) Lidar
2 1 (7.69%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 10 (76.92%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Agile
2 7 (53.85%) Continuous Integration
3 6 (46.15%) CI/CD
3 6 (46.15%) Coaching
3 6 (46.15%) Continuous Deployment
3 6 (46.15%) DevSecOps
3 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (30.77%) Asset Management
4 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
4 4 (30.77%) IT Asset Management
4 4 (30.77%) ITIL
4 4 (30.77%) Mentoring
4 4 (30.77%) Network Management
4 4 (30.77%) Systems Engineering
5 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
6 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (15.38%) Containerisation
6 2 (15.38%) SDLC
6 2 (15.38%) Technical Analysis
7 1 (7.69%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) C#
2 3 (23.08%) Python
3 2 (15.38%) Shell Script
4 1 (7.69%) C
4 1 (7.69%) C++
4 1 (7.69%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (30.77%) CCNA
2 4 (30.77%) CCNP
2 4 (30.77%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (30.77%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 4 (30.77%) LPIC
2 4 (30.77%) MCP
2 4 (30.77%) MCSE
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 6 (46.15%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Atlassian
2 4 (30.77%) Cisco
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft