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The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Linux skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Linux over the 6 months to 12 November 2019 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Linux UK |
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6 months to
12 Nov 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
21 |
16 |
16 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-5 |
0 |
0 |
| Permanent jobs citing Linux |
13,405 |
17,045 |
19,439 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
9.81% |
10.54% |
10.92% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category |
42.80% |
45.73% |
44.35% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
10,235 |
13,754 |
15,510 |
| UK median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.00% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£31,250 |
£31,250 |
£29,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£87,500 |
£83,750 |
£78,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
Linux is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.
| All Operating Systems UK |
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills |
31,319 |
37,270 |
43,835 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
22.91% |
23.04% |
24.62% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
24,901 |
30,142 |
35,379 |
| UK median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£47,500 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
-5.26% |
+5.56% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£25,000 |
£25,100 |
£25,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£80,000 |
£77,500 |
£73,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£40,500 |
£41,000 |
£40,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-1.22% |
+2.50% |
- |
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Linux
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Linux as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.
Linux
Salary Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Linux.
Linux
Salary Histogram
The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Linux over the 6 months to 12 November 2019.
Linux
Top 17 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the UK over the 6 months to 12 November 2019.
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
Job
Vacancies |
| England |
-3 |
12,352 |
£55,000 |
- |
2,383 |
| UK excluding London |
-2 |
8,084 |
£45,000 |
- |
1,814 |
| London |
-1 |
5,050 |
£67,500 |
+3.85% |
743 |
| South East |
-2 |
2,661 |
£47,500 |
-1.04% |
480 |
| North of England |
-2 |
1,592 |
£45,100 |
+0.22% |
379 |
| South West |
+1 |
1,293 |
£45,000 |
+5.88% |
244 |
| North West |
-5 |
879 |
£45,000 |
-4.26% |
198 |
| Midlands |
+3 |
872 |
£43,000 |
+1.18% |
185 |
| East of England |
+3 |
854 |
£47,500 |
-9.52% |
352 |
| Yorkshire |
+3 |
601 |
£47,500 |
+5.56% |
138 |
| West Midlands |
+4 |
569 |
£42,500 |
- |
118 |
| Scotland |
-2 |
536 |
£45,000 |
+2.27% |
105 |
| East Midlands |
+2 |
301 |
£45,000 |
+5.88% |
67 |
| Wales |
-6 |
186 |
£42,000 |
+5.00% |
53 |
| North East |
+5 |
113 |
£40,000 |
-11.11% |
43 |
| Northern Ireland |
+5 |
98 |
£40,000 |
-20.00% |
17 |
| Isle of Man |
-3 |
3 |
£49,000 |
+30.67% |
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For the 6 months to 12 November 2019, IT jobs citing Linux also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for Linux.
| 1 |
4,756 (35.48%) |
Python |
| 2 |
4,736 (35.33%) |
Windows |
| 3 |
4,067 (30.34%) |
AWS |
| 4 |
3,792 (28.29%) |
DevOps |
| 5 |
3,631 (27.09%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 6 |
3,024 (22.56%) |
Java |
| 7 |
2,831 (21.12%) |
Docker |
| 8 |
2,675 (19.96%) |
SQL |
| 8 |
2,675 (19.96%) |
Unix |
| 9 |
2,564 (19.13%) |
Azure |
| 10 |
2,304 (17.19%) |
Finance |
| 10 |
2,304 (17.19%) |
Ansible |
| 11 |
2,195 (16.37%) |
Bash Shell |
| 12 |
2,101 (15.67%) |
Git (software) |
| 13 |
2,067 (15.42%) |
Software Engineering |
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| 14 |
2,022 (15.08%) |
Kubernetes |
| 15 |
1,997 (14.90%) |
JavaScript |
| 16 |
1,871 (13.96%) |
Microsoft |
| 17 |
1,852 (13.82%) |
Degree |
| 18 |
1,843 (13.75%) |
Puppet |
| 19 |
1,811 (13.51%) |
VMware |
| 20 |
1,809 (13.49%) |
Jenkins |
| 21 |
1,690 (12.61%) |
Problem-Solving |
| 22 |
1,626 (12.13%) |
C++ |
| 23 |
1,540 (11.49%) |
Firewall |
| 24 |
1,539 (11.48%) |
MySQL |
| 25 |
1,458 (10.88%) |
Terraform |
| 26 |
1,349 (10.06%) |
Windows Server |
| 27 |
1,335 (9.96%) |
Opscode Chef |
| 28 |
1,271 (9.48%) |
PHP |
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Linux
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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