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

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 85 33
Rank change year-on-year +44 -52 -17
Permanent jobs citing Linux 228 131 307
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.32% 3.45% 5.95%
As % of the Operating Systems category 47.20% 30.90% 48.27%
Number of salaries quoted 183 76 210
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,750 £42,500 £40,000
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 £66,051 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,500 £71,875 £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 483 424 636
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.03% 11.15% 12.32%
Number of salaries quoted 398 328 486
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,500 £47,750
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -13.09% -3.54%
75th Percentile £67,500 £45,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £62,150 £74,375
South East median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year +18.75% -17.53% +7.78%

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 23 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 23 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 +68 122 £65,000 +30.00% 27
Buckinghamshire +5 61 £65,000 -7.14% 11
Oxfordshire -11 45 £50,000 +11.11% 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 12 (5.26%) Apache
2 10 (4.39%) nginx
3 9 (3.95%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (2.19%) Confluence
5 2 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.88%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.44%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.44%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.32%) Lightworks
2 3 (1.32%) Simulink
3 1 (0.44%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 8 (3.51%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 88 (38.60%) AWS
2 73 (32.02%) Azure
3 32 (14.04%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (10.53%) Azure Sentinel
4 24 (10.53%) SaaS
5 19 (8.33%) GCP
6 15 (6.58%) GitHub
7 14 (6.14%) Cloudflare
8 10 (4.39%) Datadog
8 10 (4.39%) Entra ID
9 9 (3.95%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (3.51%) Power Platform
11 7 (3.07%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (2.63%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (2.63%) Amazon S3
12 6 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (2.63%) Serverless
13 5 (2.19%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (2.19%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (2.19%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 78 (34.21%) Firewall
2 65 (28.51%) DNS
3 23 (10.09%) VPN
4 19 (8.33%) TCP/IP
5 15 (6.58%) SAN
6 10 (4.39%) Remote Desktop
7 8 (3.51%) HTTP
7 8 (3.51%) NAS
7 8 (3.51%) NetScaler
7 8 (3.51%) SSL
7 8 (3.51%) Wireshark
8 7 (3.07%) iSCSI
9 5 (2.19%) Network Security
10 4 (1.75%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (1.75%) DHCP
10 4 (1.75%) VoIP
11 3 (1.32%) Ethernet
11 3 (1.32%) MQTT
11 3 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (1.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (8.77%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (4.82%) SQL Server
3 10 (4.39%) MySQL
4 8 (3.51%) Power BI
5 3 (1.32%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.88%) Big Data
7 1 (0.44%) Db2
7 1 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.44%) Vitess
Development Applications
1 19 (8.33%) Git
2 17 (7.46%) JIRA
3 13 (5.70%) GitLab
4 8 (3.51%) Jenkins
5 6 (2.63%) SonarQube
6 5 (2.19%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.75%) Artifactory
8 3 (1.32%) JUnit
8 3 (1.32%) PetaLinux
9 1 (0.44%) JMeter
9 1 (0.44%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.44%) Storybook
General
1 65 (28.51%) Social Skills
2 36 (15.79%) Manufacturing
3 35 (15.35%) Finance
4 25 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (5.70%) Retail
6 12 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (4.82%) Telecoms
8 7 (3.07%) Aerospace
8 7 (3.07%) Automotive
9 6 (2.63%) Legal
10 5 (2.19%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.75%) Banking
12 3 (1.32%) Electronics
13 2 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.88%) Games
13 2 (0.88%) Health Technology
13 2 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.44%) Aviation
14 1 (0.44%) Military
Job Titles
1 28 (12.28%) Analyst
1 28 (12.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 28 (12.28%) Senior
2 27 (11.84%) Software Engineer
3 26 (11.40%) DevOps Engineer
4 25 (10.96%) Architect
5 20 (8.77%) Applications Architect
5 20 (8.77%) Linux Engineer
6 16 (7.02%) IT Support
7 15 (6.58%) Security Engineer
8 14 (6.14%) IT Engineer
8 14 (6.14%) Network Engineer
8 14 (6.14%) Security Architect
8 14 (6.14%) Systems Engineer
9 13 (5.70%) Linux Systems Engineer
9 13 (5.70%) SOC Analyst
9 13 (5.70%) Support Engineer
10 12 (5.26%) AWS Engineer
10 12 (5.26%) NOC Manager
10 12 (5.26%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (13.16%) Terraform
2 23 (10.09%) Regular Expression
3 19 (8.33%) LDAP
3 19 (8.33%) XMPP
4 15 (6.58%) JSON
5 12 (5.26%) React
5 12 (5.26%) REST
6 10 (4.39%) XML
7 9 (3.95%) Django
7 9 (3.95%) Web Services
8 7 (3.07%) JSON Schema
8 7 (3.07%) YAML
9 5 (2.19%) Vue
10 4 (1.75%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (1.75%) RabbitMQ
10 4 (1.75%) Twisted
10 4 (1.75%) WebSockets
11 3 (1.32%) Jinja
11 3 (1.32%) Spring Boot
11 3 (1.32%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.33%) PKI
2 16 (7.02%) Cyber Defence
3 14 (6.14%) Driving Licence
3 14 (6.14%) Security Operations Centre
4 13 (5.70%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (5.70%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (4.39%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (4.39%) Embedded Systems
6 9 (3.95%) Management Information System
6 9 (3.95%) Robotics
7 8 (3.51%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (3.51%) IoT
8 7 (3.07%) Cloud Native
8 7 (3.07%) CSOC
8 7 (3.07%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (2.63%) Distributed Computing
10 5 (2.19%) Client/Server
10 5 (2.19%) Data Centre
10 5 (2.19%) Product Ownership
10 5 (2.19%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 120 (52.63%) Windows
2 48 (21.05%) Windows Server
3 36 (15.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 19 (8.33%) Ubuntu
5 9 (3.95%) Windows 10
6 8 (3.51%) Mac OS
7 6 (2.63%) Debian
8 4 (1.75%) Rocky
8 4 (1.75%) Unix
9 3 (1.32%) FreeRTOS
9 3 (1.32%) Gentoo
10 2 (0.88%) CentOS
10 2 (0.88%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.88%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (25.88%) SIEM
2 53 (23.25%) Continuous Improvement
2 53 (23.25%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (17.98%) DevOps
3 41 (17.98%) ITIL
4 39 (17.11%) Software Engineering
5 36 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 36 (15.79%) Validation
6 35 (15.35%) Cybersecurity
7 28 (12.28%) CI/CD
8 26 (11.40%) Test Automation
9 24 (10.53%) High Availability
9 24 (10.53%) Platform Engineering
10 23 (10.09%) Containerisation
11 20 (8.77%) Process Improvement
12 19 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
12 19 (8.33%) Security Operations
13 17 (7.46%) Server Management
13 17 (7.46%) Vulnerability Management
14 16 (7.02%) Pattern Matching
Programming Languages
1 77 (33.77%) Python
2 55 (24.12%) PowerShell
3 48 (21.05%) Bash
4 22 (9.65%) C++
5 21 (9.21%) C
6 15 (6.58%) JavaScript
6 15 (6.58%) SQL
7 14 (6.14%) Rust
7 14 (6.14%) TypeScript
8 13 (5.70%) Shell Script
9 9 (3.95%) Go
9 9 (3.95%) Java
10 7 (3.07%) C#
10 7 (3.07%) Kusto Query Language
10 7 (3.07%) Search Processing Language
11 6 (2.63%) Groovy
12 5 (2.19%) Korn
13 4 (1.75%) Perl
13 4 (1.75%) Ruby
14 3 (1.32%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 81 (35.53%) Security Cleared
2 41 (17.98%) DV Cleared
2 41 (17.98%) SC Cleared
3 33 (14.47%) Degree
4 16 (7.02%) CompTIA Security+
4 16 (7.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (6.14%) GIAC
6 13 (5.70%) GCIA
7 10 (4.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (4.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 8 (3.51%) CompTIA CySA+
8 8 (3.51%) CREST Certified
8 8 (3.51%) GCIH
8 8 (3.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 7 (3.07%) GCED
9 7 (3.07%) SANS
10 6 (2.63%) OSCP
11 5 (2.19%) CEH
11 5 (2.19%) CISSP
11 5 (2.19%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.02%) QA
2 6 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.19%) GDPR
3 5 (2.19%) MISRA
4 4 (1.75%) SLA
5 3 (1.32%) ECSS
6 2 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.88%) ISO 22301
6 2 (0.88%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.88%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.44%) GRC
System Software
1 48 (21.05%) Active Directory
2 36 (15.79%) Docker
3 33 (14.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 29 (12.72%) vSphere
5 16 (7.02%) Hyper-V
6 15 (6.58%) VMware ESXi
7 14 (6.14%) KVM
8 9 (3.95%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (3.51%) Firmware
10 7 (3.07%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 5 (2.19%) Squid
12 2 (0.88%) iptables
12 2 (0.88%) Samba
Systems Management
1 29 (12.72%) Kubernetes
2 27 (11.84%) Ansible
3 16 (7.02%) Graylog
4 8 (3.51%) Grafana
4 8 (3.51%) Kibana
4 8 (3.51%) Prometheus
4 8 (3.51%) Proxmox
4 8 (3.51%) ZABBIX
5 7 (3.07%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (2.19%) HAProxy
7 4 (1.75%) Packer
7 4 (1.75%) Podman
8 1 (0.44%) Argo
8 1 (0.44%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.44%) QRadar
8 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 95 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 63 (27.63%) VMware
3 44 (19.30%) Red Hat
4 20 (8.77%) Veeam
5 15 (6.58%) McAfee
6 11 (4.82%) Cisco
6 11 (4.82%) Splunk
7 10 (4.39%) CrowdStrike
8 9 (3.95%) Dell
9 8 (3.51%) Citrix
9 8 (3.51%) IBM
9 8 (3.51%) NetApp
9 8 (3.51%) Sage
10 7 (3.07%) Carbon Black
10 7 (3.07%) Fortinet
11 6 (2.63%) Okta
12 5 (2.19%) AppDynamics
13 4 (1.75%) EMC
13 4 (1.75%) Google
13 4 (1.75%) Palo Alto