CentOS Job Trends in the Thames Valley

CentOS Linux
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring CentOS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 189 154
Rank change year-on-year - -35 +85
Permanent jobs citing CentOS 0 12 32
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley - 0.27% 0.92%
As % of the Operating Systems category - 2.05% 4.35%
Number of salaries quoted 0 11 31
10th Percentile - - £37,500
25th Percentile - £43,911 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £44,982 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -21.77% +9.52%
75th Percentile - £56,500 £78,750
90th Percentile - £60,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £60,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +34.44% -10.00% +1.73%

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

CentOS 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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 347 585 736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.16% 13.25% 21.08%
Number of salaries quoted 302 339 555
10th Percentile £26,550 £31,250 £28,589
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,500 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £48,925 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.35% -6.81% +9.38%
75th Percentile £45,000 £60,000 £63,803
90th Percentile £62,450 £78,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £38,325 £50,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -23.35% +7.53% +3.33%

CentOS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CentOS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

CentOS job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

CentOS
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CentOS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CentOS