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 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 118 26
Rank change year-on-year +66 -92 -13
Permanent jobs citing Linux 211 81 321
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.80% 2.13% 7.02%
As % of the Operating Systems category 42.97% 23.08% 53.68%
Number of salaries quoted 173 63 165
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,850 £36,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £42,770 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £53,065 £56,509
Median % change year-on-year +17.78% -6.09% +5.11%
75th Percentile £68,750 £69,602 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £70,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% - +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 491 351 598
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.52% 9.25% 13.09%
Number of salaries quoted 409 303 352
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £37,500 £48,213
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -22.22% -8.17%
75th Percentile £65,000 £45,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £62,400 £78,750
South East median annual salary £45,000 £38,325 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.42% -23.35% +5.26%

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 12 October 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 12 October 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 +53 95 £65,000 +30.00% 65
Oxfordshire -1 59 £56,000 +24.44% 42
Buckinghamshire +26 58 £62,500 -10.71% 23
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 (4.74%) Apache
1 10 (4.74%) nginx
2 6 (2.84%) Confluence
3 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.95%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 11 (5.21%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (5.21%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.90%) Lightworks
2 4 (1.90%) Simulink
3 1 (0.47%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 11 (5.21%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 68 (32.23%) Azure
2 64 (30.33%) AWS
3 33 (15.64%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (12.32%) SaaS
5 25 (11.85%) Azure Sentinel
6 18 (8.53%) Entra ID
7 14 (6.64%) Cloudflare
8 12 (5.69%) Datadog
8 12 (5.69%) GitHub
9 11 (5.21%) Power Platform
10 10 (4.74%) GCP
11 8 (3.79%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (3.32%) Google Workspace
13 6 (2.84%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (2.37%) Azure AKS
14 5 (2.37%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (2.37%) Nutanix
14 5 (2.37%) Power Automate
15 1 (0.47%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 59 (27.96%) DNS
2 57 (27.01%) Firewall
3 27 (12.80%) VPN
4 26 (12.32%) TCP/IP
5 10 (4.74%) DHCP
6 9 (4.27%) VLAN
7 8 (3.79%) HTTP
7 8 (3.79%) SSL
8 6 (2.84%) Ethernet
8 6 (2.84%) SAN
9 5 (2.37%) Remote Desktop
10 4 (1.90%) MQTT
10 4 (1.90%) NAS
10 4 (1.90%) NetScaler
10 4 (1.90%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (1.90%) Wireless
10 4 (1.90%) Wireshark
11 3 (1.42%) LAN
11 3 (1.42%) Network Security
11 3 (1.42%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.64%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (5.21%) Power BI
3 6 (2.84%) Big Data
4 4 (1.90%) MySQL
5 3 (1.42%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.42%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.47%) Db2
Development Applications
1 11 (5.21%) JIRA
2 9 (4.27%) Git
3 5 (2.37%) GitLab
4 4 (1.90%) PetaLinux
5 3 (1.42%) JUnit
6 2 (0.95%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.47%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.47%) JMeter
7 1 (0.47%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.47%) Mocha
7 1 (0.47%) Selenium
7 1 (0.47%) Storybook
General
1 52 (24.64%) Social Skills
2 37 (17.54%) Finance
3 32 (15.17%) Manufacturing
4 23 (10.90%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.69%) Retail
6 8 (3.79%) Aerospace
6 8 (3.79%) Automotive
7 7 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.84%) Legal
9 5 (2.37%) Electronics
9 5 (2.37%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.90%) Banking
11 3 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.95%) Military
13 1 (0.47%) Advertising
13 1 (0.47%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (17.06%) Senior
2 30 (14.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 29 (13.74%) Analyst
4 24 (11.37%) Software Engineer
5 21 (9.95%) IT Support
6 19 (9.00%) Support Engineer
7 17 (8.06%) Architect
7 17 (8.06%) DevOps Engineer
7 17 (8.06%) IT Engineer
8 16 (7.58%) IT Support Engineer
8 16 (7.58%) Systems Engineer
9 15 (7.11%) Linux Engineer
10 13 (6.16%) Security Engineer
10 13 (6.16%) SOC Analyst
11 12 (5.69%) Linux Systems Engineer
11 12 (5.69%) NOC Manager
11 12 (5.69%) Operations Manager
12 11 (5.21%) AWS Engineer
12 11 (5.21%) Support Analyst
13 10 (4.74%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (12.32%) Terraform
2 14 (6.64%) Regular Expression
3 13 (6.16%) XMPP
4 11 (5.21%) LDAP
5 9 (4.27%) React
6 6 (2.84%) Django
6 6 (2.84%) Vue
7 5 (2.37%) JSON
7 5 (2.37%) Web Services
7 5 (2.37%) XML
8 4 (1.90%) JSON Schema
8 4 (1.90%) Node.js
8 4 (1.90%) Yocto
9 3 (1.42%) Spring Boot
10 2 (0.95%) ARM Templates
10 2 (0.95%) CSS
10 2 (0.95%) HTML
10 2 (0.95%) Qt
10 2 (0.95%) Spring
11 1 (0.47%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.06%) Driving Licence
2 16 (7.58%) Cyber Defence
3 15 (7.11%) PKI
4 14 (6.64%) Embedded Systems
4 14 (6.64%) Security Operations Centre
5 10 (4.74%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (4.74%) IoT
5 10 (4.74%) Robotics
6 9 (4.27%) Linux Command Line
6 9 (4.27%) Onboarding
7 8 (3.79%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (3.32%) CSOC
8 7 (3.32%) Distributed Computing
8 7 (3.32%) Replication
9 5 (2.37%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.90%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.90%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.90%) FPGA
10 4 (1.90%) Verilog
10 4 (1.90%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 114 (54.03%) Windows
2 37 (17.54%) Windows Server
3 23 (10.90%) Ubuntu
4 20 (9.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (4.74%) Rocky
6 9 (4.27%) Windows 10
7 8 (3.79%) macOS
8 7 (3.32%) Debian
9 5 (2.37%) Embedded Linux
10 4 (1.90%) FreeRTOS
11 3 (1.42%) Gentoo
11 3 (1.42%) Robot Operating System
12 2 (0.95%) Unix
13 1 (0.47%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (28.91%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (26.54%) Continuous Improvement
3 46 (21.80%) SIEM
4 38 (18.01%) Cybersecurity
4 38 (18.01%) Software Engineering
5 37 (17.54%) DevOps
5 37 (17.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 37 (17.54%) ITIL
6 31 (14.69%) Validation
7 29 (13.74%) CI/CD
8 23 (10.90%) Platform Engineering
9 21 (9.95%) Process Improvement
10 20 (9.48%) Security Operations
11 18 (8.53%) AI
11 18 (8.53%) Test Automation
12 17 (8.06%) Server Management
13 16 (7.58%) Analytics
13 16 (7.58%) Customer Service
14 15 (7.11%) Vulnerability Management
15 14 (6.64%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 70 (33.18%) Python
2 57 (27.01%) PowerShell
3 46 (21.80%) Bash
4 27 (12.80%) C++
5 18 (8.53%) SQL
6 17 (8.06%) C
7 14 (6.64%) Rust
8 13 (6.16%) Go
9 12 (5.69%) TypeScript
10 10 (4.74%) JavaScript
11 9 (4.27%) Shell Script
12 8 (3.79%) C#
13 7 (3.32%) Kusto Query Language
13 7 (3.32%) Search Processing Language
14 5 (2.37%) Java
15 4 (1.90%) MATLAB
15 4 (1.90%) Ruby
16 2 (0.95%) Bicep
16 2 (0.95%) Korn
17 1 (0.47%) Micro Focus COBOL
Qualifications
1 67 (31.75%) Security Cleared
2 32 (15.17%) SC Cleared
3 30 (14.22%) DV Cleared
4 25 (11.85%) Degree
5 16 (7.58%) CompTIA Security+
6 14 (6.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (6.64%) GIAC
7 13 (6.16%) GCIA
8 10 (4.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (4.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 8 (3.79%) CompTIA CySA+
9 8 (3.79%) CREST Certified
9 8 (3.79%) GCIH
10 7 (3.32%) GCED
10 7 (3.32%) SANS
11 6 (2.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 6 (2.84%) Master's Degree
11 6 (2.84%) OSCP
11 6 (2.84%) PhD
12 5 (2.37%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.32%) MISRA
1 7 (3.32%) QA
2 6 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.90%) ECSS
4 3 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.95%) GDPR
5 2 (0.95%) GRC
5 2 (0.95%) ISO 22301
5 2 (0.95%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.95%) SOC 2
System Software
1 35 (16.59%) Active Directory
2 28 (13.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (10.43%) Docker
4 18 (8.53%) vSphere
5 15 (7.11%) VMware ESXi
6 13 (6.16%) Firmware
7 11 (5.21%) Hyper-V
8 10 (4.74%) KVM
9 9 (4.27%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (2.37%) Squid
11 2 (0.95%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (0.95%) Embedded Firmware
11 2 (0.95%) iptables
12 1 (0.47%) LXC
Systems Management
1 22 (10.43%) Ansible
2 21 (9.95%) Kubernetes
3 15 (7.11%) Graylog
4 13 (6.16%) Grafana
4 13 (6.16%) Prometheus
5 9 (4.27%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (3.79%) Kibana
6 8 (3.79%) Proxmox
6 8 (3.79%) ZABBIX
7 5 (2.37%) HAProxy
8 4 (1.90%) Podman
9 3 (1.42%) Nagios
10 2 (0.95%) SCCM
11 1 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.47%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.47%) Puppet
11 1 (0.47%) QRadar
11 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 89 (42.18%) Microsoft
2 51 (24.17%) VMware
3 28 (13.27%) Red Hat
4 25 (11.85%) Veeam
5 12 (5.69%) CrowdStrike
6 11 (5.21%) Sage
6 11 (5.21%) Splunk
7 10 (4.74%) McAfee
8 9 (4.27%) Dell
9 7 (3.32%) Carbon Black
9 7 (3.32%) Google
10 6 (2.84%) Cisco
10 6 (2.84%) Fortinet
10 6 (2.84%) Okta
11 4 (1.90%) Citrix
11 4 (1.90%) EMC
11 4 (1.90%) IBM
11 4 (1.90%) NetApp
11 4 (1.90%) Xilinx
12 3 (1.42%) NVIDIA