Linux Job Trends in the Midlands

Linux
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 72 53
Rank change year-on-year -78 -19 +21
Permanent jobs citing Linux 122 209 479
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.93% 4.05% 4.05%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.20% 22.28% 30.35%
Number of salaries quoted 89 112 332
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,525 £31,375
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £72,412 £68,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £55,001
% change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% -15.38%

All Operating Systems
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 604 938 1,578
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.61% 18.16% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 465 603 1,302
10th Percentile £26,375 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £29,500 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £36,925 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% -7.69% -11.11%
75th Percentile £48,750 £48,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £61,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Linux job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Linux
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Linux.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Linux

Linux
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in the Midlands over the 6 months to 17 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Linux in the Midlands

Linux
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
West Midlands -74 70 £54,250 +17.30% 29
East Midlands -53 51 £43,486 +2.32% 36
Linux
England

Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 11 (9.02%) IIS
2 7 (5.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (4.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (3.28%) CMS
4 4 (3.28%) nginx
5 3 (2.46%) WordPress
6 1 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 4 (3.28%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (3.28%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (5.74%) Shopify
2 4 (3.28%) Line 50
3 3 (2.46%) Magento
4 2 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 49 (40.16%) Azure
2 28 (22.95%) AWS
3 20 (16.39%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (14.75%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (9.02%) npm
5 11 (9.02%) NuGet
5 11 (9.02%) SonarCloud
6 7 (5.74%) GCP
7 4 (3.28%) Entra ID
7 4 (3.28%) GitHub
8 3 (2.46%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (2.46%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (2.46%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (2.46%) AWS CodePipeline
8 3 (2.46%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (2.46%) IaaS
8 3 (2.46%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.46%) Serverless
8 3 (2.46%) Tricentis Tosca
9 2 (1.64%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 19 (15.57%) Firewall
2 15 (12.30%) Network Security
3 13 (10.66%) DNS
4 11 (9.02%) VPN
5 10 (8.20%) MQTT
6 8 (6.56%) VoIP
7 7 (5.74%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (4.92%) Wireless
9 5 (4.10%) Bluetooth
10 4 (3.28%) DHCP
11 3 (2.46%) Ethernet
11 3 (2.46%) Internet
11 3 (2.46%) LoRaWAN
11 3 (2.46%) TCP/IP
11 3 (2.46%) ZigBee
12 2 (1.64%) RFID
13 1 (0.82%) Broadband
13 1 (0.82%) DMZ
13 1 (0.82%) LAN
13 1 (0.82%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (13.93%) MySQL
1 17 (13.93%) SQL Server
2 12 (9.84%) NoSQL
3 6 (4.92%) MongoDB
3 6 (4.92%) SAP HANA
4 4 (3.28%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (3.28%) FileMaker
5 3 (2.46%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (2.46%) Neo4j
5 3 (2.46%) Power BI
5 3 (2.46%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.82%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.82%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 19 (15.57%) Git
2 11 (9.02%) GitLab
2 11 (9.02%) Jenkins
3 8 (6.56%) Maven
4 7 (5.74%) JUnit
4 7 (5.74%) Mockito
5 5 (4.10%) Burp Suite
6 4 (3.28%) Cucumber
6 4 (3.28%) Cypress.io
6 4 (3.28%) Gatling
6 4 (3.28%) JMeter
6 4 (3.28%) LoadRunner
6 4 (3.28%) Postman
6 4 (3.28%) REST Assured
6 4 (3.28%) Selenium
6 4 (3.28%) SonarQube
6 4 (3.28%) Vite
7 3 (2.46%) GDB
7 3 (2.46%) HP UFT
7 3 (2.46%) Robot Framework
General
1 30 (24.59%) Social Skills
2 15 (12.30%) Finance
3 13 (10.66%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (9.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (4.92%) Manufacturing
6 5 (4.10%) Law
7 4 (3.28%) Retail
8 3 (2.46%) Advertising
8 3 (2.46%) Military
8 3 (2.46%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.64%) Electronics
9 2 (1.64%) Legal
9 2 (1.64%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (23.77%) Senior
2 13 (10.66%) Developer
3 12 (9.84%) DevOps Engineer
3 12 (9.84%) Linux Engineer
3 12 (9.84%) Software Engineer
3 12 (9.84%) Support Engineer
4 11 (9.02%) Azure Engineer
4 11 (9.02%) IT Support
5 10 (8.20%) Administrator
5 10 (8.20%) Senior DevOps
5 10 (8.20%) Senior DevOps Engineer
6 8 (6.56%) Systems Engineer
7 7 (5.74%) Analyst
7 7 (5.74%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 7 (5.74%) Full-Stack Developer
7 7 (5.74%) Full-Stack Java Developer
7 7 (5.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (5.74%) Java Developer
8 6 (4.92%) Rust Engineer
8 6 (4.92%) Rust Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (12.30%) React
1 15 (12.30%) YAML
2 12 (9.84%) Node.js
3 11 (9.02%) .NET
3 11 (9.02%) CSS
3 11 (9.02%) HTML
4 8 (6.56%) .NET Framework
5 7 (5.74%) REST
6 5 (4.10%) .NET Core
6 5 (4.10%) ASP.NET
6 5 (4.10%) ASP.NET Core
6 5 (4.10%) Laravel
6 5 (4.10%) RESTful
6 5 (4.10%) Spring
7 4 (3.28%) LEMP Stack
7 4 (3.28%) Playwright
7 4 (3.28%) Tailwind CSS
7 4 (3.28%) Vue
8 3 (2.46%) OpenTelemetry
8 3 (2.46%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.48%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (8.20%) IoT
2 10 (8.20%) Management Information System
3 8 (6.56%) Embedded Systems
3 8 (6.56%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (4.92%) Driving Licence
4 6 (4.92%) Replication
5 5 (4.10%) FPGA
5 5 (4.10%) Product Ownership
6 4 (3.28%) EPoS
7 3 (2.46%) ARM Cortex
7 3 (2.46%) CCTV
7 3 (2.46%) Device Driver
7 3 (2.46%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.64%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.64%) PCIe
8 2 (1.64%) Photography
8 2 (1.64%) Raspberry Pi
8 2 (1.64%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.82%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 48 (39.34%) Windows
2 13 (10.66%) Windows Server
3 10 (8.20%) Mac OS
4 9 (7.38%) Ubuntu
4 9 (7.38%) Unix
5 8 (6.56%) Debian
6 5 (4.10%) CentOS
7 4 (3.28%) Kali Linux
7 4 (3.28%) Solaris
7 4 (3.28%) VMS
8 3 (2.46%) SUSE
8 3 (2.46%) Windows 10
9 2 (1.64%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (1.64%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.82%) Android
10 1 (0.82%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (36.07%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (24.59%) DevOps
3 29 (23.77%) CI/CD
4 25 (20.49%) Agile
5 23 (18.85%) Microservices
6 20 (16.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 19 (15.57%) Test Automation
8 18 (14.75%) Computer Science
9 17 (13.93%) Mentoring
10 16 (13.11%) High Availability
10 16 (13.11%) Software Engineering
11 15 (12.30%) Infrastructure as Code
11 15 (12.30%) Migration
12 14 (11.48%) ITIL
13 13 (10.66%) Containerisation
13 13 (10.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 12 (9.84%) DevSecOps
15 11 (9.02%) Cybersecurity
15 11 (9.02%) Performance Tuning
15 11 (9.02%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 31 (25.41%) Bash
2 28 (22.95%) SQL
3 25 (20.49%) Python
4 18 (14.75%) PowerShell
5 16 (13.11%) Java
6 14 (11.48%) C#
7 11 (9.02%) JavaScript
8 9 (7.38%) PHP
9 8 (6.56%) Rust
10 7 (5.74%) C
10 7 (5.74%) PL/SQL
11 5 (4.10%) C++
12 4 (3.28%) R
12 4 (3.28%) TypeScript
13 3 (2.46%) Shell Script
14 2 (1.64%) Go
15 1 (0.82%) JCL
Qualifications
1 26 (21.31%) Security Cleared
2 20 (16.39%) SC Cleared
3 15 (12.30%) Degree
4 11 (9.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (4.92%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.46%) CCNA
6 3 (2.46%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.46%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.64%) CREST Certified
7 2 (1.64%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.64%) OSCP
8 1 (0.82%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.82%) CHECK Team Member
8 1 (0.82%) CISSP
8 1 (0.82%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.82%) GPEN
8 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.82%) MySQL Certification
8 1 (0.82%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.82%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.84%) QA
2 8 (6.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (3.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (3.28%) ISO 14001
4 4 (3.28%) ISO 9001
5 3 (2.46%) GDPR
5 3 (2.46%) JTAG
6 2 (1.64%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.82%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.82%) GRC
7 1 (0.82%) NIST
7 1 (0.82%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (23.77%) Docker
2 19 (15.57%) Active Directory
3 10 (8.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (6.56%) Hyper-V
5 5 (4.10%) vSphere
6 2 (1.64%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (1.64%) Firmware
6 2 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.64%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 27 (22.13%) Kubernetes
2 18 (14.75%) Terraform
3 6 (4.92%) Ansible
3 6 (4.92%) Grafana
4 4 (3.28%) HP Fortify
5 3 (2.46%) Galera Cluster
5 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (2.46%) vCenter Server
6 2 (1.64%) Argo
6 2 (1.64%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.64%) Puppet
7 1 (0.82%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.82%) Nessus
7 1 (0.82%) Nmap
7 1 (0.82%) Podman
7 1 (0.82%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 25 (20.49%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.02%) CrowdStrike
2 11 (9.02%) VMware
3 10 (8.20%) Oracle
4 8 (6.56%) Apple
5 6 (4.92%) SAP
6 5 (4.10%) Red Hat
7 4 (3.28%) Adobe
7 4 (3.28%) Sage
7 4 (3.28%) Veracode
8 3 (2.46%) Cisco
9 2 (1.64%) AlienVault
9 2 (1.64%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.64%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.82%) AppDynamics
10 1 (0.82%) Databricks
10 1 (0.82%) Meraki
10 1 (0.82%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.82%) Splunk
10 1 (0.82%) Sybase