Linux Jobs in the Midlands

Linux
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Linux skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Linux over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 65 33
Rank change year-on-year +9 -32 -9
Permanent jobs citing Linux 467 460 800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.01% 4.78% 7.37%
As % of the Operating Systems category 29.59% 34.59% 38.72%
Number of salaries quoted 323 281 409
10th Percentile £30,800 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £58,750 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,343 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.86% +8.33% +4.35%

All Operating Systems
Midlands

Linux is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,578 1,330 2,066
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.55% 13.82% 19.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,306 867 1,455
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,300 £24,000
25th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +15 261 £50,000 -9.09% 57
West Midlands -8 206 £53,250 -3.18% 65
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 26 (5.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (3.21%) nginx
3 14 (3.00%) SharePoint
4 12 (2.57%) Apache
5 11 (2.36%) WebLogic
6 10 (2.14%) IIS
6 10 (2.14%) WebSphere
7 6 (1.28%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.86%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.86%) GeoServer
9 3 (0.64%) MQSeries
9 3 (0.64%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2010
10 2 (0.43%) JBoss
11 1 (0.21%) CMS
11 1 (0.21%) Drupal
11 1 (0.21%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.21%) SAP Portal
11 1 (0.21%) WebSphere Application Server
11 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.43%) CATIA
2 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.43%) NASTRAN
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (0.86%) NEC Housing
1 4 (0.86%) NetSuite
1 4 (0.86%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.64%) Maximo
3 2 (0.43%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.21%) Magento
4 1 (0.21%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.21%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.21%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.21%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 180 (38.54%) Azure
2 70 (14.99%) AWS
3 64 (13.70%) IBM Cloud
4 45 (9.64%) Microsoft 365
5 35 (7.49%) Entra ID
6 18 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (3.85%) GCP
7 17 (3.64%) GitHub
8 14 (3.00%) SaaS
9 9 (1.93%) Azure Logic Apps
10 8 (1.71%) Amazon S3
11 7 (1.50%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (1.28%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (1.28%) IaaS
12 6 (1.28%) PaaS
12 6 (1.28%) Serverless
13 5 (1.07%) Amazon SQS
13 5 (1.07%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (1.07%) Google Workspace
13 5 (1.07%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 68 (14.56%) Firewall
2 34 (7.28%) TCP/IP
3 31 (6.64%) DNS
4 24 (5.14%) DHCP
5 23 (4.93%) SAN
6 22 (4.71%) Internet
7 19 (4.07%) VLAN
8 16 (3.43%) VPN
9 13 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (2.36%) HTTP
11 10 (2.14%) Bluetooth
11 10 (2.14%) LAN
12 9 (1.93%) Wireless
13 8 (1.71%) 802.11
13 8 (1.71%) BGP
13 8 (1.71%) Wireshark
14 7 (1.50%) IPsec
14 7 (1.50%) MQTT
14 7 (1.50%) WAN
15 6 (1.28%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (20.56%) PostgreSQL
2 77 (16.49%) MongoDB
3 68 (14.56%) DB2
4 65 (13.92%) NoSQL
5 47 (10.06%) SQL Server
6 40 (8.57%) MySQL
7 24 (5.14%) Oracle Database
8 15 (3.21%) Relational Database
9 11 (2.36%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (1.93%) Elasticsearch
11 7 (1.50%) Ingres
11 7 (1.50%) MariaDB
11 7 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (1.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (1.07%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.86%) Apache Cassandra
13 4 (0.86%) GIS
13 4 (0.86%) Metadata
13 4 (0.86%) QGIS
13 4 (0.86%) UniData
Development Applications
1 52 (11.13%) Git
2 27 (5.78%) JIRA
3 16 (3.43%) Subversion
3 16 (3.43%) Visual Studio
4 10 (2.14%) GNU Toolchain
5 9 (1.93%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.07%) GitLab
6 5 (1.07%) gulp
6 5 (1.07%) webpack
7 3 (0.64%) IBM UrbanCode
8 2 (0.43%) CANoe
8 2 (0.43%) GCC
8 2 (0.43%) MSBuild
8 2 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.21%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.21%) PHPUnit
9 1 (0.21%) Selenium
9 1 (0.21%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.21%) WiX
General
1 102 (21.84%) Social Skills
2 71 (15.20%) Public Sector
3 65 (13.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 60 (12.85%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (8.57%) Finance
6 30 (6.42%) Electronics
7 21 (4.50%) Law
7 21 (4.50%) Retail
8 14 (3.00%) Automotive
9 10 (2.14%) Manufacturing
9 10 (2.14%) Marketing
10 6 (1.28%) Games
10 6 (1.28%) Local Government
10 6 (1.28%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.07%) iGaming
11 5 (1.07%) Military
12 4 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.86%) Police
13 3 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.64%) Legal
Job Titles
1 75 (16.06%) Senior
2 73 (15.63%) Azure Engineer
3 64 (13.70%) Developer
3 64 (13.70%) Full Stack Engineer
4 53 (11.35%) Software Engineer
5 52 (11.13%) Administrator
6 46 (9.85%) Embedded Engineer
7 43 (9.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 32 (6.85%) DBA
8 32 (6.85%) Linux Engineer
9 30 (6.42%) Analyst
10 26 (5.57%) Systems Administrator
11 23 (4.93%) IT Engineer
11 23 (4.93%) Lead
12 22 (4.71%) Software Developer
12 22 (4.71%) Support Engineer
13 21 (4.50%) Senior Software Engineer
14 20 (4.28%) Cloud Engineer
15 19 (4.07%) IT Support
16 18 (3.85%) Senior Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (19.70%) .NET
2 88 (18.84%) HTML
3 86 (18.42%) CSS
4 82 (17.56%) React
5 78 (16.70%) jQuery
6 73 (15.63%) Web Services
7 71 (15.20%) AngularJS
7 71 (15.20%) REST
8 70 (14.99%) Vue
9 67 (14.35%) ASP.NET
10 64 (13.70%) ASP.NET Core
10 64 (13.70%) Backbone.js
10 64 (13.70%) Ember.js
10 64 (13.70%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 25 (5.35%) Yocto
12 19 (4.07%) Laravel
13 18 (3.85%) Node.js
14 17 (3.64%) HTML5
15 14 (3.00%) MFC
16 12 (2.57%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 73 (15.63%) Algorithms
2 65 (13.92%) Data Structures
2 65 (13.92%) Hybrid Cloud
3 64 (13.70%) Blockchain
3 64 (13.70%) e-Learning
4 27 (5.78%) IoT
5 23 (4.93%) Data Centre
6 21 (4.50%) Embedded Systems
7 19 (4.07%) Public Cloud
8 17 (3.64%) Management Information System
9 12 (2.57%) Driving Licence
10 11 (2.36%) Linux Command Line
10 11 (2.36%) Replication
11 10 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.93%) CUDA
12 9 (1.93%) PKI
13 8 (1.71%) Cloud Native
13 8 (1.71%) Security Operations Centre
14 7 (1.50%) Clustering
15 6 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 232 (49.68%) Windows
2 66 (14.13%) Windows Server
3 65 (13.92%) Android
4 64 (13.70%) Apple iOS
5 59 (12.63%) Unix
6 34 (7.28%) Embedded Linux
7 32 (6.85%) CentOS
8 31 (6.64%) Ubuntu
9 24 (5.14%) SUSE
10 21 (4.50%) Debian
11 18 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 13 (2.78%) Windows 10
13 10 (2.14%) Mac OS
13 10 (2.14%) Solaris
14 6 (1.28%) AIX
14 6 (1.28%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 5 (1.07%) Data ONTAP
15 5 (1.07%) Windows Server 2019
16 3 (0.64%) Windows Server 2003
17 2 (0.43%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (32.76%) Agile
2 101 (21.63%) Software Engineering
3 92 (19.70%) Problem-Solving
4 86 (18.42%) Full Stack Development
5 84 (17.99%) User Experience
6 80 (17.13%) Web Development
7 79 (16.92%) Artificial Intelligence
7 79 (16.92%) Mentoring
8 77 (16.49%) OO
9 75 (16.06%) OOP
10 71 (15.20%) MVC
11 69 (14.78%) Coaching
12 68 (14.56%) SOLID
13 67 (14.35%) Code Quality
14 64 (13.70%) Co-Creation
14 64 (13.70%) Design Patterns
14 64 (13.70%) Design Thinking
14 64 (13.70%) MVVM
14 64 (13.70%) Responsive Web Design
15 61 (13.06%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 151 (32.33%) SQL
2 108 (23.13%) C#
3 105 (22.48%) JavaScript
4 80 (17.13%) C
5 78 (16.70%) C++
6 68 (14.56%) Python
7 46 (9.85%) PowerShell
8 36 (7.71%) Java
9 35 (7.49%) Bash
10 22 (4.71%) PHP
10 22 (4.71%) TypeScript
11 16 (3.43%) VB
12 14 (3.00%) Assembly Language
13 13 (2.78%) Embedded C
13 13 (2.78%) Shell Script
14 7 (1.50%) T-SQL
15 6 (1.28%) Embedded C++
15 6 (1.28%) Ruby
16 5 (1.07%) Go
17 3 (0.64%) sed
Qualifications
1 74 (15.85%) Degree
2 35 (7.49%) Security Cleared
3 22 (4.71%) Cisco Certification
4 21 (4.50%) Azure Certification
4 21 (4.50%) CCNA
5 19 (4.07%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (4.07%) SC Cleared
6 18 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (2.57%) AWS Certification
7 12 (2.57%) DV Cleared
7 12 (2.57%) OCP
7 12 (2.57%) Oracle Certification
8 11 (2.36%) CCNP
9 10 (2.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 10 (2.14%) MCSE
10 9 (1.93%) HNC
11 7 (1.50%) Network+ Certification
12 5 (1.07%) Master's Degree
12 5 (1.07%) OCA
12 5 (1.07%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.43%) QA
2 12 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (2.14%) GDPR
4 9 (1.93%) NIST
5 5 (1.07%) MISRA
6 4 (0.86%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.43%) AUTOSAR
7 2 (0.43%) ISO 26262
8 1 (0.21%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.21%) GRC
8 1 (0.21%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.21%) NCSC
8 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 75 (16.06%) Active Directory
2 42 (8.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (7.92%) Hyper-V
4 33 (7.07%) Docker
5 27 (5.78%) Firmware
6 14 (3.00%) Virtual Machines
7 13 (2.78%) Embedded Firmware
7 13 (2.78%) vSphere
8 7 (1.50%) VMware Server
8 7 (1.50%) VMware Workstation
9 6 (1.28%) Oracle RAC
9 6 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (1.07%) VMware NSX
11 4 (0.86%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.43%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 2 (0.43%) pfSense
12 2 (0.43%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.21%) Squid
Systems Management
1 31 (6.64%) Kubernetes
2 23 (4.93%) Ansible
3 16 (3.43%) Terraform
4 10 (2.14%) Docker Swarm
4 10 (2.14%) vCenter Server
5 7 (1.50%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.50%) SCOM
6 6 (1.28%) Data Guard
6 6 (1.28%) Oracle RMAN
6 6 (1.28%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 5 (1.07%) WSUS
8 4 (0.86%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.64%) Backup Exec
9 3 (0.64%) Functional Safety
9 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.64%) SCOrch
9 3 (0.64%) Trend Micro Deep Security
9 3 (0.64%) vMotion
10 2 (0.43%) Nagios
10 2 (0.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 94 (20.13%) Microsoft
2 78 (16.70%) Red Hat
3 77 (16.49%) IBM
4 67 (14.35%) VMware
5 40 (8.57%) Cisco
6 33 (7.07%) Oracle
7 19 (4.07%) Citrix
8 18 (3.85%) Veeam
9 15 (3.21%) Remedy
10 10 (2.14%) Google
11 9 (1.93%) NVIDIA
12 7 (1.50%) Dell
12 7 (1.50%) Ubiquiti
13 6 (1.28%) ESET
13 6 (1.28%) QNX
14 5 (1.07%) NetApp
14 5 (1.07%) Palo Alto
14 5 (1.07%) SolidFire
15 4 (0.86%) ESRI
15 4 (0.86%) SAP