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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 79 35
Rank change year-on-year +40 -44 -19
Permanent jobs citing Linux 232 135 306
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.46% 3.69% 5.88%
As % of the Operating Systems category 47.25% 31.40% 47.08%
Number of salaries quoted 183 79 217
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,000 £43,135 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -11.54% +5.14%
75th Percentile £68,750 £69,602 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,000 £73,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +23.81% -4.55% +8.37%

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 491 430 650
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.33% 11.74% 12.48%
Number of salaries quoted 404 330 507
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -13.54% +1.05%
75th Percentile £67,500 £46,375 £59,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £71,500
South East median annual salary £47,000 £40,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year +17.50% -16.67% +6.67%

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 August 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 August 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 +63 127 £65,000 +30.00% 42
Buckinghamshire +7 63 £65,000 -7.14% 27
Oxfordshire -13 42 £42,500 -22.73% 56
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 12 (5.17%) Apache
2 10 (4.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (4.31%) nginx
3 5 (2.16%) Confluence
4 2 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.86%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.43%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.29%) Lightworks
2 3 (1.29%) Simulink
3 1 (0.43%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (2.59%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 94 (40.52%) AWS
2 79 (34.05%) Azure
3 34 (14.66%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (10.34%) SaaS
5 23 (9.91%) Azure Sentinel
5 23 (9.91%) GCP
6 13 (5.60%) Cloudflare
6 13 (5.60%) GitHub
7 10 (4.31%) Datadog
8 9 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (3.88%) Entra ID
9 7 (3.02%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (2.59%) Amazon EC2
10 6 (2.59%) Amazon S3
10 6 (2.59%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (2.59%) Nutanix
10 6 (2.59%) Power Platform
10 6 (2.59%) Serverless
11 5 (2.16%) Apigee
11 5 (2.16%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 85 (36.64%) Firewall
2 65 (28.02%) DNS
3 25 (10.78%) VPN
4 19 (8.19%) TCP/IP
5 16 (6.90%) SAN
6 11 (4.74%) Remote Desktop
7 9 (3.88%) HTTP
8 8 (3.45%) iSCSI
8 8 (3.45%) NAS
8 8 (3.45%) NetScaler
8 8 (3.45%) SSL
8 8 (3.45%) Wireshark
9 6 (2.59%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (2.16%) Network Security
10 5 (2.16%) VoIP
11 3 (1.29%) DHCP
11 3 (1.29%) Ethernet
11 3 (1.29%) LAN
11 3 (1.29%) WAN
11 3 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (8.62%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (5.17%) SQL Server
3 10 (4.31%) MySQL
4 6 (2.59%) Power BI
5 1 (0.43%) Big Data
5 1 (0.43%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.43%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.43%) TimescaleDB
5 1 (0.43%) Vitess
Development Applications
1 19 (8.19%) Git
1 19 (8.19%) JIRA
2 13 (5.60%) GitLab
3 8 (3.45%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.59%) SonarQube
5 5 (2.16%) Cucumber
6 4 (1.72%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.29%) JUnit
7 3 (1.29%) PetaLinux
8 1 (0.43%) JMeter
8 1 (0.43%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.43%) Storybook
General
1 66 (28.45%) Social Skills
2 36 (15.52%) Manufacturing
3 33 (14.22%) Finance
4 28 (12.07%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (6.47%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (6.47%) Telecoms
6 13 (5.60%) Retail
7 6 (2.59%) Aerospace
7 6 (2.59%) Automotive
7 6 (2.59%) Legal
8 5 (2.16%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.72%) Banking
10 3 (1.29%) Electronics
10 3 (1.29%) Games
10 3 (1.29%) Health Technology
10 3 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.43%) Aviation
12 1 (0.43%) Military
12 1 (0.43%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 29 (12.50%) Software Engineer
2 28 (12.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 27 (11.64%) Senior
4 26 (11.21%) Analyst
4 26 (11.21%) DevOps Engineer
5 25 (10.78%) Architect
6 21 (9.05%) Linux Engineer
7 20 (8.62%) Applications Architect
8 16 (6.90%) IT Support
8 16 (6.90%) Network Engineer
9 15 (6.47%) Security Engineer
10 14 (6.03%) IT Engineer
10 14 (6.03%) Security Architect
10 14 (6.03%) Systems Engineer
11 13 (5.60%) Linux Systems Engineer
12 12 (5.17%) NOC Manager
12 12 (5.17%) Operations Manager
12 12 (5.17%) SOC Analyst
13 11 (4.74%) IT Support Engineer
13 11 (4.74%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (9.91%) Regular Expression
2 19 (8.19%) LDAP
2 19 (8.19%) XMPP
3 17 (7.33%) JSON
4 15 (6.47%) REST
5 12 (5.17%) XML
6 11 (4.74%) React
7 10 (4.31%) Web Services
8 9 (3.88%) Django
8 9 (3.88%) YAML
9 7 (3.02%) JSON Schema
10 5 (2.16%) Jinja
10 5 (2.16%) Twisted
10 5 (2.16%) WebSockets
10 5 (2.16%) YANG
11 4 (1.72%) Elastic Stack
11 4 (1.72%) RabbitMQ
11 4 (1.72%) Vue
12 3 (1.29%) Yocto
13 2 (0.86%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.19%) PKI
2 16 (6.90%) Distributed Systems
2 16 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (6.47%) Cyber Defence
4 13 (5.60%) Security Operations Centre
5 12 (5.17%) Driving Licence
6 10 (4.31%) Cyber Threat
6 10 (4.31%) Embedded Systems
6 10 (4.31%) Management Information System
7 9 (3.88%) Cloud Native
7 9 (3.88%) IoT
8 8 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (3.45%) Client/Server
9 7 (3.02%) CSOC
9 7 (3.02%) Robotics
10 6 (2.59%) Data Centre
10 6 (2.59%) Linux Command Line
10 6 (2.59%) Product Ownership
10 6 (2.59%) Security Posture
11 5 (2.16%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 121 (52.16%) Windows
2 50 (21.55%) Windows Server
3 37 (15.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 16 (6.90%) Ubuntu
5 9 (3.88%) Mac OS
5 9 (3.88%) Windows 10
6 6 (2.59%) Unix
7 4 (1.72%) Debian
8 3 (1.29%) FreeRTOS
8 3 (1.29%) Gentoo
8 3 (1.29%) Rocky
9 2 (0.86%) CentOS
9 2 (0.86%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.43%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.43%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (25.00%) SIEM
2 54 (23.28%) Continuous Improvement
2 54 (23.28%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (18.10%) DevOps
4 40 (17.24%) ITIL
5 39 (16.81%) Software Engineering
6 36 (15.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 36 (15.52%) Validation
7 35 (15.09%) Cybersecurity
8 29 (12.50%) Test Automation
9 28 (12.07%) CI/CD
10 26 (11.21%) Containerisation
10 26 (11.21%) High Availability
11 24 (10.34%) Platform Engineering
12 21 (9.05%) Infrastructure as Code
13 19 (8.19%) Process Improvement
14 18 (7.76%) Security Operations
15 17 (7.33%) Computer Science
15 17 (7.33%) Vulnerability Management
16 16 (6.90%) Pattern Matching
Programming Languages
1 81 (34.91%) Python
2 53 (22.84%) PowerShell
3 48 (20.69%) Bash
4 25 (10.78%) C++
5 24 (10.34%) C
6 17 (7.33%) Rust
7 16 (6.90%) JavaScript
8 15 (6.47%) SQL
9 13 (5.60%) Shell Script
9 13 (5.60%) TypeScript
10 9 (3.88%) Go
11 8 (3.45%) Java
12 7 (3.02%) Kusto Query Language
12 7 (3.02%) Search Processing Language
13 6 (2.59%) C#
13 6 (2.59%) Groovy
13 6 (2.59%) Korn
14 4 (1.72%) Perl
14 4 (1.72%) Ruby
15 3 (1.29%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 79 (34.05%) Security Cleared
2 41 (17.67%) DV Cleared
3 40 (17.24%) SC Cleared
4 35 (15.09%) Degree
5 16 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (6.47%) CompTIA Security+
7 14 (6.03%) GIAC
8 13 (5.60%) GCIA
9 10 (4.31%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (4.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 8 (3.45%) CompTIA CySA+
10 8 (3.45%) CREST Certified
10 8 (3.45%) GCIH
10 8 (3.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 7 (3.02%) GCED
11 7 (3.02%) SANS
12 6 (2.59%) OSCP
13 5 (2.16%) Azure Certification
13 5 (2.16%) CCNA CyberOps
13 5 (2.16%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.76%) QA
2 6 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.16%) GDPR
3 5 (2.16%) MISRA
3 5 (2.16%) SLA
4 3 (1.29%) ECSS
5 2 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.86%) ISO 22301
5 2 (0.86%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.86%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.43%) GRC
System Software
1 49 (21.12%) Active Directory
2 37 (15.95%) Docker
2 37 (15.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (12.50%) vSphere
4 20 (8.62%) Hyper-V
5 18 (7.76%) KVM
6 15 (6.47%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (4.31%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (3.45%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 8 (3.45%) Firmware
9 5 (2.16%) Squid
10 2 (0.86%) iptables
10 2 (0.86%) Samba
11 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 31 (13.36%) Terraform
2 30 (12.93%) Kubernetes
3 28 (12.07%) Ansible
4 15 (6.47%) Graylog
5 9 (3.88%) Proxmox
6 8 (3.45%) Grafana
6 8 (3.45%) Kibana
6 8 (3.45%) Prometheus
6 8 (3.45%) ZABBIX
7 7 (3.02%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (2.16%) HAProxy
9 4 (1.72%) Packer
9 4 (1.72%) Podman
10 1 (0.43%) Argo
10 1 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.43%) QRadar
10 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 95 (40.95%) Microsoft
2 66 (28.45%) VMware
3 47 (20.26%) Red Hat
4 19 (8.19%) Veeam
5 15 (6.47%) McAfee
6 13 (5.60%) Cisco
7 11 (4.74%) Splunk
8 10 (4.31%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (3.88%) Dell
10 8 (3.45%) Citrix
10 8 (3.45%) IBM
10 8 (3.45%) NetApp
11 7 (3.02%) Carbon Black
11 7 (3.02%) Fortinet
12 6 (2.59%) Juniper
12 6 (2.59%) Okta
12 6 (2.59%) Palo Alto
12 6 (2.59%) Sage
13 5 (2.16%) AppDynamics
13 5 (2.16%) F5