Linux Jobs in Preston

Linux
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Preston 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 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 30 30
Rank change year-on-year -21 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Linux 8 7 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 2.08% 3.23% 5.82%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 21.88% 28.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 15
10th Percentile £38,941 £47,500 £37,250
25th Percentile £40,993 £48,125 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,300 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.40% +5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £50,969 £51,875 £48,750
90th Percentile £52,638 £52,500 -
Lancashire median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% +18.75%

All Operating Systems
Preston

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 Preston.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 8 32 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 2.08% 14.75% 20.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2 28 37
10th Percentile £38,941 - £26,150
25th Percentile £40,993 £26,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,300 £27,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +68.36% -41.49% +75.70%
75th Percentile £50,969 £50,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £52,638 £52,500 £49,594
Lancashire median annual salary £40,050 £38,500 £47,250
% change year-on-year +4.03% -18.52% +57.50%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Preston

Linux
Salary Trend in Preston

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

Salary trend for Linux in Preston

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston 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 (12.50%) Apache
1 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) DNS
1 6 (75.00%) VPN
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Bitbucket
1 1 (12.50%) Eclipse
1 1 (12.50%) Eclipse RCP
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 6 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
1 6 (75.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Developer
1 6 (75.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Junior
2 1 (12.50%) Junior Software Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Security Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) CSS
1 1 (12.50%) HTML
1 1 (12.50%) JSP
1 1 (12.50%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Android
2 1 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Mathematics
1 7 (87.50%) OO
2 6 (75.00%) Agile
2 6 (75.00%) Android Development
2 6 (75.00%) Design Patterns
2 6 (75.00%) Line Management
2 6 (75.00%) OOP
3 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (12.50%) Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) Architecture Roadmap
4 1 (12.50%) Business Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (12.50%) Physics
4 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 1 (12.50%) SDLC
4 1 (12.50%) Security Architecture
4 1 (12.50%) SIEM
4 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) Java
1 7 (87.50%) Python
2 6 (75.00%) C++
2 6 (75.00%) Go
3 1 (12.50%) Ada
3 1 (12.50%) C#
3 1 (12.50%) Rust
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) DV Cleared
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (75.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Atlassian
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco
1 1 (12.50%) Juniper
1 1 (12.50%) Palo Alto