Linux/Unix Command Line Interface (CLI)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Linux Command Line in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Linux Command Line over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 734 619 515
Rank change year-on-year -115 -104 -24
Permanent jobs citing Linux Command Line 162 383 1,031
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.37% 0.67%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.47% 0.85% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 135 205 307
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,250 £41,875 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £83,500 £97,328 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

All Generic Skills
UK

Linux Command Line is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,768 44,861 72,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.46% 42.86% 47.13%
Number of salaries quoted 22,918 24,128 34,106
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,107 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Linux Command Line
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Linux Command Line as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Linux Command Line in the UK

Linux Command Line
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux Command Line.

Salary trend for Linux Command Line in the UK

Linux Command Line
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux Command Line over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux Command Line in the UK

Linux Command Line
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Command Line within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England -56 156 £52,500 -12.50% 66
UK excluding London -123 103 £50,000 -4.76% 43
Work from Home -14 66 £67,500 +17.39% 37
London +73 53 £70,000 +7.69% 26
South East +9 35 £42,500 - 11
South West +3 28 £52,500 +40.00% 4
North of England -8 18 £50,000 -13.04% 6
Midlands -25 13 £50,000 -9.09% 9
Yorkshire +60 12 £85,000 +21.43% 1
West Midlands +12 11 £50,000 -2.54% 5
East of England +3 11 £43,500 -39.58% 8
North West -6 5 £50,000 -9.09% 4
East Midlands -29 2 £40,000 -23.81% 4
Wales +12 1 £50,000 +11.11%
North East -10 1 - - 1

Linux Command Line
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 13 (8.02%) SharePoint
2 11 (6.79%) nginx
2 11 (6.79%) WordPress
3 10 (6.17%) IIS
3 10 (6.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.23%) Apache
4 2 (1.23%) CMS
4 2 (1.23%) Confluence
5 1 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.62%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.62%) Drupal
5 1 (0.62%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.09%) GNU Octave
3 4 (2.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.47%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.62%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 60 (37.04%) AWS
2 46 (28.40%) Azure
3 27 (16.67%) OpenShift
4 15 (9.26%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (9.26%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (8.02%) Serverless
6 12 (7.41%) AWS Lambda
6 12 (7.41%) Azure Monitor
7 11 (6.79%) Amazon EC2
7 11 (6.79%) Amazon S3
8 10 (6.17%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (6.17%) OneDrive
9 8 (4.94%) Azure AKS
9 8 (4.94%) Datadog
9 8 (4.94%) GitHub
9 8 (4.94%) Pulumi
10 7 (4.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 6 (3.70%) SaaS
12 5 (3.09%) Entra ID
12 5 (3.09%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 44 (27.16%) Firewall
2 16 (9.88%) Wireless
3 15 (9.26%) DNS
4 13 (8.02%) TCP/IP
5 12 (7.41%) VPN
6 10 (6.17%) Fibre Channel
6 10 (6.17%) iSCSI
6 10 (6.17%) NAS
6 10 (6.17%) Network Security
6 10 (6.17%) SAN
7 7 (4.32%) LAN
8 6 (3.70%) WAN
9 5 (3.09%) AMQP
9 5 (3.09%) SSH
10 4 (2.47%) HTTP
10 4 (2.47%) Multicast
10 4 (2.47%) OSPF
10 4 (2.47%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (1.85%) DHCP
11 3 (1.85%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (21.60%) MySQL
2 23 (14.20%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (7.41%) SQL Server
4 11 (6.79%) Amazon RDS
4 11 (6.79%) MongoDB
5 8 (4.94%) MariaDB
6 7 (4.32%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (4.32%) Redis
7 6 (3.70%) Relational Database
8 5 (3.09%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (3.09%) InfluxDB
8 5 (3.09%) Power BI
9 4 (2.47%) NoSQL
10 2 (1.23%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (1.23%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (1.23%) Neo4j
10 2 (1.23%) Oracle Database
10 2 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.62%) Big Data
11 1 (0.62%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 55 (33.95%) Git
2 27 (16.67%) Jenkins
3 18 (11.11%) JIRA
4 12 (7.41%) Subversion
5 10 (6.17%) GNU Toolchain
6 9 (5.56%) GitLab
6 9 (5.56%) Robot Framework
7 8 (4.94%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (3.09%) Bitbucket
8 5 (3.09%) DTrace
8 5 (3.09%) GDB
9 4 (2.47%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (1.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (1.85%) JUnit
11 2 (1.23%) Artifactory
11 2 (1.23%) Cucumber
11 2 (1.23%) Gradle
12 1 (0.62%) CMake
12 1 (0.62%) PHPUnit
12 1 (0.62%) SonarQube
General
1 26 (16.05%) Social Skills
2 16 (9.88%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (8.64%) Aerospace
4 12 (7.41%) Finance
5 9 (5.56%) Retail
6 8 (4.94%) Law
7 5 (3.09%) Aviation
8 3 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.85%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.23%) Music Industry
9 2 (1.23%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.62%) Advertising
10 1 (0.62%) Banking
10 1 (0.62%) Electronics
10 1 (0.62%) Games
Job Titles
1 37 (22.84%) Azure Engineer
2 33 (20.37%) Developer
3 23 (14.20%) Platform Engineer
4 19 (11.73%) Cloud Engineer
5 18 (11.11%) Linux Engineer
5 18 (11.11%) Network Engineer
6 17 (10.49%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 15 (9.26%) Automation Engineer
7 15 (9.26%) Operations Engineer
8 14 (8.64%) AWS Engineer
8 14 (8.64%) Support Engineer
9 13 (8.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (7.41%) Administrator
10 12 (7.41%) DevOps Engineer
10 12 (7.41%) Linux Administrator
10 12 (7.41%) Senior
11 11 (6.79%) Cloud Automation Engineer
11 11 (6.79%) Linux Systems Administrator
12 10 (6.17%) Unix Administrator
12 10 (6.17%) Unix Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (12.96%) HTML
2 17 (10.49%) Node.js
3 13 (8.02%) XML
4 12 (7.41%) CSS
5 11 (6.79%) LAMP
5 11 (6.79%) React
6 10 (6.17%) POSIX
7 9 (5.56%) Laravel
8 8 (4.94%) ARM Templates
8 8 (4.94%) RESTful
9 7 (4.32%) REST
10 6 (3.70%) Vue
11 5 (3.09%) JSON
11 5 (3.09%) NumPy
11 5 (3.09%) RabbitMQ
12 4 (2.47%) Akka
12 4 (2.47%) NETCONF
12 4 (2.47%) SOAP
12 4 (2.47%) Spring
13 3 (1.85%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.41%) Replication
2 11 (6.79%) Embedded Systems
2 11 (6.79%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (4.32%) Client/Server
3 7 (4.32%) Product Ownership
4 5 (3.09%) Clustering
5 4 (2.47%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.47%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.85%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.23%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.62%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.62%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.62%) Life Science
8 1 (0.62%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.62%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.62%) Pharmacovigilance
8 1 (0.62%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 142 (87.65%) Linux
2 41 (25.31%) Windows
3 40 (24.69%) Unix
4 31 (19.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 21 (12.96%) CentOS
5 21 (12.96%) Windows Server
6 20 (12.35%) CoreOS
7 16 (9.88%) Windows Server 2016
8 12 (7.41%) Ubuntu
9 11 (6.79%) VMS
10 10 (6.17%) Windows Server 2019
11 8 (4.94%) Windows 10
12 2 (1.23%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.62%) Android
13 1 (0.62%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.62%) Debian
13 1 (0.62%) Fedora
13 1 (0.62%) openSUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (42.59%) DevOps
2 45 (27.78%) Configuration Management
3 42 (25.93%) CI/CD
4 40 (24.69%) Agile
5 36 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 34 (20.99%) Time Management
7 28 (17.28%) Infrastructure as Code
8 24 (14.81%) Software Testing
9 23 (14.20%) ITIL
9 23 (14.20%) Platform Engineering
10 21 (12.96%) Test Automation
11 19 (11.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 18 (11.11%) Open Source
13 17 (10.49%) Change Management
14 16 (9.88%) Containerisation
15 15 (9.26%) Analytics
16 14 (8.64%) Computer Science
16 14 (8.64%) Continuous Improvement
17 13 (8.02%) Collaborative Working
17 13 (8.02%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 88 (54.32%) Python
2 72 (44.44%) Bash
3 44 (27.16%) SQL
4 36 (22.22%) PowerShell
5 35 (21.60%) Java
6 23 (14.20%) PHP
7 20 (12.35%) JavaScript
8 16 (9.88%) C
9 15 (9.26%) Go
9 15 (9.26%) Perl
10 14 (8.64%) Shell Script
11 13 (8.02%) C++
11 13 (8.02%) Ruby
12 10 (6.17%) C#
12 10 (6.17%) TypeScript
13 8 (4.94%) Groovy
13 8 (4.94%) PL/SQL
14 5 (3.09%) MATLAB
14 5 (3.09%) OCaml
14 5 (3.09%) SystemTap
Qualifications
1 29 (17.90%) Degree
2 23 (14.20%) Security Cleared
3 16 (9.88%) SC Cleared
4 11 (6.79%) Azure Certification
5 8 (4.94%) DV Cleared
6 7 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (3.09%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (2.47%) AWS Certification
8 4 (2.47%) Chartered Engineer
8 4 (2.47%) HNC
8 4 (2.47%) HND
9 3 (1.85%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 3 (1.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.62%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.62%) CCNA
10 1 (0.62%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.09%) QA
2 1 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 51 (31.48%) Docker
2 18 (11.11%) Active Directory
3 10 (6.17%) vSphere
4 3 (1.85%) VirtualBox
5 1 (0.62%) Firmware
5 1 (0.62%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.62%) Samba
5 1 (0.62%) Squid
5 1 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 51 (31.48%) Kubernetes
2 49 (30.25%) Ansible
3 47 (29.01%) Puppet
4 36 (22.22%) Terraform
5 25 (15.43%) Progress Chef
6 18 (11.11%) Grafana
7 14 (8.64%) Prometheus
8 12 (7.41%) Salt
9 11 (6.79%) Microsoft Intune
10 10 (6.17%) SCCM
11 5 (3.09%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (1.85%) Kibana
13 2 (1.23%) ZABBIX
14 1 (0.62%) FortiGate
14 1 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
14 1 (0.62%) logstash
14 1 (0.62%) Nmap
14 1 (0.62%) OpenNMS
14 1 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
14 1 (0.62%) systemd
Vendors
1 25 (15.43%) Microsoft
2 23 (14.20%) Red Hat
3 14 (8.64%) Palo Alto
4 12 (7.41%) Cisco
4 12 (7.41%) Synology
4 12 (7.41%) Veeam
5 10 (6.17%) Aruba
5 10 (6.17%) ProCurve
5 10 (6.17%) VMware
5 10 (6.17%) Zerto
6 9 (5.56%) ServiceNow
7 8 (4.94%) New Relic
7 8 (4.94%) Remedy
7 8 (4.94%) SaltStack
8 5 (3.09%) Google
9 4 (2.47%) BMC
9 4 (2.47%) Oracle
9 4 (2.47%) SolarWinds
9 4 (2.47%) Thales
10 3 (1.85%) Acronis