Ubuntu Jobs in the UK excluding London

Ubuntu Linux
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Ubuntu skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Ubuntu over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 487 539 456
Rank change year-on-year +52 -83 -62
Permanent jobs citing Ubuntu 303 227 485
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.43% 0.37% 0.68%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.85% 2.25% 3.26%
Number of salaries quoted 143 167 303
10th Percentile £36,000 £28,750 £27,850
25th Percentile £41,375 £40,250 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,875 £70,588 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £61,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.93% +10.91% +10.00%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

Ubuntu is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 10,614 10,085 14,879
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.04% 16.45% 20.89%
Number of salaries quoted 8,239 6,376 9,438
10th Percentile £25,300 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Ubuntu
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Ubuntu as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Ubuntu in the UK excluding London

Ubuntu
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Ubuntu in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Ubuntu in the UK excluding London

Ubuntu
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ubuntu in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Ubuntu in the UK excluding London

Ubuntu
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 Ubuntu within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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
South East +90 134 £50,000 -23.08% 11
South West -14 46 £43,375 -13.25% 11
North of England +75 44 £50,000 +75.44% 15
North West +35 32 £50,000 +53.85% 13
Midlands +20 30 £50,000 -6.76% 10
East of England -30 20 £60,000 +4.35% 7
West Midlands +31 17 £81,750 +92.35% 4
East Midlands -13 13 £37,375 -35.00% 6
Wales +14 11 £50,000 +11.11% 1
Scotland -68 10 £36,000 -52.00%
Yorkshire +95 8 £45,000 +57.89% 1
Northern Ireland +27 4 - -
Isle of Man - 4 £43,000 -
North East - 4 £52,500 - 1
Ubuntu
UK

Ubuntu
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 40 (13.20%) ArcGIS
1 40 (13.20%) GeoServer
2 29 (9.57%) Apache
3 25 (8.25%) Apache Spark
4 9 (2.97%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (2.64%) SharePoint
6 7 (2.31%) OpenStack
7 5 (1.65%) IIS
7 5 (1.65%) WordPress
8 4 (1.32%) Confluence
9 3 (0.99%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.99%) nginx
10 1 (0.33%) CMS
10 1 (0.33%) Drupal
10 1 (0.33%) PrestaShop
10 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 12 (3.96%) Simulink
2 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.66%) CATIA
3 2 (0.66%) NASTRAN
4 1 (0.33%) 1Password
4 1 (0.33%) GNU Octave
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.66%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.33%) Magento
2 1 (0.33%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 208 (68.65%) Azure
2 121 (39.93%) AWS
3 82 (27.06%) Entra ID
4 42 (13.86%) Microsoft 365
5 37 (12.21%) GCP
6 27 (8.91%) AWS CloudFormation
6 27 (8.91%) AWS Lambda
6 27 (8.91%) Serverless
7 26 (8.58%) Amazon EKS
7 26 (8.58%) OpenShift
8 17 (5.61%) SaaS
9 11 (3.63%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (2.31%) IaaS
11 6 (1.98%) Amazon S3
11 6 (1.98%) GitHub
11 6 (1.98%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.98%) PaaS
12 4 (1.32%) OneDrive
13 3 (0.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 3 (0.99%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 67 (22.11%) 5G
1 67 (22.11%) Broadband
2 28 (9.24%) Firewall
3 25 (8.25%) AMQP
4 20 (6.60%) DNS
5 15 (4.95%) DHCP
5 15 (4.95%) LAN
6 14 (4.62%) SAN
6 14 (4.62%) VPN
7 10 (3.30%) VLAN
8 9 (2.97%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (2.64%) Fibre Channel
9 8 (2.64%) Internet
9 8 (2.64%) WAN
10 7 (2.31%) Wireless
11 6 (1.98%) Software-Defined Networking
12 5 (1.65%) NAS
13 4 (1.32%) HTTPS
13 4 (1.32%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (1.32%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (13.86%) PostgreSQL
2 40 (13.20%) GIS
2 40 (13.20%) QGIS
3 33 (10.89%) MySQL
4 26 (8.58%) Big Data
4 26 (8.58%) Hadoop
5 25 (8.25%) Cloudera CDH
6 14 (4.62%) NoSQL
7 9 (2.97%) SQL Server
8 8 (2.64%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (2.64%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.66%) MariaDB
9 2 (0.66%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.33%) InfluxDB
10 1 (0.33%) Power BI
10 1 (0.33%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.33%) Redis
10 1 (0.33%) Riak
Development Applications
1 33 (10.89%) Git
2 17 (5.61%) Vagrant
3 12 (3.96%) JIRA
3 12 (3.96%) Subversion
3 12 (3.96%) Visual Studio
4 7 (2.31%) PHPUnit
5 4 (1.32%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.66%) GitLab
6 2 (0.66%) LabVIEW
6 2 (0.66%) Selenium
7 1 (0.33%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.33%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.33%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.33%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.33%) Protractor
7 1 (0.33%) WiX
General
1 77 (25.41%) Analytical Skills
2 67 (22.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 38 (12.54%) Social Skills
4 27 (8.91%) Aerospace
5 14 (4.62%) Finance
5 14 (4.62%) Telecoms
6 12 (3.96%) Electronics
7 9 (2.97%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.32%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.32%) Retail
9 3 (0.99%) Advertising
9 3 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.66%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.33%) Automotive
11 1 (0.33%) Aviation
11 1 (0.33%) Back Office
11 1 (0.33%) Front Office
11 1 (0.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 103 (33.99%) Software Engineer
2 98 (32.34%) Senior
3 67 (22.11%) Linux Specialist
3 67 (22.11%) Technical Specialist
4 42 (13.86%) Senior Software Engineer
5 38 (12.54%) Linux Engineer
5 38 (12.54%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 38 (12.54%) Senior Linux Specialist
5 38 (12.54%) Senior Technical Specialist
5 38 (12.54%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
6 36 (11.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 25 (8.25%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
8 21 (6.93%) Developer
8 21 (6.93%) Systems Engineer
9 16 (5.28%) Support Engineer
10 15 (4.95%) Administrator
11 14 (4.62%) Linux Systems Engineer
12 12 (3.96%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
13 11 (3.63%) Applications Engineer
13 11 (3.63%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (22.77%) React
2 40 (13.20%) Django
2 40 (13.20%) Leaflet
2 40 (13.20%) OpenLayers
2 40 (13.20%) PostGIS
3 34 (11.22%) REST
4 30 (9.90%) Middleware
5 27 (8.91%) AngularJS
5 27 (8.91%) Node.js
6 26 (8.58%) RabbitMQ
7 25 (8.25%) gRPC
7 25 (8.25%) Material-UI
7 25 (8.25%) OpenAPI
7 25 (8.25%) Spring
7 25 (8.25%) Spring Boot
7 25 (8.25%) Swagger
8 14 (4.62%) .NET
8 14 (4.62%) HTML
9 13 (4.29%) Laravel
10 11 (3.63%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 67 (22.11%) Social Media
2 31 (10.23%) Cloud Native
3 19 (6.27%) Management Information System
4 17 (5.61%) IoT
5 11 (3.63%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (3.63%) Replication
5 11 (3.63%) Robotics
6 10 (3.30%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.98%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.32%) PKI
8 4 (1.32%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (0.99%) iPhone
9 3 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.99%) Smart Energy
10 2 (0.66%) Clustering
10 2 (0.66%) Raspberry Pi
10 2 (0.66%) Smartphone
10 2 (0.66%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 303 (100.00%) Linux
2 82 (27.06%) CentOS
3 74 (24.42%) Windows
4 58 (19.14%) Debian
5 55 (18.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 35 (11.55%) Windows Server
7 25 (8.25%) Windows Server 2016
8 21 (6.93%) Windows 10
9 16 (5.28%) Unix
10 15 (4.95%) Android
11 11 (3.63%) Solaris
12 8 (2.64%) Windows Server 2019
13 6 (1.98%) SUSE
14 4 (1.32%) Kali Linux
14 4 (1.32%) Mac OS
14 4 (1.32%) VMS
15 2 (0.66%) Fedora
15 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2003
16 1 (0.33%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (36.30%) Software Engineering
2 108 (35.64%) Agile
3 85 (28.05%) Cybersecurity
4 83 (27.39%) Artificial Intelligence
5 79 (26.07%) DevOps
6 70 (23.10%) IT Strategy
7 69 (22.77%) CRM
7 69 (22.77%) Technology Strategy
8 64 (21.12%) Actionable Insight
9 47 (15.51%) Web Development
10 46 (15.18%) Configuration Management
10 46 (15.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 44 (14.52%) Collaborative Working
12 42 (13.86%) Infrastructure as Code
13 41 (13.53%) Microservices
14 39 (12.87%) Containerisation
15 37 (12.21%) Problem-Solving
16 33 (10.89%) Open Source
17 32 (10.56%) Kanban
17 32 (10.56%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 101 (33.33%) Python
2 98 (32.34%) Bash
2 98 (32.34%) JavaScript
3 41 (13.53%) Java
4 34 (11.22%) PowerShell
5 28 (9.24%) C++
6 27 (8.91%) SQL
7 26 (8.58%) C
7 26 (8.58%) Shell Script
8 18 (5.94%) PHP
9 13 (4.29%) Kotlin
10 10 (3.30%) Ada
11 4 (1.32%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.99%) C#
13 2 (0.66%) Perl
14 1 (0.33%) Embedded C
14 1 (0.33%) Groovy
14 1 (0.33%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.33%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 103 (33.99%) Security Cleared
2 93 (30.69%) SC Cleared
3 42 (13.86%) Degree
4 40 (13.20%) DV Cleared
5 22 (7.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.98%) AWS Certification
6 6 (1.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 6 (1.98%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.32%) CCNA
7 4 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.99%) MCSE
8 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.66%) CCNP
9 2 (0.66%) HNC
9 2 (0.66%) HND
9 2 (0.66%) MCSA
9 2 (0.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.33%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.64%) PMO
1 8 (2.64%) SLA
2 7 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.32%) QA
4 3 (0.99%) GDPR
4 3 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.99%) NIST
5 1 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.33%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.33%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.33%) MISRA
5 1 (0.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 99 (32.67%) Active Directory
2 42 (13.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (8.91%) vSphere
4 15 (4.95%) Docker
5 10 (3.30%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (2.31%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.98%) Hyper-V
8 4 (1.32%) KVM
8 4 (1.32%) Terminal Services
8 4 (1.32%) VMware NSX
8 4 (1.32%) VMware Server
9 3 (0.99%) NFS
9 3 (0.99%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (0.66%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.66%) Firmware
10 2 (0.66%) Kamailio
10 2 (0.66%) QEMU
10 2 (0.66%) Xen
11 1 (0.33%) Dovecot
11 1 (0.33%) Samba
Systems Management
1 86 (28.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 67 (22.11%) Jamf Pro
3 51 (16.83%) Ansible
4 50 (16.50%) Kubernetes
5 47 (15.51%) Terraform
6 27 (8.91%) Puppet
7 21 (6.93%) vCenter Server
8 7 (2.31%) ZABBIX
9 6 (1.98%) Grafana
9 6 (1.98%) Progress Chef
10 5 (1.65%) SCCM
11 4 (1.32%) Nessus
12 3 (0.99%) Nagios
12 3 (0.99%) SELinux
13 2 (0.66%) Prometheus
13 2 (0.66%) Trend Micro Deep Security
13 2 (0.66%) WSUS
14 1 (0.33%) PaperCut
14 1 (0.33%) Sysdig
14 1 (0.33%) systemd
Vendors
1 131 (43.23%) Microsoft
2 73 (24.09%) Red Hat
3 67 (22.11%) CyberArk
3 67 (22.11%) Tanium
4 55 (18.15%) VMware
5 40 (13.20%) ESRI
6 27 (8.91%) Google
7 25 (8.25%) SaltStack
8 18 (5.94%) Cisco
9 13 (4.29%) Veeam
10 12 (3.96%) Xilinx
11 8 (2.64%) Zerto
12 7 (2.31%) Ubiquiti
13 6 (1.98%) Meraki
14 5 (1.65%) Aruba
15 4 (1.32%) Palo Alto
15 4 (1.32%) ProCurve
15 4 (1.32%) Synology
16 3 (0.99%) Citrix
16 3 (0.99%) Dell