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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 82 33
Rank change year-on-year +44 -49 -17
Permanent jobs citing Linux 228 131 309
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.33% 3.46% 5.99%
As % of the Operating Systems category 47.11% 30.82% 48.74%
Number of salaries quoted 183 76 212
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,750 £42,500 £40,000
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 £66,051 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,500 £71,875 £82,500
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 484 425 634
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.07% 11.21% 12.29%
Number of salaries quoted 399 329 486
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -13.54% -1.74%
75th Percentile £67,500 £45,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £62,100 £74,375
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 22 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 22 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 +67 122 £65,000 +30.00% 26
Buckinghamshire +8 62 £65,000 -7.14% 11
Oxfordshire -12 44 £55,000 +22.22% 24
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 (5.26%) Apache
2 10 (4.39%) nginx
3 9 (3.95%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (2.19%) Confluence
5 2 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.88%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.44%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.44%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.32%) Lightworks
2 3 (1.32%) Simulink
3 1 (0.44%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 8 (3.51%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 87 (38.16%) AWS
2 73 (32.02%) Azure
3 32 (14.04%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (10.53%) Azure Sentinel
4 24 (10.53%) SaaS
5 19 (8.33%) GCP
6 14 (6.14%) Cloudflare
6 14 (6.14%) GitHub
7 10 (4.39%) Datadog
7 10 (4.39%) Entra ID
8 9 (3.95%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (3.51%) Power Platform
10 7 (3.07%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (2.63%) Amazon EC2
11 6 (2.63%) Amazon S3
11 6 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (2.63%) Serverless
12 5 (2.19%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (2.19%) Nutanix
12 5 (2.19%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 79 (34.65%) Firewall
2 65 (28.51%) DNS
3 23 (10.09%) VPN
4 19 (8.33%) TCP/IP
5 15 (6.58%) SAN
6 10 (4.39%) Remote Desktop
7 8 (3.51%) HTTP
7 8 (3.51%) NAS
7 8 (3.51%) NetScaler
7 8 (3.51%) SSL
7 8 (3.51%) Wireshark
8 7 (3.07%) iSCSI
9 5 (2.19%) Network Security
9 5 (2.19%) VoIP
10 4 (1.75%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (1.75%) DHCP
11 3 (1.32%) Ethernet
11 3 (1.32%) MQTT
11 3 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (1.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (8.77%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (4.82%) SQL Server
3 10 (4.39%) MySQL
4 8 (3.51%) Power BI
5 3 (1.32%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.88%) Big Data
7 1 (0.44%) Db2
7 1 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.44%) Vitess
Development Applications
1 18 (7.89%) Git
2 17 (7.46%) JIRA
3 12 (5.26%) GitLab
4 8 (3.51%) Jenkins
5 6 (2.63%) SonarQube
6 5 (2.19%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.75%) Artifactory
8 3 (1.32%) JUnit
8 3 (1.32%) PetaLinux
9 1 (0.44%) JMeter
9 1 (0.44%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.44%) Storybook
General
1 64 (28.07%) Social Skills
2 36 (15.79%) Manufacturing
3 35 (15.35%) Finance
4 25 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (5.70%) Retail
6 12 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (5.26%) Telecoms
7 7 (3.07%) Aerospace
7 7 (3.07%) Automotive
8 6 (2.63%) Legal
9 5 (2.19%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.75%) Banking
11 3 (1.32%) Electronics
12 2 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.88%) Games
12 2 (0.88%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.44%) Aviation
13 1 (0.44%) Military
Job Titles
1 29 (12.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 28 (12.28%) Analyst
2 28 (12.28%) Senior
3 27 (11.84%) Software Engineer
4 26 (11.40%) DevOps Engineer
5 25 (10.96%) Architect
6 20 (8.77%) Applications Architect
6 20 (8.77%) Linux Engineer
7 16 (7.02%) IT Support
8 15 (6.58%) Security Engineer
9 14 (6.14%) IT Engineer
9 14 (6.14%) Network Engineer
9 14 (6.14%) Security Architect
9 14 (6.14%) Systems Engineer
10 13 (5.70%) Linux Systems Engineer
10 13 (5.70%) SOC Analyst
11 12 (5.26%) AWS Engineer
11 12 (5.26%) NOC Manager
11 12 (5.26%) Operations Manager
11 12 (5.26%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (13.16%) Terraform
2 23 (10.09%) Regular Expression
3 19 (8.33%) LDAP
3 19 (8.33%) XMPP
4 15 (6.58%) JSON
5 12 (5.26%) REST
6 11 (4.82%) React
7 10 (4.39%) XML
8 9 (3.95%) Django
8 9 (3.95%) Web Services
9 7 (3.07%) JSON Schema
9 7 (3.07%) YAML
10 5 (2.19%) Vue
11 4 (1.75%) Elastic Stack
11 4 (1.75%) RabbitMQ
11 4 (1.75%) Twisted
11 4 (1.75%) WebSockets
12 3 (1.32%) Jinja
12 3 (1.32%) Spring
12 3 (1.32%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.33%) PKI
2 16 (7.02%) Cyber Defence
3 14 (6.14%) Driving Licence
3 14 (6.14%) Security Operations Centre
4 13 (5.70%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (5.70%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (4.39%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (4.39%) Embedded Systems
6 9 (3.95%) Management Information System
7 8 (3.51%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (3.51%) IoT
7 8 (3.51%) Robotics
8 7 (3.07%) Cloud Native
8 7 (3.07%) CSOC
9 6 (2.63%) Distributed Computing
9 6 (2.63%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (2.19%) Client/Server
10 5 (2.19%) Data Centre
10 5 (2.19%) Product Ownership
10 5 (2.19%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 121 (53.07%) Windows
2 48 (21.05%) Windows Server
3 36 (15.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 18 (7.89%) Ubuntu
5 9 (3.95%) Windows 10
6 8 (3.51%) Mac OS
7 5 (2.19%) Debian
8 4 (1.75%) Rocky
8 4 (1.75%) Unix
9 3 (1.32%) FreeRTOS
9 3 (1.32%) Gentoo
10 2 (0.88%) CentOS
10 2 (0.88%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.44%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (25.88%) SIEM
2 53 (23.25%) Continuous Improvement
2 53 (23.25%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (17.98%) DevOps
3 41 (17.98%) ITIL
4 38 (16.67%) Software Engineering
5 37 (16.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 36 (15.79%) Validation
7 35 (15.35%) Cybersecurity
8 27 (11.84%) CI/CD
9 26 (11.40%) Test Automation
10 24 (10.53%) High Availability
10 24 (10.53%) Platform Engineering
11 22 (9.65%) Containerisation
12 20 (8.77%) Process Improvement
13 19 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
13 19 (8.33%) Security Operations
14 17 (7.46%) Server Management
14 17 (7.46%) Vulnerability Management
15 16 (7.02%) Antivirus Management
Programming Languages
1 76 (33.33%) Python
2 55 (24.12%) PowerShell
3 47 (20.61%) Bash
4 22 (9.65%) C++
5 21 (9.21%) C
6 15 (6.58%) JavaScript
6 15 (6.58%) SQL
7 14 (6.14%) Rust
7 14 (6.14%) TypeScript
8 13 (5.70%) Shell Script
9 9 (3.95%) Go
9 9 (3.95%) Java
10 7 (3.07%) C#
10 7 (3.07%) Kusto Query Language
10 7 (3.07%) Search Processing Language
11 6 (2.63%) Groovy
12 5 (2.19%) Korn
13 4 (1.75%) Perl
13 4 (1.75%) Ruby
14 3 (1.32%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 81 (35.53%) Security Cleared
2 41 (17.98%) DV Cleared
2 41 (17.98%) SC Cleared
3 32 (14.04%) Degree
4 16 (7.02%) CompTIA Security+
5 15 (6.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (6.14%) GIAC
7 13 (5.70%) GCIA
8 10 (4.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (4.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 8 (3.51%) CompTIA CySA+
9 8 (3.51%) CREST Certified
9 8 (3.51%) GCIH
9 8 (3.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 7 (3.07%) GCED
10 7 (3.07%) SANS
11 6 (2.63%) OSCP
12 5 (2.19%) CEH
12 5 (2.19%) CISSP
12 5 (2.19%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.58%) QA
2 6 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.19%) GDPR
3 5 (2.19%) MISRA
4 4 (1.75%) SLA
5 3 (1.32%) ECSS
6 2 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.88%) ISO 22301
6 2 (0.88%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.88%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.44%) GRC
System Software
1 48 (21.05%) Active Directory
2 35 (15.35%) Docker
3 33 (14.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 29 (12.72%) vSphere
5 16 (7.02%) Hyper-V
6 15 (6.58%) VMware ESXi
7 14 (6.14%) KVM
8 9 (3.95%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (3.51%) Firmware
10 7 (3.07%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 5 (2.19%) Squid
12 2 (0.88%) iptables
12 2 (0.88%) Samba
Systems Management
1 29 (12.72%) Kubernetes
2 27 (11.84%) Ansible
3 16 (7.02%) Graylog
4 8 (3.51%) Grafana
4 8 (3.51%) Kibana
4 8 (3.51%) Prometheus
4 8 (3.51%) Proxmox
4 8 (3.51%) ZABBIX
5 7 (3.07%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (2.19%) HAProxy
7 4 (1.75%) Packer
7 4 (1.75%) Podman
8 1 (0.44%) Argo
8 1 (0.44%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.44%) QRadar
8 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 95 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 63 (27.63%) VMware
3 44 (19.30%) Red Hat
4 20 (8.77%) Veeam
5 15 (6.58%) McAfee
6 11 (4.82%) Cisco
6 11 (4.82%) Splunk
7 10 (4.39%) CrowdStrike
8 9 (3.95%) Dell
9 8 (3.51%) Citrix
9 8 (3.51%) IBM
9 8 (3.51%) NetApp
9 8 (3.51%) Sage
10 7 (3.07%) Carbon Black
10 7 (3.07%) Fortinet
11 6 (2.63%) Okta
12 5 (2.19%) AppDynamics
13 4 (1.75%) Google
13 4 (1.75%) Oracle
13 4 (1.75%) Palo Alto