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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 51 34
Rank change year-on-year 0 -17 -8
Permanent jobs citing Linux 162 168 401
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.87% 4.99% 6.18%
As % of the Operating Systems category 41.75% 40.29% 41.99%
Number of salaries quoted 119 98 357
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,725 £34,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.19% -5.45% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £74,125 £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 388 417 955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.88% 12.39% 14.71%
Number of salaries quoted 306 300 845
10th Percentile £29,500 £26,988 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £32,688 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -1.18% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £51,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £74,375 £62,500 £68,100
South East median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -5.88% -

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 15 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 15 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 +27 104 £62,500 +25.00% 33
Buckinghamshire -19 37 £62,500 +25.00% 15
Oxfordshire -28 21 £56,500 -5.83% 30
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 (6.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.85%) Apache
2 3 (1.85%) Confluence
3 2 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.62%) IIS
4 1 (0.62%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 86 (53.09%) AWS
2 74 (45.68%) Azure
3 30 (18.52%) GCP
4 24 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (14.81%) SaaS
5 16 (9.88%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (7.41%) Azure Sentinel
7 11 (6.79%) Entra ID
8 8 (4.94%) Cloudflare
9 6 (3.70%) Amazon EC2
9 6 (3.70%) Amazon EKS
9 6 (3.70%) Amazon S3
9 6 (3.70%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (3.70%) GitHub
9 6 (3.70%) Serverless
10 5 (3.09%) Apigee
10 5 (3.09%) Figma
10 5 (3.09%) Kong
10 5 (3.09%) OpenShift
11 3 (1.85%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 62 (38.27%) Firewall
2 48 (29.63%) DNS
3 19 (11.73%) VPN
4 16 (9.88%) SAN
5 13 (8.02%) TCP/IP
6 9 (5.56%) Wireshark
7 8 (4.94%) iSCSI
7 8 (4.94%) NAS
7 8 (4.94%) NetScaler
7 8 (4.94%) Remote Desktop
8 7 (4.32%) SSL
9 6 (3.70%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (3.70%) DHCP
9 6 (3.70%) WAN
10 5 (3.09%) HTTP
10 5 (3.09%) LAN
10 5 (3.09%) VoIP
11 4 (2.47%) Network Security
12 2 (1.23%) PBX
12 2 (1.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.64%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (7.41%) SQL Server
3 10 (6.17%) MySQL
4 1 (0.62%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.62%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.62%) TimescaleDB
4 1 (0.62%) Vitess
Development Applications
1 18 (11.11%) Git
2 16 (9.88%) GitLab
3 14 (8.64%) JIRA
4 8 (4.94%) Jenkins
5 6 (3.70%) SonarQube
6 5 (3.09%) Cucumber
7 4 (2.47%) Artifactory
8 2 (1.23%) JMeter
8 2 (1.23%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.62%) JUnit
General
1 49 (30.25%) Social Skills
2 21 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (9.26%) Telecoms
4 14 (8.64%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (7.41%) Manufacturing
6 10 (6.17%) Finance
7 5 (3.09%) Health Technology
8 3 (1.85%) Games
8 3 (1.85%) Retail
8 3 (1.85%) Tech for Good
9 2 (1.23%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.23%) Automotive
9 2 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.23%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.62%) Aviation
10 1 (0.62%) Banking
10 1 (0.62%) Legal
Job Titles
1 31 (19.14%) DevOps Engineer
2 27 (16.67%) Linux Engineer
3 25 (15.43%) Software Engineer
4 19 (11.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 17 (10.49%) Systems Engineer
6 16 (9.88%) Applications Architect
6 16 (9.88%) Architect
7 15 (9.26%) Analyst
7 15 (9.26%) DevOps Systems Engineer
7 15 (9.26%) Linux DevOps Engineer
7 15 (9.26%) Linux Systems Engineer
7 15 (9.26%) Linux/Unix DevOps
7 15 (9.26%) Senior
8 11 (6.79%) Network Engineer
9 10 (6.17%) Security Architect
10 9 (5.56%) Developer
10 9 (5.56%) SOC Analyst
10 9 (5.56%) Support Engineer
11 8 (4.94%) Senior Linux Engineer
12 7 (4.32%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (9.88%) Regular Expression
2 15 (9.26%) REST
3 14 (8.64%) JSON
4 12 (7.41%) LDAP
4 12 (7.41%) XMPP
5 9 (5.56%) XML
5 9 (5.56%) YAML
6 8 (4.94%) React
7 7 (4.32%) Django
8 5 (3.09%) Jinja
8 5 (3.09%) Twisted
8 5 (3.09%) Web Services
8 5 (3.09%) WebSockets
8 5 (3.09%) YANG
9 4 (2.47%) Elastic Stack
9 4 (2.47%) JSON Schema
9 4 (2.47%) RabbitMQ
10 3 (1.85%) Vue
11 2 (1.23%) Pandas
11 2 (1.23%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.35%) Distributed Systems
2 16 (9.88%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (8.02%) Client/Server
3 13 (8.02%) PKI
4 12 (7.41%) Cyber Defence
5 11 (6.79%) Cloud Native
6 10 (6.17%) Management Information System
7 6 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (3.70%) Video Conferencing
8 5 (3.09%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (3.09%) Product Ownership
8 5 (3.09%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (2.47%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.85%) Algorithms
10 3 (1.85%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.85%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.85%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.85%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.85%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 69 (42.59%) Windows
2 34 (20.99%) Windows Server
3 28 (17.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 19 (11.73%) Ubuntu
5 8 (4.94%) Unix
6 7 (4.32%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.23%) CentOS
7 2 (1.23%) VxWorks
8 1 (0.62%) Android
8 1 (0.62%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.62%) FreeBSD
8 1 (0.62%) OpenBSD
8 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (22.84%) DevOps
3 31 (19.14%) SIEM
4 30 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 28 (17.28%) Software Engineering
6 27 (16.67%) Test Automation
7 25 (15.43%) ITIL
8 24 (14.81%) Containerisation
9 21 (12.96%) Computer Science
9 21 (12.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 20 (12.35%) CI/CD
10 20 (12.35%) Validation
11 18 (11.11%) Code Quality
11 18 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
12 16 (9.88%) Cybersecurity
12 16 (9.88%) High Availability
12 16 (9.88%) Platform Engineering
13 15 (9.26%) System Testing
14 13 (8.02%) Agile
15 12 (7.41%) Antivirus Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (37.04%) Python
2 36 (22.22%) Bash
3 29 (17.90%) PowerShell
4 20 (12.35%) C
5 19 (11.73%) C++
6 14 (8.64%) JavaScript
7 13 (8.02%) Rust
8 11 (6.79%) SQL
9 9 (5.56%) Shell Script
10 7 (4.32%) TypeScript
11 6 (3.70%) Groovy
11 6 (3.70%) Korn
12 5 (3.09%) C#
12 5 (3.09%) Java
13 4 (2.47%) Go
13 4 (2.47%) Perl
14 3 (1.85%) Pascal
14 3 (1.85%) Search Processing Language
15 1 (0.62%) PHP
15 1 (0.62%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (29.01%) Security Cleared
2 35 (21.60%) Degree
3 26 (16.05%) DV Cleared
4 22 (13.58%) SC Cleared
5 19 (11.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (4.94%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (4.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (2.47%) CREST Certified
8 4 (2.47%) GCIA
8 4 (2.47%) GCIH
8 4 (2.47%) GIAC
9 3 (1.85%) GCED
9 3 (1.85%) OSCP
9 3 (1.85%) SANS
10 2 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.23%) CompTIA CySA+
10 2 (1.23%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.23%) PhD
10 2 (1.23%) RHCE
10 2 (1.23%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (14.20%) QA
2 5 (3.09%) SLA
3 4 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.85%) GDPR
5 2 (1.23%) ECSS
5 2 (1.23%) ISO 22301
5 2 (1.23%) ISO 9001
5 2 (1.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 47 (29.01%) Active Directory
2 25 (15.43%) Docker
3 24 (14.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (12.96%) Hyper-V
5 20 (12.35%) vSphere
6 18 (11.11%) KVM
7 8 (4.94%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 5 (3.09%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (1.23%) Samba
10 1 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.62%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 30 (18.52%) Terraform
2 28 (17.28%) Ansible
3 24 (14.81%) Kubernetes
4 9 (5.56%) Graylog
5 5 (3.09%) Proxmox
6 4 (2.47%) Kibana
6 4 (2.47%) Packer
6 4 (2.47%) ZABBIX
7 3 (1.85%) Grafana
7 3 (1.85%) Prometheus
8 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.62%) Argo
9 1 (0.62%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.62%) QRadar
9 1 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 57 (35.19%) Microsoft
2 45 (27.78%) Red Hat
3 44 (27.16%) VMware
4 8 (4.94%) Citrix
4 8 (4.94%) Dell
4 8 (4.94%) IBM
4 8 (4.94%) McAfee
4 8 (4.94%) NetApp
4 8 (4.94%) Palo Alto
5 7 (4.32%) Cisco
6 6 (3.70%) CrowdStrike
6 6 (3.70%) Google
7 5 (3.09%) AppDynamics
7 5 (3.09%) F5
7 5 (3.09%) Juniper
7 5 (3.09%) Splunk
7 5 (3.09%) Veeam
8 4 (2.47%) Atlassian
8 4 (2.47%) Carbon Black
9 3 (1.85%) ServiceNow