Linux Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Linux
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 42 52
Rank change year-on-year -8 +10 -15
Permanent jobs citing Linux 9 15 13
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 1.44% 2.55% 2.40%
As % of the Operating Systems category 21.43% 28.30% 11.02%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 8
10th Percentile - £42,875 £40,125
25th Percentile £26,250 £49,063 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £60,232 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.63% +33.85% +5.88%
75th Percentile £49,000 £71,991 £47,500
90th Percentile £55,600 - £49,375
Yorkshire median annual salary £34,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -28.42% -13.64% -

All Operating Systems
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 42 53 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 6.72% 9.01% 21.81%
Number of salaries quoted 34 23 92
10th Percentile £29,163 £25,850 £22,875
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,038 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £42,500 £32,250
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% +31.78% -8.90%
75th Percentile £45,313 £55,000 £40,250
90th Percentile £51,500 £69,250 £47,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £32,500 £38,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year -15.03% -10.00% -4.16%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Linux job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Linux
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Linux.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Linux

Linux
Salary Histogram in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Linux in South Yorkshire

Linux
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 29 December 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
Sheffield +4 8 £36,750 -38.99% 37
Rotherham - 1 £60,000 -
Linux
Yorkshire

Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Ethernet
2 2 (22.22%) DHCP
2 2 (22.22%) DNS
2 2 (22.22%) Firewall
2 2 (22.22%) Modbus
2 2 (22.22%) RS-485
2 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
2 2 (22.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) MySQL
General
1 2 (22.22%) Electronics
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Embedded Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Firmware Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Senior
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (44.44%) FPGA
3 2 (22.22%) Analogue Electronics
3 2 (22.22%) CAN bus
3 2 (22.22%) Driving Licence
3 2 (22.22%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Embedded Linux
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
1 2 (22.22%) Windows 10
1 2 (22.22%) Windows Server
1 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Culture
1 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
1 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
1 2 (22.22%) Server Migrations
2 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) C++
2 2 (22.22%) C
2 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 2 (22.22%) Shell Script
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
1 2 (22.22%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (22.22%) Firmware
1 2 (22.22%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Plesk
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Draytek
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
1 2 (22.22%) VMware