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

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 50 68
Rank change year-on-year -30 +18 -34
Permanent jobs citing Linux 235 515 413
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.46% 4.09% 4.62%
As % of the Operating Systems category 26.55% 31.61% 33.01%
Number of salaries quoted 110 347 253
10th Percentile £27,725 £32,500 £37,891
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +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 885 1,629 1,251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.02% 12.92% 13.99%
Number of salaries quoted 571 1,331 826
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,250 £27,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,925 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -11.11% +2.27%
75th Percentile £48,375 £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 28 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 28 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 +15 148 £47,500 -12.04% 122
East Midlands -50 84 £40,101 -19.80% 63
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 45 (19.15%) Confluence
2 8 (3.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.70%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.85%) Apache
4 2 (0.85%) IIS
4 2 (0.85%) nginx
4 2 (0.85%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.43%) ColdFusion
5 1 (0.43%) OpenStack
Applications
1 18 (7.66%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (5.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.55%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 2 (0.85%) EngageOne
5 1 (0.43%) GNU Octave
5 1 (0.43%) Simulink
5 1 (0.43%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (2.98%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.70%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.43%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 71 (30.21%) AWS
2 54 (22.98%) Azure
3 28 (11.91%) SaaS
4 22 (9.36%) Amazon S3
4 22 (9.36%) AWS KMS
5 21 (8.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 21 (8.94%) Amazon EC2
6 20 (8.51%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (7.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 16 (6.81%) Amazon ELB
9 14 (5.96%) Amazon Glacier
9 14 (5.96%) Google Workspace
10 9 (3.83%) PaaS
11 7 (2.98%) Amazon ECS
11 7 (2.98%) Route 53
12 6 (2.55%) Amazon SQS
13 5 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (2.13%) Pulumi
13 5 (2.13%) Serverless
14 4 (1.70%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 39 (16.60%) Firewall
1 39 (16.60%) WLAN
2 34 (14.47%) TCP/IP
3 32 (13.62%) DNS
4 31 (13.19%) Network Security
5 29 (12.34%) VPN
6 28 (11.91%) Internet
7 21 (8.94%) DHCP
8 14 (5.96%) VLAN
9 12 (5.11%) BGP
9 12 (5.11%) OSPF
10 8 (3.40%) Cisco IOS
10 8 (3.40%) HTTP
11 7 (2.98%) FTP
11 7 (2.98%) SMTP
11 7 (2.98%) SSH
12 6 (2.55%) SSL
12 6 (2.55%) WAN
13 4 (1.70%) Broadband
13 4 (1.70%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (14.04%) MySQL
1 33 (14.04%) Relational Database
2 22 (9.36%) Amazon RDS
3 19 (8.09%) NoSQL
4 8 (3.40%) Oracle Database
4 8 (3.40%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (2.98%) Amazon Aurora
6 6 (2.55%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (2.55%) Oracle Exadata
7 5 (2.13%) DynamoDB
7 5 (2.13%) RDBMS
8 4 (1.70%) Big Data
9 3 (1.28%) SQL Server
10 2 (0.85%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.43%) DB2
11 1 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.43%) Redis
Development Applications
1 50 (21.28%) Git
2 45 (19.15%) JIRA
3 27 (11.49%) Bitbucket
4 25 (10.64%) Jenkins
5 22 (9.36%) JUnit
5 22 (9.36%) Mockito
6 17 (7.23%) Eclipse
7 16 (6.81%) Cucumber
7 16 (6.81%) Vagrant
8 15 (6.38%) IntelliJ
8 15 (6.38%) Jasmine
8 15 (6.38%) Karma Test Runner
8 15 (6.38%) Protractor
8 15 (6.38%) Robot Framework
9 9 (3.83%) Bitbucket Server
10 6 (2.55%) Maven
10 6 (2.55%) Sonatype Nexus
11 5 (2.13%) DbUnit
11 5 (2.13%) GitLab
11 5 (2.13%) jMock
General
1 60 (25.53%) Social Skills
2 39 (16.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 25 (10.64%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (7.66%) Automotive
5 16 (6.81%) Public Sector
5 16 (6.81%) Telecoms
6 12 (5.11%) Retail
7 10 (4.26%) Law
8 5 (2.13%) Finance
8 5 (2.13%) Police
9 4 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.28%) Electronics
11 2 (0.85%) Legal
11 2 (0.85%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.43%) Advertising
12 1 (0.43%) Back Office
12 1 (0.43%) Games
Job Titles
1 61 (25.96%) IT Engineer
2 46 (19.57%) IT Support
3 36 (15.32%) Developer
3 36 (15.32%) Support Engineer
4 31 (13.19%) Systems Engineer
5 29 (12.34%) IT Support Engineer
6 27 (11.49%) Java Developer
7 24 (10.21%) Senior
8 20 (8.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 17 (7.23%) Lead
9 17 (7.23%) Software Engineer
10 15 (6.38%) SaaS Developer
10 15 (6.38%) Test Automation Engineer
10 15 (6.38%) Test Engineer
11 13 (5.53%) Backend Developer
12 12 (5.11%) DevOps Engineer
13 11 (4.68%) Senior Software Engineer
13 11 (4.68%) Team Leader
14 10 (4.26%) Linux Engineer
15 8 (3.40%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (14.47%) .NET
2 25 (10.64%) JPA
3 24 (10.21%) AngularJS
4 20 (8.51%) Hibernate
5 18 (7.66%) React
6 16 (6.81%) RabbitMQ
7 14 (5.96%) Elastic Stack
7 14 (5.96%) Middleware
8 7 (2.98%) Oracle Fusion
8 7 (2.98%) Spring
9 6 (2.55%) Bootstrap
9 6 (2.55%) Oracle GoldenGate
9 6 (2.55%) RESTful
9 6 (2.55%) SOAP
9 6 (2.55%) Web Services
10 5 (2.13%) PowerMock
10 5 (2.13%) Spring Batch
10 5 (2.13%) Spring Boot
10 5 (2.13%) Spring Integration
10 5 (2.13%) Vaadin
Miscellaneous
1 45 (19.15%) Driving Licence
2 17 (7.23%) Linux Command Line
2 17 (7.23%) Management Information System
3 16 (6.81%) Algorithms
4 12 (5.11%) Smartphone
5 11 (4.68%) Cyberattack
6 9 (3.83%) Mobile App
6 9 (3.83%) Replication
7 3 (1.28%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.28%) Distributed Architecture
7 3 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.28%) IoT
7 3 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.85%) Augmented Reality
8 2 (0.85%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.85%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (0.85%) NB-IoT
8 2 (0.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 161 (68.51%) Windows
2 42 (17.87%) Windows Server
3 27 (11.49%) Ubuntu
4 17 (7.23%) Windows 10
5 16 (6.81%) VMS
6 15 (6.38%) Android
7 14 (5.96%) Windows Server 2016
7 14 (5.96%) Windows Server 2019
8 13 (5.53%) Mac OS X
9 12 (5.11%) Rocky
9 12 (5.11%) Unix
10 9 (3.83%) CentOS
11 8 (3.40%) Amazon Linux
11 8 (3.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 5 (2.13%) Windows 7
13 3 (1.28%) Apple iOS
14 2 (0.85%) Debian
14 2 (0.85%) Embedded Linux
15 1 (0.43%) AIX
15 1 (0.43%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (31.91%) Agile
2 74 (31.49%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (28.09%) Mentoring
4 60 (25.53%) DevOps
5 51 (21.70%) Coaching
6 44 (18.72%) Computer Science
7 43 (18.30%) ITIL
8 41 (17.45%) Continuous Integration
9 38 (16.17%) CI/CD
10 35 (14.89%) Asset Management
11 33 (14.04%) Containerisation
12 29 (12.34%) Network Management
12 29 (12.34%) Systems Engineering
13 27 (11.49%) Continuous Deployment
13 27 (11.49%) DevSecOps
13 27 (11.49%) IT Asset Management
14 24 (10.21%) Performance Tuning
15 22 (9.36%) Unit Testing
16 21 (8.94%) Configuration Management
17 20 (8.51%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 73 (31.06%) Python
2 55 (23.40%) PowerShell
2 55 (23.40%) SQL
3 48 (20.43%) Java
4 36 (15.32%) C#
5 35 (14.89%) Bash
6 27 (11.49%) JavaScript
7 15 (6.38%) Groovy
8 14 (5.96%) Shell Script
9 11 (4.68%) C++
9 11 (4.68%) Perl
10 8 (3.40%) PL/SQL
11 7 (2.98%) Go
12 6 (2.55%) C
13 5 (2.13%) Rust
13 5 (2.13%) TypeScript
14 3 (1.28%) Ruby
15 2 (0.85%) Ada
15 2 (0.85%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.85%) PHP
Qualifications
1 87 (37.02%) Degree
2 48 (20.43%) Microsoft Certification
3 47 (20.00%) MCSE
4 43 (18.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (16.60%) CCNA
5 39 (16.60%) Cisco Certification
6 38 (16.17%) Security Cleared
7 35 (14.89%) CCNP
7 35 (14.89%) MCP
8 29 (12.34%) BPSS Clearance
9 27 (11.49%) LPIC
10 24 (10.21%) SC Cleared
11 12 (5.11%) DV Cleared
11 12 (5.11%) HNC
11 12 (5.11%) HND
12 10 (4.26%) AWS Certification
13 9 (3.83%) MCSA
14 5 (2.13%) OCA
14 5 (2.13%) OCP
14 5 (2.13%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.66%) QA
2 6 (2.55%) Accessibility
2 6 (2.55%) SLA
3 5 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.70%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.85%) ISO 9000
7 1 (0.43%) NCSC
7 1 (0.43%) NIST
7 1 (0.43%) PMO
System Software
1 60 (25.53%) Docker
2 42 (17.87%) Active Directory
3 15 (6.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (4.68%) Hyper-V
5 10 (4.26%) vSphere
6 9 (3.83%) DFS Replication
7 8 (3.40%) VMware NSX
8 4 (1.70%) Postfix
8 4 (1.70%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (1.70%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (1.28%) LXC
10 2 (0.85%) Dovecot
10 2 (0.85%) Squid
11 1 (0.43%) Firmware
11 1 (0.43%) Xen
Systems Management
1 65 (27.66%) Ansible
2 43 (18.30%) Terraform
3 21 (8.94%) Prometheus
4 17 (7.23%) Grafana
5 11 (4.68%) Kubernetes
6 7 (2.98%) Nessus
7 6 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (2.55%) Oracle RMAN
7 6 (2.55%) Proxmox
8 5 (2.13%) Argo
8 5 (2.13%) Puppet
9 4 (1.70%) Kustomize
10 3 (1.28%) Nagios
11 2 (0.85%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.85%) SCOM
12 1 (0.43%) AWS Copilot
12 1 (0.43%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.43%) Rancher
12 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.43%) WSUS
Vendors
1 63 (26.81%) Microsoft
2 59 (25.11%) Cisco
3 32 (13.62%) Atlassian
4 20 (8.51%) Juniper
5 19 (8.09%) Google
5 19 (8.09%) VMware
6 17 (7.23%) ServiceNow
7 16 (6.81%) IBM
8 15 (6.38%) Apple
9 13 (5.53%) Red Hat
9 13 (5.53%) Ubiquiti
10 12 (5.11%) Dell
10 12 (5.11%) Fortinet
11 11 (4.68%) Oracle
12 10 (4.26%) Splunk
13 8 (3.40%) 3PAR
14 4 (1.70%) Databricks
14 4 (1.70%) Jaspersoft
15 3 (1.28%) Citrix
16 2 (0.85%) ArcSight