Oracle Linux Job Trends

Oracle Linux (formerly Oracle Enterprise Linux)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Oracle Linux skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 667 764 775
Rank change year-on-year +97 +11 +366
Permanent jobs citing Oracle Linux 9 32 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.018% 0.041% 0.003%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.14% 0.33% 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 8 14 1
10th Percentile £51,250 £62,125 -
25th Percentile £58,938 £73,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,500 £100,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.50% +100.00% +4.71%
75th Percentile £80,000 £108,438 £55,000
90th Percentile - £115,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 - £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +7.53%

All Operating Systems
UK

Oracle Linux falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 6,431 9,830 10,205
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.00% 12.59% 16.93%
Number of salaries quoted 4,156 6,072 8,251
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,781 £71,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,325 £45,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -14.83% -3.23% +3.33%

Oracle Linux
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Oracle Linux in the UK

Oracle Linux
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Oracle Linux.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Oracle Linux

Oracle Linux
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Oracle Linux over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Oracle Linux in the UK

Oracle Linux
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle Linux within the UK over the 6 months to 18 September 2025. 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 +92 9 £71,500 -28.50%
London +57 7 £80,000 -20.00%
Work from Home +61 6 £80,000 -20.00% 1
UK excluding London +103 2 £52,500 -
Midlands +47 1 £52,500 -
West Midlands +42 1 £52,500 -
Yorkshire +26 1 - -
North of England +20 1 - -

Oracle Linux
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) AWS
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Fibre Channel
1 2 (22.22%) SAN
General
1 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Senior
2 4 (44.44%) Consultant
2 4 (44.44%) Linux Consultant
2 4 (44.44%) Senior Consultant
2 4 (44.44%) Senior Linux Consultant
3 3 (33.33%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Data Centre Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Linux Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Linux Systems Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Cloud Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Linux Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Linux Systems Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Storage Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Systems Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Storage Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Data Centre
2 4 (44.44%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Linux
1 9 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 6 (66.67%) CentOS
3 5 (55.56%) Solaris
4 4 (44.44%) HPUX
4 4 (44.44%) Unix
5 2 (22.22%) Ubuntu
5 2 (22.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
2 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
2 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (22.22%) High Availability
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Automation
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL
2 2 (22.22%) Performance Monitoring
2 2 (22.22%) Problem Management
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) Storage Management
3 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
3 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (22.22%) RHCE
2 2 (22.22%) RHCSA
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Ansible
2 2 (22.22%) EMC NetWorker
2 2 (22.22%) Grafana
2 2 (22.22%) Nagios
3 1 (11.11%) Puppet
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Oracle
2 8 (88.89%) VMware
3 5 (55.56%) Red Hat
4 2 (22.22%) Commvault
4 2 (22.22%) EMC
4 2 (22.22%) Zerto