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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 26 24
Rank change year-on-year -34 -2 -5
Permanent jobs citing Linux 408 1,201 1,147
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 4.23% 6.85% 8.17%
As % of the Operating Systems category 33.53% 42.21% 43.19%
Number of salaries quoted 243 793 783
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £70,625
90th Percentile £77,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +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 1,217 2,845 2,656
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 12.63% 16.22% 18.91%
Number of salaries quoted 887 2,248 1,837
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,000 £25,613
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,000 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -0.58% -8.95%
75th Percentile £53,125 £58,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,300 £77,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -14.29% -

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 30 May 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 30 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
Thames Valley -21 161 £50,000 -9.09% 538
Hampshire -10 135 £55,000 -4.35% 185
Surrey -18 73 £65,000 +18.18% 118
Berkshire -36 65 £50,000 -15.25% 343
Oxfordshire -4 50 £60,000 +20.00% 80
Buckinghamshire +6 46 £50,000 +11.11% 119
Kent +28 14 £43,800 +9.50% 103
Middlesex -30 11 - - 1
West Sussex -3 5 £70,000 +27.46% 49
East Sussex -5 5 £38,750 -22.50% 55
Isle of Wight - 3 £40,101 - 1
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 19 (4.66%) Apache
2 17 (4.17%) Confluence
2 17 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.49%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.25%) GemFire
4 1 (0.25%) nginx
4 1 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 7 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.98%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 2 (0.49%) OrCAD
3 2 (0.49%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (0.98%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 97 (23.77%) AWS
2 78 (19.12%) Azure
3 25 (6.13%) Pulumi
4 22 (5.39%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (5.15%) AWS CloudFormation
6 20 (4.90%) GCP
7 19 (4.66%) Amazon EKS
8 14 (3.43%) SaaS
9 12 (2.94%) Serverless
10 11 (2.70%) Amazon EC2
10 11 (2.70%) Amazon S3
11 10 (2.45%) PaaS
12 9 (2.21%) AWS KMS
13 7 (1.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 6 (1.47%) AWS Lambda
14 6 (1.47%) Entra ID
14 6 (1.47%) OpenShift
15 5 (1.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 5 (1.23%) Amazon SQS
15 5 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 46 (11.27%) TCP/IP
2 42 (10.29%) VPN
3 33 (8.09%) DNS
4 31 (7.60%) Firewall
5 30 (7.35%) Wireshark
6 25 (6.13%) Broadband
7 24 (5.88%) DHCP
8 21 (5.15%) Wireless
9 17 (4.17%) Software-Defined Radio
9 17 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
10 16 (3.92%) SAN
11 12 (2.94%) Network Security
11 12 (2.94%) VLAN
12 11 (2.70%) NAS
12 11 (2.70%) WAN
13 10 (2.45%) Bluetooth
14 9 (2.21%) 5G
14 9 (2.21%) LTE
14 9 (2.21%) Remote Desktop
15 8 (1.96%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (9.80%) Relational Database
2 37 (9.07%) MySQL
3 29 (7.11%) NoSQL
4 28 (6.86%) RDBMS
5 18 (4.41%) Elasticsearch
6 16 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (3.92%) SQL Server
7 11 (2.70%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (1.47%) DynamoDB
9 5 (1.23%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (0.98%) Metabase
11 3 (0.74%) Metadata
11 3 (0.74%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.74%) Power BI
12 2 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
13 1 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
13 1 (0.25%) Qlik Sense
13 1 (0.25%) Redis
13 1 (0.25%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 36 (8.82%) Robot Framework
2 35 (8.58%) Cucumber
2 35 (8.58%) Git
3 26 (6.37%) Jenkins
4 25 (6.13%) Jaeger
5 20 (4.90%) JIRA
6 12 (2.94%) Bitbucket
7 9 (2.21%) Bitbucket Server
8 6 (1.47%) Eclipse
8 6 (1.47%) JUnit
8 6 (1.47%) SonarQube
9 5 (1.23%) DbUnit
9 5 (1.23%) Eclipse RCP
9 5 (1.23%) jMock
9 5 (1.23%) Maven
9 5 (1.23%) Mockito
10 4 (0.98%) Subversion
11 3 (0.74%) GitLab
12 2 (0.49%) CMake
12 2 (0.49%) MSI
General
1 110 (26.96%) Social Skills
2 99 (24.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 50 (12.25%) Telecoms
4 27 (6.62%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (5.39%) Electronics
6 19 (4.66%) Finance
7 8 (1.96%) Law
7 8 (1.96%) Manufacturing
8 7 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (1.72%) Public Sector
8 7 (1.72%) Retail
9 4 (0.98%) Billing
10 3 (0.74%) Advertising
10 3 (0.74%) Automotive
11 2 (0.49%) Games
11 2 (0.49%) Military
11 2 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.25%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.25%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.25%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 52 (12.75%) Software Engineer
2 50 (12.25%) Lead
3 42 (10.29%) Support Engineer
4 41 (10.05%) Senior
5 38 (9.31%) Developer
6 37 (9.07%) Test Engineer
7 36 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 34 (8.33%) Test Automation Engineer
9 32 (7.84%) Principal Engineer
10 31 (7.60%) Principal Systems Engineer
11 28 (6.86%) Software Developer
12 27 (6.62%) Systems Engineer
13 26 (6.37%) Embedded Engineer
14 25 (6.13%) Team Leader
15 23 (5.64%) Administrator
15 23 (5.64%) Applications Support
15 23 (5.64%) Embedded Software Engineer
16 19 (4.66%) Technical Support
17 17 (4.17%) IT Support
17 17 (4.17%) Linux Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (7.60%) .NET
2 28 (6.86%) Elastic Stack
3 26 (6.37%) Node.js
4 25 (6.13%) OpenTelemetry
5 19 (4.66%) HTML
5 19 (4.66%) Pandas
6 15 (3.68%) CSS
7 12 (2.94%) Web Services
8 9 (2.21%) React
9 8 (1.96%) Laravel
9 8 (1.96%) REST
10 7 (1.72%) LAMP
10 7 (1.72%) Middleware
10 7 (1.72%) Spring
11 6 (1.47%) SOAP
12 5 (1.23%) ActiveMQ
12 5 (1.23%) Hibernate
12 5 (1.23%) JPA
12 5 (1.23%) JSP
12 5 (1.23%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 47 (11.52%) Linux Command Line
2 27 (6.62%) Algorithms
3 25 (6.13%) Embedded Systems
4 18 (4.41%) Cyberattack
5 17 (4.17%) e-Learning
5 17 (4.17%) IoT
5 17 (4.17%) MicroBlaze
5 17 (4.17%) RISC-V
6 15 (3.68%) Data Centre
6 15 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (3.19%) Management Information System
8 9 (2.21%) Clustering
8 9 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
8 9 (2.21%) NB-IoT
9 8 (1.96%) PKI
10 7 (1.72%) Cloud Native
10 7 (1.72%) FPGA
10 7 (1.72%) Public Cloud
10 7 (1.72%) Replication
11 6 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 165 (40.44%) Windows
2 57 (13.97%) Unix
3 35 (8.58%) Windows Server
4 34 (8.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 22 (5.39%) Embedded Linux
6 20 (4.90%) Android
7 19 (4.66%) CentOS
8 16 (3.92%) Ubuntu
9 12 (2.94%) Mac OS
10 8 (1.96%) Debian
10 8 (1.96%) SUSE
11 7 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
12 5 (1.23%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 4 (0.98%) Windows 10
14 3 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
15 2 (0.49%) Apple iOS
15 2 (0.49%) Rocky
15 2 (0.49%) Solaris
16 1 (0.25%) AIX
16 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (25.49%) DevOps
2 92 (22.55%) Agile
3 88 (21.57%) Containerisation
4 82 (20.10%) Software Engineering
5 81 (19.85%) Mentoring
6 79 (19.36%) Problem-Solving
7 58 (14.22%) High Availability
8 55 (13.48%) Infrastructure as Code
9 53 (12.99%) Roadmaps
10 52 (12.75%) Mathematics
11 50 (12.25%) OO
12 49 (12.01%) OOP
13 44 (10.78%) Coaching
14 42 (10.29%) Computer Science
14 42 (10.29%) Test Automation
15 40 (9.80%) CI/CD
15 40 (9.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 36 (8.82%) Continuous Integration
16 36 (8.82%) Task Automation
17 35 (8.58%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 190 (46.57%) Python
2 111 (27.21%) Bash
3 97 (23.77%) JavaScript
4 85 (20.83%) PowerShell
5 84 (20.59%) C++
6 78 (19.12%) Java
7 60 (14.71%) SQL
8 49 (12.01%) Go
9 48 (11.76%) C
10 23 (5.64%) Rust
11 18 (4.41%) PHP
12 15 (3.68%) C#
13 11 (2.70%) PL/SQL
14 10 (2.45%) Fortran
14 10 (2.45%) MATLAB
15 9 (2.21%) Perl
15 9 (2.21%) Shell Script
16 5 (1.23%) Ada
16 5 (1.23%) TypeScript
17 3 (0.74%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 137 (33.58%) Degree
2 107 (26.23%) Security Cleared
3 60 (14.71%) SC Cleared
4 59 (14.46%) DV Cleared
5 28 (6.86%) BPSS Clearance
6 26 (6.37%) AWS Certification
7 25 (6.13%) Microsoft Certification
8 23 (5.64%) Chartered Engineer
9 22 (5.39%) PhD
10 16 (3.92%) Master's Degree
11 15 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
11 15 (3.68%) Network+ Certification
12 14 (3.43%) MCSE
13 12 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (2.45%) CCNA
14 10 (2.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 9 (2.21%) CCNP
15 9 (2.21%) CompTIA Security+
15 9 (2.21%) MCSA
16 7 (1.72%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (8.82%) QA
2 4 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.49%) Def Stans
4 2 (0.49%) GDPR
4 2 (0.49%) NIST
5 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.25%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 84 (20.59%) Docker
2 60 (14.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (7.84%) Active Directory
4 23 (5.64%) vSphere
5 21 (5.15%) Hyper-V
5 21 (5.15%) VMware ESXi
6 20 (4.90%) Firmware
7 17 (4.17%) Embedded Firmware
8 10 (2.45%) NFS
9 6 (1.47%) BitLocker
9 6 (1.47%) Microsoft App-V
9 6 (1.47%) Terminal Services
10 5 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (0.49%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 2 (0.49%) GPFS
12 2 (0.49%) Lustre
13 1 (0.25%) KVM
13 1 (0.25%) Squid
13 1 (0.25%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 98 (24.02%) Ansible
2 81 (19.85%) Terraform
3 79 (19.36%) Kubernetes
4 27 (6.62%) Prometheus
5 25 (6.13%) Argo
5 25 (6.13%) Kustomize
6 17 (4.17%) Puppet
7 8 (1.96%) vCenter Server
8 7 (1.72%) Proxmox
9 6 (1.47%) FortiGate
9 6 (1.47%) Nagios
9 6 (1.47%) vMotion
10 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
10 5 (1.23%) Nessus
11 4 (0.98%) WMI
12 3 (0.74%) PaperCut
13 2 (0.49%) Grafana
13 2 (0.49%) Packer
13 2 (0.49%) SCCM
13 2 (0.49%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 78 (19.12%) Microsoft
2 69 (16.91%) VMware
3 31 (7.60%) Google
4 29 (7.11%) Cisco
5 27 (6.62%) Red Hat
6 18 (4.41%) Atlassian
6 18 (4.41%) SAP
7 13 (3.19%) Veeam
8 11 (2.70%) Dell
8 11 (2.70%) HP
8 11 (2.70%) Juniper
9 10 (2.45%) Palo Alto
10 7 (1.72%) Aruba
11 6 (1.47%) Citrix
11 6 (1.47%) Symantec
12 5 (1.23%) McAfee
12 5 (1.23%) SevOne
13 4 (0.98%) NVIDIA
13 4 (0.98%) Oracle
14 3 (0.74%) IBM