Linux Jobs in the South East

Linux
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 19 February 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 28 26
Rank change year-on-year -4 -2 -2
Permanent jobs citing Linux 627 821 1,225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.58% 6.47% 8.03%
As % of the Operating Systems category 47.07% 36.80% 40.27%
Number of salaries quoted 372 621 789
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +8.33%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,332 2,231 3,042
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 13.99% 17.59% 19.94%
Number of salaries quoted 809 1,896 2,124
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,750 £25,688
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,000 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £52,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.47% -9.52% +2.94%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the South East

Linux
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux in the South East.

Salary trend for Linux in the South East

Linux
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in the South East over the 6 months to 19 February 2025.

Salary histogram for Linux in the South East

Linux
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 within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 February 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
Thames Valley -1 240 £55,000 +7.32% 80
Hampshire +7 222 £65,000 +8.33% 41
Buckinghamshire +27 92 £50,000 +3.63% 10
Surrey +3 85 £55,000 - 22
Berkshire -24 84 £50,000 -9.09% 46
Oxfordshire 0 64 £60,000 +40.20% 27
Kent +4 27 £70,000 +47.37% 10
West Sussex +32 24 £47,500 +11.76% 4
East Sussex +16 13 £46,489 +3.31% 7
Middlesex -30 7 - - 2
Sussex - 6 £48,500 - 6
Isle of Wight - 2 £40,101 -
Home Counties - 1 £70,000 -
Linux
England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 30 (4.78%) Apache
2 22 (3.51%) Confluence
3 17 (2.71%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.91%) IIS
4 12 (1.91%) nginx
5 10 (1.59%) OpenStack
6 7 (1.12%) Tomcat
7 6 (0.96%) CloudStack
8 5 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.48%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.32%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.16%) CMS
11 1 (0.16%) Joomla!
Applications
1 22 (3.51%) Simulink
2 14 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.96%) OrCAD
4 5 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.48%) Mozilla Thunderbird
7 2 (0.32%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 127 (20.26%) Azure
2 110 (17.54%) AWS
3 46 (7.34%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (5.74%) GCP
5 28 (4.47%) SaaS
6 18 (2.87%) Serverless
7 16 (2.55%) Cloudflare
8 14 (2.23%) Entra ID
8 14 (2.23%) GitHub
9 13 (2.07%) Cloud Computing
9 13 (2.07%) PaaS
10 12 (1.91%) Amazon EC2
10 12 (1.91%) Amazon S3
11 11 (1.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 11 (1.75%) Azure Sentinel
12 10 (1.59%) AWS Lambda
12 10 (1.59%) Azure AKS
13 9 (1.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 8 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
14 8 (1.28%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 97 (15.47%) Firewall
2 52 (8.29%) TCP/IP
3 49 (7.81%) DNS
4 39 (6.22%) Network Security
5 38 (6.06%) VPN
6 32 (5.10%) Wireshark
7 29 (4.63%) VSAN
8 26 (4.15%) Wireless
9 23 (3.67%) DHCP
10 18 (2.87%) Internet
11 17 (2.71%) SSL
11 17 (2.71%) WAN
11 17 (2.71%) Wi-Fi
12 15 (2.39%) Software-Defined Radio
13 13 (2.07%) HTTP
14 12 (1.91%) SMTP
15 11 (1.75%) Bluetooth
15 11 (1.75%) Ethernet
15 11 (1.75%) VLAN
16 10 (1.59%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (10.21%) MySQL
2 48 (7.66%) SQL Server
3 33 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (3.35%) Relational Database
5 13 (2.07%) NoSQL
6 12 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (1.12%) Power BI
8 5 (0.80%) Airbyte
8 5 (0.80%) Apache Cassandra
8 5 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (0.80%) MariaDB
8 5 (0.80%) Metadata
8 5 (0.80%) Qlik Sense
9 4 (0.64%) SQLite
9 4 (0.64%) Tableau
10 3 (0.48%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.48%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.32%) Cloud Spanner
11 2 (0.32%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 68 (10.85%) Git
2 46 (7.34%) JIRA
3 43 (6.86%) Jenkins
4 30 (4.78%) GitLab
5 23 (3.67%) Bitbucket
6 14 (2.23%) Subversion
7 12 (1.91%) Robot Framework
8 10 (1.59%) Octopus Deploy
9 8 (1.28%) Eclipse
9 8 (1.28%) Rational Rhapsody
10 7 (1.12%) Artifactory
10 7 (1.12%) Cucumber
10 7 (1.12%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.96%) CMake
12 5 (0.80%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 5 (0.80%) Eclipse RCP
13 4 (0.64%) CocoaPods
14 3 (0.48%) Bitbucket Server
14 3 (0.48%) gulp
14 3 (0.48%) JUnit
General
1 122 (19.46%) Social Skills
2 69 (11.00%) Electronics
3 40 (6.38%) Manufacturing
4 27 (4.31%) Telecoms
5 26 (4.15%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (3.99%) Finance
7 24 (3.83%) Public Sector
8 19 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (3.03%) Marketing
8 19 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (2.55%) Aerospace
9 16 (2.55%) Military
9 16 (2.55%) Retail
10 11 (1.75%) Back Office
11 9 (1.44%) Law
12 8 (1.28%) Automotive
13 7 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (0.96%) Publishing
15 5 (0.80%) Banking
15 5 (0.80%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 101 (16.11%) Software Engineer
2 82 (13.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 78 (12.44%) Senior
4 71 (11.32%) Developer
5 50 (7.97%) Network Engineer
6 45 (7.18%) Principal Engineer
7 44 (7.02%) Support Engineer
8 43 (6.86%) Lead
9 37 (5.90%) Analyst
10 35 (5.58%) Applications Support
10 35 (5.58%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 35 (5.58%) Systems Engineer
11 34 (5.42%) Security Engineer
12 33 (5.26%) Architect
13 29 (4.63%) Administrator
13 29 (4.63%) Applications Engineer
13 29 (4.63%) IT Engineer
14 28 (4.47%) Applications Support Engineer
14 28 (4.47%) DevOps Engineer
14 28 (4.47%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (5.74%) React
2 33 (5.26%) Web Services
3 32 (5.10%) .NET
4 27 (4.31%) CSS
4 27 (4.31%) HTML
5 26 (4.15%) REST
6 24 (3.83%) RabbitMQ
7 21 (3.35%) Django
8 19 (3.03%) JSON
9 18 (2.87%) LAMP
10 14 (2.23%) Laravel
10 14 (2.23%) XML
11 11 (1.75%) Node.js
12 10 (1.59%) JSP
12 10 (1.59%) NumPy
12 10 (1.59%) Pandas
13 8 (1.28%) Qt
13 8 (1.28%) STL
14 7 (1.12%) Flask
14 7 (1.12%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 59 (9.41%) Algorithms
2 42 (6.70%) Data Centre
3 36 (5.74%) Self-Motivation
4 35 (5.58%) Linux Command Line
5 26 (4.15%) Management Information System
6 23 (3.67%) FPGA
7 19 (3.03%) IoT
8 17 (2.71%) VHDL
9 13 (2.07%) NHS
9 13 (2.07%) Public Cloud
10 12 (1.91%) Molecular Biology
11 11 (1.75%) Embedded Systems
12 10 (1.59%) Client/Server
12 10 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
12 10 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
12 10 (1.59%) NB-IoT
12 10 (1.59%) Replication
13 8 (1.28%) Cloud Native
13 8 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
14 7 (1.12%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 293 (46.73%) Windows
2 43 (6.86%) Windows Server
3 42 (6.70%) Embedded Linux
3 42 (6.70%) Ubuntu
4 31 (4.94%) CentOS
5 30 (4.78%) Unix
6 26 (4.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 20 (3.19%) Debian
8 18 (2.87%) Mac OS
9 12 (1.91%) Rocky
10 10 (1.59%) Android
11 9 (1.44%) Solaris
11 9 (1.44%) SUSE
12 8 (1.28%) Apple iOS
12 8 (1.28%) FreeRTOS
12 8 (1.28%) VxWorks
13 7 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
14 5 (0.80%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 5 (0.80%) Windows 10
15 4 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (22.17%) Software Engineering
2 124 (19.78%) Problem-Solving
3 114 (18.18%) DevOps
4 90 (14.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 84 (13.40%) Agile
6 69 (11.00%) ITIL
7 67 (10.69%) Computer Science
8 65 (10.37%) Open Source
9 60 (9.57%) Containerisation
10 59 (9.41%) Cybersecurity
11 51 (8.13%) Mentoring
12 50 (7.97%) Continuous Integration
13 47 (7.50%) Mathematics
14 44 (7.02%) CI/CD
15 43 (6.86%) Data Analysis
15 43 (6.86%) Infrastructure as Code
16 42 (6.70%) Systems Engineering
17 41 (6.54%) OO
18 39 (6.22%) Physics
19 38 (6.06%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 215 (34.29%) Python
2 127 (20.26%) C++
3 121 (19.30%) SQL
4 91 (14.51%) C
5 77 (12.28%) PowerShell
6 69 (11.00%) Java
7 62 (9.89%) Bash
8 58 (9.25%) JavaScript
9 41 (6.54%) C#
10 26 (4.15%) PHP
11 24 (3.83%) MATLAB
12 20 (3.19%) Go
13 16 (2.55%) PL/SQL
14 14 (2.23%) Fortran
14 14 (2.23%) Shell Script
15 10 (1.59%) Embedded C++
16 9 (1.44%) Rust
16 9 (1.44%) T-SQL
17 8 (1.28%) TypeScript
18 7 (1.12%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 179 (28.55%) Degree
2 166 (26.48%) Security Cleared
3 106 (16.91%) SC Cleared
4 81 (12.92%) DV Cleared
5 38 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (4.47%) BPSS Clearance
7 25 (3.99%) Master's Degree
7 25 (3.99%) PhD
8 23 (3.67%) Chartered Engineer
9 21 (3.35%) CompTIA Security+
9 21 (3.35%) Microsoft Certification
10 20 (3.19%) CCNP
10 20 (3.19%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (2.87%) Network+ Certification
12 10 (1.59%) MCSA
12 10 (1.59%) MCSE
13 9 (1.44%) CCNA
14 8 (1.28%) CISSP
15 7 (1.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 5 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.51%) SLA
2 21 (3.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (1.75%) GDPR
3 11 (1.75%) QA
4 10 (1.59%) NIST
5 6 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (0.32%) NCSC
7 1 (0.16%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 87 (13.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 82 (13.08%) Docker
3 52 (8.29%) Active Directory
4 31 (4.94%) VMware ESXi
5 27 (4.31%) vSphere
6 25 (3.99%) Firmware
7 21 (3.35%) Hyper-V
8 11 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
9 10 (1.59%) VMware NSX
10 9 (1.44%) pfSense
11 7 (1.12%) Embedded Firmware
12 5 (0.80%) NFS
13 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.48%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 3 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
13 3 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 1 (0.16%) KVM
15 1 (0.16%) Squid
Systems Management
1 88 (14.04%) Kubernetes
2 77 (12.28%) Ansible
3 72 (11.48%) Terraform
4 16 (2.55%) Puppet
4 16 (2.55%) ZABBIX
5 15 (2.39%) vCenter Server
6 12 (1.91%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (1.91%) Nagios
6 12 (1.91%) Packer
7 9 (1.44%) Grafana
7 9 (1.44%) Prometheus
8 8 (1.28%) Graylog
9 6 (0.96%) Nessus
9 6 (0.96%) Proxmox
10 5 (0.80%) Argo
11 4 (0.64%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.64%) WSUS
12 3 (0.48%) CSIRT
12 3 (0.48%) EMC NetWorker
13 2 (0.32%) QRadar
Vendors
1 124 (19.78%) VMware
2 117 (18.66%) Microsoft
3 62 (9.89%) Red Hat
4 46 (7.34%) Cisco
5 34 (5.42%) Palo Alto
6 22 (3.51%) Atlassian
7 21 (3.35%) SAP
8 20 (3.19%) IBM
9 19 (3.03%) HP
9 19 (3.03%) Oracle
10 18 (2.87%) CheckPoint
10 18 (2.87%) Dell
10 18 (2.87%) Veeam
11 15 (2.39%) NVIDIA
11 15 (2.39%) ServiceNow
12 14 (2.23%) Xilinx
13 10 (1.59%) NetApp
14 9 (1.44%) Fortinet
14 9 (1.44%) Juniper
14 9 (1.44%) Mellanox