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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 71 32
Rank change year-on-year +31 -39 -15
Permanent jobs citing Linux 213 145 342
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.40% 4.01% 5.70%
As % of the Operating Systems category 44.94% 32.51% 42.27%
Number of salaries quoted 172 85 262
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,200 £35,075
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £38,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £54,409
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -8.10% +1.21%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,725
South East median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +23.81% -4.55% +4.98%

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 474 446 809
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.56% 12.33% 13.49%
Number of salaries quoted 395 341 661
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -2.35% -6.59%
75th Percentile £65,000 £47,500 £56,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £70,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -

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 21 July 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 21 July 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 +55 121 £65,000 +30.00% 20
Buckinghamshire -3 59 £65,000 -7.14% 12
Oxfordshire -25 33 £36,250 -30.95% 25
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 11 (5.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (4.69%) Apache
3 8 (3.76%) nginx
4 5 (2.35%) Confluence
5 2 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.94%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.47%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.41%) Lightworks
2 3 (1.41%) Simulink
3 1 (0.47%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (2.82%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 93 (43.66%) AWS
2 82 (38.50%) Azure
3 36 (16.90%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (11.74%) GCP
5 22 (10.33%) Azure Sentinel
5 22 (10.33%) SaaS
6 13 (6.10%) Cloudflare
7 12 (5.63%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (5.63%) Entra ID
8 10 (4.69%) GitHub
9 6 (2.82%) Amazon EC2
9 6 (2.82%) Amazon EKS
9 6 (2.82%) Amazon S3
9 6 (2.82%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (2.82%) Nutanix
9 6 (2.82%) Power Platform
9 6 (2.82%) Serverless
10 5 (2.35%) Figma
10 5 (2.35%) Kong
10 5 (2.35%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 84 (39.44%) Firewall
2 64 (30.05%) DNS
3 26 (12.21%) VPN
4 20 (9.39%) TCP/IP
5 16 (7.51%) SAN
6 11 (5.16%) Remote Desktop
7 9 (4.23%) HTTP
8 8 (3.76%) iSCSI
8 8 (3.76%) NAS
8 8 (3.76%) NetScaler
8 8 (3.76%) SSL
8 8 (3.76%) Wireshark
9 7 (3.29%) WAN
10 6 (2.82%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (2.82%) LAN
11 5 (2.35%) Network Security
11 5 (2.35%) VoIP
12 4 (1.88%) Wireless
13 3 (1.41%) DHCP
13 3 (1.41%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.51%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (5.63%) SQL Server
3 10 (4.69%) MySQL
4 6 (2.82%) Power BI
5 1 (0.47%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.47%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.47%) TimescaleDB
5 1 (0.47%) Vitess
Development Applications
1 19 (8.92%) JIRA
2 17 (7.98%) Git
3 13 (6.10%) GitLab
4 8 (3.76%) Jenkins
5 6 (2.82%) SonarQube
6 5 (2.35%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.88%) Artifactory
8 3 (1.41%) JUnit
8 3 (1.41%) PetaLinux
9 1 (0.47%) JMeter
9 1 (0.47%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.47%) Storybook
General
1 64 (30.05%) Social Skills
2 28 (13.15%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (12.21%) Manufacturing
4 24 (11.27%) Finance
5 18 (8.45%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (7.51%) Telecoms
7 11 (5.16%) Retail
8 5 (2.35%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.88%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.88%) Banking
10 3 (1.41%) Automotive
10 3 (1.41%) Games
10 3 (1.41%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.47%) Aviation
12 1 (0.47%) Electronics
12 1 (0.47%) Legal
12 1 (0.47%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 29 (13.62%) DevOps Engineer
2 28 (13.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 28 (13.15%) Software Engineer
3 26 (12.21%) Analyst
4 24 (11.27%) Linux Engineer
5 23 (10.80%) Architect
6 22 (10.33%) Senior
7 20 (9.39%) Applications Architect
8 17 (7.98%) IT Support
8 17 (7.98%) Systems Engineer
9 16 (7.51%) Linux Systems Engineer
10 15 (7.04%) IT Engineer
11 14 (6.57%) Network Engineer
11 14 (6.57%) Security Architect
11 14 (6.57%) Security Engineer
12 12 (5.63%) DevOps Systems Engineer
12 12 (5.63%) IT Support Engineer
12 12 (5.63%) Linux DevOps Engineer
12 12 (5.63%) SOC Analyst
12 12 (5.63%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (10.80%) Regular Expression
2 19 (8.92%) LDAP
2 19 (8.92%) XMPP
3 17 (7.98%) JSON
4 15 (7.04%) REST
5 12 (5.63%) XML
6 9 (4.23%) Web Services
6 9 (4.23%) YAML
7 8 (3.76%) Django
7 8 (3.76%) React
8 7 (3.29%) JSON Schema
9 5 (2.35%) Jinja
9 5 (2.35%) Twisted
9 5 (2.35%) WebSockets
9 5 (2.35%) YANG
10 4 (1.88%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (1.88%) RabbitMQ
11 3 (1.41%) Vue
11 3 (1.41%) Yocto
12 2 (0.94%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.39%) PKI
2 18 (8.45%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (7.51%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (7.04%) Cyber Defence
5 12 (5.63%) Security Operations Centre
6 11 (5.16%) Driving Licence
7 10 (4.69%) Client/Server
7 10 (4.69%) Cyber Threat
7 10 (4.69%) Management Information System
8 9 (4.23%) Cloud Native
9 8 (3.76%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (2.82%) CSOC
10 6 (2.82%) Data Centre
10 6 (2.82%) Product Ownership
11 5 (2.35%) Video Conferencing
12 4 (1.88%) Clustering
12 4 (1.88%) Distributed Computing
12 4 (1.88%) Embedded Systems
12 4 (1.88%) IoT
12 4 (1.88%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 112 (52.58%) Windows
2 48 (22.54%) Windows Server
3 35 (16.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 18 (8.45%) Ubuntu
5 12 (5.63%) Mac OS
6 6 (2.82%) Unix
7 5 (2.35%) Windows 10
8 4 (1.88%) Debian
9 3 (1.41%) FreeRTOS
9 3 (1.41%) Gentoo
10 2 (0.94%) CentOS
11 1 (0.47%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.47%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (26.29%) SIEM
2 52 (24.41%) Continuous Improvement
2 52 (24.41%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (19.25%) ITIL
4 37 (17.37%) DevOps
5 35 (16.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 35 (16.43%) Software Engineering
6 32 (15.02%) Cybersecurity
7 30 (14.08%) Test Automation
7 30 (14.08%) Validation
8 26 (12.21%) Containerisation
9 24 (11.27%) High Availability
10 21 (9.86%) CI/CD
11 20 (9.39%) Infrastructure as Code
12 19 (8.92%) Computer Science
12 19 (8.92%) Platform Engineering
13 17 (7.98%) Process Improvement
14 16 (7.51%) Application Security
14 16 (7.51%) Code Quality
14 16 (7.51%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 73 (34.27%) Python
2 52 (24.41%) PowerShell
3 47 (22.07%) Bash
4 22 (10.33%) C
5 20 (9.39%) C++
6 17 (7.98%) Rust
7 15 (7.04%) SQL
8 14 (6.57%) JavaScript
9 11 (5.16%) Shell Script
10 9 (4.23%) TypeScript
11 7 (3.29%) Java
11 7 (3.29%) Search Processing Language
12 6 (2.82%) Groovy
12 6 (2.82%) Korn
12 6 (2.82%) Kusto Query Language
13 5 (2.35%) C#
14 4 (1.88%) Perl
14 4 (1.88%) Ruby
15 3 (1.41%) MATLAB
15 3 (1.41%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 72 (33.80%) Security Cleared
2 38 (17.84%) SC Cleared
3 37 (17.37%) DV Cleared
4 36 (16.90%) Degree
5 17 (7.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (6.57%) CompTIA Security+
7 13 (6.10%) GIAC
8 12 (5.63%) GCIA
9 8 (3.76%) CREST Certified
9 8 (3.76%) GCIH
9 8 (3.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 8 (3.76%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (3.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 7 (3.29%) CompTIA CySA+
10 7 (3.29%) GCED
10 7 (3.29%) SANS
11 6 (2.82%) OSCP
12 4 (1.88%) Azure Certification
12 4 (1.88%) CEH
12 4 (1.88%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.45%) QA
2 5 (2.35%) GDPR
2 5 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.35%) SLA
3 3 (1.41%) ECSS
3 3 (1.41%) MISRA
4 2 (0.94%) ISO 22301
4 2 (0.94%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.94%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 52 (24.41%) Active Directory
2 34 (15.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (14.55%) Docker
4 27 (12.68%) vSphere
5 23 (10.80%) Hyper-V
6 20 (9.39%) KVM
7 9 (4.23%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (3.76%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 7 (3.29%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (1.88%) Firmware
10 4 (1.88%) Squid
11 2 (0.94%) Samba
12 1 (0.47%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 29 (13.62%) Ansible
1 29 (13.62%) Terraform
2 23 (10.80%) Kubernetes
3 15 (7.04%) Graylog
4 9 (4.23%) Proxmox
5 8 (3.76%) Kibana
5 8 (3.76%) ZABBIX
6 7 (3.29%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (1.88%) HAProxy
7 4 (1.88%) Packer
7 4 (1.88%) Podman
8 3 (1.41%) Grafana
8 3 (1.41%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.47%) Argo
9 1 (0.47%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.47%) QRadar
9 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 94 (44.13%) Microsoft
2 61 (28.64%) VMware
3 50 (23.47%) Red Hat
4 17 (7.98%) Veeam
5 15 (7.04%) McAfee
6 12 (5.63%) Cisco
7 11 (5.16%) Splunk
8 10 (4.69%) CrowdStrike
9 8 (3.76%) Citrix
9 8 (3.76%) Dell
9 8 (3.76%) IBM
9 8 (3.76%) NetApp
10 7 (3.29%) Carbon Black
10 7 (3.29%) Palo Alto
11 6 (2.82%) Fortinet
11 6 (2.82%) Juniper
11 6 (2.82%) Okta
11 6 (2.82%) Sage
12 5 (2.35%) AppDynamics
12 5 (2.35%) F5