Linux Jobs in the North of England

Linux
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 56 43
Rank change year-on-year +13 -13 -22
Permanent jobs citing Linux 681 714 1,197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.18% 5.50% 6.25%
As % of the Operating Systems category 37.67% 36.23% 34.82%
Number of salaries quoted 408 446 861
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,153 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,890 £41,250 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,938 £62,750
90th Percentile £71,991 £80,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £56,000 £63,150 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.32% +5.25% +4.35%

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 requiring operating system skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,808 1,971 3,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 11.09% 15.18% 17.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,294 1,322 2,371
10th Percentile £25,250 £25,734 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £56,250 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,968 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - +5.00%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the North of England

Linux
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux in the North of England.

Salary trend for Linux in the North of England

Linux
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in the North of England over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 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
North West +13 440 £52,500 -12.50% 57
Yorkshire +11 195 £45,000 -13.46% 26
North East -2 46 £56,000 +24.44% 11
Linux
England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 63 (9.25%) Apache
2 18 (2.64%) IIS
2 18 (2.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.91%) Apache Spark
4 12 (1.76%) WebLogic
5 11 (1.62%) nginx
6 10 (1.47%) SharePoint
7 9 (1.32%) Tuxedo
8 8 (1.17%) Tomcat
9 7 (1.03%) Confluence
10 6 (0.88%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.44%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.44%) WebSphere
11 3 (0.44%) WebSphere Application Server
12 2 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
12 2 (0.29%) CloudStack
12 2 (0.29%) SAS
12 2 (0.29%) WildFly
13 1 (0.15%) Moodle
13 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (2.64%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (1.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 8 (1.17%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.73%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 229 (33.63%) Azure
2 168 (24.67%) AWS
3 77 (11.31%) IBM Cloud
4 69 (10.13%) Serverless
5 50 (7.34%) Azure DevOps
6 49 (7.20%) GCP
7 43 (6.31%) Azure Logic Apps
8 41 (6.02%) Azure API Management
8 41 (6.02%) Azure Functions
8 41 (6.02%) Azure Service Bus
9 35 (5.14%) Microsoft 365
10 30 (4.41%) Amazon EKS
11 20 (2.94%) AWS Lambda
11 20 (2.94%) GitHub
12 18 (2.64%) Amazon SQS
13 17 (2.50%) Amazon S3
14 15 (2.20%) AWS CloudFormation
15 13 (1.91%) SaaS
16 12 (1.76%) Cloud Computing
16 12 (1.76%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 94 (13.80%) Firewall
2 52 (7.64%) TCP/IP
3 51 (7.49%) DNS
4 36 (5.29%) DHCP
4 36 (5.29%) VPN
5 34 (4.99%) SAN
6 27 (3.96%) Internet
7 26 (3.82%) LAN
8 25 (3.67%) WAN
9 23 (3.38%) Network Security
9 23 (3.38%) SSL
10 22 (3.23%) MQTT
11 20 (2.94%) Wireless
12 19 (2.79%) Wi-Fi
13 16 (2.35%) NAS
14 15 (2.20%) IPsec
14 15 (2.20%) SNMP
15 14 (2.06%) BGP
16 13 (1.91%) 3G
16 13 (1.91%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (16.59%) MongoDB
2 107 (15.71%) PostgreSQL
3 104 (15.27%) NoSQL
4 79 (11.60%) DB2
5 76 (11.16%) Relational Database
6 65 (9.54%) SQL Server
7 60 (8.81%) MySQL
8 24 (3.52%) Oracle Database
9 21 (3.08%) Elasticsearch
10 18 (2.64%) Amazon RDS
11 16 (2.35%) RDBMS
12 15 (2.20%) Big Data
13 14 (2.06%) Redis
14 12 (1.76%) Hadoop
15 11 (1.62%) Cloudera CDH
15 11 (1.62%) DynamoDB
16 8 (1.17%) Amazon Aurora
17 6 (0.88%) Geospatial Data
17 6 (0.88%) GIS
18 5 (0.73%) MaxDB
Development Applications
1 37 (5.43%) Git
2 36 (5.29%) JIRA
3 23 (3.38%) GitLab
4 20 (2.94%) Jenkins
5 13 (1.91%) Artifactory
6 7 (1.03%) PHPUnit
7 6 (0.88%) GDB
7 6 (0.88%) Subversion
8 5 (0.73%) CMake
8 5 (0.73%) Eclipse
8 5 (0.73%) GCC
8 5 (0.73%) Maven
9 3 (0.44%) Fiddler
10 2 (0.29%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.29%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.29%) LabVIEW
10 2 (0.29%) Mocha
10 2 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.15%) Burp Suite
11 1 (0.15%) Clang
General
1 123 (18.06%) Public Sector
2 106 (15.57%) Social Skills
3 66 (9.69%) Finance
4 48 (7.05%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (6.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 40 (5.87%) Aerospace
7 31 (4.55%) Retail
8 27 (3.96%) Manufacturing
9 19 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
10 18 (2.64%) Electronics
11 14 (2.06%) Mandarin Language
12 12 (1.76%) Telecoms
13 9 (1.32%) Law
13 9 (1.32%) Military
13 9 (1.32%) Police
14 8 (1.17%) Automotive
14 8 (1.17%) Local Government
15 7 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (0.73%) Banking
17 4 (0.59%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 143 (21.00%) Developer
2 130 (19.09%) Senior
3 106 (15.57%) Software Engineer
4 52 (7.64%) Embedded Engineer
4 52 (7.64%) Full Stack Developer
5 47 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 42 (6.17%) Linux Engineer
7 41 (6.02%) Azure Developer
8 40 (5.87%) Full Stack Engineer
9 39 (5.73%) Azure Engineer
9 39 (5.73%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 36 (5.29%) Lead
11 35 (5.14%) DevOps Engineer
12 34 (4.99%) Architect
13 30 (4.41%) Analyst
14 29 (4.26%) Systems Engineer
15 27 (3.96%) IT Engineer
16 25 (3.67%) Support Engineer
17 23 (3.38%) Consultant
17 23 (3.38%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (18.94%) React
2 122 (17.91%) REST
3 120 (17.62%) CSS
4 116 (17.03%) HTML
5 106 (15.57%) AngularJS
6 100 (14.68%) .NET
7 95 (13.95%) Vue
8 94 (13.80%) Web Services
9 91 (13.36%) Node.js
10 84 (12.33%) ASP.NET
11 82 (12.04%) jQuery
12 77 (11.31%) ASP.NET Core
12 77 (11.31%) Backbone.js
12 77 (11.31%) Ember.js
12 77 (11.31%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 42 (6.17%) RabbitMQ
14 26 (3.82%) Spring Boot
15 23 (3.38%) Spring
16 15 (2.20%) YAML
17 13 (1.91%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 89 (13.07%) Hybrid Cloud
2 78 (11.45%) Algorithms
2 78 (11.45%) Data Structures
3 77 (11.31%) Blockchain
4 55 (8.08%) Public Cloud
5 45 (6.61%) Data Centre
6 36 (5.29%) e-Learning
7 23 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
8 21 (3.08%) Management Information System
9 20 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (2.35%) Cloud Native
11 14 (2.06%) Linux Command Line
12 12 (1.76%) Embedded Systems
12 12 (1.76%) IoT
13 10 (1.47%) Cyberattack
14 8 (1.17%) Replication
14 8 (1.17%) Robotics
15 7 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
16 6 (0.88%) Mobile App
16 6 (0.88%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 346 (50.81%) Windows
2 86 (12.63%) Android
2 86 (12.63%) Apple iOS
3 74 (10.87%) Windows Server
4 61 (8.96%) Unix
5 56 (8.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 41 (6.02%) Embedded Linux
7 26 (3.82%) Ubuntu
8 20 (2.94%) Mac OS
8 20 (2.94%) Solaris
9 19 (2.79%) CentOS
10 16 (2.35%) Data ONTAP
11 15 (2.20%) Debian
12 11 (1.62%) Windows Server 2012
12 11 (1.62%) Windows Server 2016
13 10 (1.47%) Windows 10
13 10 (1.47%) Windows Server 2008
14 9 (1.32%) AIX
15 8 (1.17%) Oracle Linux
16 6 (0.88%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (26.14%) Agile
2 132 (19.38%) Software Engineering
3 122 (17.91%) DevOps
4 116 (17.03%) Mentoring
5 114 (16.74%) OO
6 111 (16.30%) Full Stack Development
7 106 (15.57%) User Experience
8 105 (15.42%) Problem-Solving
9 97 (14.24%) Web Development
10 94 (13.80%) MVC
10 94 (13.80%) OOP
11 90 (13.22%) Design Patterns
12 89 (13.07%) Coaching
13 88 (12.92%) Artificial Intelligence
14 83 (12.19%) MVVM
15 77 (11.31%) Co-Creation
15 77 (11.31%) Design Thinking
15 77 (11.31%) Responsive Web Design
15 77 (11.31%) SOLID
16 67 (9.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 189 (27.75%) Python
2 159 (23.35%) SQL
3 153 (22.47%) JavaScript
4 104 (15.27%) Java
5 99 (14.54%) C#
6 75 (11.01%) C++
7 64 (9.40%) C
8 52 (7.64%) PowerShell
9 31 (4.55%) PHP
10 22 (3.23%) Bash
11 21 (3.08%) COBOL
12 20 (2.94%) Micro Focus COBOL
13 14 (2.06%) Shell Script
14 12 (1.76%) Perl
15 10 (1.47%) Delphi
16 9 (1.32%) Ruby
17 8 (1.17%) TypeScript
17 8 (1.17%) VBScript
18 7 (1.03%) VB
19 6 (0.88%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 91 (13.36%) Security Cleared
2 79 (11.60%) Degree
3 61 (8.96%) SC Cleared
4 54 (7.93%) DV Cleared
5 27 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (3.38%) AWS Certification
7 18 (2.64%) Azure Certification
8 16 (2.35%) Cisco Certification
9 15 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
10 14 (2.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 12 (1.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 11 (1.62%) CISSP
13 10 (1.47%) CCNA
14 8 (1.17%) CCNP
14 8 (1.17%) MCSA
15 6 (0.88%) PMI Certification
16 5 (0.73%) CISM
16 5 (0.73%) MCSE
16 5 (0.73%) TOGAF Certification
17 4 (0.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.23%) GDPR
2 18 (2.64%) SLA
3 16 (2.35%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.32%) NIST
5 7 (1.03%) ISO 9000
6 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (0.29%) QA
7 1 (0.15%) NCSC
7 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 83 (12.19%) Docker
2 69 (10.13%) Active Directory
3 67 (9.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 41 (6.02%) Hyper-V
5 28 (4.11%) Firmware
6 16 (2.35%) Embedded Firmware
7 12 (1.76%) vSphere
8 11 (1.62%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.44%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.44%) VMware Server
11 2 (0.29%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.15%) Dovecot
12 1 (0.15%) KVM
12 1 (0.15%) NFS
12 1 (0.15%) Postfix
12 1 (0.15%) PowerHA
12 1 (0.15%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 94 (13.80%) Kubernetes
2 83 (12.19%) Ansible
3 74 (10.87%) Terraform
4 26 (3.82%) Prometheus
5 18 (2.64%) vCenter Server
6 17 (2.50%) Puppet
7 15 (2.20%) SCCM
7 15 (2.20%) WSUS
8 13 (1.91%) Grafana
9 12 (1.76%) SCOM
10 8 (1.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 8 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (1.03%) Progress Chef
12 6 (0.88%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 6 (0.88%) Opsgenie
12 6 (0.88%) VxRail
12 6 (0.88%) ZABBIX
13 4 (0.59%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.59%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.44%) cPanel
Vendors
1 135 (19.82%) Red Hat
2 113 (16.59%) Microsoft
3 95 (13.95%) VMware
4 86 (12.63%) IBM
5 84 (12.33%) Oracle
6 38 (5.58%) Cisco
7 32 (4.70%) Google
8 25 (3.67%) NetApp
9 20 (2.94%) Micro Focus
9 20 (2.94%) Palo Alto
10 19 (2.79%) Veeam
11 17 (2.50%) SolarWinds
12 15 (2.20%) SolidFire
13 12 (1.76%) Sparx
14 11 (1.62%) Dell
14 11 (1.62%) SaltStack
15 10 (1.47%) Facebook
16 8 (1.17%) Fortinet
16 8 (1.17%) NEC
17 7 (1.03%) Citrix