LINC Job Trends in the UK excluding London

LINC 4GL
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring LINC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 523 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing LINC 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.002% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.014% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median annual salary - - -

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

LINC falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 6,942 10,579 17,283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.13% 31.26% 35.63%
Number of salaries quoted 5,141 5,756 13,851
10th Percentile £29,750 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,250 £43,750 £42,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +1.82% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

LINC
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing LINC relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

LINC job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

LINC
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing LINC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing LINC

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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 LINC within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 February 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
East Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
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UK

LINC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Patient Records
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance