Linux Command Line Jobs in Scotland

Linux/Unix Command Line Interface (CLI)
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Linux Command Line in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Linux Command Line over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 - 206
Rank change year-on-year - - +35
Permanent jobs citing Linux Command Line 3 0 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.11% - 0.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.43% - 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 15
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,000 - £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 - £45,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -46.47%
75th Percentile £34,000 - £59,375
90th Percentile - - £117,236
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £58,750
% change year-on-year +4.76% -10.64% +2.17%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 701 3,257 1,945
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 24.88% 48.35% 41.17%
Number of salaries quoted 424 853 805
10th Percentile £36,625 £30,150 £32,492
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% -5.17% +5.45%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,433 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,519 £82,548 £89,852
UK 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 Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux Command Line in Scotland

Linux Command Line
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux Command Line in Scotland.

Salary trend for Linux Command Line in Scotland

Linux Command Line
Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 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
Perth and Kinross - 3 £33,000 - 1
Linux Command Line
UK

Linux Command Line
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) DKIM
1 3 (100.00%) DMARC
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Help Desk Team Lead
1 3 (100.00%) Lead
1 3 (100.00%) Team Leader
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Unix
1 3 (100.00%) VMS
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 3 (100.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Apple
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) VMware