Linux Jobs in Watford

Linux
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Watford requiring Linux skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Linux over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 34 32
Rank change year-on-year +10 -2 -10
Permanent jobs citing Linux 8 4 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 5.30% 1.41% 7.35%
As % of the Operating Systems category 42.11% 7.69% 37.04%
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 30
10th Percentile £37,000 - £49,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% -4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £55,625 £58,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £58,900 - £75,000
Hertfordshire median annual salary £55,320 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.58% -4.35% -6.12%

All Operating Systems
Watford

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 in Watford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 19 52 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 12.58% 18.31% 19.85%
Number of salaries quoted 18 43 56
10th Percentile £36,250 £22,400 £23,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £23,000 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £27,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -45.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £48,750 £39,375 £63,750
90th Percentile £58,550 £58,750 £67,500
Hertfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +37.50% -20.00% +17.65%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Watford

Linux
Salary Trend in Watford

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

Salary trend for Linux in Watford

Linux
Salary Histogram in Watford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in Watford over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Linux in Watford

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford 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 2 (25.00%) Alfresco
1 2 (25.00%) Documentum
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (12.50%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (12.50%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (12.50%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (12.50%) Cloudflare
3 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) DNS
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) Internet
1 1 (12.50%) Network Security
1 1 (12.50%) SSL
1 1 (12.50%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Log4j
General
1 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Support Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Applications Support
3 2 (25.00%) Applications Support Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Developer
4 1 (12.50%) IT Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) IT Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) IT Support
4 1 (12.50%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Linux Systems Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Software Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Support
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (12.50%) Apache Camel
2 1 (12.50%) CSS
2 1 (12.50%) HTML
2 1 (12.50%) Node.js
2 1 (12.50%) Pandas
2 1 (12.50%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Client/Server
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (12.50%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Android
2 1 (12.50%) Mac OS
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Content Management
1 4 (50.00%) Enterprise Content Management
1 4 (50.00%) Information Management
2 2 (25.00%) Data Security
2 2 (25.00%) Document Management
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (12.50%) Analytics
3 1 (12.50%) Android Development
3 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
3 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (12.50%) Containerisation
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (12.50%) Design Patterns
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) Line Management
3 1 (12.50%) OOP
3 1 (12.50%) Secure Coding
3 1 (12.50%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Python
2 2 (25.00%) C#
2 2 (25.00%) C++
2 2 (25.00%) Go
2 2 (25.00%) Java
2 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (12.50%) C
3 1 (12.50%) Rust
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Docker
2 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Ansible
1 2 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (12.50%) Graylog
2 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Apple
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) SonicWALL
1 1 (12.50%) VMware