Linux Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Linux
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 87 31
Rank change year-on-year +45 -56 -15
Permanent jobs citing Linux 222 133 300
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.21% 3.40% 5.93%
As % of the Operating Systems category 45.68% 31.67% 48.62%
Number of salaries quoted 179 78 187
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,750 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -13.04% +6.96%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £71,125 £82,500
South East median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +23.81% -4.55% +4.76%

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 486 420 617
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.02% 10.72% 12.19%
Number of salaries quoted 401 327 443
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,625 £32,500 £36,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -13.54% -4.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £45,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £63,500 £75,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year +18.75% -19.19% +7.61%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Linux job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Linux
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Linux

Linux
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 3 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Linux in the Thames Valley

Linux
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 September 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
Berkshire +69 115 £65,000 +30.00% 60
Buckinghamshire +3 57 £65,000 -7.14% 19
Oxfordshire -9 50 £55,000 +22.22% 48
Linux
South East

Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 10 (4.50%) Apache
1 10 (4.50%) nginx
2 7 (3.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.25%) Confluence
4 2 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.90%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.45%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.45%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.35%) Lightworks
2 3 (1.35%) Simulink
3 1 (0.45%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 9 (4.05%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 85 (38.29%) AWS
2 75 (33.78%) Azure
3 33 (14.86%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (11.26%) SaaS
5 24 (10.81%) Azure Sentinel
6 18 (8.11%) GCP
7 15 (6.76%) GitHub
8 14 (6.31%) Cloudflare
9 13 (5.86%) Entra ID
10 10 (4.50%) Datadog
11 9 (4.05%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (4.05%) Power Platform
12 7 (3.15%) Amazon EKS
13 6 (2.70%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (2.70%) Amazon S3
13 6 (2.70%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (2.70%) Serverless
14 5 (2.25%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (2.25%) Google Workspace
14 5 (2.25%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 70 (31.53%) Firewall
2 64 (28.83%) DNS
3 24 (10.81%) VPN
4 22 (9.91%) TCP/IP
5 11 (4.95%) SAN
6 8 (3.60%) HTTP
6 8 (3.60%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (3.60%) SSL
7 7 (3.15%) DHCP
8 6 (2.70%) NAS
8 6 (2.70%) NetScaler
8 6 (2.70%) VLAN
8 6 (2.70%) Wireshark
9 5 (2.25%) iSCSI
10 4 (1.80%) Ethernet
10 4 (1.80%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (1.35%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (1.35%) MQTT
11 3 (1.35%) Network Security
11 3 (1.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.11%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (4.05%) Power BI
3 8 (3.60%) MySQL
3 8 (3.60%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.35%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.90%) Big Data
6 1 (0.45%) Db2
6 1 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.45%) Vitess
Development Applications
1 19 (8.56%) Git
2 16 (7.21%) JIRA
3 12 (5.41%) GitLab
4 8 (3.60%) Jenkins
5 6 (2.70%) SonarQube
6 5 (2.25%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.80%) Artifactory
8 3 (1.35%) JUnit
8 3 (1.35%) PetaLinux
9 1 (0.45%) JMeter
9 1 (0.45%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.45%) Selenium
9 1 (0.45%) Storybook
General
1 60 (27.03%) Social Skills
2 36 (16.22%) Finance
2 36 (16.22%) Manufacturing
3 22 (9.91%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (5.86%) Retail
5 10 (4.50%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (3.60%) Aerospace
6 8 (3.60%) Automotive
7 7 (3.15%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.70%) Legal
9 5 (2.25%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.80%) Banking
10 4 (1.80%) Electronics
11 2 (0.90%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.45%) Aviation
12 1 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.45%) Games
12 1 (0.45%) Military
Job Titles
1 29 (13.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 29 (13.06%) Software Engineer
2 28 (12.61%) Analyst
3 26 (11.71%) DevOps Engineer
3 26 (11.71%) Senior
4 23 (10.36%) Architect
5 19 (8.56%) IT Support
5 19 (8.56%) Linux Engineer
6 18 (8.11%) Applications Architect
7 16 (7.21%) IT Engineer
7 16 (7.21%) Support Engineer
8 14 (6.31%) IT Support Engineer
8 14 (6.31%) Systems Engineer
9 13 (5.86%) AWS Engineer
9 13 (5.86%) Linux Systems Engineer
9 13 (5.86%) Network Engineer
9 13 (5.86%) Security Architect
9 13 (5.86%) Security Engineer
9 13 (5.86%) SOC Analyst
10 12 (5.41%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (13.51%) Terraform
2 21 (9.46%) Regular Expression
3 19 (8.56%) XMPP
4 17 (7.66%) LDAP
5 12 (5.41%) JSON
5 12 (5.41%) React
6 11 (4.95%) REST
7 10 (4.50%) Django
8 9 (4.05%) Web Services
9 7 (3.15%) XML
10 6 (2.70%) Vue
10 6 (2.70%) YAML
11 5 (2.25%) JSON Schema
12 4 (1.80%) Elastic Stack
12 4 (1.80%) RabbitMQ
12 4 (1.80%) Twisted
12 4 (1.80%) WebSockets
13 3 (1.35%) Spring
13 3 (1.35%) Spring Boot
13 3 (1.35%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.66%) PKI
2 16 (7.21%) Cyber Defence
3 15 (6.76%) Driving Licence
4 14 (6.31%) Security Operations Centre
5 13 (5.86%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (4.95%) Embedded Systems
7 10 (4.50%) Cyber Threat
7 10 (4.50%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (4.05%) Robotics
9 8 (3.60%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (3.60%) IoT
10 7 (3.15%) Cloud Native
10 7 (3.15%) CSOC
10 7 (3.15%) Distributed Computing
10 7 (3.15%) Management Information System
10 7 (3.15%) Replication
11 6 (2.70%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (2.70%) Onboarding
12 5 (2.25%) Data Centre
12 5 (2.25%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 114 (51.35%) Windows
2 43 (19.37%) Windows Server
3 30 (13.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 22 (9.91%) Ubuntu
5 9 (4.05%) Windows 10
6 7 (3.15%) Mac OS
6 7 (3.15%) Rocky
7 6 (2.70%) Debian
8 3 (1.35%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (1.35%) FreeRTOS
8 3 (1.35%) Gentoo
8 3 (1.35%) Unix
9 2 (0.90%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (26.13%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (24.32%) SIEM
3 51 (22.97%) Continuous Improvement
4 41 (18.47%) Software Engineering
5 40 (18.02%) DevOps
6 39 (17.57%) ITIL
7 36 (16.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 36 (16.22%) Validation
8 34 (15.32%) Cybersecurity
9 28 (12.61%) CI/CD
10 27 (12.16%) Test Automation
11 24 (10.81%) Platform Engineering
12 21 (9.46%) Containerisation
12 21 (9.46%) High Availability
13 20 (9.01%) Process Improvement
13 20 (9.01%) Server Management
14 19 (8.56%) Security Operations
15 18 (8.11%) Infrastructure as Code
16 16 (7.21%) Antivirus Management
16 16 (7.21%) Pattern Matching
Programming Languages
1 77 (34.68%) Python
2 56 (25.23%) PowerShell
3 46 (20.72%) Bash
4 25 (11.26%) C++
5 21 (9.46%) C
6 15 (6.76%) JavaScript
6 15 (6.76%) TypeScript
7 14 (6.31%) Rust
8 13 (5.86%) SQL
9 11 (4.95%) Shell Script
10 10 (4.50%) Go
10 10 (4.50%) Java
11 8 (3.60%) C#
12 7 (3.15%) Kusto Query Language
12 7 (3.15%) Search Processing Language
13 6 (2.70%) Groovy
14 5 (2.25%) Korn
15 4 (1.80%) Perl
15 4 (1.80%) Ruby
16 3 (1.35%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 76 (34.23%) Security Cleared
2 40 (18.02%) SC Cleared
3 36 (16.22%) DV Cleared
4 34 (15.32%) Degree
5 17 (7.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (7.21%) CompTIA Security+
7 14 (6.31%) GIAC
8 13 (5.86%) GCIA
9 10 (4.50%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (4.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 8 (3.60%) CompTIA CySA+
10 8 (3.60%) CREST Certified
10 8 (3.60%) GCIH
11 7 (3.15%) GCED
11 7 (3.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 7 (3.15%) SANS
12 6 (2.70%) Master's Degree
12 6 (2.70%) OSCP
12 6 (2.70%) PhD
13 5 (2.25%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.66%) QA
2 6 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.25%) GDPR
3 5 (2.25%) MISRA
4 3 (1.35%) ECSS
5 2 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.90%) ISO 22301
5 2 (0.90%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.90%) SLA
5 2 (0.90%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.45%) GRC
System Software
1 44 (19.82%) Active Directory
2 33 (14.86%) Docker
2 33 (14.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (11.26%) vSphere
4 16 (7.21%) Hyper-V
5 15 (6.76%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (6.31%) KVM
7 10 (4.50%) Firmware
8 9 (4.05%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (2.25%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 5 (2.25%) Squid
10 2 (0.90%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.90%) iptables
Systems Management
1 28 (12.61%) Kubernetes
2 27 (12.16%) Ansible
3 16 (7.21%) Graylog
4 8 (3.60%) Grafana
4 8 (3.60%) Kibana
4 8 (3.60%) Prometheus
4 8 (3.60%) Proxmox
4 8 (3.60%) ZABBIX
5 7 (3.15%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (2.25%) HAProxy
7 4 (1.80%) Packer
7 4 (1.80%) Podman
8 1 (0.45%) Argo
8 1 (0.45%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.45%) QRadar
8 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 94 (42.34%) Microsoft
2 62 (27.93%) VMware
3 41 (18.47%) Red Hat
4 23 (10.36%) Veeam
5 15 (6.76%) McAfee
6 11 (4.95%) Splunk
7 10 (4.50%) Cisco
7 10 (4.50%) CrowdStrike
7 10 (4.50%) Dell
8 9 (4.05%) Sage
9 8 (3.60%) IBM
10 7 (3.15%) Carbon Black
10 7 (3.15%) Fortinet
11 6 (2.70%) Citrix
11 6 (2.70%) Google
11 6 (2.70%) NetApp
11 6 (2.70%) Okta
12 5 (2.25%) AppDynamics
13 4 (1.80%) EMC
14 3 (1.35%) Oracle