Linux Jobs in Portsmouth

Linux
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 17 17
Rank change year-on-year -14 0 +12
Permanent jobs citing Linux 19 42 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 5.04% 8.22% 13.23%
As % of the Operating Systems category 46.34% 56.00% 53.77%
Number of salaries quoted 11 41 52
10th Percentile £61,250 £37,500 £27,000
25th Percentile - £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +55.56% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £90,000 - £77,250
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -4.76%

All Operating Systems
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 41 75 106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 10.88% 14.68% 24.59%
Number of salaries quoted 20 70 94
10th Percentile £26,250 £37,500 £24,150
25th Percentile £27,281 £40,000 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £47,900 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.31% +6.44% -5.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £84,375 £82,500 £68,750
Hampshire median annual salary £47,500 £47,300 £42,500
% change year-on-year +0.42% +11.29% -10.53%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Portsmouth

Linux
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux in Portsmouth.

Salary trend for Linux in Portsmouth

Linux
Salary Histogram in Portsmouth

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Linux in Portsmouth

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 1 (5.26%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) Azure
1 3 (15.79%) Serverless
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (42.11%) Software-Defined Radio
1 8 (42.11%) Wireless
2 6 (31.58%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Eclipse
2 1 (5.26%) CMake
2 1 (5.26%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 8 (42.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Software Engineer
2 8 (42.11%) Embedded Engineer
2 8 (42.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 6 (31.58%) Principal Engineer
3 6 (31.58%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 6 (31.58%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Platform Manager
5 1 (5.26%) C++ Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Embedded C++ Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Embedded Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Junior
5 1 (5.26%) Junior Software Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) CSS
1 1 (5.26%) HTML
1 1 (5.26%) JSP
1 1 (5.26%) Middleware
1 1 (5.26%) POCO
1 1 (5.26%) Qt
1 1 (5.26%) STL
1 1 (5.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (42.11%) e-Learning
1 8 (42.11%) Embedded Systems
1 8 (42.11%) MicroBlaze
1 8 (42.11%) RISC-V
2 1 (5.26%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (42.11%) Embedded Linux
2 7 (36.84%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Software Engineering
2 9 (47.37%) Agile
2 9 (47.37%) Containerisation
3 8 (42.11%) Digital Signal Processing
3 8 (42.11%) Innovative Thinking
3 8 (42.11%) OO
3 8 (42.11%) Signal Processing
4 7 (36.84%) OOP
5 6 (31.58%) Data Analysis
5 6 (31.58%) Roadmaps
5 6 (31.58%) Systems Engineering
6 3 (15.79%) Microservices
6 3 (15.79%) Project Management
7 2 (10.53%) B2B
7 2 (10.53%) Cost Management
7 2 (10.53%) Cost Optimisation
7 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (10.53%) Mentoring
8 1 (5.26%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (5.26%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 9 (47.37%) C++
2 8 (42.11%) C
3 1 (5.26%) Ada
3 1 (5.26%) C#
3 1 (5.26%) Embedded C++
3 1 (5.26%) Java
3 1 (5.26%) Python
3 1 (5.26%) Rust
3 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (47.37%) SC Cleared
1 9 (47.37%) Security Cleared
2 7 (36.84%) BPSS Clearance
2 7 (36.84%) Degree
3 6 (31.58%) Chartered Engineer
System Software
1 8 (42.11%) Embedded Firmware
1 8 (42.11%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Atlassian
2 1 (5.26%) Intel