Linux Job Trends in the North of England

Linux
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England citing Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	98	29	60
Rank change year-on-year	-69	+31	-12
Permanent jobs citing Linux	390	615	415
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England	1.61%	6.70%	3.28%
As % of the Operating Systems category	33.85%	48.96%	33.20%
Number of salaries quoted	276	163	234
10^th Percentile	£35,000	£28,000	£32,500
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£35,750	£39,790
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£47,500	£52,500
Median % change year-on-year	+26.32%	-9.52%	-8.70%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£63,500	£64,750
90^th Percentile	£101,250	£71,250	£71,991
England median annual salary	£65,000	£63,250	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+2.77%	+5.42%	-4.00%

All Operating Systems
North of England

Linux falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing operating system skills in the North of England.

	6 months to 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing operating system skills	1,152	1,256	1,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England	4.76%	13.69%	9.88%
Number of salaries quoted	875	640	654
10^th Percentile	£27,250	£26,250	£25,750
25^th Percentile	£30,500	£29,500	£31,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£41,000	£35,805	£42,500
Median % change year-on-year	+14.51%	-15.75%	-5.56%
75^th Percentile	£57,500	£50,000	£56,250
90^th Percentile	£74,985	£65,000	£67,500
England median annual salary	£46,000	£41,526	£50,000
% change year-on-year	+10.78%	-16.95%	-3.60%

Linux Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Linux Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Linux.

Linux Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in the North of England over the 6 months to 24 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Linux in the North of England

Linux Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the North of England region over the 6 months to 24 October 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
North West	-76	206	£60,000	+11.63%	125
Yorkshire	-12	106	£42,500	+16.44%	74
North East	-27	78	£73,496	+22.49%	32
Linux England

Linux Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, job vacancies citing Linux also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region citing Linux.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	AWS	34.4%	134
2	DevOps	33.1%	129
3	CI/CD	31.8%	124
3	Infrastructure as Code	31.8%	124
5	Windows	29.5%	115
6	Python	24.6%	96
7	Infrastructure Engineering	23.6%	92
7	Software Engineering	23.6%	92
7	Terraform	23.6%	92
10	Azure	23.3%	91
10	Security Cleared	23.3%	91
12	Docker	22.8%	89
13	Kubernetes	22.3%	87
13	Platform Engineering	22.3%	87
15	Continuous Improvement	21.8%	85
16	Problem-Solving	21.0%	82
17	Ansible	20.5%	80
18	Mentoring	18.2%	71
19	Microsoft	17.7%	69
20	Agile	15.9%	62
20	SC Cleared	15.9%	62
22	SQL Server	14.6%	57
23	Bash	13.8%	54
23	Git	13.8%	54
25	SQL	13.6%	53
26	Containerisation	13.3%	52
26	Unix	13.3%	52
28	MySQL	12.8%	50
28	Shell Script	12.8%	50
30	Red Hat Enterprise Linux	12.6%	49

Linux Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Operating Systems

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Windows	29.5%	115
2	Unix	13.3%	52
3	Red Hat Enterprise Linux	12.6%	49
4	Windows Server	10.3%	40
5	CentOS	7.2%	28
6	Ubuntu	4.9%	19
7	macOS	3.6%	14
8	Windows Server 2016	2.8%	11
9	Embedded Linux	2.6%	10
10	Windows Server 2019	2.1%	8
11	AIX	1.3%	5
11	Debian	1.3%	5
13	CoreOS	0.8%	3
13	VMS	0.8%	3
15	FreeRTOS	0.5%	2
15	Windows 10	0.5%	2
15	Windows 7	0.5%	2
18	Android	0.3%	1
18	Apple iOS	0.3%	1
18	Oracle Linux	0.3%	1