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 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 80 36
Rank change year-on-year +41 -44 -20
Permanent jobs citing Linux 231 132 306
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.43% 3.60% 5.90%
As % of the Operating Systems category 47.24% 30.99% 47.52%
Number of salaries quoted 183 77 217
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £42,770 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -11.54% +5.14%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,500 £71,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +23.81% -4.55% +6.80%

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 489 426 644
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.26% 11.60% 12.42%
Number of salaries quoted 403 329 501
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -13.54% +1.05%
75th Percentile £67,500 £46,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £63,000 £73,750
South East median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year +18.75% -17.53% +7.78%

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 14 August 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 14 August 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 +69 125 £65,000 +30.00% 29
Buckinghamshire +11 63 £65,000 -7.14% 16
Oxfordshire -14 43 £55,000 +15.79% 41
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 12 (5.19%) Apache
2 10 (4.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (4.33%) nginx
3 5 (2.16%) Confluence
4 2 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.87%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.43%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.30%) Lightworks
2 3 (1.30%) Simulink
3 1 (0.43%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (2.60%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 93 (40.26%) AWS
2 77 (33.33%) Azure
3 33 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (10.39%) SaaS
5 23 (9.96%) Azure Sentinel
6 22 (9.52%) GCP
7 13 (5.63%) Cloudflare
7 13 (5.63%) GitHub
8 10 (4.33%) Datadog
9 9 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (3.90%) Entra ID
10 7 (3.03%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (2.60%) Amazon EC2
11 6 (2.60%) Amazon S3
11 6 (2.60%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (2.60%) Nutanix
11 6 (2.60%) Power Platform
11 6 (2.60%) Serverless
12 5 (2.16%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (2.16%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 82 (35.50%) Firewall
2 65 (28.14%) DNS
3 24 (10.39%) VPN
4 19 (8.23%) TCP/IP
5 16 (6.93%) SAN
6 11 (4.76%) Remote Desktop
7 9 (3.90%) HTTP
8 8 (3.46%) iSCSI
8 8 (3.46%) NAS
8 8 (3.46%) NetScaler
8 8 (3.46%) SSL
8 8 (3.46%) Wireshark
9 5 (2.16%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (2.16%) Network Security
9 5 (2.16%) VoIP
10 4 (1.73%) DHCP
11 3 (1.30%) Ethernet
11 3 (1.30%) VLAN
11 3 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (1.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.52%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (5.63%) SQL Server
3 10 (4.33%) MySQL
4 6 (2.60%) Power BI
5 2 (0.87%) Big Data
5 2 (0.87%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.43%) Db2
6 1 (0.43%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.43%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.43%) TimescaleDB
6 1 (0.43%) Vitess
Development Applications
1 19 (8.23%) Git
2 18 (7.79%) JIRA
3 12 (5.19%) GitLab
4 8 (3.46%) Jenkins
5 6 (2.60%) SonarQube
6 5 (2.16%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.73%) Artifactory
8 3 (1.30%) JUnit
8 3 (1.30%) PetaLinux
9 1 (0.43%) JMeter
9 1 (0.43%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.43%) Storybook
General
1 64 (27.71%) Social Skills
2 36 (15.58%) Manufacturing
3 33 (14.29%) Finance
4 27 (11.69%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (6.06%) Telecoms
6 13 (5.63%) Retail
7 7 (3.03%) Aerospace
7 7 (3.03%) Automotive
8 6 (2.60%) Legal
9 5 (2.16%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.73%) Banking
11 3 (1.30%) Electronics
11 3 (1.30%) Games
12 2 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.87%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.43%) Aviation
13 1 (0.43%) Military
Job Titles
1 29 (12.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 29 (12.55%) Senior
1 29 (12.55%) Software Engineer
2 26 (11.26%) Analyst
2 26 (11.26%) DevOps Engineer
3 25 (10.82%) Architect
4 21 (9.09%) Linux Engineer
5 20 (8.66%) Applications Architect
6 16 (6.93%) IT Support
7 15 (6.49%) Network Engineer
7 15 (6.49%) Security Engineer
8 14 (6.06%) IT Engineer
8 14 (6.06%) Security Architect
8 14 (6.06%) Systems Engineer
9 13 (5.63%) Linux Systems Engineer
10 12 (5.19%) AWS Engineer
10 12 (5.19%) NOC Manager
10 12 (5.19%) Operations Manager
10 12 (5.19%) SOC Analyst
11 11 (4.76%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (9.96%) Regular Expression
2 19 (8.23%) LDAP
2 19 (8.23%) XMPP
3 16 (6.93%) JSON
4 14 (6.06%) REST
5 11 (4.76%) React
5 11 (4.76%) XML
6 10 (4.33%) Django
6 10 (4.33%) Web Services
7 8 (3.46%) YAML
8 7 (3.03%) JSON Schema
9 5 (2.16%) Twisted
9 5 (2.16%) Vue
9 5 (2.16%) WebSockets
10 4 (1.73%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (1.73%) Jinja
10 4 (1.73%) RabbitMQ
10 4 (1.73%) YANG
11 3 (1.30%) Yocto
12 2 (0.87%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.23%) PKI
2 15 (6.49%) Cyber Defence
2 15 (6.49%) Distributed Systems
2 15 (6.49%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (5.63%) Security Operations Centre
4 12 (5.19%) Driving Licence
5 10 (4.33%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (4.33%) Embedded Systems
5 10 (4.33%) Management Information System
6 9 (3.90%) Cloud Native
6 9 (3.90%) IoT
7 8 (3.46%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (3.03%) Client/Server
8 7 (3.03%) CSOC
8 7 (3.03%) Robotics
9 6 (2.60%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.60%) Distributed Computing
9 6 (2.60%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (2.60%) Product Ownership
9 6 (2.60%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 121 (52.38%) Windows
2 49 (21.21%) Windows Server
3 37 (16.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 17 (7.36%) Ubuntu
5 9 (3.90%) Windows 10
6 8 (3.46%) Mac OS
7 6 (2.60%) Unix
8 4 (1.73%) Debian
8 4 (1.73%) Rocky
9 3 (1.30%) FreeRTOS
9 3 (1.30%) Gentoo
10 2 (0.87%) CentOS
10 2 (0.87%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.43%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.43%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (25.11%) SIEM
2 53 (22.94%) Continuous Improvement
3 52 (22.51%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (17.75%) DevOps
5 40 (17.32%) ITIL
6 39 (16.88%) Software Engineering
7 37 (16.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 36 (15.58%) Validation
9 35 (15.15%) Cybersecurity
10 28 (12.12%) Test Automation
11 27 (11.69%) CI/CD
12 26 (11.26%) High Availability
13 25 (10.82%) Containerisation
14 24 (10.39%) Platform Engineering
15 20 (8.66%) Infrastructure as Code
16 19 (8.23%) Process Improvement
17 18 (7.79%) Security Operations
18 17 (7.36%) Server Management
18 17 (7.36%) Vulnerability Management
19 16 (6.93%) Antivirus Management
Programming Languages
1 80 (34.63%) Python
2 54 (23.38%) PowerShell
3 48 (20.78%) Bash
4 25 (10.82%) C++
5 23 (9.96%) C
6 16 (6.93%) JavaScript
6 16 (6.93%) Rust
7 14 (6.06%) Shell Script
7 14 (6.06%) SQL
7 14 (6.06%) TypeScript
8 9 (3.90%) Go
9 8 (3.46%) Java
10 7 (3.03%) C#
10 7 (3.03%) Kusto Query Language
10 7 (3.03%) Search Processing Language
11 6 (2.60%) Groovy
11 6 (2.60%) Korn
12 4 (1.73%) Perl
12 4 (1.73%) Ruby
13 3 (1.30%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 80 (34.63%) Security Cleared
2 42 (18.18%) DV Cleared
3 40 (17.32%) SC Cleared
4 35 (15.15%) Degree
5 16 (6.93%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (6.49%) CompTIA Security+
7 14 (6.06%) GIAC
8 13 (5.63%) GCIA
9 10 (4.33%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (4.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 8 (3.46%) CompTIA CySA+
10 8 (3.46%) CREST Certified
10 8 (3.46%) GCIH
10 8 (3.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 7 (3.03%) GCED
11 7 (3.03%) SANS
12 6 (2.60%) OSCP
13 5 (2.16%) CEH
13 5 (2.16%) CISSP
13 5 (2.16%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.93%) QA
2 6 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.16%) GDPR
3 5 (2.16%) MISRA
3 5 (2.16%) SLA
4 3 (1.30%) ECSS
5 2 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.87%) ISO 22301
5 2 (0.87%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.87%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.43%) GRC
System Software
1 49 (21.21%) Active Directory
2 37 (16.02%) Docker
3 36 (15.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 29 (12.55%) vSphere
5 19 (8.23%) Hyper-V
6 17 (7.36%) KVM
7 15 (6.49%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (4.33%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (3.46%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 8 (3.46%) Firmware
10 5 (2.16%) Squid
11 2 (0.87%) iptables
11 2 (0.87%) Samba
12 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 31 (13.42%) Kubernetes
1 31 (13.42%) Terraform
2 28 (12.12%) Ansible
3 15 (6.49%) Graylog
4 9 (3.90%) Proxmox
5 8 (3.46%) Grafana
5 8 (3.46%) Kibana
5 8 (3.46%) Prometheus
5 8 (3.46%) ZABBIX
6 7 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (2.16%) HAProxy
8 4 (1.73%) Packer
8 4 (1.73%) Podman
9 1 (0.43%) Argo
9 1 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.43%) QRadar
9 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 94 (40.69%) Microsoft
2 66 (28.57%) VMware
3 46 (19.91%) Red Hat
4 20 (8.66%) Veeam
5 15 (6.49%) McAfee
6 12 (5.19%) Cisco
7 11 (4.76%) Splunk
8 10 (4.33%) CrowdStrike
8 10 (4.33%) Dell
9 8 (3.46%) Citrix
9 8 (3.46%) IBM
9 8 (3.46%) NetApp
10 7 (3.03%) Carbon Black
10 7 (3.03%) Fortinet
11 6 (2.60%) Okta
11 6 (2.60%) Sage
12 5 (2.16%) AppDynamics
12 5 (2.16%) Google
12 5 (2.16%) Juniper
12 5 (2.16%) Oracle