Linux Job Trends in London

Linux
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 55 40
Rank change year-on-year -34 -15 -3
Permanent jobs citing Linux 601 624 1,087
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.42% 5.23% 5.67%
As % of the Operating Systems category 42.09% 41.99% 45.90%
Number of salaries quoted 381 418 655
10th Percentile £44,000 £48,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £61,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £80,000 £79,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +1.27% +1.94%
75th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £120,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -4.00%

All Operating Systems
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,428 1,486 2,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 5.74% 12.45% 12.35%
Number of salaries quoted 965 1,099 1,544
10th Percentile £33,250 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £112,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.43% -17.00% -4.76%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Linux job vacancy trend in London

Linux
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Linux.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Linux

Linux
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in London over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Linux in London

Linux
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the London region over the 6 months to 16 September 2026. 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
Central London +22 114 £90,000 +12.50% 118
South London +10 17 £71,250 -10.94% 17
West London -21 14 £85,000 +41.67% 33
East London -11 4 £100,000 +17.65% 10
Linux
England

Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 29 (4.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (4.49%) Confluence
3 17 (2.83%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.00%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.83%) ColdFusion
6 4 (0.67%) SAS
7 2 (0.33%) Apache
7 2 (0.33%) CMS
7 2 (0.33%) IIS
7 2 (0.33%) Moodle
7 2 (0.33%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.33%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.17%) MTS
8 1 (0.17%) nginx
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.17%) WebLogic Portal
8 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.66%) Autodesk Flame
3 10 (1.66%) Baselight
4 8 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.17%) Avid Media Composer
6 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.17%) Houdini
6 1 (0.17%) NUKE
6 1 (0.17%) Quicktime
Business Applications
1 21 (3.49%) Fidessa
2 12 (2.00%) FLEXCUBE
3 2 (0.33%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 1 (0.17%) Eikon
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.17%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 185 (30.78%) AWS
2 165 (27.45%) Azure
3 81 (13.48%) Entra ID
4 68 (11.31%) Microsoft 365
5 56 (9.32%) GCP
6 36 (5.99%) AWS CloudFormation
7 35 (5.82%) SaaS
8 31 (5.16%) GitHub
8 31 (5.16%) Serverless
9 21 (3.49%) AWS Lambda
10 18 (3.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 18 (3.00%) Amazon EC2
10 18 (3.00%) Amazon ECS
11 17 (2.83%) OpenShift
12 16 (2.66%) GitHub Actions
12 16 (2.66%) IaaS
13 15 (2.50%) Google Workspace
14 14 (2.33%) Amazon S3
14 14 (2.33%) PaaS
15 13 (2.16%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 85 (14.14%) DNS
2 76 (12.65%) Firewall
3 60 (9.98%) TCP/IP
4 45 (7.49%) VPN
5 37 (6.16%) DHCP
6 28 (4.66%) LAN
7 27 (4.49%) WAN
8 23 (3.83%) Network Security
9 21 (3.49%) 3GPP
9 21 (3.49%) BGP
9 21 (3.49%) Multicast
10 19 (3.16%) Wireshark
11 14 (2.33%) FIX Connectivity
11 14 (2.33%) MGW
11 14 (2.33%) MVNO
11 14 (2.33%) Packet Switching
11 14 (2.33%) RTP
11 14 (2.33%) SGSN
11 14 (2.33%) SMPP
12 13 (2.16%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (8.15%) SQL Server
2 14 (2.33%) MySQL
3 13 (2.16%) Elasticsearch
3 13 (2.16%) NoSQL
4 12 (2.00%) MongoDB
5 11 (1.83%) Amazon RDS
5 11 (1.83%) Oracle Database
6 9 (1.50%) Big Data
7 8 (1.33%) Hadoop
7 8 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.16%) KDB
8 7 (1.16%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.00%) Apache Hive
9 6 (1.00%) HBase
10 4 (0.67%) Power BI
11 3 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
12 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 78 (12.98%) Git
2 61 (10.15%) JIRA
3 57 (9.48%) Jenkins
4 34 (5.66%) GitLab
5 17 (2.83%) Burp Suite
6 13 (2.16%) Metasploit
7 9 (1.50%) TeamCity
8 8 (1.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 7 (1.16%) GCC
9 7 (1.16%) GDB
9 7 (1.16%) Visual Studio Code
10 6 (1.00%) Bitbucket
10 6 (1.00%) Maven
11 4 (0.67%) Gradle
12 3 (0.50%) Subversion
13 2 (0.33%) Selenium
13 2 (0.33%) Snyk
14 1 (0.17%) CMake
14 1 (0.17%) MLflow
14 1 (0.17%) Valgrind
General
1 216 (35.94%) Finance
2 173 (28.79%) Social Skills
3 100 (16.64%) Banking
4 68 (11.31%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (6.49%) Front Office
6 27 (4.49%) Law
7 26 (4.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (3.99%) Investment Banking
9 20 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
10 15 (2.50%) Legal
11 14 (2.33%) Retail
12 13 (2.16%) Public Sector
12 13 (2.16%) Telecoms
13 10 (1.66%) Military
14 9 (1.50%) Marketing
15 8 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (1.33%) Spanish Language
16 6 (1.00%) Advertising
16 6 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (1.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 102 (16.97%) Senior
2 59 (9.82%) Analyst
2 59 (9.82%) Developer
3 51 (8.49%) DevOps Engineer
3 51 (8.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 47 (7.82%) Linux Engineer
5 44 (7.32%) Software Engineer
6 40 (6.66%) Lead
7 34 (5.66%) Cloud Engineer
7 34 (5.66%) Support Analyst
8 33 (5.49%) IT Engineer
9 32 (5.32%) Platform Engineer
10 31 (5.16%) C++ Developer
11 30 (4.99%) IT Support
11 30 (4.99%) Systems Engineer
12 29 (4.83%) Network Engineer
13 28 (4.66%) Administrator
14 27 (4.49%) Senior Software Engineer
15 25 (4.16%) C++ Software Engineer
15 25 (4.16%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (20.13%) Terraform
2 56 (9.32%) FIX Protocol
3 23 (3.83%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 21 (3.49%) Kafka
5 19 (3.16%) YAML
6 15 (2.50%) Elastic Stack
7 13 (2.16%) pytest
8 12 (2.00%) JSON
8 12 (2.00%) SAML
9 11 (1.83%) REST
10 10 (1.66%) STL
11 9 (1.50%) Node.js
11 9 (1.50%) Web Services
12 8 (1.33%) .NET
13 7 (1.16%) LDAP
13 7 (1.16%) WebSockets
14 5 (0.83%) OpenID
15 4 (0.67%) Pandas
16 3 (0.50%) Middleware
16 3 (0.50%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 78 (12.98%) Data Centre
2 55 (9.15%) Onboarding
3 38 (6.32%) Fixed Income
4 37 (6.16%) Equities
5 36 (5.99%) Cloud Native
6 33 (5.49%) Algorithms
7 30 (4.99%) Management Information System
8 28 (4.66%) Hedge funds
8 28 (4.66%) Hybrid Cloud
9 27 (4.49%) Security Posture
10 24 (3.99%) Public Cloud
11 18 (3.00%) Linux Command Line
12 17 (2.83%) Data Structures
12 17 (2.83%) Eurex
12 17 (2.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 17 (2.83%) Video Conferencing
13 15 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
14 14 (2.33%) Cyber Threat
14 14 (2.33%) Derivative
14 14 (2.33%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 239 (39.77%) Windows
2 91 (15.14%) Unix
3 76 (12.65%) Windows Server
4 54 (8.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 36 (5.99%) Mac OS
6 35 (5.82%) CentOS
7 25 (4.16%) Ubuntu
8 16 (2.66%) Rocky
9 10 (1.66%) AIX
9 10 (1.66%) Oracle Linux
10 7 (1.16%) Windows 10
10 7 (1.16%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (0.83%) Apple iOS
11 5 (0.83%) Solaris
12 4 (0.67%) Kali Linux
12 4 (0.67%) VMS
12 4 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.33%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.33%) Android
13 2 (0.33%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (21.96%) Problem-Solving
2 129 (21.46%) CI/CD
3 125 (20.80%) DevOps
4 121 (20.13%) Infrastructure as Code
5 96 (15.97%) Low Latency
6 90 (14.98%) Agile
7 80 (13.31%) Software Engineering
8 77 (12.81%) Computer Science
9 75 (12.48%) Containerisation
9 75 (12.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 74 (12.31%) Continuous Improvement
11 73 (12.15%) Cybersecurity
12 64 (10.65%) AI
13 60 (9.98%) Incident Response
14 53 (8.82%) Platform Engineering
15 48 (7.99%) Disaster Recovery
16 46 (7.65%) ITIL
16 46 (7.65%) Roadmaps
17 45 (7.49%) Fintech
18 44 (7.32%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 238 (39.60%) Python
2 111 (18.47%) SQL
3 107 (17.80%) Bash
4 95 (15.81%) C++
5 94 (15.64%) PowerShell
6 76 (12.65%) Java
7 35 (5.82%) C#
8 32 (5.32%) JavaScript
9 28 (4.66%) C
10 24 (3.99%) Shell Script
11 17 (2.83%) Ruby
12 16 (2.66%) Rust
13 15 (2.50%) Go
14 12 (2.00%) Perl
15 11 (1.83%) PL/SQL
16 10 (1.66%) Korn
17 8 (1.33%) Kusto Query Language
17 8 (1.33%) VBA
18 7 (1.16%) PHP
19 6 (1.00%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 101 (16.81%) Degree
2 93 (15.47%) Security Cleared
3 51 (8.49%) SC Cleared
4 43 (7.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (5.32%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (4.16%) DV Cleared
7 23 (3.83%) Azure Certification
8 20 (3.33%) CISSP
9 19 (3.16%) OSCP
10 18 (3.00%) CCNA
11 17 (2.83%) AWS Certification
12 16 (2.66%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (1.83%) CISM
13 11 (1.83%) CREST Certified
13 11 (1.83%) GCIH
13 11 (1.83%) Master's Degree
14 10 (1.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 10 (1.66%) CompTIA Security+
15 9 (1.50%) CHECK Team Member
15 9 (1.50%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (9.32%) QA
2 25 (4.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (3.33%) NIST
4 13 (2.16%) GDPR
4 13 (2.16%) SLA
5 11 (1.83%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.50%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.50%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.33%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.33%) Def Stans
9 2 (0.33%) EMIR
9 2 (0.33%) MiFID
10 1 (0.17%) GRC
10 1 (0.17%) ITGC
10 1 (0.17%) NCSC
System Software
1 102 (16.97%) Active Directory
2 97 (16.14%) Docker
3 83 (13.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (4.49%) Hyper-V
5 15 (2.50%) vSphere
6 11 (1.83%) Oracle RAC
7 10 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (1.50%) GPFS
8 9 (1.50%) StorNext
9 8 (1.33%) Virtual Servers
10 6 (1.00%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (1.00%) VMware NSX
11 5 (0.83%) KVM
12 4 (0.67%) Squid
13 3 (0.50%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.33%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.33%) Slurm Workload Manager
15 1 (0.17%) NFS
15 1 (0.17%) Samba
15 1 (0.17%) Xen
Systems Management
1 121 (20.13%) Kubernetes
2 85 (14.14%) Ansible
3 39 (6.49%) Grafana
4 31 (5.16%) Prometheus
5 28 (4.66%) Microsoft Intune
6 26 (4.33%) Nagios
7 17 (2.83%) Argo
8 14 (2.33%) Packer
9 13 (2.16%) Nmap
10 12 (2.00%) Jamf Pro
11 11 (1.83%) Data Guard
11 11 (1.83%) Nessus
11 11 (1.83%) Oracle RMAN
12 10 (1.66%) Autotask
12 10 (1.66%) Puppet
13 8 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
14 7 (1.16%) Progress Chef
14 7 (1.16%) Red Hat Satellite
14 7 (1.16%) vCenter Server
15 6 (1.00%) Hadoop YARN
Vendors
1 167 (27.79%) Microsoft
2 108 (17.97%) VMware
3 71 (11.81%) Oracle
4 67 (11.15%) Red Hat
5 56 (9.32%) Cisco
6 45 (7.49%) Splunk
7 32 (5.32%) Google
8 21 (3.49%) IBM
8 21 (3.49%) ServiceNow
9 20 (3.33%) Bloomberg
9 20 (3.33%) HP
10 19 (3.16%) ION Trading
11 17 (2.83%) Rapid7
12 16 (2.66%) CQG
12 16 (2.66%) Meraki
12 16 (2.66%) Patsystems
12 16 (2.66%) Reuters
12 16 (2.66%) Trayport
13 15 (2.50%) Dell
14 14 (2.33%) Atlassian