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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 57 36
Rank change year-on-year +13 -21 -11
Permanent jobs citing Linux 186 157 401
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.27% 4.69% 5.59%
As % of the Operating Systems category 44.18% 36.85% 42.39%
Number of salaries quoted 144 88 337
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,600 £34,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £65,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -5.45% +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 421 426 946
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.39% 12.71% 13.19%
Number of salaries quoted 346 313 811
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,688 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -1.18% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £50,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £63,500 £67,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +3.20%

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 10 June 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 10 June 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 +34 115 £65,000 +30.00% 30
Buckinghamshire -3 47 £62,500 - 12
Oxfordshire -19 24 £45,000 -18.18% 22
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 (5.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.69%) Confluence
3 2 (1.08%) Apache
3 2 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.54%) IIS
4 1 (0.54%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 97 (52.15%) AWS
2 81 (43.55%) Azure
3 30 (16.13%) GCP
3 30 (16.13%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (13.98%) SaaS
5 17 (9.14%) Azure Sentinel
6 16 (8.60%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (6.45%) Cloudflare
8 11 (5.91%) Entra ID
9 7 (3.76%) GitHub
10 6 (3.23%) Amazon EC2
10 6 (3.23%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (3.23%) Amazon S3
10 6 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (3.23%) Nutanix
10 6 (3.23%) Serverless
11 5 (2.69%) Apigee
11 5 (2.69%) Figma
11 5 (2.69%) Kong
11 5 (2.69%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 76 (40.86%) Firewall
2 57 (30.65%) DNS
3 27 (14.52%) VPN
4 17 (9.14%) TCP/IP
5 16 (8.60%) SAN
6 9 (4.84%) HTTP
6 9 (4.84%) Remote Desktop
7 8 (4.30%) iSCSI
7 8 (4.30%) NAS
7 8 (4.30%) NetScaler
7 8 (4.30%) Wireshark
8 7 (3.76%) SSL
8 7 (3.76%) WAN
9 6 (3.23%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (3.23%) LAN
10 5 (2.69%) VoIP
11 4 (2.15%) DHCP
11 4 (2.15%) Network Security
12 2 (1.08%) PBX
12 2 (1.08%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.06%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (6.45%) SQL Server
3 10 (5.38%) MySQL
4 1 (0.54%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.54%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.54%) TimescaleDB
4 1 (0.54%) Vitess
Development Applications
1 17 (9.14%) Git
2 16 (8.60%) JIRA
3 15 (8.06%) GitLab
4 7 (3.76%) Jenkins
5 6 (3.23%) SonarQube
6 5 (2.69%) Cucumber
7 4 (2.15%) Artifactory
8 2 (1.08%) JUnit
9 1 (0.54%) JMeter
9 1 (0.54%) LoadRunner
General
1 50 (26.88%) Social Skills
2 25 (13.44%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (8.60%) Telecoms
4 15 (8.06%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (6.45%) Manufacturing
6 11 (5.91%) Finance
7 3 (1.61%) Aerospace
7 3 (1.61%) Automotive
7 3 (1.61%) Games
7 3 (1.61%) Health Technology
7 3 (1.61%) Public Sector
7 3 (1.61%) Retail
8 2 (1.08%) Banking
8 2 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.54%) Aviation
9 1 (0.54%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 35 (18.82%) DevOps Engineer
2 28 (15.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 28 (15.05%) Software Engineer
3 25 (13.44%) Linux Engineer
4 20 (10.75%) Applications Architect
4 20 (10.75%) Architect
5 19 (10.22%) Analyst
6 18 (9.68%) Senior
6 18 (9.68%) Systems Engineer
7 16 (8.60%) DevOps Systems Engineer
7 16 (8.60%) Linux DevOps Engineer
7 16 (8.60%) Linux Systems Engineer
7 16 (8.60%) Linux/Unix DevOps
8 14 (7.53%) Network Engineer
8 14 (7.53%) Security Architect
9 12 (6.45%) Security Engineer
10 11 (5.91%) SOC Analyst
11 10 (5.38%) AWS Engineer
11 10 (5.38%) IT Engineer
12 8 (4.30%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (11.29%) Regular Expression
2 17 (9.14%) LDAP
2 17 (9.14%) XMPP
3 15 (8.06%) JSON
3 15 (8.06%) REST
4 10 (5.38%) XML
5 9 (4.84%) YAML
6 8 (4.30%) Django
6 8 (4.30%) React
7 5 (2.69%) Jinja
7 5 (2.69%) JSON Schema
7 5 (2.69%) Twisted
7 5 (2.69%) Web Services
7 5 (2.69%) WebSockets
7 5 (2.69%) YANG
8 4 (2.15%) Elastic Stack
8 4 (2.15%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (2.15%) Vue
9 2 (1.08%) PyTorch
9 2 (1.08%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.29%) Distributed Systems
2 18 (9.68%) PKI
3 16 (8.60%) Cyber Defence
3 16 (8.60%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (7.53%) Client/Server
5 11 (5.91%) Cloud Native
6 10 (5.38%) Cyber Threat
6 10 (5.38%) Management Information System
7 8 (4.30%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (3.76%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (2.69%) Product Ownership
9 5 (2.69%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (2.15%) Public Cloud
10 4 (2.15%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.61%) Algorithms
11 3 (1.61%) Arduino
11 3 (1.61%) Data Centre
11 3 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (1.61%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (1.61%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 90 (48.39%) Windows
2 39 (20.97%) Windows Server
3 33 (17.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 22 (11.83%) Ubuntu
5 9 (4.84%) Mac OS
6 6 (3.23%) Unix
7 2 (1.08%) CentOS
7 2 (1.08%) VxWorks
8 1 (0.54%) Debian
8 1 (0.54%) FreeBSD
8 1 (0.54%) Gentoo
8 1 (0.54%) OpenBSD
8 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (25.27%) SIEM
2 44 (23.66%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (22.04%) DevOps
4 37 (19.89%) Continuous Improvement
5 32 (17.20%) Software Engineering
6 31 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 30 (16.13%) ITIL
8 28 (15.05%) Test Automation
8 28 (15.05%) Validation
9 26 (13.98%) Containerisation
10 24 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
11 20 (10.75%) CI/CD
11 20 (10.75%) Computer Science
11 20 (10.75%) Infrastructure as Code
11 20 (10.75%) Platform Engineering
12 19 (10.22%) Code Quality
13 16 (8.60%) Antivirus Management
13 16 (8.60%) Application Security
13 16 (8.60%) High Availability
13 16 (8.60%) Pattern Matching
Programming Languages
1 67 (36.02%) Python
2 45 (24.19%) Bash
3 37 (19.89%) PowerShell
4 21 (11.29%) C
5 20 (10.75%) C++
6 15 (8.06%) JavaScript
7 14 (7.53%) Rust
8 10 (5.38%) Shell Script
9 8 (4.30%) SQL
9 8 (4.30%) TypeScript
10 7 (3.76%) Search Processing Language
11 6 (3.23%) Groovy
11 6 (3.23%) Korn
12 5 (2.69%) C#
12 5 (2.69%) Java
13 4 (2.15%) Go
13 4 (2.15%) Perl
14 3 (1.61%) Pascal
15 2 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (1.08%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 58 (31.18%) Security Cleared
2 35 (18.82%) Degree
3 32 (17.20%) DV Cleared
4 27 (14.52%) SC Cleared
5 19 (10.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (4.84%) CompTIA Security+
6 9 (4.84%) GIAC
7 8 (4.30%) CREST Certified
7 8 (4.30%) GCIA
7 8 (4.30%) GCIH
8 7 (3.76%) GCED
8 7 (3.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 7 (3.76%) SANS
9 6 (3.23%) OSCP
10 3 (1.61%) CompTIA CySA+
10 3 (1.61%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.61%) PhD
11 2 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (1.08%) RHCE
11 2 (1.08%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (11.83%) QA
2 5 (2.69%) GDPR
2 5 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.69%) SLA
3 2 (1.08%) ECSS
3 2 (1.08%) ISO 22301
3 2 (1.08%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.08%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 51 (27.42%) Active Directory
2 29 (15.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (14.52%) Hyper-V
4 26 (13.98%) Docker
5 25 (13.44%) vSphere
6 23 (12.37%) KVM
7 8 (4.30%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 5 (2.69%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (1.08%) Samba
10 1 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.54%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 32 (17.20%) Terraform
2 31 (16.67%) Ansible
3 24 (12.90%) Kubernetes
4 14 (7.53%) Graylog
5 9 (4.84%) Proxmox
6 8 (4.30%) Kibana
6 8 (4.30%) ZABBIX
7 4 (2.15%) Packer
8 2 (1.08%) Grafana
8 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (1.08%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.54%) Argo
9 1 (0.54%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.54%) Podman
9 1 (0.54%) QRadar
9 1 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 73 (39.25%) Microsoft
2 54 (29.03%) VMware
3 52 (27.96%) Red Hat
4 13 (6.99%) McAfee
5 11 (5.91%) Splunk
6 10 (5.38%) CrowdStrike
7 9 (4.84%) Veeam
8 8 (4.30%) Citrix
8 8 (4.30%) Dell
8 8 (4.30%) IBM
8 8 (4.30%) NetApp
9 7 (3.76%) Carbon Black
9 7 (3.76%) Cisco
9 7 (3.76%) Palo Alto
10 6 (3.23%) Juniper
11 5 (2.69%) AppDynamics
11 5 (2.69%) F5
12 4 (2.15%) Google
13 3 (1.61%) Atlassian
13 3 (1.61%) Motorola