Linux Command Line Job Trends in the South East

Linux/Unix Command Line Interface (CLI)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Linux Command Line in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Linux Command Line over the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 315 274 277
Rank change year-on-year -41 +3 -10
Permanent jobs citing Linux Command Line 20 22 45
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.10% 0.25% 0.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.40% 0.61% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 13 17 14
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 -
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +100.00% -35.29%
75th Percentile £62,500 £77,500 £36,465
90th Percentile £63,500 - £56,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -12.00%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,012 3,580 3,894
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 26.30% 40.06% 32.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3,413 1,808 1,732
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £31,345
25th Percentile £38,750 £33,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -18.18% -0.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,400 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.55% -8.33% -4.00%

Linux Command Line
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Linux Command Line relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Linux Command Line job vacancy trend in the South East

Linux Command Line
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Linux Command Line.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Linux Command Line

Linux Command Line
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux Command Line in the South East over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Linux Command Line in the South East

Linux Command Line
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
Thames Valley -12 9 £45,000 -40.00% 10
Oxfordshire -32 5 £45,000 -18.18% 2
Buckinghamshire -14 4 £42,500 -43.33% 4
Hampshire -46 4 £61,250 +38.03% 7
East Sussex - 3 - - 1
Kent - 2 - - 1
West Sussex - 2 £25,000 - 1
Linux Command Line
England

Linux Command Line
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 8 (40.00%) AWS
2 5 (25.00%) Azure
2 5 (25.00%) GitHub
3 3 (15.00%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (15.00%) GCP
3 3 (15.00%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (10.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 2 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (10.00%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) Internet
1 3 (15.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (10.00%) Wireshark
3 1 (5.00%) BGP
3 1 (5.00%) Firewall
3 1 (5.00%) LAN
3 1 (5.00%) Network Security
3 1 (5.00%) NGFW
3 1 (5.00%) OSPF
3 1 (5.00%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (5.00%) VPN
3 1 (5.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (45.00%) Git
2 3 (15.00%) GitLab
3 1 (5.00%) CMake
3 1 (5.00%) GDB
General
1 11 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Finance
3 3 (15.00%) Legal
4 2 (10.00%) Automotive
4 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 4 (20.00%) Applications Support
2 3 (15.00%) Applications Specialist
2 3 (15.00%) Applications Support Specialist
2 3 (15.00%) DevOps Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Lead
2 3 (15.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Support Specialist
2 3 (15.00%) Technical Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Technical Support
2 3 (15.00%) Technical Support Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Trainee
3 2 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (10.00%) Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Cloud Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Operations Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Senior
3 2 (10.00%) Senior Validation Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Senior Verification Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Validation Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) Node.js
1 3 (15.00%) React
1 3 (15.00%) Terraform
2 2 (10.00%) Loki
2 2 (10.00%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (10.00%) YAML
3 1 (5.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Robotics
2 2 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 18 (90.00%) Linux
2 3 (15.00%) Debian
2 3 (15.00%) Robot Operating System
2 3 (15.00%) Ubuntu
3 2 (10.00%) Kali Linux
3 2 (10.00%) Windows
4 1 (5.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) CI/CD
2 8 (40.00%) Containerisation
2 8 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (30.00%) Computer Science
3 6 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (25.00%) AI
4 5 (25.00%) DevOps
4 5 (25.00%) Software Testing
5 4 (20.00%) Software Engineering
6 3 (15.00%) Analytical Thinking
6 3 (15.00%) Configuration Management
6 3 (15.00%) Continuous Delivery
6 3 (15.00%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (15.00%) Incident Management
6 3 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (15.00%) Mentoring
6 3 (15.00%) Runbook
6 3 (15.00%) SDLC
6 3 (15.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 3 (15.00%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 13 (65.00%) Python
2 6 (30.00%) Bash
3 4 (20.00%) PowerShell
3 4 (20.00%) Shell Script
3 4 (20.00%) SQL
4 3 (15.00%) C++
5 2 (10.00%) Go
5 2 (10.00%) Ruby
6 1 (5.00%) C
6 1 (5.00%) Embedded C++
6 1 (5.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) Degree
2 3 (15.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.00%) CCNP
3 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) HNC
3 1 (5.00%) HND
3 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) QA
2 2 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (55.00%) Docker
2 2 (10.00%) Snort
2 2 (10.00%) VMware Workstation
3 1 (5.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (25.00%) Grafana
1 5 (25.00%) Prometheus
2 3 (15.00%) Nagios
3 1 (5.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Google
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) NVIDIA
2 3 (15.00%) VMware
3 2 (10.00%) Carbon Black
3 2 (10.00%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (10.00%) Splunk
4 1 (5.00%) Oracle