Linux Jobs in the Midlands

Linux
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 62 49
Rank change year-on-year +20 -13 -24
Permanent jobs citing Linux 524 373 690
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.51% 4.91% 5.60%
As % of the Operating Systems category 36.52% 32.83% 32.83%
Number of salaries quoted 274 224 447
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,125 £32,100
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,242 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £56,000 £63,150 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.32% +5.25% +4.35%

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 1,435 1,136 2,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.35% 14.96% 17.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,021 771 1,452
10th Percentile £24,750 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £53,750 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £61,875 £67,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - +5.00%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the Midlands

Linux
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Linux in the Midlands

Linux
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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
East Midlands +30 283 £47,500 -13.64% 18
West Midlands -5 241 £55,000 - 48
Linux
England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 16 (3.05%) Apache
2 13 (2.48%) IIS
2 13 (2.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.91%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.91%) WebSphere
4 8 (1.53%) Tomcat
5 7 (1.34%) nginx
6 5 (0.95%) Confluence
7 4 (0.76%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.76%) MQSeries
7 4 (0.76%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 4 (0.76%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.38%) Tuxedo
9 1 (0.19%) CMS
9 1 (0.19%) Drupal
9 1 (0.19%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.19%) PrestaShop
9 1 (0.19%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.19%) CATIA
3 1 (0.19%) GNU Octave
3 1 (0.19%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 8 (1.53%) NEC Housing
2 5 (0.95%) Maximo
3 4 (0.76%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.76%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 4 (0.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.19%) Magento
4 1 (0.19%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.19%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.19%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.19%) Shopify
4 1 (0.19%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 149 (28.44%) Azure
2 83 (15.84%) AWS
3 71 (13.55%) IBM Cloud
4 47 (8.97%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (4.39%) SaaS
6 15 (2.86%) Entra ID
7 13 (2.48%) GCP
7 13 (2.48%) GitHub
8 10 (1.91%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (1.72%) Google Workspace
9 9 (1.72%) IaaS
9 9 (1.72%) PaaS
10 7 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.15%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (1.15%) Amazon S3
11 6 (1.15%) Serverless
12 5 (0.95%) Amazon SQS
12 5 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (0.95%) npm
13 4 (0.76%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 84 (16.03%) Internet
2 71 (13.55%) Network Security
2 71 (13.55%) WLAN
3 59 (11.26%) Firewall
4 37 (7.06%) DNS
5 29 (5.53%) DHCP
6 24 (4.58%) VPN
7 22 (4.20%) SAN
7 22 (4.20%) TCP/IP
8 18 (3.44%) VLAN
9 17 (3.24%) IPsec
10 16 (3.05%) WAN
10 16 (3.05%) Wi-Fi
11 15 (2.86%) LAN
12 14 (2.67%) BGP
13 12 (2.29%) DVB
14 8 (1.53%) MQTT
15 7 (1.34%) HTTP
16 6 (1.15%) NetScaler
16 6 (1.15%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (16.98%) PostgreSQL
2 85 (16.22%) MongoDB
3 77 (14.69%) DB2
4 73 (13.93%) NoSQL
5 45 (8.59%) MySQL
6 43 (8.21%) SQL Server
7 16 (3.05%) Oracle Database
8 9 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (1.72%) Elasticsearch
8 9 (1.72%) Relational Database
9 7 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (0.95%) DynamoDB
10 5 (0.95%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.76%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (0.76%) Big Data
11 4 (0.76%) MariaDB
11 4 (0.76%) Redis
12 2 (0.38%) Ingres
12 2 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 33 (6.30%) Git
2 21 (4.01%) JIRA
3 15 (2.86%) GitLab
4 14 (2.67%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.95%) Subversion
5 5 (0.95%) webpack
6 4 (0.76%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.57%) gulp
8 2 (0.38%) GNU Toolchain
9 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.19%) GCC
9 1 (0.19%) PHPUnit
9 1 (0.19%) Selenium
General
1 111 (21.18%) Social Skills
2 86 (16.41%) Public Sector
3 76 (14.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 44 (8.40%) Finance
5 38 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
6 33 (6.30%) Electronics
7 28 (5.34%) Manufacturing
8 26 (4.96%) Automotive
9 25 (4.77%) Law
10 21 (4.01%) Telecoms
11 17 (3.24%) Retail
12 8 (1.53%) Aerospace
12 8 (1.53%) Local Government
12 8 (1.53%) Police
13 7 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.34%) Marketing
14 6 (1.15%) Legal
15 4 (0.76%) Military
16 3 (0.57%) iGaming
17 2 (0.38%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 93 (17.75%) IT Engineer
2 86 (16.41%) IT Support
3 82 (15.65%) Support Engineer
4 76 (14.50%) Azure Engineer
5 71 (13.55%) Full Stack Engineer
6 67 (12.79%) IT Support Engineer
7 66 (12.60%) Senior
8 57 (10.88%) Developer
9 51 (9.73%) Software Engineer
10 47 (8.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 40 (7.63%) Linux Engineer
12 39 (7.44%) Embedded Engineer
13 31 (5.92%) Administrator
14 29 (5.53%) Systems Engineer
15 26 (4.96%) Senior Software Engineer
16 24 (4.58%) Analyst
17 23 (4.39%) Lead
18 20 (3.82%) Embedded Software Engineer
19 18 (3.44%) Cloud Engineer
19 18 (3.44%) Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (21.37%) HTML
2 101 (19.27%) CSS
3 94 (17.94%) .NET
4 83 (15.84%) React
5 81 (15.46%) jQuery
5 81 (15.46%) Web Services
6 77 (14.69%) AngularJS
6 77 (14.69%) REST
6 77 (14.69%) Vue
7 72 (13.74%) ASP.NET
8 71 (13.55%) ASP.NET Core
8 71 (13.55%) Backbone.js
8 71 (13.55%) Ember.js
8 71 (13.55%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 22 (4.20%) Laravel
10 20 (3.82%) HTML5
11 13 (2.48%) Middleware
12 11 (2.10%) MFC
13 10 (1.91%) Yocto
14 9 (1.72%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 78 (14.89%) Data Structures
2 76 (14.50%) Algorithms
2 76 (14.50%) Driving Licence
3 71 (13.55%) Blockchain
3 71 (13.55%) e-Learning
3 71 (13.55%) Hybrid Cloud
4 65 (12.40%) Onboarding
5 29 (5.53%) Management Information System
6 24 (4.58%) Data Centre
6 24 (4.58%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (3.24%) Public Cloud
8 15 (2.86%) FPGA
8 15 (2.86%) IoT
9 13 (2.48%) Embedded Systems
10 12 (2.29%) VHDL
11 10 (1.91%) Cloud Native
11 10 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.53%) Clustering
12 8 (1.53%) PKI
13 7 (1.34%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 293 (55.92%) Windows
2 72 (13.74%) Android
3 71 (13.55%) Apple iOS
4 58 (11.07%) Windows Server
5 40 (7.63%) Unix
6 36 (6.87%) Embedded Linux
7 33 (6.30%) Ubuntu
8 23 (4.39%) Windows Server 2019
9 19 (3.63%) CentOS
9 19 (3.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 16 (3.05%) Solaris
11 13 (2.48%) SUSE
12 12 (2.29%) Windows 10
12 12 (2.29%) Windows Server 2016
13 11 (2.10%) Debian
14 6 (1.15%) Mac OS
14 6 (1.15%) Mac OS X
14 6 (1.15%) Oracle Linux
15 5 (0.95%) Data ONTAP
15 5 (0.95%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (30.92%) Mentoring
2 161 (30.73%) Agile
3 134 (25.57%) Problem-Solving
4 109 (20.80%) Computer Science
5 91 (17.37%) Full Stack Development
5 91 (17.37%) ITIL
5 91 (17.37%) User Experience
5 91 (17.37%) Web Development
6 85 (16.22%) Coaching
7 84 (16.03%) OO
8 83 (15.84%) MVC
9 82 (15.65%) Software Engineering
10 81 (15.46%) OOP
11 80 (15.27%) Artificial Intelligence
12 76 (14.50%) Design Patterns
13 75 (14.31%) SOLID
14 72 (13.74%) Code Quality
15 71 (13.55%) Co-Creation
15 71 (13.55%) Design Thinking
15 71 (13.55%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 151 (28.82%) SQL
2 117 (22.33%) JavaScript
3 114 (21.76%) C#
4 90 (17.18%) C++
5 65 (12.40%) C
6 60 (11.45%) Python
7 35 (6.68%) PowerShell
8 30 (5.73%) PHP
9 29 (5.53%) TypeScript
10 28 (5.34%) Java
11 24 (4.58%) Embedded C
12 20 (3.82%) Shell Script
13 16 (3.05%) Bash
14 13 (2.48%) VB
15 11 (2.10%) Assembly Language
16 7 (1.34%) Embedded C++
17 6 (1.15%) PL/SQL
18 4 (0.76%) COBOL
18 4 (0.76%) Micro Focus COBOL
19 3 (0.57%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 145 (27.67%) Degree
2 87 (16.60%) Cisco Certification
3 86 (16.41%) CCNA
4 84 (16.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 82 (15.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 77 (14.69%) MCSE
7 73 (13.93%) CCNP
8 67 (12.79%) MCP
9 65 (12.40%) LPIC
10 52 (9.92%) Security Cleared
11 19 (3.63%) SC Cleared
12 15 (2.86%) Azure Certification
13 14 (2.67%) DV Cleared
14 13 (2.48%) AWS Certification
15 12 (2.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 9 (1.72%) HND
17 8 (1.53%) HNC
17 8 (1.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 7 (1.34%) DBS Check
19 6 (1.15%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.58%) QA
2 17 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (1.72%) GDPR
4 8 (1.53%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.34%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.15%) NIST
7 3 (0.57%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 74 (14.12%) Active Directory
2 50 (9.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (6.49%) Firmware
4 33 (6.30%) Docker
5 30 (5.73%) Hyper-V
6 17 (3.24%) vSphere
7 14 (2.67%) Embedded Firmware
8 8 (1.53%) VMware Server
9 7 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.95%) VMware NSX
10 5 (0.95%) VMware Workstation
10 5 (0.95%) XenDesktop
11 3 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 33 (6.30%) Ansible
2 28 (5.34%) Kubernetes
3 20 (3.82%) Terraform
4 14 (2.67%) Docker Swarm
5 13 (2.48%) SCOM
5 13 (2.48%) vCenter Server
6 6 (1.15%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.95%) EMC NetWorker
7 5 (0.95%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.76%) SCOrch
8 4 (0.76%) vMotion
8 4 (0.76%) WSUS
9 3 (0.57%) Backup Exec
10 2 (0.38%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.38%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.38%) Nagios
10 2 (0.38%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.38%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 150 (28.63%) Microsoft
2 101 (19.27%) Cisco
3 93 (17.75%) Red Hat
4 83 (15.84%) IBM
5 73 (13.93%) VMware
6 32 (6.11%) Oracle
7 18 (3.44%) Dell
8 15 (2.86%) Citrix
9 13 (2.48%) Ubiquiti
10 11 (2.10%) Google
10 11 (2.10%) Remedy
11 9 (1.72%) EMC
12 8 (1.53%) Apple
12 8 (1.53%) NEC
12 8 (1.53%) Veeam
13 7 (1.34%) Databricks
13 7 (1.34%) Palo Alto
14 6 (1.15%) ESET
14 6 (1.15%) Fortinet
14 6 (1.15%) NetApp