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 requiring Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 61 45
Rank change year-on-year -52 -16 +15
Permanent jobs citing Linux 193 312 567
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.62% 3.72% 4.69%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.70% 29.19% 33.14%
Number of salaries quoted 141 171 457
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,785 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - +2.94%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,968
90th Percentile £78,790 £77,500 £77,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £58,350
% change year-on-year - +2.83% -10.23%

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 751 1,069 1,711
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.30% 12.73% 14.17%
Number of salaries quoted 593 514 1,457
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £31,281 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - -
75th Percentile £55,000 £59,000 £57,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £73,886 £69,880
England median annual salary £44,720 £51,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.17% +8.42% -9.52%

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 job vacancy trend 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.

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 4 February 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 4 February 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -57 97 £55,000 +4.76% 73
Yorkshire -33 58 £34,000 -26.49% 37
North East +2 38 £51,500 -10.43% 19
Linux
England

Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 6 (3.11%) Apache
2 4 (2.07%) Apache Spark
2 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.04%) Apache Solr
3 2 (1.04%) JBoss
3 2 (1.04%) nginx
3 2 (1.04%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.52%) CMS
4 1 (0.52%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.52%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.52%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Loan IQ
1 1 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 57 (29.53%) AWS
2 50 (25.91%) Azure
3 29 (15.03%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (10.36%) GCP
5 18 (9.33%) AWS CloudFormation
6 10 (5.18%) OpenShift
7 9 (4.66%) Amazon EKS
8 7 (3.63%) Amazon ECS
9 6 (3.11%) Amazon EC2
10 5 (2.59%) Amazon ECR
10 5 (2.59%) Azure AKS
10 5 (2.59%) dbt
10 5 (2.59%) IaaS
10 5 (2.59%) PaaS
10 5 (2.59%) Pulumi
11 4 (2.07%) Amazon S3
11 4 (2.07%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (2.07%) Serverless
12 3 (1.55%) Amazon ElastiCache
12 3 (1.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 28 (14.51%) DNS
2 25 (12.95%) VPN
3 24 (12.44%) TCP/IP
4 21 (10.88%) Firewall
5 16 (8.29%) Ethernet
6 14 (7.25%) DHCP
7 12 (6.22%) Internet
7 12 (6.22%) VLAN
7 12 (6.22%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (5.70%) VoIP
9 9 (4.66%) LAN
9 9 (4.66%) WAN
10 6 (3.11%) HTTP
10 6 (3.11%) SSL
11 4 (2.07%) AMQP
11 4 (2.07%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (2.07%) SSH
11 4 (2.07%) Wireless
12 3 (1.55%) Asterisk PBX
12 3 (1.55%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (13.99%) SQL Server
2 22 (11.40%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (8.81%) MySQL
4 14 (7.25%) MongoDB
5 11 (5.70%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (3.11%) Redis
7 5 (2.59%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (2.59%) Big Data
7 5 (2.59%) Hadoop
8 4 (2.07%) Cloudera CDH
8 4 (2.07%) NoSQL
8 4 (2.07%) SAP HANA
9 3 (1.55%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (1.55%) DynamoDB
9 3 (1.55%) Relational Database
10 2 (1.04%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 29 (15.03%) Git
2 16 (8.29%) GitLab
3 13 (6.74%) JIRA
4 12 (6.22%) Bitbucket
5 9 (4.66%) Jenkins
6 4 (2.07%) TeamCity
7 3 (1.55%) Artifactory
8 2 (1.04%) CircleCI
8 2 (1.04%) Maven
8 2 (1.04%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (1.04%) SonarQube
8 2 (1.04%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.52%) Ant
9 1 (0.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.52%) CA Release Automation
9 1 (0.52%) git-flow
9 1 (0.52%) JUnit
9 1 (0.52%) PHPUnit
9 1 (0.52%) Selenium
General
1 61 (31.61%) Social Skills
2 17 (8.81%) Finance
2 17 (8.81%) Manufacturing
2 17 (8.81%) Retail
3 9 (4.66%) Marketing
3 9 (4.66%) Pharmaceutical
4 8 (4.15%) Aerospace
4 8 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (3.63%) Advertising
5 7 (3.63%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.11%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.59%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.55%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.04%) Banking
9 2 (1.04%) Electronics
9 2 (1.04%) Law
9 2 (1.04%) Military
10 1 (0.52%) Games
10 1 (0.52%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 44 (22.80%) Senior
2 19 (9.84%) Linux Engineer
3 15 (7.77%) Support Engineer
4 14 (7.25%) Software Engineer
5 11 (5.70%) Analyst
5 11 (5.70%) Developer
5 11 (5.70%) DevOps Engineer
5 11 (5.70%) IT Support
6 10 (5.18%) Platform Engineer
6 10 (5.18%) Site Engineer
6 10 (5.18%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 9 (4.66%) Graduate
7 9 (4.66%) Graduate Software Engineer
7 9 (4.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (4.66%) Logistics Engineer
8 8 (4.15%) Applications Support
8 8 (4.15%) Coordinator
8 8 (4.15%) Infrastructure Manager
8 8 (4.15%) Software Engineering Graduate
8 8 (4.15%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.70%) Node.js
2 9 (4.66%) .NET
2 9 (4.66%) CSS
3 7 (3.63%) RabbitMQ
4 6 (3.11%) AngularJS
4 6 (3.11%) Elastic Stack
4 6 (3.11%) React
4 6 (3.11%) REST
5 5 (2.59%) Django
6 4 (2.07%) gRPC
6 4 (2.07%) Material-UI
6 4 (2.07%) OpenAPI
6 4 (2.07%) RESTful
6 4 (2.07%) SAP Basis
6 4 (2.07%) Spring
6 4 (2.07%) Spring Boot
6 4 (2.07%) Swagger
7 3 (1.55%) FreeSWITCH
7 3 (1.55%) OpenTelemetry
7 3 (1.55%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.33%) Driving Licence
2 16 (8.29%) Embedded Systems
2 16 (8.29%) FPGA
3 10 (5.18%) Cloud Native
4 8 (4.15%) LIMS
4 8 (4.15%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.11%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.11%) Public Cloud
6 5 (2.59%) Cyberattack
6 5 (2.59%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (2.07%) NHS
7 4 (2.07%) Replication
7 4 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.55%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.55%) PKI
8 3 (1.55%) SCADA
9 2 (1.04%) Digital Signage
9 2 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.04%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 104 (53.89%) Windows
2 41 (21.24%) Windows Server
3 15 (7.77%) Unix
4 10 (5.18%) Debian
4 10 (5.18%) Mac OS
5 8 (4.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (3.63%) CentOS
6 7 (3.63%) Ubuntu
7 6 (3.11%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (2.07%) SUSE
9 3 (1.55%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 3 (1.55%) VMS
9 3 (1.55%) Windows 10
10 2 (1.04%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (1.04%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.52%) CoreOS
11 1 (0.52%) Fedora
11 1 (0.52%) Solaris
11 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (23.83%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (20.21%) CI/CD
3 37 (19.17%) Containerisation
3 37 (19.17%) DevOps
3 37 (19.17%) Infrastructure as Code
4 35 (18.13%) Computer Science
5 34 (17.62%) ITIL
6 23 (11.92%) Agile
7 19 (9.84%) Mentoring
7 19 (9.84%) Software Engineering
8 18 (9.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 17 (8.81%) Change Management
9 17 (8.81%) Coaching
9 17 (8.81%) Cybersecurity
10 16 (8.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (8.29%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 15 (7.77%) Platform Engineering
12 14 (7.25%) Microservices
13 13 (6.74%) Observability
14 12 (6.22%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 54 (27.98%) Python
2 36 (18.65%) SQL
3 32 (16.58%) Java
4 24 (12.44%) C
5 22 (11.40%) Bash
5 22 (11.40%) PowerShell
6 14 (7.25%) JavaScript
7 12 (6.22%) TypeScript
8 11 (5.70%) Go
9 9 (4.66%) C#
10 8 (4.15%) C++
10 8 (4.15%) PHP
10 8 (4.15%) PL/SQL
11 6 (3.11%) Perl
12 4 (2.07%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.52%) ABAP
13 1 (0.52%) Bicep
13 1 (0.52%) Delphi
13 1 (0.52%) Groovy
13 1 (0.52%) Scala
Qualifications
1 38 (19.69%) Degree
2 20 (10.36%) Security Cleared
3 18 (9.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (7.25%) HND
5 13 (6.74%) DV Cleared
6 11 (5.70%) SC Cleared
7 8 (4.15%) HNC
8 6 (3.11%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (3.11%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (3.11%) Master's Degree
9 5 (2.59%) DBS Check
10 4 (2.07%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (1.55%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.55%) CCNA
11 3 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.55%) CISSP
12 2 (1.04%) Azure Certification
12 2 (1.04%) CEH
12 2 (1.04%) GCIA
12 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (3.11%) GDPR
3 5 (2.59%) QA
4 3 (1.55%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.52%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 32 (16.58%) Active Directory
2 27 (13.99%) Docker
3 12 (6.22%) Hyper-V
3 12 (6.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (5.18%) vSphere
5 7 (3.63%) VMware NSX
6 5 (2.59%) Firmware
7 4 (2.07%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.55%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.52%) HDFS
9 1 (0.52%) Kamailio
9 1 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 44 (22.80%) Kubernetes
2 42 (21.76%) Ansible
3 39 (20.21%) Terraform
4 21 (10.88%) Grafana
5 17 (8.81%) Prometheus
6 9 (4.66%) Control-M
7 7 (3.63%) Puppet
8 3 (1.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.55%) Argo
8 3 (1.55%) AWS Copilot
8 3 (1.55%) Rancher
8 3 (1.55%) WSUS
9 2 (1.04%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (1.04%) Nagios
9 2 (1.04%) Plesk
9 2 (1.04%) Podman
9 2 (1.04%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.52%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.52%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 40 (20.73%) Microsoft
2 36 (18.65%) VMware
3 14 (7.25%) Splunk
4 11 (5.70%) Google
5 10 (5.18%) Red Hat
6 7 (3.63%) Cisco
7 6 (3.11%) Allen-Bradley
7 6 (3.11%) Siemens
7 6 (3.11%) SolarWinds
7 6 (3.11%) Toshiba
8 5 (2.59%) SAP
8 5 (2.59%) SonicWALL
9 4 (2.07%) Apple
9 4 (2.07%) Oracle
9 4 (2.07%) Sage
9 4 (2.07%) SaltStack
10 3 (1.55%) ServiceNow
11 2 (1.04%) Dynatrace
11 2 (1.04%) MuleSoft
11 2 (1.04%) Rapid7