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 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 43 42
Rank change year-on-year -16 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Linux 576 937 1,044
As % of all permanent jobs in London 4.03% 6.05% 5.50%
As % of the Operating Systems category 41.56% 41.17% 36.76%
Number of salaries quoted 393 604 857
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £47,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £58,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -6.25%
75th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £130,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -7.69%

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 1,386 2,276 2,840
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 9.71% 14.69% 14.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,054 1,458 2,357
10th Percentile £31,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,813 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £111,250 £115,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% - -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 17 January 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 17 January 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 -34 68 £80,000 +33.33% 67
East London -14 12 £85,000 +30.77% 5
West London -8 8 £49,000 -25.76% 5
South London +30 4 - - 6
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 27 (4.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (3.99%) WebSphere
3 22 (3.82%) Tomcat
4 16 (2.78%) Apache
4 16 (2.78%) WebSphere Application Server
5 14 (2.43%) Confluence
6 12 (2.08%) SharePoint
7 8 (1.39%) Apache Spark
8 7 (1.22%) IIS
9 6 (1.04%) nginx
10 4 (0.69%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.52%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
13 1 (0.17%) CMS
13 1 (0.17%) JBoss
13 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (2.43%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.35%) Avid Media Composer
4 2 (0.35%) CINEMA 4D
4 2 (0.35%) Pro Tools
4 2 (0.35%) Weka
5 1 (0.17%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.17%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (1.56%) Fidessa
2 4 (0.69%) Shopify
3 2 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 172 (29.86%) AWS
2 152 (26.39%) Azure
3 52 (9.03%) Microsoft 365
4 51 (8.85%) GCP
5 40 (6.94%) GitHub
6 34 (5.90%) AWS CloudFormation
7 28 (4.86%) OpenShift
8 21 (3.65%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (3.65%) Entra ID
9 20 (3.47%) Amazon EKS
10 19 (3.30%) Serverless
11 18 (3.13%) Amazon EC2
11 18 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
12 16 (2.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 14 (2.43%) Amazon S3
13 14 (2.43%) AWS Lambda
13 14 (2.43%) Pulumi
14 13 (2.26%) SaaS
14 13 (2.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 12 (2.08%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 71 (12.33%) Firewall
2 69 (11.98%) TCP/IP
3 39 (6.77%) Multicast
3 39 (6.77%) VPN
4 34 (5.90%) DNS
5 27 (4.69%) SSL
6 21 (3.65%) DHCP
7 18 (3.13%) WAN
8 16 (2.78%) LAN
9 15 (2.60%) Broadband
9 15 (2.60%) VoIP
10 14 (2.43%) Network Security
11 11 (1.91%) VLAN
12 10 (1.74%) Wireshark
13 9 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
14 8 (1.39%) HTTP
15 7 (1.22%) Intrusion Detection
15 7 (1.22%) MPLS
16 6 (1.04%) FIX Connectivity
17 5 (0.87%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (6.42%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (6.25%) SQL Server
3 33 (5.73%) MySQL
4 30 (5.21%) Relational Database
5 20 (3.47%) NoSQL
6 19 (3.30%) Amazon RDS
7 18 (3.13%) DB2
8 15 (2.60%) Elasticsearch
8 15 (2.60%) Tableau
9 10 (1.74%) Power BI
9 10 (1.74%) RDBMS
10 7 (1.22%) Big Data
10 7 (1.22%) MongoDB
11 6 (1.04%) Electronic Patient Records
11 6 (1.04%) FileMaker
11 6 (1.04%) Oracle Database
11 6 (1.04%) Redis
12 5 (0.87%) Apache Hive
12 5 (0.87%) Hadoop
13 3 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 58 (10.07%) Git
2 47 (8.16%) Jenkins
3 34 (5.90%) JIRA
4 29 (5.03%) GitLab
5 14 (2.43%) Bitbucket
6 12 (2.08%) Jaeger
7 8 (1.39%) Selenium
8 6 (1.04%) Artifactory
9 5 (0.87%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 5 (0.87%) JMeter
9 5 (0.87%) Subversion
9 5 (0.87%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.69%) Burp Suite
10 4 (0.69%) CircleCI
10 4 (0.69%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.69%) LoadRunner
11 3 (0.52%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (0.52%) TestRail
11 3 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 228 (39.58%) Finance
2 123 (21.35%) Social Skills
3 100 (17.36%) Banking
4 64 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 52 (9.03%) Front Office
6 39 (6.77%) Investment Banking
7 25 (4.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (3.13%) Law
9 17 (2.95%) Telecoms
10 15 (2.60%) Legal
11 14 (2.43%) Financial Institution
12 12 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (1.56%) Back Office
15 7 (1.22%) Games
15 7 (1.22%) Retail
16 6 (1.04%) Health Technology
16 6 (1.04%) Public Sector
17 5 (0.87%) Advertising
17 5 (0.87%) Billing
Job Titles
1 109 (18.92%) Senior
2 99 (17.19%) Developer
3 62 (10.76%) C++ Developer
4 58 (10.07%) Linux Engineer
5 55 (9.55%) Analyst
6 53 (9.20%) Platform Engineer
7 50 (8.68%) DevOps Engineer
8 48 (8.33%) Support Engineer
9 45 (7.81%) Software Engineer
10 39 (6.77%) Applications Support
11 38 (6.60%) Linux Developer
12 36 (6.25%) Cloud Engineer
12 36 (6.25%) Low Latency C++ Developer
13 34 (5.90%) Lead
14 30 (5.21%) Linux Support
15 29 (5.03%) Administrator
16 28 (4.86%) Infrastructure Support
17 27 (4.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 27 (4.69%) Senior Developer
18 25 (4.34%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (9.90%) FIX Protocol
2 35 (6.08%) Elastic Stack
3 31 (5.38%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 25 (4.34%) LDAP
5 18 (3.13%) Kafka
5 18 (3.13%) WebSphere MQ
6 16 (2.78%) LAPP Stack
6 16 (2.78%) OpenTelemetry
7 15 (2.60%) REST
8 14 (2.43%) pytest
9 11 (1.91%) .NET
9 11 (1.91%) JSON
9 11 (1.91%) Node.js
10 10 (1.74%) OAuth
11 9 (1.56%) Middleware
12 8 (1.39%) React
13 7 (1.22%) LAMP
13 7 (1.22%) Web Services
14 6 (1.04%) FHIR
14 6 (1.04%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (9.90%) Management Information System
2 48 (8.33%) Equities
3 41 (7.12%) Distributed Systems
4 39 (6.77%) Derivative
4 39 (6.77%) Hedge funds
5 38 (6.60%) Linux Command Line
6 37 (6.42%) Algorithms
7 23 (3.99%) Fixed Income
8 22 (3.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 21 (3.65%) Cloud Native
9 21 (3.65%) Data Structures
9 21 (3.65%) FPGA
10 19 (3.30%) Hybrid Cloud
11 17 (2.95%) Legacy Code
11 17 (2.95%) Public Cloud
12 16 (2.78%) Private Cloud
13 14 (2.43%) Data Centre
14 12 (2.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 12 (2.08%) PKI
15 11 (1.91%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 196 (34.03%) Windows
2 117 (20.31%) Unix
3 81 (14.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 44 (7.64%) Windows Server
5 34 (5.90%) Mac OS
6 24 (4.17%) Ubuntu
7 20 (3.47%) Windows Server 2019
8 16 (2.78%) CentOS
9 13 (2.26%) Windows 10
9 13 (2.26%) Windows Server 2016
10 10 (1.74%) Android
11 7 (1.22%) VMS
12 6 (1.04%) Windows Server 2012
13 5 (0.87%) Solaris
14 4 (0.69%) Debian
14 4 (0.69%) Mac OS X
14 4 (0.69%) Rocky
15 3 (0.52%) SUSE
16 2 (0.35%) AIX
16 2 (0.35%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (25.17%) DevOps
2 115 (19.97%) Problem-Solving
3 110 (19.10%) Agile
3 110 (19.10%) CI/CD
3 110 (19.10%) Infrastructure as Code
4 94 (16.32%) Low Latency
5 75 (13.02%) Incident Response
6 74 (12.85%) Containerisation
7 73 (12.67%) Software Engineering
8 69 (11.98%) Computer Science
9 67 (11.63%) Cybersecurity
9 67 (11.63%) Platform Engineering
10 64 (11.11%) ITIL
11 52 (9.03%) Continuous Improvement
12 45 (7.81%) High Availability
12 45 (7.81%) Test Automation
13 42 (7.29%) SDLC
14 40 (6.94%) Disaster Recovery
14 40 (6.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 38 (6.60%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 267 (46.35%) Python
2 114 (19.79%) C++
3 105 (18.23%) Java
4 103 (17.88%) Bash
5 99 (17.19%) SQL
6 87 (15.10%) PowerShell
7 46 (7.99%) C
8 43 (7.47%) JavaScript
9 39 (6.77%) Go
10 29 (5.03%) C#
11 19 (3.30%) Rust
12 18 (3.13%) Shell Script
13 17 (2.95%) Perl
14 9 (1.56%) R
15 8 (1.39%) Bicep
15 8 (1.39%) Kotlin
16 7 (1.22%) TypeScript
17 6 (1.04%) Groovy
18 5 (0.87%) PHP
18 5 (0.87%) Scala
Qualifications
1 87 (15.10%) Degree
2 43 (7.47%) AWS Certification
3 40 (6.94%) Security Cleared
4 33 (5.73%) CISSP
5 29 (5.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (4.51%) DV Cleared
7 23 (3.99%) ITIL Certification
8 16 (2.78%) CISA
8 16 (2.78%) GCIH
9 15 (2.60%) Azure Certification
10 14 (2.43%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (2.43%) GIAC
11 12 (2.08%) GCIA
12 11 (1.91%) GCFA
13 10 (1.74%) CCNA
13 10 (1.74%) Network+ Certification
14 9 (1.56%) Master's Degree
14 9 (1.56%) OSCP
15 8 (1.39%) DBS Check
15 8 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (6.25%) NIST
2 31 (5.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (5.03%) QA
4 22 (3.82%) GDPR
4 22 (3.82%) SLA
5 13 (2.26%) Actionable Recommendations
6 9 (1.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (1.04%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.04%) HL7
8 4 (0.69%) EU AI Act
8 4 (0.69%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.69%) SEPA
9 2 (0.35%) COBIT
10 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.17%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.17%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 93 (16.15%) Docker
2 60 (10.42%) Active Directory
3 53 (9.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (2.60%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (2.43%) Virtual Servers
6 10 (1.74%) vSphere
7 7 (1.22%) Hyper-V
7 7 (1.22%) NFS
8 6 (1.04%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.87%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 5 (0.87%) XenDesktop
10 4 (0.69%) KVM
10 4 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.52%) XenApp
12 2 (0.35%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 2 (0.35%) pfSense
12 2 (0.35%) Squid
12 2 (0.35%) VMware NSX
13 1 (0.17%) iptables
13 1 (0.17%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 148 (25.69%) Kubernetes
2 135 (23.44%) Ansible
3 121 (21.01%) Terraform
4 48 (8.33%) Prometheus
5 40 (6.94%) Grafana
6 21 (3.65%) Argo
7 18 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
8 11 (1.91%) Nagios
8 11 (1.91%) Puppet
8 11 (1.91%) Red Hat Satellite
9 10 (1.74%) Kustomize
9 10 (1.74%) Progress Chef
10 8 (1.39%) Rancher
11 7 (1.22%) logstash
12 6 (1.04%) Jamf Pro
12 6 (1.04%) QRadar
13 5 (0.87%) Docker Swarm
13 5 (0.87%) FortiGate
13 5 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
14 4 (0.69%) Kibana
Vendors
1 95 (16.49%) Red Hat
2 89 (15.45%) Microsoft
3 73 (12.67%) VMware
4 40 (6.94%) Oracle
5 38 (6.60%) Google
6 32 (5.56%) Cisco
7 30 (5.21%) IBM
8 28 (4.86%) Splunk
9 20 (3.47%) ServiceNow
10 17 (2.95%) Dell
11 13 (2.26%) Atlassian
11 13 (2.26%) Juniper
12 12 (2.08%) Apple
13 11 (1.91%) Fortinet
14 9 (1.56%) Arista
15 8 (1.39%) Bloomberg
15 8 (1.39%) CheckPoint
15 8 (1.39%) Palo Alto
15 8 (1.39%) Reuters
16 7 (1.22%) Commvault