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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 40 32
Rank change year-on-year -9 -8 -6
Permanent jobs citing Linux 154 175 419
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.74% 5.74% 6.42%
As % of the Operating Systems category 40.42% 41.77% 42.15%
Number of salaries quoted 111 107 374
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,550 £34,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -0.95% +8.25%
75th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £69,950 £75,000
South East median annual salary £62,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +19.05% -4.55% +10.00%

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 381 419 994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.78% 13.74% 15.23%
Number of salaries quoted 297 301 885
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,375 £34,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £62,500 £67,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £42,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -1.18% -

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 May 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 May 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 +29 101 £62,500 +25.00% 30
Buckinghamshire -32 32 £62,500 +11.11% 13
Oxfordshire -31 21 £56,562 -5.73% 33
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 (6.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.95%) Apache
3 2 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.30%) Confluence
3 2 (1.30%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.65%) CMS
4 1 (0.65%) IIS
4 1 (0.65%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 76 (49.35%) AWS
2 68 (44.16%) Azure
3 30 (19.48%) GCP
4 23 (14.94%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (12.99%) SaaS
6 14 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (6.49%) Entra ID
8 9 (5.84%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (3.90%) Amazon EC2
9 6 (3.90%) Amazon EKS
9 6 (3.90%) Amazon S3
9 6 (3.90%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (3.90%) GitHub
9 6 (3.90%) Serverless
10 5 (3.25%) Apigee
10 5 (3.25%) Cloudflare
10 5 (3.25%) Figma
10 5 (3.25%) Kong
10 5 (3.25%) OpenShift
11 4 (2.60%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 60 (38.96%) Firewall
2 47 (30.52%) DNS
3 16 (10.39%) SAN
3 16 (10.39%) VPN
4 13 (8.44%) TCP/IP
5 9 (5.84%) Wireshark
6 8 (5.19%) iSCSI
6 8 (5.19%) NAS
6 8 (5.19%) NetScaler
6 8 (5.19%) Remote Desktop
7 7 (4.55%) DHCP
7 7 (4.55%) SSL
8 6 (3.90%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (3.90%) WAN
9 5 (3.25%) LAN
9 5 (3.25%) VoIP
10 4 (2.60%) HTTP
10 4 (2.60%) Network Security
10 4 (2.60%) SpaceWire
11 3 (1.95%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.44%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (7.79%) SQL Server
3 10 (6.49%) MySQL
4 1 (0.65%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.65%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.65%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 20 (12.99%) Git
2 16 (10.39%) GitLab
3 13 (8.44%) JIRA
4 8 (5.19%) Jenkins
5 6 (3.90%) SonarQube
6 5 (3.25%) Cucumber
7 4 (2.60%) Artifactory
8 2 (1.30%) JMeter
8 2 (1.30%) LoadRunner
General
1 48 (31.17%) Social Skills
2 20 (12.99%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (9.74%) Telecoms
4 14 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (5.84%) Manufacturing
6 8 (5.19%) Finance
7 5 (3.25%) Health Technology
8 3 (1.95%) Games
8 3 (1.95%) Retail
8 3 (1.95%) Tech for Good
9 2 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.65%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.65%) Automotive
10 1 (0.65%) Aviation
10 1 (0.65%) Banking
10 1 (0.65%) Legal
10 1 (0.65%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 29 (18.83%) Linux Engineer
2 24 (15.58%) DevOps Engineer
2 24 (15.58%) Software Engineer
3 17 (11.04%) Architect
4 16 (10.39%) Applications Architect
4 16 (10.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 15 (9.74%) Senior
5 15 (9.74%) Systems Engineer
6 13 (8.44%) Analyst
6 13 (8.44%) DevOps Systems Engineer
6 13 (8.44%) Linux DevOps Engineer
6 13 (8.44%) Linux Systems Engineer
6 13 (8.44%) Linux/Unix DevOps
7 10 (6.49%) Security Architect
7 10 (6.49%) Support Engineer
8 9 (5.84%) Developer
8 9 (5.84%) Network Engineer
9 8 (5.19%) Senior Linux Engineer
10 7 (4.55%) Design Engineer
10 7 (4.55%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (10.39%) Regular Expression
2 15 (9.74%) REST
3 14 (9.09%) JSON
4 12 (7.79%) LDAP
4 12 (7.79%) XMPP
5 9 (5.84%) XML
5 9 (5.84%) YAML
6 8 (5.19%) React
7 6 (3.90%) Django
7 6 (3.90%) Web Services
8 5 (3.25%) Jinja
8 5 (3.25%) Twisted
8 5 (3.25%) WebSockets
8 5 (3.25%) YANG
9 4 (2.60%) Elastic Stack
9 4 (2.60%) JSON Schema
9 4 (2.60%) Qt
9 4 (2.60%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (1.30%) NumPy
10 2 (1.30%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.34%) Distributed Systems
2 15 (9.74%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (8.44%) Client/Server
4 11 (7.14%) Cloud Native
4 11 (7.14%) PKI
5 10 (6.49%) Cyber Defence
5 10 (6.49%) Management Information System
6 6 (3.90%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (3.25%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (3.25%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.60%) Security Operations Centre
8 4 (2.60%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.95%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.95%) Arduino
9 3 (1.95%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.95%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.95%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.95%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 63 (40.91%) Windows
2 35 (22.73%) Windows Server
3 28 (18.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 14 (9.09%) Ubuntu
5 8 (5.19%) Mac OS
5 8 (5.19%) Unix
6 4 (2.60%) VxWorks
7 2 (1.30%) Android
7 2 (1.30%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.30%) CentOS
8 1 (0.65%) FreeBSD
8 1 (0.65%) OpenBSD
8 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (25.97%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (19.48%) DevOps
3 28 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 27 (17.53%) SIEM
4 27 (17.53%) Test Automation
5 26 (16.88%) Software Engineering
6 22 (14.29%) ITIL
7 21 (13.64%) Containerisation
8 20 (12.99%) CI/CD
8 20 (12.99%) Computer Science
8 20 (12.99%) Validation
9 18 (11.69%) Code Quality
9 18 (11.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 16 (10.39%) High Availability
10 16 (10.39%) Platform Engineering
11 15 (9.74%) System Testing
12 14 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
13 13 (8.44%) Infrastructure as Code
14 12 (7.79%) Antivirus Management
14 12 (7.79%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 56 (36.36%) Python
2 28 (18.18%) Bash
3 26 (16.88%) PowerShell
4 22 (14.29%) C
5 20 (12.99%) C++
6 13 (8.44%) JavaScript
6 13 (8.44%) Rust
7 12 (7.79%) SQL
8 11 (7.14%) Shell Script
9 6 (3.90%) Groovy
9 6 (3.90%) Korn
9 6 (3.90%) TypeScript
10 5 (3.25%) Java
11 4 (2.60%) C#
11 4 (2.60%) Go
11 4 (2.60%) Perl
12 3 (1.95%) Pascal
13 2 (1.30%) Search Processing Language
13 2 (1.30%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.65%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 45 (29.22%) Security Cleared
2 34 (22.08%) Degree
3 26 (16.88%) DV Cleared
4 19 (12.34%) SC Cleared
5 17 (11.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (3.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (1.95%) CREST Certified
8 3 (1.95%) GCIA
8 3 (1.95%) GCIH
8 3 (1.95%) GIAC
9 2 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.30%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (1.30%) GCED
9 2 (1.30%) OSCP
9 2 (1.30%) RHCE
9 2 (1.30%) RHCSA
9 2 (1.30%) SANS
10 1 (0.65%) CCSM
10 1 (0.65%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (14.29%) QA
2 5 (3.25%) SLA
3 4 (2.60%) ECSS
3 4 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.95%) GDPR
5 2 (1.30%) ISO 22301
5 2 (1.30%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.65%) SOC 2
System Software
1 47 (30.52%) Active Directory
2 23 (14.94%) Docker
3 22 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (12.99%) vSphere
5 18 (11.69%) Hyper-V
6 16 (10.39%) KVM
7 8 (5.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 5 (3.25%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (1.30%) Samba
10 1 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.65%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 24 (15.58%) Terraform
2 22 (14.29%) Ansible
2 22 (14.29%) Kubernetes
3 6 (3.90%) Graylog
4 4 (2.60%) Packer
5 3 (1.95%) Kibana
5 3 (1.95%) Proxmox
6 2 (1.30%) Grafana
6 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.30%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.30%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.65%) Argo
7 1 (0.65%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.65%) QRadar
7 1 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 54 (35.06%) Microsoft
2 42 (27.27%) VMware
3 40 (25.97%) Red Hat
4 8 (5.19%) Citrix
4 8 (5.19%) Dell
4 8 (5.19%) McAfee
4 8 (5.19%) NetApp
4 8 (5.19%) Palo Alto
5 7 (4.55%) Cisco
5 7 (4.55%) Google
5 7 (4.55%) IBM
6 5 (3.25%) AppDynamics
6 5 (3.25%) Atlassian
6 5 (3.25%) CrowdStrike
6 5 (3.25%) F5
6 5 (3.25%) Juniper
7 4 (2.60%) Splunk
8 3 (1.95%) Carbon Black
8 3 (1.95%) Motorola
8 3 (1.95%) ServiceNow