Linux Jobs in the Thames Valley

Linux
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Linux skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Linux over the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 14 15
Rank change year-on-year -10 +1 +7
Permanent jobs citing Linux 338 466 789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.14% 12.03% 11.25%
As % of the Operating Systems category 54.69% 54.38% 53.42%
Number of salaries quoted 176 286 360
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £41,225
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,509 £53,760 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.11% -6.50% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,500 £73,375
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £81,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% - +5.00%

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 618 857 1,477
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.05% 22.12% 21.06%
Number of salaries quoted 364 576 881
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,463 £52,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +9.38% -4.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,375 £80,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -3.23%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the Thames Valley

Linux
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Linux in the Thames Valley

Linux
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 5 October 2024.

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 5 October 2024. 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 -14 169 £62,500 +16.26% 40
Buckinghamshire -17 95 £42,500 -37.04% 15
Oxfordshire +8 74 £54,409 +14.55% 26
Linux
South East

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 20 (5.92%) Apache
2 14 (4.14%) Tomcat
3 13 (3.85%) Confluence
4 12 (3.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (2.96%) OpenStack
6 9 (2.66%) nginx
7 4 (1.18%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.89%) CloudStack
9 2 (0.59%) IIS
9 2 (0.59%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.30%) CMS
10 1 (0.30%) Kinematics
Applications
1 15 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.89%) Fusion 360
2 3 (0.89%) Siemens NX
2 3 (0.89%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 84 (24.85%) Azure
2 49 (14.50%) AWS
3 30 (8.88%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (5.92%) Entra ID
5 12 (3.55%) Azure Monitor
6 11 (3.25%) Amazon S3
6 11 (3.25%) Azure Storage
7 10 (2.96%) GCP
8 9 (2.66%) Amazon EKS
8 9 (2.66%) Cloudflare
8 9 (2.66%) SaaS
9 8 (2.37%) GitHub
9 8 (2.37%) Serverless
10 7 (2.07%) IaaS
10 7 (2.07%) PaaS
11 6 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.78%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (1.48%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (1.48%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (1.48%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 41 (12.13%) DNS
2 29 (8.58%) Firewall
3 23 (6.80%) TCP/IP
4 20 (5.92%) HTTP
4 20 (5.92%) VSAN
5 17 (5.03%) SMTP
6 16 (4.73%) Internet
6 16 (4.73%) Network Security
7 14 (4.14%) Wireless
8 12 (3.55%) DHCP
9 9 (2.66%) SSL
9 9 (2.66%) VPN
10 8 (2.37%) SNMP
11 7 (2.07%) 5G
12 6 (1.78%) Broadband
12 6 (1.78%) WAN
13 5 (1.48%) iSCSI
13 5 (1.48%) LAN
13 5 (1.48%) Modbus
13 5 (1.48%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.62%) MySQL
2 14 (4.14%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (4.14%) Relational Database
3 10 (2.96%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (1.78%) Big Data
4 6 (1.78%) MongoDB
4 6 (1.78%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.48%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.48%) Oracle Database
5 5 (1.48%) Power BI
6 4 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (1.18%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.59%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.59%) GIS
8 1 (0.30%) DB2
8 1 (0.30%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.30%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.30%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.30%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 30 (8.88%) JIRA
2 25 (7.40%) Git
3 22 (6.51%) GitLab
4 11 (3.25%) Jenkins
5 10 (2.96%) Bitbucket
6 6 (1.78%) Cucumber
7 5 (1.48%) Artifactory
7 5 (1.48%) JMeter
7 5 (1.48%) Maven
7 5 (1.48%) SonarQube
7 5 (1.48%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.59%) CMake
8 2 (0.59%) Mocha
8 2 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.59%) Trac
9 1 (0.30%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.30%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.30%) TeamCity
General
1 73 (21.60%) Social Skills
2 20 (5.92%) Organisational Skills
3 16 (4.73%) Electronics
4 12 (3.55%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (3.55%) Manufacturing
4 12 (3.55%) Telecoms
5 11 (3.25%) Finance
6 7 (2.07%) Retail
7 5 (1.48%) Aerospace
7 5 (1.48%) Billing
7 5 (1.48%) Games
8 3 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (0.89%) Public Sector
9 2 (0.59%) Advertising
9 2 (0.59%) Publishing
10 1 (0.30%) Banking
Job Titles
1 82 (24.26%) Software Engineer
2 58 (17.16%) Senior
3 45 (13.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 31 (9.17%) Developer
4 31 (9.17%) Senior Software Engineer
5 23 (6.80%) Network Engineer
6 20 (5.92%) Embedded Engineer
6 20 (5.92%) Network Security Engineer
6 20 (5.92%) Security Engineer
7 18 (5.33%) Applications Support
8 17 (5.03%) Systems Engineer
9 16 (4.73%) DevOps Engineer
10 15 (4.44%) Administrator
10 15 (4.44%) Analyst
11 14 (4.14%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 13 (3.85%) Architect
13 12 (3.55%) Lead
13 12 (3.55%) Senior Developer
14 11 (3.25%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
14 11 (3.25%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (10.65%) Web Services
2 20 (5.92%) JSON
3 17 (5.03%) XML
4 14 (4.14%) JSP
4 14 (4.14%) RabbitMQ
5 12 (3.55%) ARM Templates
6 11 (3.25%) OpenMP
6 11 (3.25%) REST
7 10 (2.96%) React
7 10 (2.96%) WPF
8 8 (2.37%) .NET
8 8 (2.37%) EDI
8 8 (2.37%) Yocto
9 7 (2.07%) Keycloak
9 7 (2.07%) Spring
10 6 (1.78%) Hibernate
11 5 (1.48%) Elastic Stack
11 5 (1.48%) OpenAPI
11 5 (1.48%) Swagger
12 4 (1.18%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 51 (15.09%) Algorithms
2 38 (11.24%) Self-Motivation
3 32 (9.47%) Data Centre
4 18 (5.33%) NHS
5 13 (3.85%) Linux Command Line
5 13 (3.85%) PKI
6 10 (2.96%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (2.66%) CUDA
7 9 (2.66%) Embedded Systems
8 8 (2.37%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (2.07%) IoT
9 7 (2.07%) Molecular Biology
9 7 (2.07%) Raspberry Pi
9 7 (2.07%) Replication
10 6 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.78%) Product Ownership
11 5 (1.48%) Client/Server
11 5 (1.48%) EMC VNX
11 5 (1.48%) Life Science
12 4 (1.18%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 123 (36.39%) Windows
2 47 (13.91%) Unix
3 20 (5.92%) Windows Server
4 16 (4.73%) Ubuntu
5 15 (4.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 14 (4.14%) Embedded Linux
6 14 (4.14%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (3.85%) Windows Server 2019
8 12 (3.55%) CentOS
9 9 (2.66%) Android
9 9 (2.66%) Apple iOS
9 9 (2.66%) Mac OS
10 7 (2.07%) Debian
11 6 (1.78%) FreeRTOS
12 3 (0.89%) Data ONTAP
12 3 (0.89%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 3 (0.89%) VMS
12 3 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.59%) Rocky
13 2 (0.59%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (30.77%) Software Engineering
2 85 (25.15%) Problem-Solving
3 72 (21.30%) DevOps
4 62 (18.34%) Open Source
5 58 (17.16%) Agile
6 53 (15.68%) ITIL
6 53 (15.68%) Software Testing
7 52 (15.38%) Computer Science
8 47 (13.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 44 (13.02%) CI/CD
10 43 (12.72%) Mathematics
10 43 (12.72%) Physics
11 42 (12.43%) Cybersecurity
12 37 (10.95%) SDLC
13 33 (9.76%) Performance Analysis
14 31 (9.17%) Parallel Programming
15 26 (7.69%) Artificial Intelligence
16 25 (7.40%) Analytics
17 24 (7.10%) Change Management
18 22 (6.51%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 129 (38.17%) Python
2 94 (27.81%) Bash
3 82 (24.26%) C++
4 78 (23.08%) C
5 47 (13.91%) Java
5 47 (13.91%) SQL
6 45 (13.31%) Fortran
7 31 (9.17%) C#
8 30 (8.88%) PowerShell
9 27 (7.99%) JavaScript
10 15 (4.44%) Groovy
11 14 (4.14%) Perl
12 12 (3.55%) Bicep
12 12 (3.55%) PHP
13 11 (3.25%) Shell Script
14 10 (2.96%) VB
14 10 (2.96%) VBScript
14 10 (2.96%) XAML
15 9 (2.66%) Embedded C++
16 8 (2.37%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 107 (31.66%) Degree
2 106 (31.36%) Security Cleared
3 53 (15.68%) SC Cleared
4 45 (13.31%) PhD
5 42 (12.43%) Master's Degree
6 19 (5.62%) DV Cleared
7 12 (3.55%) AWS Certification
7 12 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (2.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 9 (2.66%) Azure Certification
9 9 (2.66%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (1.78%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.78%) CCNA
10 6 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (1.48%) CTC Cleared
12 4 (1.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.89%) CCNP
14 2 (0.59%) MCP
14 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
15 1 (0.30%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.78%) QA
2 3 (0.89%) GDPR
2 3 (0.89%) HL7
3 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.30%) JTAG
3 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 51 (15.09%) Docker
2 33 (9.76%) Active Directory
3 30 (8.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (7.40%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (4.14%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (2.96%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (1.78%) Firmware
8 5 (1.48%) Hyper-V
8 5 (1.48%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.89%) Ceph
9 3 (0.89%) GPFS
9 3 (0.89%) Lustre
9 3 (0.89%) pfSense
10 2 (0.59%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.59%) vSphere
11 1 (0.30%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 80 (23.67%) Kubernetes
2 26 (7.69%) Terraform
3 24 (7.10%) Ansible
4 16 (4.73%) Grafana
5 14 (4.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (4.14%) Prometheus
6 12 (3.55%) SCCM
7 10 (2.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 10 (2.96%) Nagios
7 10 (2.96%) SCOM
7 10 (2.96%) WSUS
8 8 (2.37%) vCenter Server
9 7 (2.07%) Rancher
10 5 (1.48%) Cacti
10 5 (1.48%) EMC NetWorker
10 5 (1.48%) Graylog
10 5 (1.48%) Packer
11 3 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.89%) Podman
11 3 (0.89%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 108 (31.95%) Microsoft
2 53 (15.68%) VMware
3 26 (7.69%) Palo Alto
4 20 (5.92%) CheckPoint
4 20 (5.92%) HP
5 11 (3.25%) Red Hat
6 9 (2.66%) IBM
6 9 (2.66%) ServiceNow
7 8 (2.37%) Atlassian
7 8 (2.37%) Cisco
7 8 (2.37%) EMC
7 8 (2.37%) Oracle
7 8 (2.37%) Veeam
8 5 (1.48%) AppDynamics
8 5 (1.48%) Apple
8 5 (1.48%) SolarWinds
9 4 (1.18%) NetApp
9 4 (1.18%) NVIDIA
9 4 (1.18%) Sparx
9 4 (1.18%) Ubiquiti