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 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 52 32
Rank change year-on-year 0 -20 -5
Permanent jobs citing Linux 156 173 417
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.78% 5.17% 6.40%
As % of the Operating Systems category 41.82% 41.00% 42.73%
Number of salaries quoted 112 104 370
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,025 £34,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.79% -0.95% +6.06%
75th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £71,225 £75,000
South East median annual salary £62,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +19.05% -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 373 422 976
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.65% 12.62% 14.97%
Number of salaries quoted 290 306 865
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £33,063 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.51% -0.59% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £62,500 £68,100
South East median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -5.88% -

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 +30 101 £62,500 +25.00% 34
Buckinghamshire -23 34 £65,000 +13.04% 14
Oxfordshire -29 21 £56,500 -5.83% 28
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 (6.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.92%) Apache
3 2 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.28%) Confluence
3 2 (1.28%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.64%) CMS
4 1 (0.64%) IIS
4 1 (0.64%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 80 (51.28%) AWS
2 70 (44.87%) Azure
3 30 (19.23%) GCP
4 22 (14.10%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (13.46%) SaaS
6 15 (9.62%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (6.41%) Entra ID
8 9 (5.77%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (3.85%) Amazon EC2
9 6 (3.85%) Amazon EKS
9 6 (3.85%) Amazon S3
9 6 (3.85%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (3.85%) GitHub
9 6 (3.85%) Serverless
10 5 (3.21%) Apigee
10 5 (3.21%) Cloudflare
10 5 (3.21%) Figma
10 5 (3.21%) Kong
10 5 (3.21%) OpenShift
11 3 (1.92%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 61 (39.10%) Firewall
2 48 (30.77%) DNS
3 17 (10.90%) VPN
4 16 (10.26%) SAN
5 14 (8.97%) TCP/IP
6 9 (5.77%) Wireshark
7 8 (5.13%) iSCSI
7 8 (5.13%) NAS
7 8 (5.13%) NetScaler
7 8 (5.13%) Remote Desktop
8 7 (4.49%) DHCP
8 7 (4.49%) SSL
9 6 (3.85%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (3.85%) WAN
10 5 (3.21%) HTTP
10 5 (3.21%) LAN
10 5 (3.21%) VoIP
11 4 (2.56%) Network Security
12 3 (1.92%) VLAN
12 3 (1.92%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (7.69%) SQL Server
3 10 (6.41%) MySQL
4 1 (0.64%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.64%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.64%) TimescaleDB
4 1 (0.64%) Vitess
Development Applications
1 18 (11.54%) Git
2 16 (10.26%) GitLab
3 13 (8.33%) JIRA
4 8 (5.13%) Jenkins
5 6 (3.85%) SonarQube
6 5 (3.21%) Cucumber
7 4 (2.56%) Artifactory
8 2 (1.28%) JMeter
8 2 (1.28%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.64%) JUnit
General
1 49 (31.41%) Social Skills
2 21 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (9.62%) Telecoms
4 14 (8.97%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (6.41%) Manufacturing
6 8 (5.13%) Finance
7 5 (3.21%) Health Technology
8 3 (1.92%) Games
8 3 (1.92%) Retail
8 3 (1.92%) Tech for Good
9 2 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.28%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.64%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.64%) Automotive
10 1 (0.64%) Aviation
10 1 (0.64%) Banking
10 1 (0.64%) Legal
Job Titles
1 28 (17.95%) DevOps Engineer
1 28 (17.95%) Linux Engineer
2 24 (15.38%) Software Engineer
3 17 (10.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 16 (10.26%) Applications Architect
4 16 (10.26%) Architect
4 16 (10.26%) Systems Engineer
5 15 (9.62%) Senior
6 14 (8.97%) Analyst
6 14 (8.97%) DevOps Systems Engineer
6 14 (8.97%) Linux DevOps Engineer
6 14 (8.97%) Linux Systems Engineer
6 14 (8.97%) Linux/Unix DevOps
7 10 (6.41%) Security Architect
8 9 (5.77%) Developer
8 9 (5.77%) Network Engineer
8 9 (5.77%) Support Engineer
9 8 (5.13%) Senior Linux Engineer
9 8 (5.13%) SOC Analyst
10 7 (4.49%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (10.26%) Regular Expression
2 15 (9.62%) REST
3 14 (8.97%) JSON
4 12 (7.69%) LDAP
4 12 (7.69%) XMPP
5 9 (5.77%) XML
5 9 (5.77%) YAML
6 8 (5.13%) React
7 6 (3.85%) Django
7 6 (3.85%) Web Services
8 5 (3.21%) Jinja
8 5 (3.21%) Twisted
8 5 (3.21%) WebSockets
8 5 (3.21%) YANG
9 4 (2.56%) Elastic Stack
9 4 (2.56%) JSON Schema
9 4 (2.56%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (1.28%) NumPy
10 2 (1.28%) Qt
10 2 (1.28%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.82%) Distributed Systems
2 16 (10.26%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (8.33%) Client/Server
4 11 (7.05%) Cloud Native
4 11 (7.05%) Cyber Defence
4 11 (7.05%) PKI
5 10 (6.41%) Management Information System
6 6 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (3.85%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (3.21%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (3.21%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.56%) Security Operations Centre
8 4 (2.56%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.92%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.92%) Arduino
9 3 (1.92%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.92%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.92%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.92%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 65 (41.67%) Windows
2 35 (22.44%) Windows Server
3 28 (17.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 16 (10.26%) Ubuntu
5 8 (5.13%) Mac OS
5 8 (5.13%) Unix
6 2 (1.28%) Android
6 2 (1.28%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.28%) CentOS
6 2 (1.28%) VxWorks
7 1 (0.64%) FreeBSD
7 1 (0.64%) OpenBSD
7 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (26.28%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (21.79%) DevOps
3 29 (18.59%) Continuous Improvement
4 28 (17.95%) SIEM
5 27 (17.31%) Software Engineering
5 27 (17.31%) Test Automation
6 24 (15.38%) Containerisation
7 22 (14.10%) ITIL
8 21 (13.46%) Computer Science
9 20 (12.82%) CI/CD
9 20 (12.82%) Validation
10 19 (12.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 18 (11.54%) Code Quality
12 16 (10.26%) High Availability
12 16 (10.26%) Infrastructure as Code
12 16 (10.26%) Platform Engineering
13 15 (9.62%) Cybersecurity
13 15 (9.62%) System Testing
14 12 (7.69%) Agile
14 12 (7.69%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 56 (35.90%) Python
2 31 (19.87%) Bash
3 27 (17.31%) PowerShell
4 20 (12.82%) C
5 18 (11.54%) C++
6 13 (8.33%) JavaScript
6 13 (8.33%) Rust
7 12 (7.69%) SQL
8 9 (5.77%) Shell Script
9 6 (3.85%) Groovy
9 6 (3.85%) Korn
9 6 (3.85%) TypeScript
10 5 (3.21%) Java
11 4 (2.56%) C#
11 4 (2.56%) Go
11 4 (2.56%) Perl
12 3 (1.92%) Pascal
12 3 (1.92%) Search Processing Language
13 2 (1.28%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.64%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 46 (29.49%) Security Cleared
2 35 (22.44%) Degree
3 26 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 21 (13.46%) SC Cleared
5 18 (11.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (4.49%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (3.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (2.56%) CREST Certified
8 4 (2.56%) GCIA
8 4 (2.56%) GCIH
8 4 (2.56%) GIAC
9 3 (1.92%) GCED
9 3 (1.92%) OSCP
9 3 (1.92%) SANS
10 2 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.28%) CompTIA CySA+
10 2 (1.28%) RHCE
10 2 (1.28%) RHCSA
11 1 (0.64%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (14.74%) QA
2 5 (3.21%) SLA
3 4 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.92%) GDPR
5 2 (1.28%) ECSS
5 2 (1.28%) ISO 22301
5 2 (1.28%) ISO 9001
5 2 (1.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 47 (30.13%) Active Directory
2 25 (16.03%) Docker
3 23 (14.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (12.82%) vSphere
5 19 (12.18%) Hyper-V
6 16 (10.26%) KVM
7 8 (5.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 5 (3.21%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (1.28%) Samba
10 1 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.64%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 27 (17.31%) Terraform
2 25 (16.03%) Ansible
3 23 (14.74%) Kubernetes
4 6 (3.85%) Graylog
5 4 (2.56%) Kibana
5 4 (2.56%) Packer
6 3 (1.92%) Grafana
6 3 (1.92%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.92%) Proxmox
7 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (1.28%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.64%) Argo
8 1 (0.64%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.64%) QRadar
8 1 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 54 (34.62%) Microsoft
2 43 (27.56%) VMware
3 42 (26.92%) Red Hat
4 8 (5.13%) Citrix
4 8 (5.13%) Dell
4 8 (5.13%) McAfee
4 8 (5.13%) NetApp
4 8 (5.13%) Palo Alto
5 7 (4.49%) Cisco
5 7 (4.49%) IBM
6 6 (3.85%) CrowdStrike
6 6 (3.85%) Google
7 5 (3.21%) AppDynamics
7 5 (3.21%) F5
7 5 (3.21%) Juniper
7 5 (3.21%) Splunk
8 4 (2.56%) Atlassian
8 4 (2.56%) Carbon Black
9 3 (1.92%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.92%) Veeam