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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 95 24
Rank change year-on-year +44 -71 -10
Permanent jobs citing Linux 208 119 325
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.77% 3.14% 6.86%
As % of the Operating Systems category 42.54% 30.43% 53.19%
Number of salaries quoted 170 68 170
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,725 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £42,770 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £53,065 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year +17.78% -6.12% +5.14%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,863 £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 489 391 611
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.51% 10.33% 12.89%
Number of salaries quoted 409 307 364
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £37,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -21.88% -8.57%
75th Percentile £67,500 £45,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £63,200 £77,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -20.00% +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 30 September 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 30 September 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 +48 98 £65,000 +22.49% 61
Oxfordshire -5 56 £55,000 +22.22% 67
Buckinghamshire +5 54 £63,750 -8.93% 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 (4.81%) Apache
1 10 (4.81%) nginx
2 7 (3.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.88%) Confluence
4 2 (0.96%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.48%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 11 (5.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (5.29%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.92%) Lightworks
2 4 (1.92%) Simulink
3 1 (0.48%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 11 (5.29%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 71 (34.13%) AWS
2 63 (30.29%) Azure
3 34 (16.35%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (12.02%) SaaS
5 23 (11.06%) Azure Sentinel
6 14 (6.73%) Cloudflare
6 14 (6.73%) Entra ID
7 12 (5.77%) GitHub
8 11 (5.29%) Power Platform
9 10 (4.81%) Datadog
9 10 (4.81%) GCP
10 8 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (3.37%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (2.88%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (2.88%) Amazon S3
12 6 (2.88%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (2.88%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (2.88%) Google Workspace
12 6 (2.88%) Serverless
13 5 (2.40%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 58 (27.88%) Firewall
2 57 (27.40%) DNS
3 24 (11.54%) VPN
4 22 (10.58%) TCP/IP
5 9 (4.33%) SAN
6 8 (3.85%) HTTP
6 8 (3.85%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (3.85%) SSL
7 7 (3.37%) DHCP
7 7 (3.37%) VLAN
8 5 (2.40%) Ethernet
8 5 (2.40%) iSCSI
9 4 (1.92%) MQTT
9 4 (1.92%) NAS
9 4 (1.92%) NetScaler
9 4 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (1.92%) Wireless
9 4 (1.92%) Wireshark
10 3 (1.44%) Network Security
11 2 (0.96%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.17%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (5.29%) Power BI
3 7 (3.37%) MySQL
4 6 (2.88%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.92%) Big Data
6 3 (1.44%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.48%) Db2
Development Applications
1 16 (7.69%) Git
1 16 (7.69%) JIRA
2 11 (5.29%) GitLab
3 8 (3.85%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.88%) SonarQube
5 5 (2.40%) Cucumber
6 4 (1.92%) Artifactory
6 4 (1.92%) PetaLinux
7 3 (1.44%) JUnit
8 1 (0.48%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.48%) JMeter
8 1 (0.48%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.48%) Mocha
8 1 (0.48%) Selenium
8 1 (0.48%) Storybook
General
1 56 (26.92%) Social Skills
2 37 (17.79%) Finance
3 32 (15.38%) Manufacturing
4 20 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.77%) Retail
6 10 (4.81%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (3.85%) Aerospace
7 8 (3.85%) Automotive
8 6 (2.88%) Legal
9 5 (2.40%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.92%) Banking
10 4 (1.92%) Electronics
11 2 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.48%) Advertising
12 1 (0.48%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.48%) Military
12 1 (0.48%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (14.90%) Senior
2 29 (13.94%) Analyst
3 27 (12.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 24 (11.54%) DevOps Engineer
5 22 (10.58%) Software Engineer
6 20 (9.62%) IT Support
7 18 (8.65%) Architect
7 18 (8.65%) Linux Engineer
7 18 (8.65%) Support Engineer
8 16 (7.69%) IT Engineer
9 15 (7.21%) IT Support Engineer
10 14 (6.73%) Systems Engineer
11 13 (6.25%) Security Engineer
11 13 (6.25%) SOC Analyst
12 12 (5.77%) AWS Engineer
12 12 (5.77%) Linux Systems Engineer
12 12 (5.77%) NOC Manager
12 12 (5.77%) Operations Manager
13 11 (5.29%) Applications Architect
13 11 (5.29%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (13.46%) Terraform
2 15 (7.21%) Regular Expression
3 14 (6.73%) XMPP
4 12 (5.77%) LDAP
5 10 (4.81%) JSON
5 10 (4.81%) React
6 6 (2.88%) Django
6 6 (2.88%) Vue
7 5 (2.40%) REST
7 5 (2.40%) Web Services
7 5 (2.40%) XML
8 4 (1.92%) Elastic Stack
8 4 (1.92%) JSON Schema
8 4 (1.92%) Node.js
8 4 (1.92%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (1.92%) YAML
8 4 (1.92%) Yocto
9 3 (1.44%) Spring
9 3 (1.44%) Spring Boot
10 2 (0.96%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.17%) Driving Licence
2 16 (7.69%) Cyber Defence
3 15 (7.21%) PKI
4 14 (6.73%) Embedded Systems
4 14 (6.73%) Security Operations Centre
5 10 (4.81%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (4.81%) Robotics
6 9 (4.33%) IoT
7 8 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (3.37%) Cloud Native
8 7 (3.37%) CSOC
8 7 (3.37%) Distributed Computing
8 7 (3.37%) Linux Command Line
8 7 (3.37%) Management Information System
9 6 (2.88%) Onboarding
9 6 (2.88%) Replication
10 4 (1.92%) FPGA
10 4 (1.92%) Verilog
10 4 (1.92%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 108 (51.92%) Windows
2 35 (16.83%) Windows Server
3 24 (11.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 22 (10.58%) Ubuntu
5 9 (4.33%) Rocky
5 9 (4.33%) Windows 10
6 8 (3.85%) Mac OS
7 7 (3.37%) Debian
8 4 (1.92%) FreeRTOS
9 3 (1.44%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (1.44%) Gentoo
9 3 (1.44%) Robot Operating System
10 2 (0.96%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (27.88%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (25.48%) Continuous Improvement
3 47 (22.60%) SIEM
4 41 (19.71%) DevOps
5 39 (18.75%) ITIL
6 37 (17.79%) Software Engineering
7 35 (16.83%) Cybersecurity
8 34 (16.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 33 (15.87%) CI/CD
10 30 (14.42%) Validation
11 24 (11.54%) Test Automation
12 21 (10.10%) Process Improvement
13 20 (9.62%) Platform Engineering
14 19 (9.13%) Security Operations
15 18 (8.65%) Agile
16 17 (8.17%) Server Management
17 16 (7.69%) AI
17 16 (7.69%) High Availability
18 15 (7.21%) Containerisation
18 15 (7.21%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 74 (35.58%) Python
2 57 (27.40%) PowerShell
3 48 (23.08%) Bash
4 25 (12.02%) C++
5 17 (8.17%) C
6 16 (7.69%) SQL
7 14 (6.73%) Rust
8 12 (5.77%) Go
8 12 (5.77%) TypeScript
9 11 (5.29%) Shell Script
10 10 (4.81%) Java
10 10 (4.81%) JavaScript
11 8 (3.85%) C#
12 7 (3.37%) Kusto Query Language
12 7 (3.37%) Search Processing Language
13 6 (2.88%) Groovy
14 5 (2.40%) Korn
15 4 (1.92%) MATLAB
15 4 (1.92%) Perl
15 4 (1.92%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 69 (33.17%) Security Cleared
2 36 (17.31%) SC Cleared
3 28 (13.46%) Degree
4 27 (12.98%) DV Cleared
5 16 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
6 14 (6.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (6.73%) GIAC
7 13 (6.25%) GCIA
8 10 (4.81%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (4.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 8 (3.85%) CompTIA CySA+
9 8 (3.85%) CREST Certified
9 8 (3.85%) GCIH
10 7 (3.37%) GCED
10 7 (3.37%) SANS
11 6 (2.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 6 (2.88%) Master's Degree
11 6 (2.88%) OSCP
11 6 (2.88%) PhD
12 5 (2.40%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.77%) QA
2 7 (3.37%) MISRA
3 5 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.92%) ECSS
5 2 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.96%) GDPR
5 2 (0.96%) ISO 22301
5 2 (0.96%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.96%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.48%) GRC
System Software
1 36 (17.31%) Active Directory
2 28 (13.46%) Docker
2 28 (13.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (9.13%) vSphere
4 15 (7.21%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (5.77%) Firmware
6 11 (5.29%) Hyper-V
7 10 (4.81%) KVM
8 7 (3.37%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (2.40%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 5 (2.40%) Squid
10 2 (0.96%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.96%) iptables
Systems Management
1 28 (13.46%) Kubernetes
2 26 (12.50%) Ansible
3 15 (7.21%) Graylog
4 9 (4.33%) Grafana
4 9 (4.33%) Prometheus
5 8 (3.85%) Kibana
5 8 (3.85%) Proxmox
5 8 (3.85%) ZABBIX
6 7 (3.37%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (2.40%) HAProxy
8 4 (1.92%) Packer
8 4 (1.92%) Podman
9 1 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.48%) Nagios
9 1 (0.48%) QRadar
9 1 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 89 (42.79%) Microsoft
2 51 (24.52%) VMware
3 32 (15.38%) Red Hat
4 24 (11.54%) Veeam
5 11 (5.29%) Dell
5 11 (5.29%) McAfee
5 11 (5.29%) Sage
5 11 (5.29%) Splunk
6 10 (4.81%) CrowdStrike
7 8 (3.85%) IBM
8 7 (3.37%) Carbon Black
9 6 (2.88%) Cisco
9 6 (2.88%) Fortinet
9 6 (2.88%) Google
9 6 (2.88%) Okta
10 5 (2.40%) AppDynamics
11 4 (1.92%) Citrix
11 4 (1.92%) EMC
11 4 (1.92%) NetApp
11 4 (1.92%) Xilinx