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 18 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 61 35
Rank change year-on-year +20 -26 -13
Permanent jobs citing Linux 194 157 400
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.32% 4.63% 5.45%
As % of the Operating Systems category 44.60% 35.76% 42.02%
Number of salaries quoted 151 89 331
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,650 £34,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £63,125
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +23.81% -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 435 439 952
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.44% 12.93% 12.97%
Number of salaries quoted 359 327 810
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,875 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -2.35% -
75th Percentile £66,875 £50,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,000 £63,000 £65,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +2.61%

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 18 June 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 18 June 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 +44 118 £65,000 +30.00% 30
Buckinghamshire -1 48 £62,500 -2.34% 8
Oxfordshire -21 28 £42,500 -22.73% 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 (5.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.58%) Confluence
3 2 (1.03%) Apache
3 2 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.03%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.52%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.52%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.52%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (1.03%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 99 (51.03%) AWS
2 84 (43.30%) Azure
3 33 (17.01%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (15.46%) GCP
5 26 (13.40%) SaaS
6 19 (9.79%) Azure Sentinel
7 16 (8.25%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (6.70%) Cloudflare
8 13 (6.70%) Entra ID
9 9 (4.64%) GitHub
10 6 (3.09%) Amazon EC2
10 6 (3.09%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (3.09%) Amazon S3
10 6 (3.09%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (3.09%) Nutanix
10 6 (3.09%) Serverless
11 5 (2.58%) Apigee
11 5 (2.58%) Figma
11 5 (2.58%) Kong
11 5 (2.58%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 77 (39.69%) Firewall
2 59 (30.41%) DNS
3 27 (13.92%) VPN
4 18 (9.28%) TCP/IP
5 16 (8.25%) SAN
6 10 (5.15%) Remote Desktop
7 9 (4.64%) HTTP
8 8 (4.12%) iSCSI
8 8 (4.12%) NAS
8 8 (4.12%) NetScaler
8 8 (4.12%) SSL
8 8 (4.12%) WAN
8 8 (4.12%) Wireshark
9 7 (3.61%) LAN
10 6 (3.09%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (2.58%) Network Security
11 5 (2.58%) VoIP
12 4 (2.06%) DHCP
13 2 (1.03%) PBX
13 2 (1.03%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.25%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (6.19%) SQL Server
3 10 (5.15%) MySQL
4 2 (1.03%) Power BI
5 1 (0.52%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.52%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.52%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.52%) TimescaleDB
5 1 (0.52%) Vitess
Development Applications
1 17 (8.76%) Git
1 17 (8.76%) JIRA
2 14 (7.22%) GitLab
3 8 (4.12%) Jenkins
4 6 (3.09%) SonarQube
5 5 (2.58%) Cucumber
6 4 (2.06%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.55%) JUnit
8 1 (0.52%) JMeter
8 1 (0.52%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.52%) PetaLinux
8 1 (0.52%) Storybook
General
1 53 (27.32%) Social Skills
2 27 (13.92%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (8.25%) Organisational Skills
3 16 (8.25%) Telecoms
4 15 (7.73%) Manufacturing
5 12 (6.19%) Finance
6 4 (2.06%) Public Sector
7 3 (1.55%) Aerospace
7 3 (1.55%) Automotive
7 3 (1.55%) Banking
7 3 (1.55%) Games
7 3 (1.55%) Health Technology
7 3 (1.55%) Retail
8 2 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.52%) Aviation
9 1 (0.52%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 34 (17.53%) DevOps Engineer
2 30 (15.46%) Software Engineer
3 28 (14.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 25 (12.89%) Linux Engineer
5 22 (11.34%) Analyst
6 21 (10.82%) Architect
7 20 (10.31%) Applications Architect
7 20 (10.31%) Senior
8 18 (9.28%) Systems Engineer
9 16 (8.25%) DevOps Systems Engineer
9 16 (8.25%) Linux DevOps Engineer
9 16 (8.25%) Linux Systems Engineer
9 16 (8.25%) Linux/Unix DevOps
10 14 (7.22%) Network Engineer
10 14 (7.22%) Security Architect
11 13 (6.70%) Security Engineer
12 12 (6.19%) IT Engineer
12 12 (6.19%) SOC Analyst
13 10 (5.15%) AWS Engineer
13 10 (5.15%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (11.34%) Regular Expression
2 18 (9.28%) LDAP
2 18 (9.28%) XMPP
3 16 (8.25%) JSON
4 15 (7.73%) REST
5 11 (5.67%) XML
6 9 (4.64%) YAML
7 8 (4.12%) Django
7 8 (4.12%) React
8 6 (3.09%) JSON Schema
9 5 (2.58%) Jinja
9 5 (2.58%) Twisted
9 5 (2.58%) Web Services
9 5 (2.58%) WebSockets
9 5 (2.58%) YANG
10 4 (2.06%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (2.06%) RabbitMQ
11 3 (1.55%) Vue
12 2 (1.03%) SciPy
12 2 (1.03%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.82%) Distributed Systems
2 19 (9.79%) PKI
3 16 (8.25%) Cyber Defence
3 16 (8.25%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (7.22%) Client/Server
5 10 (5.15%) Cloud Native
5 10 (5.15%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (5.15%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.64%) Security Operations Centre
7 8 (4.12%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (2.58%) Product Ownership
8 5 (2.58%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (2.06%) Public Cloud
9 4 (2.06%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.55%) Algorithms
10 3 (1.55%) Arduino
10 3 (1.55%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.55%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.55%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.55%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 96 (49.48%) Windows
2 40 (20.62%) Windows Server
3 34 (17.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 22 (11.34%) Ubuntu
5 11 (5.67%) Mac OS
6 6 (3.09%) Unix
7 2 (1.03%) CentOS
7 2 (1.03%) Debian
7 2 (1.03%) Gentoo
7 2 (1.03%) VxWorks
8 1 (0.52%) FreeBSD
8 1 (0.52%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.52%) OpenBSD
8 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (25.77%) SIEM
2 47 (24.23%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (21.13%) Continuous Improvement
3 41 (21.13%) DevOps
4 35 (18.04%) ITIL
4 35 (18.04%) Software Engineering
5 31 (15.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 30 (15.46%) Test Automation
7 29 (14.95%) Validation
8 28 (14.43%) Cybersecurity
9 25 (12.89%) Containerisation
10 21 (10.82%) CI/CD
10 21 (10.82%) Computer Science
11 20 (10.31%) Infrastructure as Code
12 19 (9.79%) Code Quality
12 19 (9.79%) Platform Engineering
13 16 (8.25%) Antivirus Management
13 16 (8.25%) Application Security
13 16 (8.25%) High Availability
13 16 (8.25%) Pattern Matching
Programming Languages
1 71 (36.60%) Python
2 47 (24.23%) Bash
3 43 (22.16%) PowerShell
4 23 (11.86%) C
5 22 (11.34%) C++
6 16 (8.25%) Rust
7 15 (7.73%) JavaScript
8 11 (5.67%) Shell Script
9 10 (5.15%) SQL
10 9 (4.64%) TypeScript
11 7 (3.61%) Search Processing Language
12 6 (3.09%) Groovy
12 6 (3.09%) Java
12 6 (3.09%) Korn
13 5 (2.58%) C#
14 4 (2.06%) Perl
15 3 (1.55%) Go
15 3 (1.55%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (1.55%) Pascal
15 3 (1.55%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 62 (31.96%) Security Cleared
2 36 (18.56%) Degree
3 34 (17.53%) DV Cleared
4 30 (15.46%) SC Cleared
5 20 (10.31%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (5.67%) CompTIA Security+
7 10 (5.15%) GIAC
8 9 (4.64%) GCIA
9 8 (4.12%) CREST Certified
9 8 (4.12%) GCIH
9 8 (4.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 7 (3.61%) GCED
10 7 (3.61%) SANS
11 6 (3.09%) OSCP
12 4 (2.06%) CompTIA CySA+
13 3 (1.55%) Master's Degree
13 3 (1.55%) PhD
14 2 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (1.03%) RHCE
14 2 (1.03%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (11.34%) QA
2 5 (2.58%) GDPR
2 5 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.58%) SLA
3 3 (1.55%) ECSS
4 2 (1.03%) ISO 22301
4 2 (1.03%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.03%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.52%) MISRA
System Software
1 53 (27.32%) Active Directory
2 29 (14.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (14.43%) Docker
4 27 (13.92%) Hyper-V
5 26 (13.40%) vSphere
6 23 (11.86%) KVM
7 8 (4.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 5 (2.58%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (1.03%) Samba
10 1 (0.52%) Firmware
10 1 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.52%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 32 (16.49%) Ansible
1 32 (16.49%) Terraform
2 23 (11.86%) Kubernetes
3 15 (7.73%) Graylog
4 9 (4.64%) Proxmox
5 8 (4.12%) Kibana
5 8 (4.12%) ZABBIX
6 4 (2.06%) Packer
7 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (1.03%) Grafana
8 2 (1.03%) Podman
8 2 (1.03%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.52%) Argo
9 1 (0.52%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.52%) QRadar
9 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 79 (40.72%) Microsoft
2 55 (28.35%) VMware
3 53 (27.32%) Red Hat
4 14 (7.22%) McAfee
5 11 (5.67%) Splunk
6 10 (5.15%) CrowdStrike
7 9 (4.64%) Cisco
7 9 (4.64%) Veeam
8 8 (4.12%) Citrix
8 8 (4.12%) Dell
8 8 (4.12%) IBM
8 8 (4.12%) NetApp
9 7 (3.61%) Carbon Black
9 7 (3.61%) Palo Alto
10 6 (3.09%) Juniper
11 5 (2.58%) AppDynamics
11 5 (2.58%) F5
12 4 (2.06%) Google
12 4 (2.06%) Okta
13 3 (1.55%) Fortinet