Linux Jobs in the West Midlands

Linux
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 74 44
Rank change year-on-year -10 -30 -19
Permanent jobs citing Linux 205 269 434
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.82% 4.10% 5.94%
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.67% 33.67% 35.93%
Number of salaries quoted 157 175 247
10th Percentile £30,500 £39,100 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,256 £39,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.31% +8.33% +4.35%

All Operating Systems
West Midlands

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 advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 866 799 1,208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.91% 12.18% 16.54%
Number of salaries quoted 743 567 877
10th Percentile £24,775 £25,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,950
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the West Midlands

Linux
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Linux in the West Midlands

Linux
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux in the West Midlands

Linux
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
Birmingham -19 61 £60,000 +9.09% 26
Staffordshire +6 46 £36,250 -21.38% 8
Worcestershire -7 35 £50,000 -4.76% 9
Coventry +33 18 £65,000 +18.18% 2
Warwickshire +17 12 £47,500 -32.14% 1
Shropshire -13 5 £30,000 -57.14% 2
Solihull 0 4 £50,000 +1.01% 1
Herefordshire -14 3 £60,000 -40.00% 7
Brierley Hill - 1 £55,000 -
Linux
England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 18 (8.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (7.32%) nginx
3 9 (4.39%) SharePoint
4 8 (3.90%) WebSphere
5 6 (2.93%) IIS
5 6 (2.93%) Tomcat
6 4 (1.95%) Apache
7 3 (1.46%) MQSeries
7 3 (1.46%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (0.98%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.98%) JBoss
8 2 (0.98%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (2.93%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.95%) NEC Housing
1 4 (1.95%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.46%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 44 (21.46%) Azure
2 28 (13.66%) AWS
3 17 (8.29%) Entra ID
4 16 (7.80%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (6.83%) GitHub
6 13 (6.34%) GCP
7 9 (4.39%) Azure Logic Apps
8 6 (2.93%) IaaS
8 6 (2.93%) PaaS
8 6 (2.93%) SaaS
8 6 (2.93%) Serverless
9 5 (2.44%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (2.44%) npm
10 4 (1.95%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.46%) Amazon ECR
11 3 (1.46%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (1.46%) Amazon ELB
11 3 (1.46%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 39 (19.02%) Firewall
2 15 (7.32%) DHCP
2 15 (7.32%) DNS
2 15 (7.32%) SAN
3 11 (5.37%) TCP/IP
4 10 (4.88%) VPN
4 10 (4.88%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (3.90%) HTTP
5 8 (3.90%) LAN
6 7 (3.41%) Bluetooth
7 6 (2.93%) WAN
8 5 (2.44%) RS-232
8 5 (2.44%) RS-485
8 5 (2.44%) Wireless
8 5 (2.44%) ZigBee
9 4 (1.95%) Fibre Channel
9 4 (1.95%) MQTT
9 4 (1.95%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (1.46%) Network Security
10 3 (1.46%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (16.10%) MySQL
2 23 (11.22%) SQL Server
3 13 (6.34%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (3.41%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (3.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (3.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (2.44%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.95%) Oracle Database
7 3 (1.46%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (1.46%) DB2
7 3 (1.46%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.46%) InterSystems Cache
8 2 (0.98%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 23 (11.22%) Git
2 14 (6.83%) JIRA
3 13 (6.34%) Subversion
4 10 (4.88%) GNU Toolchain
5 5 (2.44%) webpack
6 3 (1.46%) IBM UrbanCode
6 3 (1.46%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.98%) CANoe
7 2 (0.98%) GCC
7 2 (0.98%) gulp
7 2 (0.98%) MSBuild
General
1 64 (31.22%) Social Skills
2 40 (19.51%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (14.15%) Finance
4 13 (6.34%) Electronics
4 13 (6.34%) Retail
5 12 (5.85%) Automotive
5 12 (5.85%) Law
6 6 (2.93%) Local Government
6 6 (2.93%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.95%) Marketing
7 4 (1.95%) Police
7 4 (1.95%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.46%) Banking
8 3 (1.46%) Legal
8 3 (1.46%) Military
8 3 (1.46%) Multimedia
8 3 (1.46%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.98%) Games
9 2 (0.98%) iGaming
9 2 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (24.88%) Developer
2 36 (17.56%) Senior
3 21 (10.24%) Analyst
4 20 (9.76%) Embedded Engineer
5 17 (8.29%) Administrator
5 17 (8.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 17 (8.29%) Linux Engineer
6 16 (7.80%) Senior Linux Engineer
7 15 (7.32%) Full Stack Developer
8 14 (6.83%) Embedded Linux Engineer
8 14 (6.83%) IT Engineer
8 14 (6.83%) Lead
8 14 (6.83%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 14 (6.83%) Software Developer
9 12 (5.85%) Linux Developer
9 12 (5.85%) Software Engineer
9 12 (5.85%) Support Engineer
10 11 (5.37%) Cloud Engineer
10 11 (5.37%) IT Support
10 11 (5.37%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.32%) Laravel
1 15 (7.32%) Yocto
2 14 (6.83%) Node.js
3 13 (6.34%) HTML
3 13 (6.34%) HTML5
4 12 (5.85%) CSS
4 12 (5.85%) Middleware
4 12 (5.85%) React
5 10 (4.88%) jQuery
5 10 (4.88%) POSIX
6 9 (4.39%) PyTorch
6 9 (4.39%) TensorFlow
7 8 (3.90%) .NET
8 7 (3.41%) AngularJS
8 7 (3.41%) LAMP
8 7 (3.41%) Sass
8 7 (3.41%) Web Services
9 5 (2.44%) LEMP Stack
9 5 (2.44%) LESS
9 5 (2.44%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 23 (11.22%) IoT
2 16 (7.80%) Embedded Systems
3 12 (5.85%) Data Centre
4 10 (4.88%) Linux Command Line
4 10 (4.88%) Public Cloud
5 9 (4.39%) Algorithms
5 9 (4.39%) CUDA
5 9 (4.39%) Management Information System
5 9 (4.39%) Replication
6 8 (3.90%) Cloud Native
6 8 (3.90%) Security Operations Centre
7 6 (2.93%) PKI
8 5 (2.44%) Infotainment
8 5 (2.44%) Mobile App
8 5 (2.44%) Smart Home
9 3 (1.46%) CCTV
9 3 (1.46%) Clustering
9 3 (1.46%) iPad
9 3 (1.46%) Media Streaming
9 3 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 101 (49.27%) Windows
2 42 (20.49%) Windows Server
3 31 (15.12%) Unix
4 19 (9.27%) Embedded Linux
5 17 (8.29%) Ubuntu
6 14 (6.83%) CentOS
7 11 (5.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 10 (4.88%) Solaris
9 9 (4.39%) Mac OS
9 9 (4.39%) Windows 10
10 7 (3.41%) SUSE
11 5 (2.44%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.98%) Debian
12 2 (0.98%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.98%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.49%) Android
13 1 (0.49%) HPUX
13 1 (0.49%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.49%) Scientific Linux
13 1 (0.49%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (23.41%) Agile
2 47 (22.93%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (20.98%) Software Engineering
4 30 (14.63%) Cybersecurity
5 28 (13.66%) Customer Service
6 25 (12.20%) Disaster Recovery
7 21 (10.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 20 (9.76%) Computer Science
8 20 (9.76%) DevOps
8 20 (9.76%) Full Stack Development
9 19 (9.27%) Information Security
10 16 (7.80%) Server Management
10 16 (7.80%) User Experience
11 15 (7.32%) Cloud Security
11 15 (7.32%) Embedded Software Development
11 15 (7.32%) IT Strategy
12 13 (6.34%) Artificial Intelligence
12 13 (6.34%) Performance Monitoring
13 12 (5.85%) Task Automation
13 12 (5.85%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (17.07%) C++
2 34 (16.59%) SQL
3 33 (16.10%) C
4 27 (13.17%) Python
5 21 (10.24%) JavaScript
6 20 (9.76%) PowerShell
7 17 (8.29%) PHP
8 16 (7.80%) Bash
8 16 (7.80%) C#
8 16 (7.80%) Java
9 12 (5.85%) TypeScript
10 7 (3.41%) T-SQL
11 5 (2.44%) Embedded C
11 5 (2.44%) Go
12 4 (1.95%) Shell Script
13 3 (1.46%) R
13 3 (1.46%) Ruby
14 2 (0.98%) Bicep
14 2 (0.98%) Perl
15 1 (0.49%) Micro Focus COBOL
Qualifications
1 46 (22.44%) Degree
2 18 (8.78%) Security Cleared
3 14 (6.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (4.39%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (4.39%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (3.90%) Azure Certification
5 8 (3.90%) CCNA
5 8 (3.90%) MCSE
6 7 (3.41%) AWS Certification
7 6 (2.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 6 (2.93%) DV Cleared
7 6 (2.93%) SC Cleared
8 5 (2.44%) Master's Degree
8 5 (2.44%) PhD
9 3 (1.46%) MCP
10 2 (0.98%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.98%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.49%) CCNP
11 1 (0.49%) HNC
11 1 (0.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.88%) GDPR
2 8 (3.90%) NIST
3 5 (2.44%) MISRA
4 4 (1.95%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.46%) JSP 440
6 2 (0.98%) AUTOSAR
6 2 (0.98%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.98%) QA
System Software
1 49 (23.90%) Active Directory
2 27 (13.17%) Hyper-V
3 24 (11.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (5.37%) Firmware
5 9 (4.39%) Docker
5 9 (4.39%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (3.41%) VMware Workstation
7 6 (2.93%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (2.44%) VMware NSX
8 5 (2.44%) vSphere
9 4 (1.95%) Embedded Firmware
9 4 (1.95%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.98%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.98%) pfSense
10 2 (0.98%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.98%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (3.90%) Terraform
2 7 (3.41%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.44%) Backup Exec
3 5 (2.44%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 5 (2.44%) vCenter Server
4 3 (1.46%) Ansible
4 3 (1.46%) FortiGate
4 3 (1.46%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.98%) Nagios
5 2 (0.98%) Trend Micro Deep Security
5 2 (0.98%) WSUS
6 1 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.49%) SCCM
Vendors
1 56 (27.32%) Microsoft
2 34 (16.59%) VMware
3 26 (12.68%) Cisco
4 14 (6.83%) Citrix
4 14 (6.83%) Remedy
5 11 (5.37%) IBM
6 9 (4.39%) NVIDIA
6 9 (4.39%) Oracle
7 7 (3.41%) Dell
7 7 (3.41%) Veeam
8 6 (2.93%) QNX
9 4 (1.95%) Google
9 4 (1.95%) NEC
9 4 (1.95%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.95%) SonicWALL
10 3 (1.46%) HP
10 3 (1.46%) InterSystems
10 3 (1.46%) Meraki
10 3 (1.46%) Sage
10 3 (1.46%) SolarWinds