Linux Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Linux
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 11 43
Rank change year-on-year -37 +32 -15
Permanent jobs citing Linux 11 53 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 1.90% 14.89% 3.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 36.67% 53.00% 31.25%
Number of salaries quoted 8 42 17
10th Percentile - £31,250 £36,174
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £48,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.26% -25.00% +23.81%
75th Percentile £68,500 £62,313 £82,000
90th Percentile £76,000 £63,750 £95,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -13.64% +12.82%

All Operating Systems
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 30 100 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 5.19% 28.09% 11.29%
Number of salaries quoted 23 81 61
10th Percentile £30,150 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £30,750 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% +38.46%
75th Percentile £59,625 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £69,600 £65,000 £82,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £36,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -24.21% +5.56% +38.46%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Linux job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Linux
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Linux.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Linux

Linux
Salary Histogram in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Linux in Milton Keynes

Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 1 (9.09%) Anypoint
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 6 (54.55%) AWS
2 4 (36.36%) Azure
3 1 (9.09%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (9.09%) Boomi
3 1 (9.09%) GCP
3 1 (9.09%) iPaaS
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (9.09%) Power Automate
3 1 (9.09%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) DNS
1 3 (27.27%) Firewall
1 3 (27.27%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) MySQL
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle Database
1 1 (9.09%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Jenkins
2 3 (27.27%) Git
2 3 (27.27%) GitLab
3 2 (18.18%) SonarQube
4 1 (9.09%) Testinfra
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Law
2 1 (9.09%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Automation Engineer
1 3 (27.27%) SOC Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Architect
2 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Developer
2 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Linux Systems Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) PHP Developer
2 1 (9.09%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Platform Integration Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Software Developer
2 1 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) JSON
2 1 (9.09%) AngularJS
2 1 (9.09%) CSS
2 1 (9.09%) CSS3
2 1 (9.09%) Ember.js
2 1 (9.09%) HTML
2 1 (9.09%) HTML5
2 1 (9.09%) Laravel
2 1 (9.09%) React
2 1 (9.09%) REST
2 1 (9.09%) RESTful
2 1 (9.09%) Sass
2 1 (9.09%) SOAP
2 1 (9.09%) Symfony
2 1 (9.09%) Vue
2 1 (9.09%) Web Services
2 1 (9.09%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
2 3 (27.27%) Unix
3 1 (9.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Configuration Management
1 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (36.36%) Task Automation
2 3 (27.27%) CI/CD
2 3 (27.27%) Containerisation
2 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Automation
2 3 (27.27%) Runbook
2 3 (27.27%) Security Monitoring
2 3 (27.27%) Security Operations
3 2 (18.18%) Agile
3 2 (18.18%) Change Management
3 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (18.18%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (18.18%) Proactive Monitoring
3 2 (18.18%) Scrum
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (18.18%) Validation
4 1 (9.09%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) Python
2 4 (36.36%) Bash
3 3 (27.27%) PowerShell
4 1 (9.09%) C#
4 1 (9.09%) Java
4 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
4 1 (9.09%) PHP
4 1 (9.09%) Shell Script
4 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Docker
2 2 (18.18%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) Ansible
1 4 (36.36%) Kubernetes
2 2 (18.18%) Docker Swarm
2 2 (18.18%) Rundeck
3 1 (9.09%) Grafana
3 1 (9.09%) Packer
3 1 (9.09%) Prometheus
3 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle
1 2 (18.18%) Red Hat
1 2 (18.18%) VMware
2 1 (9.09%) Dell
2 1 (9.09%) Epicor
2 1 (9.09%) IBM
2 1 (9.09%) IFS
2 1 (9.09%) Infor
2 1 (9.09%) Informatica
2 1 (9.09%) Jitterbit
2 1 (9.09%) MuleSoft
2 1 (9.09%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) SnapLogic
2 1 (9.09%) Software AG
2 1 (9.09%) Talend
2 1 (9.09%) TIBCO
2 1 (9.09%) Workday
2 1 (9.09%) Zend