Linux
West Midlands > Shropshire
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Shropshire 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 22 | 38 | 23 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +16 | -15 | -7 |
| Permanent jobs citing Linux | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Shropshire | 2.56% | 1.37% | 7.47% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 9.09% | 11.76% | 41.94% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £72,500 | - | £60,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £80,000 | - | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +33.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £87,500 | - | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| West Midlands median annual salary | £45,000 | £54,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -16.67% | -1.82% | +4.76% |
All Operating Systems
Shropshire
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 Shropshire.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 33 | 34 | 31 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Shropshire | 28.21% | 11.60% | 17.82% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 28 | 20 | 26 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,500 | £29,625 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £27,750 | £31,000 | £25,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £41,000 | £35,000 | £45,250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.14% | -22.65% | +17.53% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £35,938 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £52,000 | £52,500 | - |
| West Midlands median annual salary | £36,925 | £37,500 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.53% | -16.67% | +4.65% |
Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire
Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Shropshire.
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Salary Trend in Shropshire
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux in Shropshire.
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Job Locations in Shropshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telford | +11 | 1 | £80,000 | - | 5 |
| Linux West Midlands |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Shropshire 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: