Linux Jobs in the South West

Linux
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 18 20
Rank change year-on-year -21 +2 -4
Permanent jobs citing Linux 203 843 704
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 5.66% 9.09% 10.33%
As % of the Operating Systems category 41.60% 51.75% 55.22%
Number of salaries quoted 133 539 310
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £34,961
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.43% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £72,500 £69,688
90th Percentile £73,886 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £56,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.19% -13.08% +8.33%

All Operating Systems
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 488 1,629 1,275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.62% 17.57% 18.72%
Number of salaries quoted 346 1,239 745
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,750 £33,875 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,918 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -14.29% -

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the South West

Linux
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Linux in the South West

Linux
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in the South West over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Linux in the South West

Linux
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 within the South West region over the 6 months to 10 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
Bristol -18 53 £46,500 -25.60% 68
Gloucestershire -20 45 £55,000 - 90
Devon -9 35 £57,500 +53.33% 18
Wiltshire -11 35 £40,000 -20.00% 22
Somerset -10 20 £40,000 -6.43% 14
Dorset 0 13 £50,000 - 5
Cornwall +11 2 £77,500 +40.91% 2
Linux
England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 15 (7.39%) OpenEdge
2 11 (5.42%) IIS
3 9 (4.43%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (2.96%) Apache
5 5 (2.46%) NetWeaver
5 5 (2.46%) OpenStack
5 5 (2.46%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.99%) Confluence
7 1 (0.49%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.49%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.49%) Weka
Business Applications
1 5 (2.46%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 1 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 31 (15.27%) Azure
2 26 (12.81%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (11.33%) AWS
4 8 (3.94%) IaaS
5 5 (2.46%) PaaS
5 5 (2.46%) SaaS
6 4 (1.97%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (1.97%) GCP
6 4 (1.97%) Serverless
7 3 (1.48%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (1.48%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.99%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (0.99%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (0.99%) Amazon S3
8 2 (0.99%) Apigee
8 2 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.99%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 1 (0.49%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.49%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 36 (17.73%) Firewall
2 34 (16.75%) VPN
3 23 (11.33%) DNS
4 20 (9.85%) VLAN
5 19 (9.36%) DHCP
6 18 (8.87%) WAN
7 14 (6.90%) LAN
8 11 (5.42%) VoIP
9 10 (4.93%) ADSL
10 7 (3.45%) SD-WAN
10 7 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (1.97%) 5G
11 4 (1.97%) IPv4
12 3 (1.48%) MPLS
12 3 (1.48%) SAN
12 3 (1.48%) TCP/IP
12 3 (1.48%) Unified Communications
12 3 (1.48%) Wireless
13 2 (0.99%) Intrusion Detection
13 2 (0.99%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (10.34%) SQL Server
2 17 (8.37%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (3.94%) MongoDB
4 6 (2.96%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (2.96%) Relational Database
5 5 (2.46%) BusinessObjects
5 5 (2.46%) SAP BW
5 5 (2.46%) SAP Data Services
5 5 (2.46%) SAP HANA
6 4 (1.97%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.99%) RavenDB
8 2 (0.99%) SQLite
9 1 (0.49%) Couchbase
9 1 (0.49%) MySQL
9 1 (0.49%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.49%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 51 (25.12%) JIRA
2 31 (15.27%) Visual Studio
3 9 (4.43%) GitLab
4 7 (3.45%) Git
5 6 (2.96%) Eclipse
5 6 (2.96%) Eclipse RCP
6 5 (2.46%) Jenkins
6 5 (2.46%) JUnit
6 5 (2.46%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.99%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.99%) Maven
7 2 (0.99%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.99%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.49%) CMake
8 1 (0.49%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.49%) GDB
8 1 (0.49%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.49%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.49%) Subversion
8 1 (0.49%) WiX
General
1 68 (33.50%) Social Skills
2 27 (13.30%) Avionics
3 23 (11.33%) Manufacturing
4 22 (10.84%) Presentation Skills
5 19 (9.36%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (8.37%) Finance
7 12 (5.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (4.43%) Electronics
9 8 (3.94%) Aerospace
9 8 (3.94%) Telecoms
10 7 (3.45%) Banking
10 7 (3.45%) Marketing
11 6 (2.96%) Retail
12 5 (2.46%) General Ledger
12 5 (2.46%) Legal
13 3 (1.48%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.49%) Automotive
14 1 (0.49%) Fire and Rescue
14 1 (0.49%) Local Government
14 1 (0.49%) Police
Job Titles
1 56 (27.59%) Senior
2 29 (14.29%) Software Engineer
3 25 (12.32%) Developer
4 23 (11.33%) Support Engineer
5 20 (9.85%) ERP Developer
5 20 (9.85%) Progress Developer
5 20 (9.85%) Technical Engineer
5 20 (9.85%) Technical Support
5 20 (9.85%) Technical Support Engineer
6 16 (7.88%) IT Support
7 15 (7.39%) Analyst
7 15 (7.39%) IT Analyst
7 15 (7.39%) IT Support Analyst
7 15 (7.39%) Support Analyst
8 13 (6.40%) Test Engineer
9 11 (5.42%) Lead
9 11 (5.42%) Senior Software Engineer
10 10 (4.93%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
10 10 (4.93%) Cloud Engineer
10 10 (4.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.93%) HTML
2 8 (3.94%) React
3 7 (3.45%) .NET
4 6 (2.96%) CSS
4 6 (2.96%) Hibernate
4 6 (2.96%) JSP
4 6 (2.96%) Middleware
5 5 (2.46%) Web Services
6 4 (1.97%) JSF
7 3 (1.48%) OpenCL
7 3 (1.48%) RESTful
8 2 (0.99%) Spring
8 2 (0.99%) Spring Boot
9 1 (0.49%) HTML5
9 1 (0.49%) LEMP Stack
9 1 (0.49%) ModSecurity
9 1 (0.49%) Node.js
9 1 (0.49%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.49%) Redux
9 1 (0.49%) Yii
Miscellaneous
1 26 (12.81%) Satnav
2 10 (4.93%) GNSS
3 9 (4.43%) Data Centre
4 7 (3.45%) FPGA
4 7 (3.45%) MicroBlaze
4 7 (3.45%) VHDL
5 5 (2.46%) e-Learning
6 4 (1.97%) Device Driver
6 4 (1.97%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (1.97%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (1.97%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.97%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.97%) Self-Driving Car
7 3 (1.48%) CCTV
7 3 (1.48%) CUDA
7 3 (1.48%) Cyberattack
7 3 (1.48%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.48%) PCIe
7 3 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.99%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 91 (44.83%) Windows
2 37 (18.23%) Windows Server
3 11 (5.42%) Unix
4 8 (3.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (2.46%) AIX
5 5 (2.46%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.97%) Android
6 4 (1.97%) Mac OS
7 3 (1.48%) Windows 10
7 3 (1.48%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.99%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.49%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.49%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (27.09%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (19.21%) Mathematics
2 39 (19.21%) Software Engineering
3 36 (17.73%) Physics
4 33 (16.26%) Test Automation
4 33 (16.26%) User Experience
5 30 (14.78%) B2B
6 28 (13.79%) ITIL
7 27 (13.30%) Quality Management
7 27 (13.30%) UX Design
8 25 (12.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 25 (12.32%) Infrastructure as Code
9 23 (11.33%) Cybersecurity
9 23 (11.33%) Disaster Recovery
9 23 (11.33%) Mentoring
10 22 (10.84%) CI/CD
10 22 (10.84%) Customer Service
11 20 (9.85%) CRM
11 20 (9.85%) ERP
11 20 (9.85%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 59 (29.06%) Python
2 50 (24.63%) C
3 32 (15.76%) Java
4 30 (14.78%) PowerShell
5 25 (12.32%) SQL
6 21 (10.34%) C++
7 20 (9.85%) Bash
7 20 (9.85%) Progress 4GL
8 19 (9.36%) JavaScript
9 11 (5.42%) Perl
10 8 (3.94%) PHP
11 7 (3.45%) TypeScript
12 6 (2.96%) C#
12 6 (2.96%) MATLAB
12 6 (2.96%) Tcl
12 6 (2.96%) VB
13 5 (2.46%) Go
13 5 (2.46%) Rust
14 4 (1.97%) Ada
14 4 (1.97%) R
Qualifications
1 82 (40.39%) Degree
2 52 (25.62%) Security Cleared
3 24 (11.82%) DV Cleared
4 20 (9.85%) HND
5 16 (7.88%) HNC
6 14 (6.90%) SC Cleared
7 10 (4.93%) A+ Certification
7 10 (4.93%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (4.93%) Network+ Certification
8 7 (3.45%) AWS Certification
8 7 (3.45%) ISTQB
9 4 (1.97%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.97%) CISSP
10 2 (0.99%) CCNA
10 2 (0.99%) CCNP
10 2 (0.99%) CISM
10 2 (0.99%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.99%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.99%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (12.81%) SLA
2 4 (1.97%) PMO
3 3 (1.48%) GDPR
3 3 (1.48%) QA
4 2 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.99%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.49%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.49%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.49%) MISRA
System Software
1 26 (12.81%) Docker
2 23 (11.33%) Active Directory
3 17 (8.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (5.91%) Firmware
5 8 (3.94%) Embedded Firmware
6 7 (3.45%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (2.96%) vSphere
8 3 (1.48%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.49%) LXC
9 1 (0.49%) Samba
9 1 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (10.34%) Ansible
2 20 (9.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 19 (9.36%) Terraform
4 16 (7.88%) Kubernetes
5 7 (3.45%) Puppet
6 5 (2.46%) Kibana
6 5 (2.46%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 2 (0.99%) Istio
7 2 (0.99%) Podman
7 2 (0.99%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.99%) SCCM
8 1 (0.49%) Grafana
8 1 (0.49%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.49%) Nagios
8 1 (0.49%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 81 (39.90%) Microsoft
2 25 (12.32%) VMware
3 20 (9.85%) Progress
3 20 (9.85%) Salesforce
4 12 (5.91%) Cisco
4 12 (5.91%) Veeam
5 11 (5.42%) Oracle
6 8 (3.94%) SAP
7 7 (3.45%) Xilinx
8 6 (2.96%) Altera
8 6 (2.96%) Atlassian
8 6 (2.96%) Green Hills
9 5 (2.46%) Graphcore
9 5 (2.46%) IBM
9 5 (2.46%) SolarWinds
9 5 (2.46%) Zscaler
10 4 (1.97%) Intel
10 4 (1.97%) Red Hat
11 3 (1.48%) CheckPoint
11 3 (1.48%) Extreme Networks