Linux
Scotland > West Lothian
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West Lothian 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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 10 | 7 | 5 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -3 | -2 | +22 |
| Permanent jobs citing Linux | 10 | 21 | 19 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Lothian | 13.16% | 18.10% | 25.00% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 90.91% | 87.50% | 63.33% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8 | 21 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £26,750 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £57,500 | £60,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £60,000 | £67,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.17% | -11.11% | +35.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £62,500 | £71,250 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Scotland median annual salary | £57,500 | £52,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.52% | -4.55% | - |
All Operating Systems
West Lothian
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 West Lothian.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 11 | 24 | 30 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Lothian | 14.47% | 20.69% | 39.47% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8 | 24 | 23 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £26,750 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £40,625 | £28,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £60,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.17% | +20.00% | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £62,500 | £71,250 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Scotland median annual salary | £55,000 | £50,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.00% | - | -4.76% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian
Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Lothian.
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Salary Trend in West Lothian
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux in West Lothian.
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Job Locations in West Lothian
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the West Lothian region over the 6 months to 17 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston | +5 | 3 | £55,000 | -8.33% | 2 |
| Linlithgow | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Linux Scotland |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Lothian 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: