Linux Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Linux
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 32 33
Rank change year-on-year -12 +1 +3
Permanent jobs citing Linux 811 2,238 3,306
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.42% 6.61% 7.73%
As % of the Operating Systems category 44.05% 47.35% 50.05%
Number of salaries quoted 570 1,465 2,265
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £73,886 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,934 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -12.00% +4.17%

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 1,841 4,727 6,605
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.31% 13.97% 15.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,396 3,678 4,843
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% -

Linux
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Linux trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Linux
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Linux.

Linux salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Linux
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Linux over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Linux salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 20 (2.47%) Apache
2 18 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (1.97%) Confluence
3 16 (1.97%) IIS
4 14 (1.73%) nginx
4 14 (1.73%) Tomcat
5 10 (1.23%) SharePoint
6 9 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.86%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.74%) NetWeaver
9 5 (0.62%) Apache Solr
9 5 (0.62%) CMS
10 4 (0.49%) WebSphere
11 3 (0.37%) GemFire
12 2 (0.25%) Drupal
12 2 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.25%) SAS
12 2 (0.25%) WebSphere Application Server
12 2 (0.25%) WordPress
13 1 (0.12%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 15 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.25%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.25%) Simulink
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.12%) Trello
4 1 (0.12%) Weka
Business Applications
1 6 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (0.62%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 4 (0.49%) Oracle Applications
4 3 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.37%) Sage 50
5 2 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.25%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 2 (0.25%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.12%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 323 (39.83%) AWS
2 312 (38.47%) Azure
3 90 (11.10%) GCP
4 82 (10.11%) SaaS
5 72 (8.88%) AWS CloudFormation
5 72 (8.88%) Microsoft 365
6 71 (8.75%) Amazon EKS
7 52 (6.41%) GitHub
8 41 (5.06%) Serverless
9 35 (4.32%) AWS Lambda
10 33 (4.07%) Amazon EC2
10 33 (4.07%) Amazon S3
11 31 (3.82%) Cloud Computing
11 31 (3.82%) PaaS
12 26 (3.21%) Entra ID
13 19 (2.34%) Datadog
14 17 (2.10%) Amazon ECS
14 17 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
15 14 (1.73%) Amazon ECR
15 14 (1.73%) AWS CodeBuild
Communications & Networking
1 95 (11.71%) Firewall
2 79 (9.74%) TCP/IP
3 67 (8.26%) DNS
4 42 (5.18%) DHCP
5 40 (4.93%) VPN
5 40 (4.93%) WAN
6 26 (3.21%) VLAN
7 24 (2.96%) HTTP
7 24 (2.96%) SD-WAN
8 18 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
9 16 (1.97%) Wireless
10 14 (1.73%) VSAN
11 13 (1.60%) 5G
11 13 (1.60%) Network Security
12 12 (1.48%) Bluetooth
12 12 (1.48%) LAN
13 11 (1.36%) Internet
13 11 (1.36%) SAN
14 10 (1.23%) IPsec
14 10 (1.23%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (9.99%) SQL Server
2 71 (8.75%) Elasticsearch
3 70 (8.63%) PostgreSQL
4 59 (7.27%) NoSQL
5 31 (3.82%) MySQL
6 30 (3.70%) Relational Database
7 25 (3.08%) Amazon RDS
8 24 (2.96%) MongoDB
9 17 (2.10%) Redis
10 15 (1.85%) RDBMS
11 12 (1.48%) Power BI
12 9 (1.11%) Oracle Database
13 8 (0.99%) Big Data
14 7 (0.86%) Metadata
14 7 (0.86%) Oracle Reports
14 7 (0.86%) Tableau
15 5 (0.62%) BusinessObjects
15 5 (0.62%) MariaDB
15 5 (0.62%) SAP BW
15 5 (0.62%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 137 (16.89%) Git
2 92 (11.34%) Jenkins
3 56 (6.91%) JUnit
4 36 (4.44%) IntelliJ
4 36 (4.44%) Mockito
5 33 (4.07%) GitLab
5 33 (4.07%) JIRA
6 27 (3.33%) Maven
7 22 (2.71%) Eclipse
7 22 (2.71%) Jasmine
7 22 (2.71%) Karma Test Runner
7 22 (2.71%) Protractor
8 17 (2.10%) Cucumber
8 17 (2.10%) SonarQube
8 17 (2.10%) Sonatype Nexus
9 12 (1.48%) Oracle Forms
10 10 (1.23%) Subversion
11 9 (1.11%) Visual Studio
12 7 (0.86%) Artifactory
13 5 (0.62%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 194 (23.92%) Social Skills
2 193 (23.80%) Finance
3 133 (16.40%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (13.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 94 (11.59%) Banking
6 44 (5.43%) Law
7 36 (4.44%) Telecoms
8 28 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
9 27 (3.33%) Manufacturing
10 23 (2.84%) Games
10 23 (2.84%) Investment Banking
11 21 (2.59%) Public Sector
12 20 (2.47%) Electronics
13 17 (2.10%) Legal
13 17 (2.10%) Retail
14 12 (1.48%) Back Office
15 10 (1.23%) Marketing
16 9 (1.11%) Front Office
17 7 (0.86%) Aerospace
17 7 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 189 (23.30%) Senior
2 181 (22.32%) Developer
3 91 (11.22%) Software Engineer
4 59 (7.27%) Software Developer
5 57 (7.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 52 (6.41%) Lead
7 51 (6.29%) Analyst
8 49 (6.04%) Java Developer
9 47 (5.80%) Cloud Engineer
10 45 (5.55%) Senior Software Engineer
11 44 (5.43%) Administrator
12 39 (4.81%) IT Support
13 36 (4.44%) Support Analyst
14 35 (4.32%) DevOps Engineer
15 30 (3.70%) Embedded Engineer
16 28 (3.45%) C++ Developer
17 27 (3.33%) Senior Developer
17 27 (3.33%) Systems Administrator
18 26 (3.21%) Systems Engineer
19 24 (2.96%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (9.25%) .NET
2 74 (9.12%) Node.js
3 59 (7.27%) Pandas
4 41 (5.06%) REST
5 36 (4.44%) React
6 35 (4.32%) Hibernate
7 34 (4.19%) RabbitMQ
8 33 (4.07%) AngularJS
8 33 (4.07%) Middleware
9 31 (3.82%) Spring
10 30 (3.70%) HTML
11 27 (3.33%) JPA
11 27 (3.33%) Spring Boot
12 25 (3.08%) Web Services
13 24 (2.96%) CSS
14 21 (2.59%) Django
15 19 (2.34%) Elastic Stack
16 17 (2.10%) JSON
17 15 (1.85%) XML
18 14 (1.73%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 91 (11.22%) Management Information System
2 75 (9.25%) Algorithms
3 62 (7.64%) Data Centre
4 49 (6.04%) Cyberattack
5 43 (5.30%) Public Cloud
5 43 (5.30%) Self-Motivation
6 33 (4.07%) Linux Command Line
7 27 (3.33%) FPGA
8 24 (2.96%) Hybrid Cloud
9 21 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
10 20 (2.47%) Embedded Systems
10 20 (2.47%) Product Ownership
10 20 (2.47%) Security Posture
11 19 (2.34%) Clustering
11 19 (2.34%) Distributed Systems
12 18 (2.22%) Cloud Native
12 18 (2.22%) Device Driver
12 18 (2.22%) Mobile App
13 17 (2.10%) Credit Derivative
14 16 (1.97%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 303 (37.36%) Windows
2 142 (17.51%) Unix
3 95 (11.71%) Windows Server
4 63 (7.77%) Android
5 58 (7.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 30 (3.70%) Ubuntu
7 24 (2.96%) Embedded Linux
8 23 (2.84%) AIX
8 23 (2.84%) CentOS
9 21 (2.59%) Mac OS
10 16 (1.97%) Debian
11 13 (1.60%) Solaris
12 12 (1.48%) Apple iOS
12 12 (1.48%) Windows 10
12 12 (1.48%) Windows Server 2016
13 8 (0.99%) VMS
14 7 (0.86%) Rocky
15 6 (0.74%) Oracle Linux
15 6 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
16 4 (0.49%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (25.52%) DevOps
2 204 (25.15%) CI/CD
3 201 (24.78%) Agile
4 185 (22.81%) Problem-Solving
5 175 (21.58%) Software Engineering
6 123 (15.17%) Containerisation
7 109 (13.44%) Infrastructure as Code
8 100 (12.33%) Computer Science
9 90 (11.10%) ITIL
10 82 (10.11%) Mentoring
11 79 (9.74%) Collaborative Working
12 76 (9.37%) OO
13 75 (9.25%) Mathematics
14 69 (8.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 65 (8.01%) Microservices
16 61 (7.52%) Disaster Recovery
16 61 (7.52%) OOP
17 59 (7.27%) Android Development
18 58 (7.15%) Test Automation
19 55 (6.78%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 318 (39.21%) Python
2 239 (29.47%) SQL
3 185 (22.81%) Java
4 177 (21.82%) C++
5 141 (17.39%) JavaScript
6 112 (13.81%) C
7 108 (13.32%) Bash
8 92 (11.34%) PowerShell
9 77 (9.49%) Go
10 56 (6.91%) Rust
11 37 (4.56%) Shell Script
12 27 (3.33%) Perl
13 23 (2.84%) PHP
14 22 (2.71%) TypeScript
15 17 (2.10%) C#
16 16 (1.97%) T-SQL
17 14 (1.73%) PL/SQL
18 11 (1.36%) R
19 10 (1.23%) Kotlin
19 10 (1.23%) Swift
Qualifications
1 143 (17.63%) Degree
2 131 (16.15%) Security Cleared
3 77 (9.49%) DV Cleared
4 54 (6.66%) SC Cleared
5 36 (4.44%) AWS Certification
6 35 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 33 (4.07%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
9 22 (2.71%) PhD
10 19 (2.34%) MCSA
11 16 (1.97%) Master's Degree
11 16 (1.97%) MCSE
12 15 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
13 14 (1.73%) CCNA
13 14 (1.73%) CCNP
13 14 (1.73%) MCP
14 12 (1.48%) ITIL Certification
15 11 (1.36%) CISSP
16 10 (1.23%) A+ Certification
16 10 (1.23%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (5.18%) QA
2 23 (2.84%) SLA
3 16 (1.97%) ISO 9001
4 14 (1.73%) GDPR
5 12 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.11%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.11%) PMO
6 9 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.62%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.62%) FINRA
8 3 (0.37%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.37%) JTAG
9 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.25%) NIST
10 1 (0.12%) ECSS
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 15022
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 193 (23.80%) Docker
2 92 (11.34%) Active Directory
3 78 (9.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 35 (4.32%) VMware ESXi
5 32 (3.95%) Hyper-V
6 25 (3.08%) Firmware
7 17 (2.10%) Embedded Firmware
7 17 (2.10%) vSphere
8 15 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
9 9 (1.11%) VMware NSX
10 8 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
11 7 (0.86%) pfSense
11 7 (0.86%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 5 (0.62%) Postfix
13 4 (0.49%) KVM
14 3 (0.37%) Dovecot
14 3 (0.37%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.37%) Squid
15 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.25%) Xen
Systems Management
1 192 (23.67%) Terraform
2 166 (20.47%) Ansible
3 159 (19.61%) Kubernetes
4 44 (5.43%) Microsoft Intune
5 28 (3.45%) Puppet
6 23 (2.84%) SCCM
7 22 (2.71%) Grafana
8 20 (2.47%) Prometheus
9 18 (2.22%) Progress Chef
10 13 (1.60%) Istio
11 11 (1.36%) AWS Copilot
11 11 (1.36%) Nagios
12 10 (1.23%) SCOM
13 9 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
14 8 (0.99%) vCenter Server
15 7 (0.86%) CA Endevor
15 7 (0.86%) Failover Clustering
15 7 (0.86%) PaperCut
16 6 (0.74%) Red Hat Satellite
17 5 (0.62%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 151 (18.62%) Microsoft
2 121 (14.92%) VMware
3 77 (9.49%) Oracle
4 62 (7.64%) Red Hat
5 57 (7.03%) IBM
6 36 (4.44%) Cisco
7 25 (3.08%) ServiceNow
8 24 (2.96%) Google
9 12 (1.48%) Citrix
9 12 (1.48%) Meraki
10 11 (1.36%) Dell
11 10 (1.23%) Fortinet
11 10 (1.23%) SAP
12 9 (1.11%) EMC
12 9 (1.11%) SolarWinds
12 9 (1.11%) Splunk
13 8 (0.99%) HP
14 7 (0.86%) Symantec
14 7 (0.86%) Veeam
15 6 (0.74%) Dynatrace