Linux Command Line Jobs in the North West

Linux/Unix Command Line Interface (CLI)
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Linux Command Line in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Linux Command Line over the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 168 287 283
Rank change year-on-year +119 -4 +8
Permanent jobs citing Linux Command Line 119 5 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.53% 0.051% 0.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.47% 0.16% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 15
10th Percentile - £30,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £47,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -9.09% +29.41%
75th Percentile £48,125 £52,500 £61,875
90th Percentile £53,750 - £117,236
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

All Generic Skills
North West

Linux Command Line falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,174 3,095 3,344
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 27.99% 31.79% 42.07%
Number of salaries quoted 970 2,262 1,518
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,190 £82,543 £84,056
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Linux Command Line
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux Command Line in the North West

Linux Command Line
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux Command Line in the North West.

Salary trend for Linux Command Line in the North West

Linux Command Line
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux Command Line in the North West over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Linux Command Line in the North West

Linux Command Line
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Command Line within the North West region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
Manchester +115 55 £37,500 -25.00% 7
Lancashire - 51 £55,000 - 2
Cheshire +37 12 - -
Merseyside - 1 - -
Linux Command Line
England

Linux Command Line
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (1.68%) Apache
Business Applications
1 2 (1.68%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 113 (94.96%) Azure
2 111 (93.28%) AWS
2 111 (93.28%) GCP
3 2 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.36%) TCP/IP
1 4 (3.36%) VPN
2 2 (1.68%) DNS
2 2 (1.68%) FTP
2 2 (1.68%) HTTP
2 2 (1.68%) HTTPS
2 2 (1.68%) SSH
2 2 (1.68%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.68%) MySQL
1 2 (1.68%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (3.36%) Cucumber
1 4 (3.36%) Robot Framework
2 2 (1.68%) JIRA
General
1 115 (96.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 8 (6.72%) Social Skills
3 4 (3.36%) Telecoms
4 2 (1.68%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (1.68%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 111 (93.28%) Senior
1 111 (93.28%) Senior Software Engineer
1 111 (93.28%) Software Engineer
2 4 (3.36%) Test Automation Engineer
2 4 (3.36%) Test Engineer
3 2 (1.68%) Technical Support
4 1 (0.84%) Administrator
4 1 (0.84%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (0.84%) Linux DevOps Engineer
4 1 (0.84%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (0.84%) Linux/Unix DevOps
4 1 (0.84%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (0.84%) Unix Administrator
4 1 (0.84%) Unix Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (93.28%) .NET
1 111 (93.28%) Node.js
2 2 (1.68%) EDI
2 2 (1.68%) LAMP
2 2 (1.68%) Loki
2 2 (1.68%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 111 (93.28%) Cyberattack
1 111 (93.28%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (1.68%) Life Science
2 2 (1.68%) Management Information System
2 2 (1.68%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (1.68%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 119 (100.00%) Linux
2 4 (3.36%) Windows
3 2 (1.68%) AIX
3 2 (1.68%) CentOS
3 2 (1.68%) Oracle Linux
3 2 (1.68%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (96.64%) Mentoring
2 111 (93.28%) Agile
2 111 (93.28%) Cloud Security
2 111 (93.28%) Data Engineering
2 111 (93.28%) Machine Learning
2 111 (93.28%) Microservices
2 111 (93.28%) Scrum
2 111 (93.28%) Site Reliability Engineering
2 111 (93.28%) Software Engineering
2 111 (93.28%) User Experience
3 8 (6.72%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (5.04%) DevOps
5 4 (3.36%) Coaching
5 4 (3.36%) Performance Monitoring
5 4 (3.36%) System Testing
5 4 (3.36%) Test Automation
5 4 (3.36%) Test Management
6 2 (1.68%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (1.68%) Supplier Management
6 2 (1.68%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 117 (98.32%) Python
2 115 (96.64%) JavaScript
3 113 (94.96%) C++
4 111 (93.28%) Go
4 111 (93.28%) Java
4 111 (93.28%) Rust
5 4 (3.36%) Bash
5 4 (3.36%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.68%) AWK
6 2 (1.68%) C
6 2 (1.68%) Korn
6 2 (1.68%) Perl
6 2 (1.68%) PHP
Qualifications
1 111 (93.28%) AWS Certification
1 111 (93.28%) AWS Certified Developer
1 111 (93.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 111 (93.28%) DV Cleared
1 111 (93.28%) Security Cleared
2 4 (3.36%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.36%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.68%) KVM
1 2 (1.68%) Postfix
1 2 (1.68%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 2 (1.68%) Grafana
1 2 (1.68%) Nagios
1 2 (1.68%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2 (1.68%) IBM
1 2 (1.68%) Microsoft
1 2 (1.68%) Oracle
1 2 (1.68%) Red Hat
1 2 (1.68%) SAP
1 2 (1.68%) ServiceNow
1 2 (1.68%) Tenable