Hybrid/Remote Linux Job Trends

Linux
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 34 33
Rank change year-on-year -58 -1 -4
Permanent jobs citing Linux 523 1,174 2,047
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.63% 7.66% 5.93%
As % of the Operating Systems category 37.76% 54.83% 45.53%
Number of salaries quoted 354 474 1,433
10th Percentile £37,250 £31,625 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,063 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,258 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,751 £91,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% -12.00%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,385 2,141 4,496
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.96% 13.97% 13.02%
Number of salaries quoted 999 1,240 3,534
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% -7.52%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,813 £65,603
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,125 £83,375
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Linux and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Linux job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Linux
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Linux.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Linux

Linux
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Linux over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

Linux salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 13 (2.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (1.72%) CMS
2 9 (1.72%) Confluence
3 8 (1.53%) nginx
4 7 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.34%) IIS
4 7 (1.34%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.15%) Apache
5 6 (1.15%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.76%) WordPress
7 3 (0.57%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.38%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.38%) Drupal
8 2 (0.38%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.38%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.38%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.19%) JBoss
9 1 (0.19%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.19%) Site Server
Applications
1 13 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.76%) Weka
4 3 (0.57%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (0.57%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.19%) Avid Media Composer
5 1 (0.19%) EngageOne
5 1 (0.19%) Lightworks
5 1 (0.19%) Pro Tools
5 1 (0.19%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (0.57%) Fidessa
1 3 (0.57%) Shopify
2 1 (0.19%) CiviCRM
2 1 (0.19%) Magento
2 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.19%) Temenos T24
2 1 (0.19%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 191 (36.52%) AWS
2 155 (29.64%) Azure
3 50 (9.56%) GitHub
4 49 (9.37%) Microsoft 365
5 36 (6.88%) GCP
6 32 (6.12%) Entra ID
7 31 (5.93%) Azure DevOps
8 28 (5.35%) GitHub Actions
9 24 (4.59%) Azure AKS
10 23 (4.40%) Pulumi
11 22 (4.21%) Amazon EKS
12 20 (3.82%) AWS CloudFormation
13 17 (3.25%) IaaS
13 17 (3.25%) PaaS
14 16 (3.06%) Amazon EC2
14 16 (3.06%) SaaS
15 15 (2.87%) Azure Service Bus
16 14 (2.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 13 (2.49%) Cloudflare
18 11 (2.10%) Amazon ElastiCache
Communications & Networking
1 63 (12.05%) Firewall
2 46 (8.80%) TCP/IP
3 38 (7.27%) VPN
4 37 (7.07%) DNS
5 25 (4.78%) Broadband
6 23 (4.40%) WAN
7 18 (3.44%) LAN
8 17 (3.25%) VLAN
9 16 (3.06%) Ethernet
10 15 (2.87%) DHCP
10 15 (2.87%) RS-232
11 13 (2.49%) Cisco ASA
12 11 (2.10%) VoIP
13 9 (1.72%) Unified Communications
14 8 (1.53%) SSL
15 7 (1.34%) BGP
15 7 (1.34%) Cisco Firepower
15 7 (1.34%) HTTP
15 7 (1.34%) MPLS
15 7 (1.34%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (8.99%) PostgreSQL
2 38 (7.27%) MySQL
3 33 (6.31%) SQL Server
4 32 (6.12%) Relational Database
5 28 (5.35%) MongoDB
6 24 (4.59%) NoSQL
7 18 (3.44%) RDBMS
8 15 (2.87%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (1.72%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (1.72%) Redis
10 8 (1.53%) Power BI
11 6 (1.15%) BigQuery
11 6 (1.15%) Tableau
12 4 (0.76%) Amazon Aurora
12 4 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.76%) Electronic Patient Records
12 4 (0.76%) MariaDB
13 3 (0.57%) SAP HANA
14 2 (0.38%) Big Data
14 2 (0.38%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 63 (12.05%) Git
2 32 (6.12%) GitLab
3 27 (5.16%) Jenkins
4 21 (4.02%) JIRA
5 18 (3.44%) Jaeger
6 9 (1.72%) Visual Studio Code
7 7 (1.34%) Maven
8 6 (1.15%) JUnit
9 5 (0.96%) Mockito
9 5 (0.96%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 5 (0.96%) Subversion
10 4 (0.76%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.57%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.57%) JMeter
11 3 (0.57%) Selenium
11 3 (0.57%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.57%) Vite
12 2 (0.38%) Eclipse
12 2 (0.38%) LabVIEW
12 2 (0.38%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 138 (26.39%) Social Skills
2 102 (19.50%) Finance
3 53 (10.13%) Public Sector
4 43 (8.22%) Banking
5 40 (7.65%) Analytical Skills
6 38 (7.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (4.78%) Manufacturing
8 22 (4.21%) Investment Banking
8 22 (4.21%) Retail
9 21 (4.02%) Telecoms
10 18 (3.44%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (2.87%) Electronics
12 13 (2.49%) Law
12 13 (2.49%) Legal
13 12 (2.29%) Marketing
14 11 (2.10%) Games
15 9 (1.72%) Aerospace
16 7 (1.34%) Aviation
16 7 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 147 (28.11%) Senior
2 76 (14.53%) Developer
3 53 (10.13%) DevOps Engineer
4 52 (9.94%) Linux Engineer
5 49 (9.37%) Lead
5 49 (9.37%) Software Engineer
6 41 (7.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 40 (7.65%) Consultant
8 39 (7.46%) Platform Engineer
9 34 (6.50%) Senior Software Engineer
9 34 (6.50%) Support Engineer
10 33 (6.31%) Senior Linux Engineer
11 31 (5.93%) Senior DevOps
12 28 (5.35%) Linux Developer
13 27 (5.16%) Cloud Engineer
13 27 (5.16%) Systems Engineer
14 26 (4.97%) Administrator
15 25 (4.78%) C++ Developer
16 24 (4.59%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 23 (4.40%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (4.97%) Node.js
2 25 (4.78%) REST
3 22 (4.21%) Elastic Stack
3 22 (4.21%) React
3 22 (4.21%) Web Services
4 20 (3.82%) Django
5 19 (3.63%) OpenTelemetry
5 19 (3.63%) Yocto
6 17 (3.25%) CSS
6 17 (3.25%) HTML
7 15 (2.87%) .NET
7 15 (2.87%) JSON
7 15 (2.87%) YAML
8 14 (2.68%) XML
9 13 (2.49%) RESTful
10 12 (2.29%) Vue
11 10 (1.91%) Kafka
12 9 (1.72%) Jinja
12 9 (1.72%) SAML
13 8 (1.53%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 38 (7.27%) Data Centre
2 27 (5.16%) Cloud Native
3 22 (4.21%) FPGA
4 21 (4.02%) Distributed Systems
5 20 (3.82%) Hybrid Cloud
5 20 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
6 19 (3.63%) Linux Command Line
6 19 (3.63%) Private Cloud
7 18 (3.44%) Device Driver
7 18 (3.44%) Public Cloud
7 18 (3.44%) Security Posture
8 17 (3.25%) Management Information System
9 15 (2.87%) Hedge funds
10 14 (2.68%) Blog
10 14 (2.68%) Video Conferencing
11 13 (2.49%) Product Ownership
12 11 (2.10%) Onboarding
12 11 (2.10%) Replication
13 10 (1.91%) Embedded Systems
13 10 (1.91%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 167 (31.93%) Windows
2 71 (13.58%) Unix
3 56 (10.71%) Windows Server
4 30 (5.74%) Ubuntu
5 23 (4.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 22 (4.21%) Embedded Linux
7 17 (3.25%) Debian
7 17 (3.25%) Mac OS
8 16 (3.06%) CentOS
9 8 (1.53%) Android
10 5 (0.96%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.76%) VMS
12 3 (0.57%) SUSE
12 3 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.38%) OpenVMS
13 2 (0.38%) Solaris
14 1 (0.19%) AIX
14 1 (0.19%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.19%) OpenBSD
14 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (30.98%) DevOps
2 141 (26.96%) Agile
3 137 (26.20%) CI/CD
4 118 (22.56%) Infrastructure as Code
5 111 (21.22%) Problem-Solving
6 84 (16.06%) Mentoring
7 79 (15.11%) Software Engineering
8 72 (13.77%) Containerisation
9 67 (12.81%) Continuous Improvement
10 62 (11.85%) High Availability
11 57 (10.90%) Platform Engineering
12 56 (10.71%) Roadmaps
13 53 (10.13%) Computer Science
14 51 (9.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 49 (9.37%) Continuous Integration
15 49 (9.37%) Test Automation
16 46 (8.80%) Scrum
16 46 (8.80%) Task Automation
17 42 (8.03%) Infrastructure Automation
17 42 (8.03%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 181 (34.61%) Python
2 103 (19.69%) Java
3 90 (17.21%) Bash
4 75 (14.34%) C++
5 68 (13.00%) PowerShell
6 67 (12.81%) SQL
7 60 (11.47%) JavaScript
8 56 (10.71%) C
9 44 (8.41%) Go
10 36 (6.88%) C#
11 22 (4.21%) PHP
12 17 (3.25%) Embedded C
13 16 (3.06%) Rust
14 13 (2.49%) Perl
14 13 (2.49%) TypeScript
15 10 (1.91%) Ruby
16 6 (1.15%) Bicep
16 6 (1.15%) Groovy
16 6 (1.15%) VB
17 5 (0.96%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 101 (19.31%) Degree
2 94 (17.97%) Security Cleared
3 69 (13.19%) SC Cleared
4 31 (5.93%) AWS Certification
5 30 (5.74%) DV Cleared
6 28 (5.35%) Azure Certification
7 21 (4.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (3.06%) Master's Degree
9 12 (2.29%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (2.10%) CREST Certified
11 10 (1.91%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (1.72%) GIAC
12 9 (1.72%) PhD
13 8 (1.53%) CCNA
13 8 (1.53%) CCNP
13 8 (1.53%) CISSP
14 6 (1.15%) LPIC
14 6 (1.15%) OSCP
15 5 (0.96%) ISACA
15 5 (0.96%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (3.06%) QA
3 9 (1.72%) NIST
3 9 (1.72%) PCI DSS
4 6 (1.15%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.15%) GDPR
5 4 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.76%) HL7
5 4 (0.76%) SLA
6 3 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.38%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.38%) Def Stans
7 2 (0.38%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.19%) ECSS
8 1 (0.19%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.19%) ITGC
8 1 (0.19%) MiFID
8 1 (0.19%) NCSC
8 1 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 119 (22.75%) Docker
2 70 (13.38%) Active Directory
3 59 (11.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (4.78%) vSphere
5 20 (3.82%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (2.68%) Hyper-V
7 12 (2.29%) VMware NSX
8 8 (1.53%) Firmware
9 7 (1.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 7 (1.34%) Virtual Servers
10 6 (1.15%) KVM
11 5 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
12 4 (0.76%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 3 (0.57%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 3 (0.57%) Embedded Firmware
13 3 (0.57%) Kamailio
14 2 (0.38%) iptables
14 2 (0.38%) Xen
15 1 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
15 1 (0.19%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 141 (26.96%) Terraform
2 137 (26.20%) Kubernetes
3 98 (18.74%) Ansible
4 49 (9.37%) Prometheus
5 40 (7.65%) Argo
6 37 (7.07%) Grafana
7 20 (3.82%) Puppet
8 18 (3.44%) Kustomize
9 16 (3.06%) Proxmox
10 14 (2.68%) Progress Chef
11 13 (2.49%) ZABBIX
12 10 (1.91%) Packer
13 9 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
14 8 (1.53%) vCenter Server
15 7 (1.34%) Graylog
16 6 (1.15%) Cisco CUCM
16 6 (1.15%) SCCM
17 5 (0.96%) AWS Copilot
18 4 (0.76%) Failover Clustering
18 4 (0.76%) Nagios
Vendors
1 121 (23.14%) Microsoft
2 78 (14.91%) VMware
3 46 (8.80%) Cisco
4 38 (7.27%) Red Hat
5 32 (6.12%) Google
6 28 (5.35%) Splunk
7 26 (4.97%) Oracle
8 19 (3.63%) Palo Alto
9 18 (3.44%) ServiceNow
10 13 (2.49%) F5
10 13 (2.49%) Fortinet
11 11 (2.10%) NetApp
11 11 (2.10%) Veeam
12 10 (1.91%) Juniper
13 9 (1.72%) Dell
13 9 (1.72%) EMC
13 9 (1.72%) IBM
14 8 (1.53%) Citrix
15 7 (1.34%) Databricks
16 6 (1.15%) Okta