Linux Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Linux
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 28 36
Rank change year-on-year -64 +8 -18
Permanent jobs citing Linux 22 7 18
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 1.59% 2.28% 3.31%
As % of the Operating Systems category 70.97% 50.00% 31.03%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 4
10th Percentile £37,175 - -
25th Percentile £38,750 - £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 - £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.00%
75th Percentile £52,813 - £53,750
90th Percentile £73,572 - -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

All Operating Systems
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 31 14 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 2.24% 4.56% 10.68%
Number of salaries quoted 11 3 38
10th Percentile £33,500 £27,550 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £28,375 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £31,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% -21.25% -12.09%
75th Percentile £46,250 £45,375 £55,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £52,650 £65,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,000 £48,925
% change year-on-year +7.14% -14.15% -6.81%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Linux relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Linux job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Linux
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Linux.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Linux

Linux
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Linux in Northern Ireland

Linux
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
County Antrim -39 18 £41,250 - 4
County Down - 4 - -
Linux
UK

Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Cloud Services
1 16 (72.73%) Azure
2 12 (54.55%) Dynamics 365
2 12 (54.55%) GitHub
2 12 (54.55%) SaaS
3 4 (18.18%) AWS
4 3 (13.64%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (4.55%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (4.55%) dbt
5 1 (4.55%) GCP
5 1 (4.55%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) Firewall
2 2 (9.09%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.55%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (54.55%) SQL Server
General
1 16 (72.73%) Finance
1 16 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 12 (54.55%) Legal
2 12 (54.55%) Legal Technology
3 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.55%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 12 (54.55%) Administrator
1 12 (54.55%) DBA
2 3 (13.64%) Applications Support
2 3 (13.64%) Consultant
2 3 (13.64%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 3 (13.64%) Graduate
2 3 (13.64%) Graduate Applications Support
2 3 (13.64%) Security Consultant
2 3 (13.64%) Security Incident Consultant
3 2 (9.09%) Senior
3 2 (9.09%) SOC Consultant
3 2 (9.09%) Software Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Hardware Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Integration Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Python Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Site Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Software Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 12 (54.55%) Clustering
1 12 (54.55%) Replication
2 1 (4.55%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (4.55%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 6 (27.27%) Windows
2 4 (18.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) DevOps
1 13 (59.09%) Problem Management
2 12 (54.55%) CRM
2 12 (54.55%) Database Migration
2 12 (54.55%) High Availability
2 12 (54.55%) Performance Tuning
2 12 (54.55%) Server Management
2 12 (54.55%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 5 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (18.18%) Incident Response
4 4 (18.18%) Mentoring
4 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (13.64%) Blue Team
5 3 (13.64%) Cloud Security
5 3 (13.64%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 3 (13.64%) Fintech
5 3 (13.64%) Malware Analysis
5 3 (13.64%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 3 (13.64%) Security Operations
5 3 (13.64%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 15 (68.18%) SQL
2 13 (59.09%) PowerShell
3 2 (9.09%) C
3 2 (9.09%) C#
3 2 (9.09%) C++
3 2 (9.09%) Python
4 1 (4.55%) Bash
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) AWS Certification
2 3 (13.64%) Azure Certification
2 3 (13.64%) CompTIA CySA+
2 3 (13.64%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (13.64%) Degree
2 3 (13.64%) GCFA
2 3 (13.64%) GCIA
2 3 (13.64%) GCIH
3 1 (4.55%) CEH
3 1 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (4.55%) ECIH
3 1 (4.55%) GIAC
3 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.55%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (4.55%) Firmware
2 1 (4.55%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) QRadar
2 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (13.64%) Splunk
3 1 (4.55%) Google
3 1 (4.55%) Oracle
3 1 (4.55%) VMware