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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 51 68
Rank change year-on-year -21 +17 -35
Permanent jobs citing Linux 233 489 441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.32% 4.11% 4.75%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.15% 30.75% 34.29%
Number of salaries quoted 110 329 266
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,950 £37,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,050 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.90% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £63,875 £68,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £56,509 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.18% -13.06% +8.33%

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 965 1,590 1,286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.74% 13.37% 13.85%
Number of salaries quoted 601 1,303 851
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,250 £26,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,925 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £48,000 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £67,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -14.29% -

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 13 May 2025.

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 13 May 2025. 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 +1 142 £40,000 -25.93% 129
East Midlands -43 88 £40,101 -19.80% 52
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 35 (15.02%) Confluence
2 7 (3.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.72%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.86%) Apache
4 2 (0.86%) IIS
4 2 (0.86%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.43%) ColdFusion
5 1 (0.43%) OpenStack
Applications
1 21 (9.01%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (6.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.72%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 2 (0.86%) EngageOne
5 1 (0.43%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (3.43%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.72%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.86%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.86%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 1 (0.43%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 64 (27.47%) AWS
2 57 (24.46%) Azure
3 32 (13.73%) SaaS
4 19 (8.15%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (6.87%) Google Workspace
6 11 (4.72%) Amazon S3
6 11 (4.72%) AWS KMS
7 10 (4.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 10 (4.29%) Amazon EC2
8 9 (3.86%) PaaS
8 9 (3.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 8 (3.43%) Amazon ELB
9 8 (3.43%) Amazon Glacier
10 5 (2.15%) Amazon ECS
10 5 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (2.15%) Pulumi
10 5 (2.15%) Serverless
11 4 (1.72%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 4 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (1.29%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 41 (17.60%) WLAN
2 35 (15.02%) Firewall
2 35 (15.02%) TCP/IP
3 33 (14.16%) Network Security
4 31 (13.30%) VPN
5 27 (11.59%) Internet
6 26 (11.16%) DNS
7 22 (9.44%) DHCP
8 16 (6.87%) VLAN
9 14 (6.01%) BGP
9 14 (6.01%) OSPF
10 8 (3.43%) Cisco IOS
11 6 (2.58%) SSL
12 5 (2.15%) WAN
13 4 (1.72%) Broadband
13 4 (1.72%) LAN
14 3 (1.29%) HTTP
14 3 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
15 2 (0.86%) IPsec
15 2 (0.86%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (14.16%) MySQL
1 33 (14.16%) Relational Database
2 21 (9.01%) NoSQL
3 11 (4.72%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (3.86%) Oracle Database
5 7 (3.00%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (2.58%) Oracle Exadata
7 5 (2.15%) RDBMS
8 4 (1.72%) Big Data
9 3 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (1.29%) SQL Server
10 2 (0.86%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (0.86%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.86%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.86%) Power BI
11 1 (0.43%) DB2
11 1 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.43%) Redis
11 1 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 39 (16.74%) Git
2 35 (15.02%) JIRA
3 27 (11.59%) Bitbucket
4 21 (9.01%) JUnit
4 21 (9.01%) Mockito
5 19 (8.15%) Eclipse
6 17 (7.30%) IntelliJ
6 17 (7.30%) Jasmine
6 17 (7.30%) Karma Test Runner
6 17 (7.30%) Protractor
7 16 (6.87%) Cucumber
8 15 (6.44%) Jenkins
8 15 (6.44%) Robot Framework
9 8 (3.43%) Vagrant
10 6 (2.58%) Bitbucket Server
10 6 (2.58%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (1.72%) GitLab
11 4 (1.72%) Jaeger
12 3 (1.29%) Maven
13 2 (0.86%) jMock
General
1 62 (26.61%) Social Skills
2 39 (16.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 25 (10.73%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (7.73%) Automotive
5 16 (6.87%) Telecoms
6 15 (6.44%) Retail
7 10 (4.29%) Law
8 6 (2.58%) Finance
8 6 (2.58%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.15%) Police
10 3 (1.29%) Electronics
10 3 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.86%) Legal
11 2 (0.86%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.43%) Advertising
12 1 (0.43%) Back Office
12 1 (0.43%) Games
Job Titles
1 63 (27.04%) IT Engineer
2 48 (20.60%) IT Support
3 35 (15.02%) Developer
4 33 (14.16%) Systems Engineer
5 31 (13.30%) Support Engineer
6 29 (12.45%) IT Support Engineer
7 26 (11.16%) Java Developer
7 26 (11.16%) Senior
8 18 (7.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 16 (6.87%) SaaS Developer
10 15 (6.44%) Lead
10 15 (6.44%) Software Engineer
10 15 (6.44%) Test Automation Engineer
10 15 (6.44%) Test Engineer
11 14 (6.01%) Backend Developer
12 11 (4.72%) Senior Software Engineer
12 11 (4.72%) Team Leader
13 10 (4.29%) Linux Engineer
14 7 (3.00%) Junior
14 7 (3.00%) Support Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (14.59%) .NET
2 24 (10.30%) JPA
3 23 (9.87%) AngularJS
4 20 (8.58%) React
5 19 (8.15%) Hibernate
6 18 (7.73%) RabbitMQ
7 14 (6.01%) Elastic Stack
7 14 (6.01%) Middleware
8 8 (3.43%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (2.58%) Oracle GoldenGate
10 5 (2.15%) GWT
10 5 (2.15%) J2EE
10 5 (2.15%) Vaadin
11 4 (1.72%) CSS
11 4 (1.72%) Dask
11 4 (1.72%) OpenTelemetry
11 4 (1.72%) Polars
11 4 (1.72%) Spring
12 3 (1.29%) .NET Core
12 3 (1.29%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 46 (19.74%) Driving Licence
2 19 (8.15%) Linux Command Line
2 19 (8.15%) Management Information System
3 18 (7.73%) Algorithms
4 14 (6.01%) Smartphone
5 11 (4.72%) Cyberattack
6 9 (3.86%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.72%) Replication
8 3 (1.29%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.29%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.29%) IoT
8 3 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.86%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.86%) Clustering
9 2 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.86%) NB-IoT
9 2 (0.86%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 163 (69.96%) Windows
2 43 (18.45%) Windows Server
3 27 (11.59%) Ubuntu
4 20 (8.58%) Windows 10
5 16 (6.87%) Windows Server 2016
5 16 (6.87%) Windows Server 2019
6 15 (6.44%) Mac OS X
7 14 (6.01%) Android
8 12 (5.15%) Rocky
8 12 (5.15%) Unix
9 9 (3.86%) CentOS
10 8 (3.43%) VMS
11 7 (3.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 6 (2.58%) Windows 7
13 3 (1.29%) Amazon Linux
13 3 (1.29%) Apple iOS
14 2 (0.86%) Debian
14 2 (0.86%) Embedded Linux
14 2 (0.86%) Oracle Linux
15 1 (0.43%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (33.91%) Problem-Solving
2 74 (31.76%) Agile
3 69 (29.61%) Mentoring
4 53 (22.75%) DevOps
5 52 (22.32%) Coaching
6 46 (19.74%) Computer Science
7 45 (19.31%) ITIL
8 38 (16.31%) Continuous Integration
9 36 (15.45%) CI/CD
10 34 (14.59%) Asset Management
11 33 (14.16%) Containerisation
12 30 (12.88%) Systems Engineering
13 29 (12.45%) Network Management
14 27 (11.59%) Continuous Deployment
14 27 (11.59%) DevSecOps
14 27 (11.59%) IT Asset Management
15 24 (10.30%) Performance Tuning
15 24 (10.30%) Unit Testing
16 19 (8.15%) Microservices
16 19 (8.15%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 64 (27.47%) Python
2 59 (25.32%) SQL
3 50 (21.46%) PowerShell
4 43 (18.45%) Java
5 36 (15.45%) Bash
6 35 (15.02%) C#
7 26 (11.16%) JavaScript
8 14 (6.01%) Shell Script
9 9 (3.86%) C++
10 8 (3.43%) Perl
10 8 (3.43%) PL/SQL
11 7 (3.00%) Go
11 7 (3.00%) Groovy
12 5 (2.15%) Rust
12 5 (2.15%) TypeScript
13 4 (1.72%) C
14 3 (1.29%) Ruby
15 2 (0.86%) Ada
15 2 (0.86%) PHP
16 1 (0.43%) VB
Qualifications
1 87 (37.34%) Degree
2 50 (21.46%) Microsoft Certification
3 49 (21.03%) MCSE
4 45 (19.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (16.74%) CCNA
5 39 (16.74%) Cisco Certification
6 35 (15.02%) CCNP
6 35 (15.02%) MCP
7 30 (12.88%) Security Cleared
8 29 (12.45%) BPSS Clearance
9 27 (11.59%) LPIC
10 15 (6.44%) SC Cleared
11 14 (6.01%) HNC
11 14 (6.01%) HND
12 13 (5.58%) DV Cleared
13 9 (3.86%) MCSA
14 7 (3.00%) AWS Certification
15 5 (2.15%) OCA
15 5 (2.15%) OCP
15 5 (2.15%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.73%) QA
2 7 (3.00%) SLA
3 6 (2.58%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.72%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.43%) NCSC
7 1 (0.43%) NIST
7 1 (0.43%) PMO
System Software
1 55 (23.61%) Docker
2 40 (17.17%) Active Directory
3 16 (6.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (5.15%) Hyper-V
5 10 (4.29%) vSphere
6 8 (3.43%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.72%) DFS Replication
7 4 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.29%) Firmware
8 3 (1.29%) LXC
9 1 (0.43%) Postfix
9 1 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.43%) Xen
Systems Management
1 62 (26.61%) Ansible
2 35 (15.02%) Terraform
3 12 (5.15%) Prometheus
4 10 (4.29%) Kubernetes
5 8 (3.43%) Grafana
6 6 (2.58%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (2.58%) Oracle RMAN
6 6 (2.58%) Puppet
7 5 (2.15%) Argo
7 5 (2.15%) Nessus
8 4 (1.72%) Kustomize
8 4 (1.72%) Proxmox
9 3 (1.29%) Nagios
9 3 (1.29%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.86%) SCOM
10 2 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.43%) AWS Copilot
11 1 (0.43%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.43%) Rancher
Vendors
1 67 (28.76%) Microsoft
2 59 (25.32%) Cisco
3 30 (12.88%) Atlassian
4 21 (9.01%) Google
4 21 (9.01%) VMware
5 18 (7.73%) IBM
6 17 (7.30%) Apple
6 17 (7.30%) Juniper
7 16 (6.87%) Dell
8 15 (6.44%) Ubiquiti
9 14 (6.01%) Fortinet
10 12 (5.15%) Oracle
10 12 (5.15%) Red Hat
11 10 (4.29%) ServiceNow
11 10 (4.29%) Splunk
12 8 (3.43%) 3PAR
13 4 (1.72%) Databricks
14 3 (1.29%) Citrix
15 2 (0.86%) HP
15 2 (0.86%) JD Edwards