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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 70 33
Rank change year-on-year +31 -37 -17
Permanent jobs citing Linux 230 139 303
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.50% 3.88% 5.76%
As % of the Operating Systems category 46.56% 31.88% 45.63%
Number of salaries quoted 184 82 220
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,675 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,750 £43,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.50% -9.09% +2.31%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,777 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,750 £73,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +23.81% -4.55% +5.77%

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 494 436 664
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.52% 12.16% 12.62%
Number of salaries quoted 410 333 525
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -12.63% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £47,180 £58,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £64,500 £70,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -15.79% +5.56%

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 5 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 5 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 +61 129 £65,000 +30.00% 36
Buckinghamshire -1 61 £65,000 -7.14% 19
Oxfordshire -15 40 £41,250 -21.43% 42
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 (5.22%) Apache
2 10 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (4.35%) nginx
3 5 (2.17%) Confluence
4 2 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.87%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.43%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.30%) Lightworks
2 3 (1.30%) Simulink
3 1 (0.43%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (2.61%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 95 (41.30%) AWS
2 81 (35.22%) Azure
3 34 (14.78%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (10.87%) GCP
5 23 (10.00%) SaaS
6 22 (9.57%) Azure Sentinel
7 13 (5.65%) Cloudflare
8 12 (5.22%) GitHub
9 10 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (4.35%) Entra ID
10 8 (3.48%) Datadog
11 7 (3.04%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (2.61%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (2.61%) Amazon S3
12 6 (2.61%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (2.61%) Nutanix
12 6 (2.61%) Power Platform
12 6 (2.61%) Serverless
13 5 (2.17%) Apigee
13 5 (2.17%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 84 (36.52%) Firewall
2 64 (27.83%) DNS
3 25 (10.87%) VPN
4 19 (8.26%) TCP/IP
5 16 (6.96%) SAN
6 11 (4.78%) Remote Desktop
7 9 (3.91%) HTTP
8 8 (3.48%) iSCSI
8 8 (3.48%) NAS
8 8 (3.48%) NetScaler
8 8 (3.48%) SSL
8 8 (3.48%) Wireshark
9 6 (2.61%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (2.17%) Network Security
10 5 (2.17%) VoIP
11 4 (1.74%) LAN
11 4 (1.74%) WAN
12 3 (1.30%) DHCP
12 3 (1.30%) Ethernet
12 3 (1.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.26%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (5.22%) SQL Server
3 10 (4.35%) MySQL
4 6 (2.61%) Power BI
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 (8.26%) JIRA
2 18 (7.83%) Git
3 13 (5.65%) GitLab
4 8 (3.48%) Jenkins
5 6 (2.61%) SonarQube
6 5 (2.17%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.74%) Artifactory
8 3 (1.30%) JUnit
8 3 (1.30%) PetaLinux
9 1 (0.43%) JMeter
9 1 (0.43%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.43%) Storybook
General
1 66 (28.70%) Social Skills
2 35 (15.22%) Manufacturing
3 31 (13.48%) Finance
4 28 (12.17%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (6.96%) Organisational Skills
5 16 (6.96%) Telecoms
6 13 (5.65%) Retail
7 6 (2.61%) Aerospace
8 5 (2.17%) Automotive
8 5 (2.17%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.74%) Banking
9 4 (1.74%) Legal
10 3 (1.30%) Electronics
10 3 (1.30%) Games
10 3 (1.30%) Health Technology
10 3 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.43%) Aviation
12 1 (0.43%) Military
12 1 (0.43%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 31 (13.48%) Software Engineer
2 28 (12.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 27 (11.74%) DevOps Engineer
4 26 (11.30%) Analyst
5 25 (10.87%) Architect
5 25 (10.87%) Senior
6 22 (9.57%) Linux Engineer
7 20 (8.70%) Applications Architect
8 17 (7.39%) IT Support
9 15 (6.52%) IT Engineer
9 15 (6.52%) Network Engineer
9 15 (6.52%) Security Engineer
9 15 (6.52%) Systems Engineer
10 14 (6.09%) Linux Systems Engineer
10 14 (6.09%) Security Architect
11 12 (5.22%) IT Support Engineer
11 12 (5.22%) NOC Manager
11 12 (5.22%) Operations Manager
11 12 (5.22%) SOC Analyst
11 12 (5.22%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (10.00%) Regular Expression
2 19 (8.26%) LDAP
2 19 (8.26%) XMPP
3 17 (7.39%) JSON
4 15 (6.52%) REST
5 12 (5.22%) XML
6 10 (4.35%) React
6 10 (4.35%) Web Services
7 9 (3.91%) Django
7 9 (3.91%) YAML
8 7 (3.04%) JSON Schema
9 5 (2.17%) Jinja
9 5 (2.17%) Twisted
9 5 (2.17%) WebSockets
9 5 (2.17%) YANG
10 4 (1.74%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (1.74%) RabbitMQ
10 4 (1.74%) Vue
11 3 (1.30%) Yocto
12 2 (0.87%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.26%) PKI
2 18 (7.83%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (6.96%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (6.52%) Cyber Defence
5 12 (5.22%) Driving Licence
5 12 (5.22%) Security Operations Centre
6 10 (4.35%) Client/Server
6 10 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
6 10 (4.35%) Management Information System
7 9 (3.91%) Cloud Native
7 9 (3.91%) Embedded Systems
8 8 (3.48%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (3.04%) IoT
10 6 (2.61%) CSOC
10 6 (2.61%) Data Centre
10 6 (2.61%) Product Ownership
10 6 (2.61%) Security Posture
11 5 (2.17%) Distributed Computing
11 5 (2.17%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (2.17%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 120 (52.17%) Windows
2 51 (22.17%) Windows Server
3 36 (15.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 17 (7.39%) Ubuntu
5 10 (4.35%) Mac OS
6 9 (3.91%) Windows 10
7 6 (2.61%) Unix
8 4 (1.74%) Debian
9 3 (1.30%) FreeRTOS
9 3 (1.30%) Gentoo
10 2 (0.87%) CentOS
10 2 (0.87%) Rocky
11 1 (0.43%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.43%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.43%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (24.78%) SIEM
2 56 (24.35%) Continuous Improvement
3 54 (23.48%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (17.83%) Software Engineering
5 40 (17.39%) DevOps
5 40 (17.39%) ITIL
6 36 (15.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 34 (14.78%) Cybersecurity
7 34 (14.78%) Validation
8 31 (13.48%) Test Automation
9 26 (11.30%) CI/CD
9 26 (11.30%) Containerisation
9 26 (11.30%) High Availability
10 22 (9.57%) Platform Engineering
11 21 (9.13%) Infrastructure as Code
12 19 (8.26%) Computer Science
12 19 (8.26%) Process Improvement
13 17 (7.39%) Security Operations
14 16 (6.96%) Antivirus Management
14 16 (6.96%) Pattern Matching
Programming Languages
1 79 (34.35%) Python
2 52 (22.61%) PowerShell
3 47 (20.43%) Bash
4 26 (11.30%) C
4 26 (11.30%) C++
5 19 (8.26%) Rust
6 16 (6.96%) JavaScript
7 15 (6.52%) SQL
8 12 (5.22%) Shell Script
8 12 (5.22%) TypeScript
9 8 (3.48%) Java
10 7 (3.04%) Search Processing Language
11 6 (2.61%) C#
11 6 (2.61%) Go
11 6 (2.61%) Groovy
11 6 (2.61%) Korn
11 6 (2.61%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (1.74%) Perl
12 4 (1.74%) Ruby
13 3 (1.30%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 77 (33.48%) Security Cleared
2 40 (17.39%) DV Cleared
3 39 (16.96%) SC Cleared
4 37 (16.09%) Degree
5 18 (7.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (6.09%) CompTIA Security+
7 13 (5.65%) GIAC
8 12 (5.22%) GCIA
9 10 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (4.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 8 (3.48%) CREST Certified
10 8 (3.48%) GCIH
10 8 (3.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 7 (3.04%) CompTIA CySA+
11 7 (3.04%) GCED
11 7 (3.04%) SANS
12 6 (2.61%) OSCP
13 5 (2.17%) Azure Certification
14 4 (1.74%) CEH
14 4 (1.74%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.83%) QA
2 6 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.17%) GDPR
3 5 (2.17%) MISRA
3 5 (2.17%) SLA
4 3 (1.30%) ECSS
5 2 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.87%) ISO 22301
5 2 (0.87%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.87%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.43%) GRC
System Software
1 50 (21.74%) Active Directory
2 39 (16.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (15.22%) Docker
4 28 (12.17%) vSphere
5 22 (9.57%) Hyper-V
6 20 (8.70%) KVM
7 14 (6.09%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (3.91%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (3.48%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 8 (3.48%) Firmware
10 5 (2.17%) Squid
11 2 (0.87%) Samba
12 1 (0.43%) iptables
12 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 30 (13.04%) Terraform
2 28 (12.17%) Ansible
2 28 (12.17%) Kubernetes
3 15 (6.52%) Graylog
4 9 (3.91%) Proxmox
5 8 (3.48%) Kibana
5 8 (3.48%) ZABBIX
6 7 (3.04%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (2.61%) Grafana
7 6 (2.61%) Prometheus
8 5 (2.17%) HAProxy
9 4 (1.74%) Packer
9 4 (1.74%) 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 (41.30%) Microsoft
2 67 (29.13%) VMware
3 48 (20.87%) Red Hat
4 19 (8.26%) Veeam
5 15 (6.52%) McAfee
6 12 (5.22%) Cisco
7 11 (4.78%) Splunk
8 10 (4.35%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (3.91%) Dell
10 8 (3.48%) Citrix
10 8 (3.48%) IBM
10 8 (3.48%) NetApp
11 7 (3.04%) Carbon Black
12 6 (2.61%) Fortinet
12 6 (2.61%) Juniper
12 6 (2.61%) Okta
12 6 (2.61%) Palo Alto
12 6 (2.61%) Sage
13 5 (2.17%) AppDynamics
13 5 (2.17%) F5