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 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 18 60
Rank change year-on-year -81 +42 -14
Permanent jobs citing Linux 392 936 441
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.64% 9.87% 3.37%
As % of the Operating Systems category 33.48% 58.94% 34.08%
Number of salaries quoted 275 149 237
10th Percentile £35,000 £28,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,750 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £101,250 £70,250 £71,991
England median annual salary £65,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.36% +5.83% -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 requiring operating system skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,171 1,588 1,294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.89% 16.75% 9.88%
Number of salaries quoted 891 639 677
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,000 £25,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,200 £35,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.86% -17.65% -8.90%
75th Percentile £57,500 £50,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £74,985 £65,000 £66,900
England median annual salary £45,000 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.76% -18.00% -4.76%

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 12 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 12 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -85 204 £58,750 +11.90% 109
Yorkshire -22 108 £42,500 +6.25% 69
North East -16 80 £71,991 +19.99% 31
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 10 (2.55%) Apache
1 10 (2.55%) IIS
2 8 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.77%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.51%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.51%) Confluence
4 2 (0.51%) nginx
5 1 (0.26%) HCL Domino
5 1 (0.26%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.26%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 141 (35.97%) AWS
2 100 (25.51%) Azure
3 50 (12.76%) GitHub
4 41 (10.46%) GCP
5 27 (6.89%) AWS CloudFormation
6 24 (6.12%) GitHub Actions
7 22 (5.61%) Amazon EC2
8 18 (4.59%) Microsoft 365
9 17 (4.34%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (4.08%) Azure AKS
11 14 (3.57%) OpenShift
12 12 (3.06%) Cloud Computing
13 11 (2.81%) Serverless
14 10 (2.55%) Azure Service Bus
15 9 (2.30%) Azure Monitor
15 9 (2.30%) Entra ID
16 8 (2.04%) PaaS
17 7 (1.79%) Amazon EKS
17 7 (1.79%) IaaS
17 7 (1.79%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 36 (9.18%) TCP/IP
2 35 (8.93%) DNS
3 22 (5.61%) VPN
4 21 (5.36%) DHCP
5 18 (4.59%) Internet
6 16 (4.08%) Firewall
7 11 (2.81%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (2.55%) VLAN
9 7 (1.79%) SSL
10 6 (1.53%) LAN
10 6 (1.53%) Remote Desktop
10 6 (1.53%) SAN
11 5 (1.28%) VSAN
11 5 (1.28%) WAN
12 2 (0.51%) AMQP
12 2 (0.51%) Bluetooth
12 2 (0.51%) NetScaler
12 2 (0.51%) VoIP
12 2 (0.51%) Wireless
12 2 (0.51%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (15.56%) SQL Server
2 56 (14.29%) MySQL
3 23 (5.87%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (3.83%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.77%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.51%) Big Data
7 2 (0.51%) Cloudera CDH
7 2 (0.51%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.51%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.51%) Redis
7 2 (0.51%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.26%) Db2
8 1 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 52 (13.27%) Git
2 50 (12.76%) Jenkins
3 41 (10.46%) GitLab
4 26 (6.63%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 12 (3.06%) JIRA
6 7 (1.79%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.79%) SonarQube
7 6 (1.53%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.77%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (0.77%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.26%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.26%) Maven
General
1 84 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 62 (15.82%) Public Sector
3 50 (12.76%) Law
4 32 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (5.87%) Finance
6 22 (5.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (4.08%) Manufacturing
8 14 (3.57%) Aerospace
8 14 (3.57%) Retail
9 10 (2.55%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (1.28%) Advertising
10 5 (1.28%) Electronics
11 3 (0.77%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.51%) Automotive
12 2 (0.51%) Banking
12 2 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.51%) Games
13 1 (0.26%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.26%) Legal Technology
13 1 (0.26%) Military
Job Titles
1 94 (23.98%) DevOps Engineer
2 81 (20.66%) Senior
3 51 (13.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 51 (13.01%) Software Engineer
4 45 (11.48%) Linux Engineer
5 42 (10.71%) Administrator
6 32 (8.16%) Principal Engineer
6 32 (8.16%) Senior DevOps
7 31 (7.91%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 28 (7.14%) Database Engineer
9 23 (5.87%) Platform Engineer
10 22 (5.61%) Principal DevOps Engineer
10 22 (5.61%) Systems Administrator
11 19 (4.85%) IT Support
11 19 (4.85%) Lead
11 19 (4.85%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 17 (4.34%) IT Engineer
13 16 (4.08%) DBA
14 15 (3.83%) Cloud Engineer
14 15 (3.83%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (24.49%) Terraform
2 18 (4.59%) Web Services
3 14 (3.57%) Node.js
4 9 (2.30%) React
5 7 (1.79%) Kafka
6 5 (1.28%) HTML
6 5 (1.28%) REST
7 4 (1.02%) .NET
7 4 (1.02%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (1.02%) JSON
8 3 (0.77%) ARM Templates
8 3 (0.77%) Laravel
8 3 (0.77%) RabbitMQ
8 3 (0.77%) Spring
8 3 (0.77%) Spring Boot
8 3 (0.77%) Vue
9 2 (0.51%) gRPC
9 2 (0.51%) LEMP Stack
9 2 (0.51%) Material-UI
9 2 (0.51%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 41 (10.46%) Cloud Native
2 36 (9.18%) Replication
3 21 (5.36%) Linux Command Line
4 18 (4.59%) Driving Licence
5 11 (2.81%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (2.81%) Security Posture
6 7 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (1.79%) Life Science
7 6 (1.53%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 6 (1.53%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.53%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.53%) Social Media
8 5 (1.28%) Private Cloud
8 5 (1.28%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.02%) Culture of Ownership
9 4 (1.02%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.02%) Embedded Systems
10 2 (0.51%) ARM Cortex
10 2 (0.51%) CSOC
10 2 (0.51%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 122 (31.12%) Windows
2 59 (15.05%) Unix
3 49 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 38 (9.69%) Windows Server
5 28 (7.14%) CentOS
6 19 (4.85%) Ubuntu
7 14 (3.57%) macOS
8 12 (3.06%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (2.55%) Embedded Linux
10 8 (2.04%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (1.79%) AIX
12 5 (1.28%) Debian
13 3 (0.77%) CoreOS
13 3 (0.77%) VMS
14 2 (0.51%) FreeRTOS
14 2 (0.51%) Windows 10
14 2 (0.51%) Windows 7
15 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
15 1 (0.26%) Oracle Linux
15 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (33.42%) CI/CD
2 130 (33.16%) DevOps
3 119 (30.36%) Infrastructure as Code
4 92 (23.47%) Software Engineering
5 88 (22.45%) Platform Engineering
6 85 (21.68%) Continuous Improvement
7 84 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 81 (20.66%) Problem-Solving
9 78 (19.90%) Mentoring
10 68 (17.35%) Agile
11 55 (14.03%) Containerisation
12 49 (12.50%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 48 (12.24%) Continuous Integration
14 47 (11.99%) AI
15 45 (11.48%) Coaching
16 42 (10.71%) High Availability
17 39 (9.95%) Microservices
17 39 (9.95%) Technical Leadership
18 34 (8.67%) Computer Science
19 33 (8.42%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 96 (24.49%) Python
2 51 (13.01%) Bash
2 51 (13.01%) Shell Script
2 51 (13.01%) SQL
3 35 (8.93%) PowerShell
4 33 (8.42%) Java
5 30 (7.65%) C++
6 20 (5.10%) Rust
7 19 (4.85%) Go
8 18 (4.59%) Groovy
9 12 (3.06%) C
10 8 (2.04%) C#
11 6 (1.53%) JavaScript
11 6 (1.53%) TypeScript
12 4 (1.02%) Bicep
12 4 (1.02%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.77%) PHP
14 2 (0.51%) Embedded C
14 2 (0.51%) Korn
Qualifications
1 89 (22.70%) Security Cleared
2 57 (14.54%) SC Cleared
3 40 (10.20%) DV Cleared
4 37 (9.44%) Degree
5 24 (6.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (2.55%) DBS Check
8 6 (1.53%) CREST Certified
9 5 (1.28%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.77%) RHCE
11 3 (0.77%) RHCSA
11 3 (0.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.51%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.51%) IBM AIX Certification
12 2 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.51%) MCSE
13 1 (0.26%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.26%) HP ASE
13 1 (0.26%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.32%) QA
2 5 (1.28%) SLA
3 4 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.51%) GDPR
4 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.26%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.26%) NIST
5 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 90 (22.96%) Docker
2 22 (5.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (5.36%) Active Directory
4 12 (3.06%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (2.55%) Hyper-V
6 8 (2.04%) vSphere
7 7 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (1.53%) VMware NSX
9 4 (1.02%) Ceph
9 4 (1.02%) iptables
10 2 (0.51%) UAG
11 1 (0.26%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 1 (0.26%) Firmware
11 1 (0.26%) KVM
Systems Management
1 89 (22.70%) Kubernetes
2 76 (19.39%) Ansible
3 20 (5.10%) Puppet
4 19 (4.85%) Progress Chef
5 18 (4.59%) Argo
6 12 (3.06%) Grafana
6 12 (3.06%) WSUS
7 11 (2.81%) Prometheus
8 8 (2.04%) Podman
9 6 (1.53%) SCCM
9 6 (1.53%) vCenter Server
10 4 (1.02%) Istio
11 3 (0.77%) Check_MK
11 3 (0.77%) Control-M
11 3 (0.77%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (0.77%) McAfee ePO
11 3 (0.77%) Nessus
11 3 (0.77%) SCVMM
12 2 (0.51%) AirWatch
12 2 (0.51%) SCOM
Vendors
1 66 (16.84%) Microsoft
2 33 (8.42%) Red Hat
3 29 (7.40%) VMware
4 25 (6.38%) Google
5 14 (3.57%) Oracle
6 12 (3.06%) Dell
7 11 (2.81%) Veeam
8 10 (2.55%) HP
8 10 (2.55%) Palo Alto
9 9 (2.30%) NetApp
10 8 (2.04%) Aruba
10 8 (2.04%) CheckPoint
10 8 (2.04%) SonicWALL
11 7 (1.79%) Splunk
11 7 (1.79%) YouTube
12 6 (1.53%) Pega
12 6 (1.53%) Thales
13 5 (1.28%) Atlassian
13 5 (1.28%) Fortinet
13 5 (1.28%) ServiceNow