Linux Command Line Job Trends in the South West

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Linux Command Line in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Linux Command Line over the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 165 231
Rank change year-on-year -24 +66 +30
Permanent jobs citing Linux Command Line 4 14 29
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.066% 0.43% 0.42%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.30% 1.03% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3 11 28
10th Percentile £78,750 £57,500 £37,125
25th Percentile £82,500 £64,375 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £91,000 £72,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.52% +38.10% -38.24%
75th Percentile £93,625 £76,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £95,200 £80,000 £63,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.76% +10.48% -8.70%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,344 1,360 2,345
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 22.15% 41.32% 33.78%
Number of salaries quoted 821 626 1,832
10th Percentile £27,625 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,313 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,575 £68,750 £66,165
90th Percentile £76,250 £83,125 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -15.38%

Linux Command Line
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Linux Command Line job vacancy trend in the South West

Linux Command Line
Salary Trend in the South West

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

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

Linux Command Line
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 1 March 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
Bristol -6 2 £91,000 +25.52% 2
Gloucestershire - 2 £87,500 - 2
Linux Command Line
England

Linux Command Line
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) 2G
1 2 (50.00%) 4G
1 2 (50.00%) 5G
1 2 (50.00%) DNS
1 2 (50.00%) HTTP
1 2 (50.00%) ICMP
1 2 (50.00%) Software-Defined Radio
1 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Arduino
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Raspberry Pi
2 1 (25.00%) ARM Cortex
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 4 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Research
2 3 (75.00%) Rapid Prototyping
3 2 (50.00%) Business Development
3 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (25.00%) Data Extraction
4 1 (25.00%) Red Team
4 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C
1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared