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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 88 27
Rank change year-on-year +36 -61 -13
Permanent jobs citing Linux 206 121 328
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.78% 3.22% 6.74%
As % of the Operating Systems category 42.56% 30.95% 52.48%
Number of salaries quoted 168 69 177
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,900 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,813 £42,770 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £53,065 £56,509
Median % change year-on-year +17.78% -6.09% +5.11%
75th Percentile £69,063 £68,000 £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 484 391 625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.53% 10.42% 12.83%
Number of salaries quoted 404 308 385
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,125 £31,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -15.79% -9.52%
75th Percentile £66,563 £45,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £61,650 £75,750
South East median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -20.00% +5.26%

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 25 September 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 25 September 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 +47 99 £65,000 +26.13% 58
Buckinghamshire +5 54 £63,750 -8.93% 19
Oxfordshire -10 53 £55,000 +22.22% 75
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 (4.85%) Apache
1 10 (4.85%) nginx
2 7 (3.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.91%) Confluence
4 2 (0.97%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.49%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 11 (5.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (5.34%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.94%) Lightworks
2 4 (1.94%) Simulink
3 1 (0.49%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 11 (5.34%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 72 (34.95%) AWS
2 63 (30.58%) Azure
3 33 (16.02%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (13.11%) SaaS
5 23 (11.17%) Azure Sentinel
6 14 (6.80%) Cloudflare
7 13 (6.31%) Entra ID
8 12 (5.83%) GitHub
9 11 (5.34%) Power Platform
10 10 (4.85%) Datadog
10 10 (4.85%) GCP
11 9 (4.37%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (3.40%) Amazon EKS
13 6 (2.91%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (2.91%) Amazon S3
13 6 (2.91%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (2.91%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (2.91%) Serverless
14 5 (2.43%) Google Workspace
14 5 (2.43%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 59 (28.64%) Firewall
2 57 (27.67%) DNS
3 23 (11.17%) VPN
4 21 (10.19%) TCP/IP
5 9 (4.37%) SAN
6 8 (3.88%) HTTP
6 8 (3.88%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (3.88%) SSL
7 6 (2.91%) DHCP
7 6 (2.91%) VLAN
8 5 (2.43%) Ethernet
8 5 (2.43%) iSCSI
9 4 (1.94%) MQTT
9 4 (1.94%) NAS
9 4 (1.94%) NetScaler
9 4 (1.94%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (1.94%) Wireless
9 4 (1.94%) Wireshark
10 3 (1.46%) Network Security
11 2 (0.97%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.77%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (5.34%) Power BI
3 7 (3.40%) MySQL
4 6 (2.91%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.46%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.97%) Big Data
7 1 (0.49%) Db2
Development Applications
1 16 (7.77%) Git
1 16 (7.77%) JIRA
2 11 (5.34%) GitLab
3 8 (3.88%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.91%) SonarQube
5 5 (2.43%) Cucumber
6 4 (1.94%) Artifactory
6 4 (1.94%) PetaLinux
7 3 (1.46%) JUnit
8 1 (0.49%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.49%) JMeter
8 1 (0.49%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.49%) Mocha
8 1 (0.49%) Selenium
8 1 (0.49%) Storybook
General
1 55 (26.70%) Social Skills
2 37 (17.96%) Finance
3 32 (15.53%) Manufacturing
4 20 (9.71%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.83%) Retail
6 10 (4.85%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.40%) Aerospace
7 7 (3.40%) Automotive
8 6 (2.91%) Legal
9 5 (2.43%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.94%) Banking
10 4 (1.94%) Electronics
11 2 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.49%) Advertising
12 1 (0.49%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.49%) Military
12 1 (0.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (14.08%) Analyst
1 29 (14.08%) Senior
2 26 (12.62%) DevOps Engineer
2 26 (12.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 21 (10.19%) Software Engineer
4 19 (9.22%) Architect
4 19 (9.22%) IT Support
4 19 (9.22%) Linux Engineer
5 17 (8.25%) Support Engineer
6 15 (7.28%) IT Engineer
7 14 (6.80%) IT Support Engineer
7 14 (6.80%) Systems Engineer
8 13 (6.31%) Linux Systems Engineer
8 13 (6.31%) Security Engineer
8 13 (6.31%) SOC Analyst
9 12 (5.83%) Applications Architect
9 12 (5.83%) NOC Manager
9 12 (5.83%) Operations Manager
10 11 (5.34%) AWS Engineer
10 11 (5.34%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (14.56%) Terraform
2 16 (7.77%) Regular Expression
3 15 (7.28%) XMPP
4 13 (6.31%) LDAP
5 10 (4.85%) JSON
5 10 (4.85%) React
6 5 (2.43%) Django
6 5 (2.43%) REST
6 5 (2.43%) Vue
6 5 (2.43%) Web Services
6 5 (2.43%) XML
7 4 (1.94%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (1.94%) JSON Schema
7 4 (1.94%) Node.js
7 4 (1.94%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (1.94%) YAML
7 4 (1.94%) Yocto
8 3 (1.46%) Spring
8 3 (1.46%) Spring Boot
9 2 (0.97%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.25%) Driving Licence
2 16 (7.77%) Cyber Defence
3 15 (7.28%) PKI
4 14 (6.80%) Embedded Systems
4 14 (6.80%) Security Operations Centre
5 10 (4.85%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (4.85%) Robotics
6 9 (4.37%) IoT
7 8 (3.88%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (3.88%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (3.40%) Cloud Native
8 7 (3.40%) CSOC
8 7 (3.40%) Linux Command Line
8 7 (3.40%) Management Information System
9 6 (2.91%) Distributed Computing
10 5 (2.43%) Onboarding
10 5 (2.43%) Replication
11 4 (1.94%) FPGA
11 4 (1.94%) Verilog
11 4 (1.94%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 107 (51.94%) Windows
2 35 (16.99%) Windows Server
3 24 (11.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 23 (11.17%) Ubuntu
5 9 (4.37%) Windows 10
6 8 (3.88%) Mac OS
7 7 (3.40%) Debian
7 7 (3.40%) Rocky
8 4 (1.94%) FreeRTOS
9 3 (1.46%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (1.46%) Gentoo
9 3 (1.46%) Robot Operating System
10 2 (0.97%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (27.67%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (25.73%) Continuous Improvement
3 48 (23.30%) SIEM
4 42 (20.39%) DevOps
5 39 (18.93%) ITIL
6 36 (17.48%) Software Engineering
7 34 (16.50%) Cybersecurity
8 33 (16.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 32 (15.53%) CI/CD
10 31 (15.05%) Validation
11 24 (11.65%) Test Automation
12 21 (10.19%) Platform Engineering
12 21 (10.19%) Process Improvement
13 19 (9.22%) Security Operations
14 17 (8.25%) Agile
14 17 (8.25%) Server Management
15 16 (7.77%) AI
15 16 (7.77%) High Availability
15 16 (7.77%) Infrastructure as Code
16 15 (7.28%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 72 (34.95%) Python
2 56 (27.18%) PowerShell
3 49 (23.79%) Bash
4 24 (11.65%) C++
5 17 (8.25%) C
6 16 (7.77%) SQL
7 14 (6.80%) Rust
8 11 (5.34%) Go
8 11 (5.34%) TypeScript
9 10 (4.85%) Java
9 10 (4.85%) Shell Script
10 9 (4.37%) JavaScript
11 7 (3.40%) C#
11 7 (3.40%) Kusto Query Language
11 7 (3.40%) Search Processing Language
12 6 (2.91%) Groovy
13 5 (2.43%) Korn
14 4 (1.94%) MATLAB
14 4 (1.94%) Perl
14 4 (1.94%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 68 (33.01%) Security Cleared
2 36 (17.48%) SC Cleared
3 27 (13.11%) Degree
4 26 (12.62%) DV Cleared
5 16 (7.77%) CompTIA Security+
6 14 (6.80%) GIAC
7 13 (6.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (6.31%) GCIA
8 10 (4.85%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (4.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 8 (3.88%) CompTIA CySA+
9 8 (3.88%) CREST Certified
9 8 (3.88%) GCIH
10 7 (3.40%) GCED
10 7 (3.40%) SANS
11 6 (2.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 6 (2.91%) OSCP
12 5 (2.43%) Azure Certification
12 5 (2.43%) CCNA CyberOps
12 5 (2.43%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.83%) QA
2 7 (3.40%) MISRA
3 5 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.94%) ECSS
5 2 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.97%) GDPR
5 2 (0.97%) ISO 22301
5 2 (0.97%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.97%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.49%) GRC
System Software
1 36 (17.48%) Active Directory
2 28 (13.59%) Docker
3 27 (13.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (9.22%) vSphere
5 14 (6.80%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (5.83%) Firmware
7 11 (5.34%) Hyper-V
8 10 (4.85%) KVM
9 6 (2.91%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (2.43%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 5 (2.43%) Squid
11 2 (0.97%) Embedded Firmware
11 2 (0.97%) iptables
Systems Management
1 27 (13.11%) Ansible
1 27 (13.11%) Kubernetes
2 15 (7.28%) Graylog
3 9 (4.37%) Grafana
3 9 (4.37%) Prometheus
4 8 (3.88%) Kibana
4 8 (3.88%) Proxmox
4 8 (3.88%) ZABBIX
5 7 (3.40%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (2.43%) HAProxy
7 4 (1.94%) Packer
7 4 (1.94%) Podman
8 1 (0.49%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.49%) Nagios
8 1 (0.49%) QRadar
8 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 89 (43.20%) Microsoft
2 50 (24.27%) VMware
3 35 (16.99%) Red Hat
4 23 (11.17%) Veeam
5 12 (5.83%) McAfee
6 11 (5.34%) Sage
6 11 (5.34%) Splunk
7 10 (4.85%) CrowdStrike
7 10 (4.85%) Dell
8 8 (3.88%) IBM
9 7 (3.40%) Carbon Black
10 6 (2.91%) Cisco
10 6 (2.91%) Fortinet
10 6 (2.91%) Okta
11 5 (2.43%) AppDynamics
11 5 (2.43%) Google
12 4 (1.94%) Citrix
12 4 (1.94%) EMC
12 4 (1.94%) NetApp
12 4 (1.94%) Xilinx