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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 68 29
Rank change year-on-year +29 -39 -12
Permanent jobs citing Linux 212 145 368
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.43% 4.03% 5.79%
As % of the Operating Systems category 45.11% 32.51% 42.25%
Number of salaries quoted 170 84 286
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,400 £34,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -4.76% -2.34%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,250 £75,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £65,000 £52,783 £55,000
% change year-on-year +23.15% -4.03% +5.37%

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 470 446 871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.60% 12.40% 13.70%
Number of salaries quoted 391 341 718
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £27,275
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £35,520
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -2.35% -5.56%
75th Percentile £65,000 £47,500 £56,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £68,575
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 17 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 17 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 +52 121 £65,000 +30.00% 16
Buckinghamshire -2 56 £65,000 -7.14% 6
Oxfordshire -21 35 £40,000 -20.00% 16
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 (5.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.77%) Apache
3 6 (2.83%) nginx
4 5 (2.36%) 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 (2.83%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (2.83%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.42%) Lightworks
2 3 (1.42%) Simulink
3 1 (0.47%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (2.83%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 93 (43.87%) AWS
2 80 (37.74%) Azure
3 35 (16.51%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (12.26%) GCP
5 21 (9.91%) Azure Sentinel
5 21 (9.91%) SaaS
6 13 (6.13%) Cloudflare
7 12 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (5.66%) Entra ID
8 10 (4.72%) GitHub
9 6 (2.83%) Amazon EC2
9 6 (2.83%) Amazon EKS
9 6 (2.83%) Amazon S3
9 6 (2.83%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (2.83%) Nutanix
9 6 (2.83%) Power Platform
9 6 (2.83%) Serverless
10 5 (2.36%) Figma
10 5 (2.36%) Kong
10 5 (2.36%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 82 (38.68%) Firewall
2 62 (29.25%) DNS
3 26 (12.26%) VPN
4 19 (8.96%) TCP/IP
5 16 (7.55%) SAN
6 11 (5.19%) Remote Desktop
7 9 (4.25%) HTTP
8 8 (3.77%) iSCSI
8 8 (3.77%) NAS
8 8 (3.77%) NetScaler
8 8 (3.77%) SSL
8 8 (3.77%) Wireshark
9 7 (3.30%) WAN
10 6 (2.83%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (2.83%) LAN
11 5 (2.36%) Network Security
11 5 (2.36%) VoIP
12 4 (1.89%) Wireless
13 3 (1.42%) DHCP
13 3 (1.42%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.55%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (5.66%) SQL Server
3 10 (4.72%) MySQL
4 6 (2.83%) 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 (8.96%) Git
1 19 (8.96%) JIRA
2 13 (6.13%) GitLab
3 8 (3.77%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.83%) SonarQube
5 5 (2.36%) Cucumber
6 4 (1.89%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.42%) JUnit
7 3 (1.42%) PetaLinux
8 1 (0.47%) JMeter
8 1 (0.47%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.47%) Storybook
General
1 63 (29.72%) Social Skills
2 28 (13.21%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (11.32%) Manufacturing
4 22 (10.38%) Finance
5 18 (8.49%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (7.55%) Telecoms
7 9 (4.25%) Retail
8 5 (2.36%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.89%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.89%) Banking
10 3 (1.42%) Automotive
10 3 (1.42%) Games
10 3 (1.42%) 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 30 (14.15%) Software Engineer
2 29 (13.68%) DevOps Engineer
3 28 (13.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 26 (12.26%) Analyst
5 24 (11.32%) Linux Engineer
6 23 (10.85%) Architect
7 21 (9.91%) Senior
8 20 (9.43%) Applications Architect
9 17 (8.02%) IT Support
9 17 (8.02%) Systems Engineer
10 16 (7.55%) Linux Systems Engineer
11 15 (7.08%) IT Engineer
12 14 (6.60%) Network Engineer
12 14 (6.60%) Security Architect
12 14 (6.60%) Security Engineer
13 12 (5.66%) DevOps Systems Engineer
13 12 (5.66%) IT Support Engineer
13 12 (5.66%) Linux/Unix DevOps
13 12 (5.66%) SOC Analyst
13 12 (5.66%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (10.85%) Regular Expression
2 19 (8.96%) LDAP
2 19 (8.96%) XMPP
3 17 (8.02%) JSON
4 15 (7.08%) REST
5 12 (5.66%) XML
6 9 (4.25%) YAML
7 8 (3.77%) Django
7 8 (3.77%) React
7 8 (3.77%) Web Services
8 7 (3.30%) JSON Schema
9 5 (2.36%) Jinja
9 5 (2.36%) Twisted
9 5 (2.36%) WebSockets
9 5 (2.36%) YANG
10 4 (1.89%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (1.89%) RabbitMQ
11 3 (1.42%) Vue
11 3 (1.42%) Yocto
12 2 (0.94%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.43%) PKI
2 19 (8.96%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (7.55%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (7.08%) Cyber Defence
5 11 (5.19%) Client/Server
5 11 (5.19%) Security Operations Centre
6 10 (4.72%) Cyber Threat
6 10 (4.72%) Driving Licence
6 10 (4.72%) Management Information System
7 9 (4.25%) Cloud Native
8 8 (3.77%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.83%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.83%) Product Ownership
10 5 (2.36%) CSOC
10 5 (2.36%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (2.36%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (1.89%) Clustering
11 4 (1.89%) Distributed Computing
11 4 (1.89%) IoT
11 4 (1.89%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 108 (50.94%) Windows
2 46 (21.70%) Windows Server
3 35 (16.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 18 (8.49%) Ubuntu
5 12 (5.66%) Mac OS
6 6 (2.83%) Unix
7 4 (1.89%) Debian
8 3 (1.42%) FreeRTOS
8 3 (1.42%) Gentoo
8 3 (1.42%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.94%) CentOS
9 2 (0.94%) VxWorks
10 1 (0.47%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.47%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (25.94%) SIEM
2 52 (24.53%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (24.06%) Continuous Improvement
4 41 (19.34%) ITIL
5 37 (17.45%) Software Engineering
6 36 (16.98%) DevOps
7 34 (16.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 32 (15.09%) Test Automation
9 31 (14.62%) Cybersecurity
9 31 (14.62%) Validation
10 26 (12.26%) Containerisation
11 23 (10.85%) CI/CD
12 22 (10.38%) High Availability
13 20 (9.43%) Computer Science
13 20 (9.43%) Infrastructure as Code
14 18 (8.49%) Platform Engineering
15 17 (8.02%) Code Quality
15 17 (8.02%) Process Improvement
16 16 (7.55%) Application Security
16 16 (7.55%) Pattern Matching
Programming Languages
1 74 (34.91%) Python
2 51 (24.06%) PowerShell
3 46 (21.70%) Bash
4 25 (11.79%) C
5 23 (10.85%) C++
6 18 (8.49%) Rust
7 15 (7.08%) SQL
8 14 (6.60%) JavaScript
9 13 (6.13%) Shell Script
10 9 (4.25%) TypeScript
11 7 (3.30%) Java
11 7 (3.30%) Search Processing Language
12 6 (2.83%) Groovy
12 6 (2.83%) Korn
13 5 (2.36%) C#
13 5 (2.36%) Kusto Query Language
14 4 (1.89%) Perl
14 4 (1.89%) Ruby
15 3 (1.42%) MATLAB
15 3 (1.42%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 70 (33.02%) Security Cleared
2 37 (17.45%) Degree
2 37 (17.45%) DV Cleared
3 36 (16.98%) SC Cleared
4 18 (8.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (6.13%) CompTIA Security+
6 12 (5.66%) GIAC
7 11 (5.19%) GCIA
8 8 (3.77%) CREST Certified
8 8 (3.77%) GCIH
8 8 (3.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 7 (3.30%) GCED
9 7 (3.30%) SANS
10 6 (2.83%) CompTIA CySA+
10 6 (2.83%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (2.83%) OSCP
10 6 (2.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (1.42%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.42%) CCNA CyberOps
11 3 (1.42%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.96%) QA
2 5 (2.36%) ECSS
2 5 (2.36%) GDPR
2 5 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.36%) SLA
3 3 (1.42%) 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 (24.53%) Active Directory
2 33 (15.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (14.62%) Docker
4 27 (12.74%) vSphere
5 24 (11.32%) Hyper-V
6 21 (9.91%) KVM
7 8 (3.77%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 7 (3.30%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (2.83%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (1.89%) Firmware
11 3 (1.42%) Squid
12 2 (0.94%) Samba
13 1 (0.47%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 29 (13.68%) Ansible
2 28 (13.21%) Terraform
3 22 (10.38%) Kubernetes
4 15 (7.08%) Graylog
5 9 (4.25%) Proxmox
6 8 (3.77%) Kibana
6 8 (3.77%) ZABBIX
7 6 (2.83%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (1.89%) Packer
8 4 (1.89%) Podman
9 3 (1.42%) HAProxy
10 2 (0.94%) Grafana
10 2 (0.94%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.47%) Argo
11 1 (0.47%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.47%) QRadar
11 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 91 (42.92%) Microsoft
2 60 (28.30%) VMware
3 50 (23.58%) Red Hat
4 15 (7.08%) McAfee
4 15 (7.08%) Veeam
5 11 (5.19%) Cisco
5 11 (5.19%) Splunk
6 10 (4.72%) CrowdStrike
7 8 (3.77%) Citrix
7 8 (3.77%) Dell
7 8 (3.77%) IBM
7 8 (3.77%) NetApp
8 7 (3.30%) Carbon Black
8 7 (3.30%) Palo Alto
9 6 (2.83%) Juniper
9 6 (2.83%) Okta
9 6 (2.83%) Sage
10 5 (2.36%) AppDynamics
10 5 (2.36%) F5
10 5 (2.36%) Fortinet