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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 97 24
Rank change year-on-year +42 -73 -12
Permanent jobs citing Linux 207 114 328
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.75% 2.98% 7.10%
As % of the Operating Systems category 42.24% 30.24% 54.13%
Number of salaries quoted 170 63 172
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,850 £36,375
25th Percentile £48,750 £42,770 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £53,065 £56,517
Median % change year-on-year +17.78% -6.11% +5.13%
75th Percentile £68,750 £69,602 £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 490 377 606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.50% 9.86% 13.12%
Number of salaries quoted 409 296 359
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £37,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -21.88% -8.57%
75th Percentile £65,000 £45,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £61,750 £77,750
South East median annual salary £45,000 £38,325 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.42% -23.35% +7.53%

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 October 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 October 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 +57 94 £65,000 +26.13% 73
Oxfordshire -5 58 £55,500 +28.32% 75
Buckinghamshire +6 56 £62,500 -10.71% 34
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 (4.83%) Apache
1 10 (4.83%) nginx
2 6 (2.90%) Confluence
3 4 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.97%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.48%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 11 (5.31%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (5.31%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.93%) Lightworks
2 4 (1.93%) Simulink
3 1 (0.48%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 11 (5.31%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 66 (31.88%) Azure
2 64 (30.92%) AWS
3 32 (15.46%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (12.56%) SaaS
5 24 (11.59%) Azure Sentinel
6 16 (7.73%) Entra ID
7 14 (6.76%) Cloudflare
8 12 (5.80%) Datadog
8 12 (5.80%) GitHub
9 11 (5.31%) Power Platform
10 10 (4.83%) GCP
11 7 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (3.38%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (2.90%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (2.90%) Google Workspace
13 5 (2.42%) Azure AKS
13 5 (2.42%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (2.42%) Nutanix
13 5 (2.42%) Power Automate
14 1 (0.48%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 57 (27.54%) DNS
2 56 (27.05%) Firewall
3 25 (12.08%) VPN
4 24 (11.59%) TCP/IP
5 8 (3.86%) DHCP
5 8 (3.86%) HTTP
5 8 (3.86%) SSL
5 8 (3.86%) VLAN
6 6 (2.90%) Ethernet
6 6 (2.90%) SAN
7 5 (2.42%) Remote Desktop
8 4 (1.93%) MQTT
8 4 (1.93%) NAS
8 4 (1.93%) NetScaler
8 4 (1.93%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (1.93%) Wireless
8 4 (1.93%) Wireshark
9 3 (1.45%) LAN
9 3 (1.45%) Network Security
9 3 (1.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.76%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (5.31%) Power BI
3 5 (2.42%) Big Data
4 4 (1.93%) MySQL
5 3 (1.45%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.45%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.48%) Db2
Development Applications
1 11 (5.31%) JIRA
2 9 (4.35%) Git
3 5 (2.42%) GitLab
4 4 (1.93%) PetaLinux
5 3 (1.45%) JUnit
6 2 (0.97%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.48%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.48%) JMeter
7 1 (0.48%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.48%) Mocha
7 1 (0.48%) Selenium
7 1 (0.48%) Storybook
General
1 51 (24.64%) Social Skills
2 37 (17.87%) Finance
3 32 (15.46%) Manufacturing
4 22 (10.63%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.80%) Retail
6 8 (3.86%) Aerospace
6 8 (3.86%) Automotive
7 7 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.90%) Legal
9 5 (2.42%) Electronics
10 4 (1.93%) Banking
10 4 (1.93%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.97%) Military
13 1 (0.48%) Advertising
13 1 (0.48%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.48%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (16.43%) Senior
2 29 (14.01%) Analyst
3 28 (13.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 24 (11.59%) Software Engineer
5 20 (9.66%) IT Support
6 18 (8.70%) Support Engineer
7 17 (8.21%) Architect
7 17 (8.21%) DevOps Engineer
8 16 (7.73%) IT Engineer
8 16 (7.73%) Systems Engineer
9 15 (7.25%) IT Support Engineer
9 15 (7.25%) Linux Engineer
10 13 (6.28%) Security Engineer
10 13 (6.28%) SOC Analyst
11 12 (5.80%) Linux Systems Engineer
11 12 (5.80%) NOC Manager
11 12 (5.80%) Operations Manager
12 11 (5.31%) AWS Engineer
12 11 (5.31%) Support Analyst
13 10 (4.83%) Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (12.08%) Terraform
2 14 (6.76%) Regular Expression
3 13 (6.28%) XMPP
4 11 (5.31%) LDAP
5 9 (4.35%) React
6 6 (2.90%) Django
6 6 (2.90%) Vue
7 5 (2.42%) JSON
7 5 (2.42%) Web Services
7 5 (2.42%) XML
8 4 (1.93%) JSON Schema
8 4 (1.93%) Node.js
8 4 (1.93%) Yocto
9 3 (1.45%) Spring Boot
10 2 (0.97%) CSS
10 2 (0.97%) HTML
10 2 (0.97%) Qt
10 2 (0.97%) Spring
11 1 (0.48%) RESTful
11 1 (0.48%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.21%) Driving Licence
2 16 (7.73%) Cyber Defence
3 15 (7.25%) PKI
4 14 (6.76%) Embedded Systems
4 14 (6.76%) Security Operations Centre
5 10 (4.83%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (4.83%) IoT
5 10 (4.83%) Robotics
6 8 (3.86%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (3.86%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (3.38%) CSOC
7 7 (3.38%) Distributed Computing
7 7 (3.38%) Onboarding
8 6 (2.90%) Replication
9 5 (2.42%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.93%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.93%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.93%) FPGA
10 4 (1.93%) Verilog
10 4 (1.93%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 112 (54.11%) Windows
2 36 (17.39%) Windows Server
3 22 (10.63%) Ubuntu
4 20 (9.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (4.35%) Rocky
5 9 (4.35%) Windows 10
6 8 (3.86%) Mac OS
7 7 (3.38%) Debian
8 5 (2.42%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (1.93%) FreeRTOS
10 3 (1.45%) Gentoo
10 3 (1.45%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.97%) Unix
12 1 (0.48%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (28.50%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (26.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 46 (22.22%) SIEM
4 38 (18.36%) Software Engineering
5 37 (17.87%) Cybersecurity
5 37 (17.87%) DevOps
5 37 (17.87%) ITIL
6 35 (16.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 31 (14.98%) Validation
8 29 (14.01%) CI/CD
9 22 (10.63%) Platform Engineering
10 21 (10.14%) Process Improvement
11 20 (9.66%) Security Operations
12 18 (8.70%) AI
12 18 (8.70%) Test Automation
13 16 (7.73%) Server Management
14 15 (7.25%) Analytics
14 15 (7.25%) Customer Service
14 15 (7.25%) Vulnerability Management
15 14 (6.76%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 69 (33.33%) Python
2 55 (26.57%) PowerShell
3 45 (21.74%) Bash
4 27 (13.04%) C++
5 17 (8.21%) C
5 17 (8.21%) SQL
6 14 (6.76%) Rust
7 13 (6.28%) Go
8 12 (5.80%) TypeScript
9 10 (4.83%) JavaScript
10 9 (4.35%) Shell Script
11 8 (3.86%) C#
12 7 (3.38%) Kusto Query Language
12 7 (3.38%) Search Processing Language
13 5 (2.42%) Java
14 4 (1.93%) MATLAB
14 4 (1.93%) Ruby
15 2 (0.97%) Korn
16 1 (0.48%) Bicep
16 1 (0.48%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 65 (31.40%) Security Cleared
2 32 (15.46%) SC Cleared
3 28 (13.53%) DV Cleared
4 25 (12.08%) Degree
5 16 (7.73%) CompTIA Security+
6 14 (6.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (6.76%) GIAC
7 13 (6.28%) GCIA
8 10 (4.83%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (4.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 8 (3.86%) CompTIA CySA+
9 8 (3.86%) CREST Certified
9 8 (3.86%) GCIH
10 7 (3.38%) GCED
10 7 (3.38%) SANS
11 6 (2.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 6 (2.90%) Master's Degree
11 6 (2.90%) OSCP
11 6 (2.90%) PhD
12 5 (2.42%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.38%) MISRA
1 7 (3.38%) QA
2 6 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.93%) ECSS
4 3 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.97%) GDPR
5 2 (0.97%) GRC
5 2 (0.97%) ISO 22301
5 2 (0.97%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.97%) SOC 2
System Software
1 33 (15.94%) Active Directory
2 28 (13.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (10.63%) Docker
4 18 (8.70%) vSphere
5 15 (7.25%) VMware ESXi
6 13 (6.28%) Firmware
7 11 (5.31%) Hyper-V
8 10 (4.83%) KVM
9 9 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (2.42%) Squid
11 2 (0.97%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (0.97%) Embedded Firmware
11 2 (0.97%) iptables
12 1 (0.48%) LXC
Systems Management
1 21 (10.14%) Ansible
1 21 (10.14%) Kubernetes
2 15 (7.25%) Graylog
3 12 (5.80%) Grafana
3 12 (5.80%) Prometheus
4 8 (3.86%) Kibana
4 8 (3.86%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (3.86%) Proxmox
4 8 (3.86%) ZABBIX
5 5 (2.42%) HAProxy
6 4 (1.93%) Podman
7 2 (0.97%) Nagios
8 1 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.48%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.48%) Puppet
8 1 (0.48%) QRadar
8 1 (0.48%) SCCM
8 1 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 87 (42.03%) Microsoft
2 50 (24.15%) VMware
3 28 (13.53%) Red Hat
4 24 (11.59%) Veeam
5 11 (5.31%) CrowdStrike
5 11 (5.31%) Sage
5 11 (5.31%) Splunk
6 10 (4.83%) McAfee
7 8 (3.86%) Dell
8 7 (3.38%) Carbon Black
9 6 (2.90%) Cisco
9 6 (2.90%) Fortinet
9 6 (2.90%) Google
9 6 (2.90%) Okta
10 4 (1.93%) Citrix
10 4 (1.93%) EMC
10 4 (1.93%) IBM
10 4 (1.93%) NetApp
10 4 (1.93%) Xilinx
11 3 (1.45%) NVIDIA