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 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 41 53
Rank change year-on-year +19 +12 -12
Permanent jobs citing Linux 1,092 807 776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.22% 4.30% 5.56%
As % of the Operating Systems category 57.84% 36.77% 36.50%
Number of salaries quoted 242 514 472
10th Percentile £27,000 £33,225 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £74,221 £70,875 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £63,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -12.70% +5.00%

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 requiring operating system skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,888 2,195 2,126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 14.21% 11.71% 15.23%
Number of salaries quoted 842 1,633 1,395
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £29,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% +6.45%
75th Percentile £51,248 £56,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,625 £66,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -14.29% -

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 16 July 2025.

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 16 July 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
North West +20 960 £53,750 +2.38% 116
Yorkshire -26 112 £42,500 -5.56% 66
North East +7 20 £65,000 +16.07% 27
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 21 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (1.56%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.82%) IIS
4 6 (0.55%) nginx
5 5 (0.46%) Apache
5 5 (0.46%) Confluence
6 4 (0.37%) SAS
7 3 (0.27%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.27%) CMS
7 3 (0.27%) GemFire
8 1 (0.092%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.092%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.092%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.092%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 7 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.27%) Sage 50
2 1 (0.092%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 259 (23.72%) Azure
2 258 (23.63%) AWS
3 203 (18.59%) GCP
4 39 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (1.47%) Entra ID
6 14 (1.28%) SaaS
7 13 (1.19%) AWS CloudFormation
8 11 (1.01%) AWS CodeBuild
8 11 (1.01%) GitHub
9 10 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
9 10 (0.92%) Pulumi
10 9 (0.82%) Amazon ECS
11 8 (0.73%) Amazon EC2
12 7 (0.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 7 (0.64%) OCI
13 6 (0.55%) Amazon ECR
13 6 (0.55%) Amazon ElastiCache
13 6 (0.55%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 6 (0.55%) dbt
14 5 (0.46%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 663 (60.71%) VPN
2 425 (38.92%) DNS
3 272 (24.91%) Cisco IOS
4 38 (3.48%) Firewall
5 31 (2.84%) DHCP
6 25 (2.29%) TCP/IP
7 22 (2.01%) VoIP
8 19 (1.74%) SAN
9 15 (1.37%) Wireless
10 13 (1.19%) VLAN
11 11 (1.01%) LAN
12 10 (0.92%) WAN
13 9 (0.82%) Modbus
13 9 (0.82%) RS-485
14 8 (0.73%) NAS
15 5 (0.46%) SSH
16 4 (0.37%) Broadband
16 4 (0.37%) HTTP
16 4 (0.37%) VSAN
17 3 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (2.56%) SQL Server
2 26 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (1.65%) NoSQL
4 15 (1.37%) MySQL
4 15 (1.37%) Redis
5 11 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
6 10 (0.92%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.73%) MongoDB
8 7 (0.64%) RDBMS
9 6 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.37%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.27%) Apache Ignite
11 3 (0.27%) Big Data
11 3 (0.27%) InterSystems Cache
12 2 (0.18%) Amazon Aurora
12 2 (0.18%) DocumentDB
12 2 (0.18%) DynamoDB
13 1 (0.092%) Cloud Spanner
13 1 (0.092%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 21 (1.92%) Git
2 18 (1.65%) Jenkins
3 17 (1.56%) JIRA
4 8 (0.73%) SonarQube
5 7 (0.64%) GitLab
5 7 (0.64%) JUnit
6 6 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
7 5 (0.46%) CircleCI
7 5 (0.46%) Jaeger
7 5 (0.46%) Maven
8 4 (0.37%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.37%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.37%) Fiddler
8 4 (0.37%) JMeter
8 4 (0.37%) LoadRunner
8 4 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.37%) Postman
8 4 (0.37%) Robot Framework
8 4 (0.37%) Selenium
8 4 (0.37%) TeamCity
General
1 832 (76.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 664 (60.81%) Analytical Skills
3 427 (39.10%) Finance
4 95 (8.70%) Social Skills
5 28 (2.56%) Law
6 19 (1.74%) Manufacturing
7 18 (1.65%) Banking
8 16 (1.47%) Telecoms
9 12 (1.10%) Electronics
9 12 (1.10%) Retail
10 10 (0.92%) Military
11 9 (0.82%) Aerospace
12 7 (0.64%) Games
13 6 (0.55%) Cantonese Language
13 6 (0.55%) Mandarin Language
14 5 (0.46%) Marketing
15 4 (0.37%) Automotive
15 4 (0.37%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.37%) Legal
16 3 (0.27%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 416 (38.10%) Developer
2 390 (35.71%) Software Developer
3 287 (26.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 219 (20.05%) Senior
5 188 (17.22%) Software Engineer
6 180 (16.48%) Senior Software Engineer
7 36 (3.30%) Support Engineer
8 34 (3.11%) Analyst
9 29 (2.66%) Support Analyst
10 22 (2.01%) IT Support
11 20 (1.83%) 2nd Line Support
12 19 (1.74%) DevOps Engineer
13 18 (1.65%) Linux Engineer
14 17 (1.56%) Cloud Engineer
15 16 (1.47%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
15 16 (1.47%) Support Technician
16 15 (1.37%) Lead
17 14 (1.28%) IT Analyst
17 14 (1.28%) IT Support Analyst
17 14 (1.28%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 266 (24.36%) Elastic Stack
2 181 (16.58%) .NET
3 173 (15.84%) Node.js
4 12 (1.10%) Middleware
5 10 (0.92%) Django
6 9 (0.82%) Spring
7 8 (0.73%) Kafka
7 8 (0.73%) RabbitMQ
8 7 (0.64%) Laravel
9 6 (0.55%) CSS
9 6 (0.55%) Hibernate
9 6 (0.55%) HTML
9 6 (0.55%) Spring Boot
9 6 (0.55%) Vue
10 5 (0.46%) .NET Core
10 5 (0.46%) .NET Framework
10 5 (0.46%) RESTful
11 4 (0.37%) OpenTelemetry
11 4 (0.37%) React
11 4 (0.37%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 811 (74.27%) Cyberattack
2 186 (17.03%) Self-Motivation
3 180 (16.48%) Linux Command Line
4 15 (1.37%) Cloud Native
4 15 (1.37%) Embedded Systems
5 12 (1.10%) Clustering
5 12 (1.10%) Data Centre
5 12 (1.10%) Driving Licence
6 9 (0.82%) Analogue Electronics
6 9 (0.82%) CAN bus
6 9 (0.82%) Security Posture
7 8 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (0.73%) Public Cloud
8 7 (0.64%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 7 (0.64%) Operational Technology
8 7 (0.64%) Product Ownership
8 7 (0.64%) SCADA
9 5 (0.46%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (0.37%) Data Structures
10 4 (0.37%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 644 (58.97%) Android
2 398 (36.45%) Windows
3 64 (5.86%) Windows Server
4 30 (2.75%) Unix
5 24 (2.20%) Windows 10
6 23 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 19 (1.74%) Mac OS X
7 19 (1.74%) Windows Server 2016
8 14 (1.28%) Mac OS
9 12 (1.10%) CentOS
9 12 (1.10%) Ubuntu
10 9 (0.82%) Debian
10 9 (0.82%) Embedded Linux
11 5 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.27%) Oracle Linux
12 3 (0.27%) Solaris
13 2 (0.18%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.18%) zOS
14 1 (0.092%) AIX
14 1 (0.092%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 647 (59.25%) Mathematics
2 639 (58.52%) Line Management
3 603 (55.22%) Agile
4 399 (36.54%) OO
5 394 (36.08%) OOP
6 392 (35.90%) Design Patterns
7 388 (35.53%) Android Development
8 329 (30.13%) Problem-Solving
9 324 (29.67%) DevOps
10 297 (27.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 264 (24.18%) Task Automation
12 259 (23.72%) Platform Engineering
13 258 (23.63%) Storage Management
14 252 (23.08%) Risk Management
15 215 (19.69%) Mentoring
16 196 (17.95%) Software Engineering
17 190 (17.40%) Microservices
18 184 (16.85%) Cloud Security
19 181 (16.58%) User Experience
20 179 (16.39%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 903 (82.69%) Python
2 588 (53.85%) Java
3 579 (53.02%) C++
4 572 (52.38%) Go
5 291 (26.65%) PowerShell
6 279 (25.55%) Bash
7 208 (19.05%) JavaScript
8 172 (15.75%) Rust
9 52 (4.76%) SQL
10 14 (1.28%) C
11 12 (1.10%) Shell Script
12 11 (1.01%) C#
12 11 (1.01%) PHP
13 8 (0.73%) PL/SQL
14 7 (0.64%) C-shell
14 7 (0.64%) Korn
15 5 (0.46%) Perl
16 4 (0.37%) Bicep
16 4 (0.37%) MATLAB
16 4 (0.37%) R
Qualifications
1 580 (53.11%) Security Cleared
2 561 (51.37%) DV Cleared
3 188 (17.22%) AWS Certification
4 172 (15.75%) AWS Certified Developer
4 172 (15.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 57 (5.22%) Degree
6 36 (3.30%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
7 20 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (1.56%) SC Cleared
9 14 (1.28%) MCSA
10 13 (1.19%) Network+ Certification
11 11 (1.01%) Azure Certification
11 11 (1.01%) CCNP
12 10 (0.92%) PhD
13 9 (0.82%) CCNA
13 9 (0.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 7 (0.64%) MCSE
14 7 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
15 5 (0.46%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (1.56%) QA
2 8 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (0.64%) GDPR
3 7 (0.64%) ISO 9001
4 4 (0.37%) HIPAA
5 3 (0.27%) SLA
6 2 (0.18%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.18%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.092%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.092%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.092%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 690 (63.19%) Docker
2 291 (26.65%) Hyper-V
3 262 (23.99%) vSphere
4 257 (23.53%) VMware NSX
5 73 (6.68%) Active Directory
6 33 (3.02%) VMware Infrastructure
7 20 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (0.82%) Embedded Firmware
8 9 (0.82%) Firmware
9 7 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.37%) Dovecot
10 4 (0.37%) Postfix
11 2 (0.18%) NFS
11 2 (0.18%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 1 (0.092%) Kamailio
12 1 (0.092%) KVM
12 1 (0.092%) pfSense
12 1 (0.092%) SRDF
12 1 (0.092%) Time Sharing Option
12 1 (0.092%) Xen
Systems Management
1 678 (62.09%) Ansible
2 315 (28.85%) Terraform
3 41 (3.75%) Kubernetes
4 18 (1.65%) Grafana
5 17 (1.56%) Prometheus
6 14 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (1.28%) Puppet
7 13 (1.19%) SCCM
8 9 (0.82%) SCOM
9 7 (0.64%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 7 (0.64%) WSUS
10 6 (0.55%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.46%) Argo
11 5 (0.46%) Istio
11 5 (0.46%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.37%) Docker Swarm
12 4 (0.37%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.37%) HAProxy
12 4 (0.37%) PaperCut
12 4 (0.37%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 288 (26.37%) Cisco
2 260 (23.81%) Splunk
3 252 (23.08%) Juniper
4 251 (22.99%) 3PAR
5 86 (7.88%) Microsoft
6 56 (5.13%) VMware
7 42 (3.85%) Oracle
8 21 (1.92%) Google
9 19 (1.74%) Red Hat
10 13 (1.19%) SonicWALL
11 9 (0.82%) Dell
12 8 (0.73%) HP
13 7 (0.64%) Fortinet
13 7 (0.64%) Supermicro
14 6 (0.55%) Atlassian
14 6 (0.55%) Sage
15 4 (0.37%) Apple
15 4 (0.37%) Okta
15 4 (0.37%) Ping Identity
16 3 (0.27%) Kaseya