Debian Job Trends in the UK excluding London
Debian Linux
UK > UK excluding London
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London citing Debian skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 27 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 620 | 518 | 551 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -102 | +33 | -50 |
| Permanent jobs citing Debian | 58 | 33 | 48 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London | 0.065% | 0.096% | 0.100% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 1.17% | 0.80% | 0.76% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 37 | 31 | 30 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £30,000 | £36,175 |
| 25th Percentile | £39,000 | £35,500 | £41,563 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £42,500 | £53,250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +23.53% | -20.19% | -11.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £62,500 | £57,940 |
| 90th Percentile | £77,500 | £75,000 | £61,500 |
| UK median annual salary | £52,500 | £45,375 | £53,250 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.70% | -14.79% | -12.70% |
All Operating Systems
UK excluding London
Debian falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing operating system skills in the UK excluding London.
| 6 months to 27 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies citing operating system skills | 4,977 | 4,136 | 6,352 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 5.57% | 12.02% | 13.23% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,669 | 2,819 | 3,538 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,500 | £26,250 | £26,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,250 | £30,000 | £32,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £42,500 | £38,000 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.84% | -20.00% | +3.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £62,250 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,000 | £70,000 | £76,250 |
| UK median annual salary | £45,000 | £42,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.14% | -16.00% | -1.96% |
Debian Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Debian relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
Debian Salary Trend in the UK excluding London
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Debian.
Debian Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London
Salary distribution for jobs citing Debian in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 October 2026.
Debian Job Locations in the UK excluding London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Debian within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 October 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South East | -41 | 27 | £56,250 | +60.71% | 6 |
| East Midlands | - | 9 | £41,000 | - | |
| Midlands | - | 9 | £41,000 | - | |
| South West | -81 | 7 | £42,500 | -43.33% | 1 |
| East of England | -53 | 5 | - | - | 1 |
| North of England | -79 | 5 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 2 |
| Scotland | - | 5 | £32,500 | - | |
| North East | - | 3 | £65,000 | - | |
| North West | -47 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
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Debian Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Operating Systems
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linux | 100.0% | 58 |
| 2 | Ubuntu | 53.4% | 31 |
| 3 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 24.1% | 14 |
| 4 | CentOS | 13.8% | 8 |
| 4 | Windows | 13.8% | 8 |
| 6 | Windows Server | 12.1% | 7 |
| 7 | Gentoo | 5.2% | 3 |
| 7 | Robot Operating System | 5.2% | 3 |
| 9 | Rocky | 3.4% | 2 |
| 10 | macOS | 1.7% | 1 |
| 10 | Unix | 1.7% | 1 |
| 10 | Windows 10 | 1.7% | 1 |