Linux Jobs with Work from Home 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 32 39
Rank change year-on-year +1 +7 -10
Permanent jobs citing Linux 1,811 2,560 6,746
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.48% 7.80% 8.59%
As % of the Operating Systems category 49.20% 50.81% 48.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,105 1,809 3,591
10th Percentile £38,450 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +7.14%

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 3,681 5,038 13,892
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.18% 15.35% 17.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,659 3,865 7,674
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,538
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - +5.00%

Linux
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Linux trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Linux over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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
1 127 (7.01%) Apache
2 56 (3.09%) IIS
3 47 (2.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 47 (2.60%) nginx
4 46 (2.54%) WebLogic
5 32 (1.77%) Tomcat
6 31 (1.71%) OpenStack
7 26 (1.44%) SharePoint
8 17 (0.94%) Confluence
9 11 (0.61%) Tuxedo
10 5 (0.28%) WebSphere
11 4 (0.22%) Apache Spark
11 4 (0.22%) CMS
11 4 (0.22%) WordPress
12 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.17%) CloudStack
12 3 (0.17%) GlassFish
12 3 (0.17%) JBoss
13 2 (0.11%) Moodle
14 1 (0.055%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 66 (3.64%) Simulink
2 18 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.39%) GNU Octave
4 7 (0.39%) SOLIDWORKS
5 6 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.22%) OrCAD
7 3 (0.17%) Fusion 360
7 3 (0.17%) Siemens NX
7 3 (0.17%) Trello
8 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.11%) Windchill
9 1 (0.055%) 1Password
9 1 (0.055%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.055%) CATIA
9 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.055%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 46 (2.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 27 (1.49%) NEC Housing
3 17 (0.94%) Unit4 Business World
4 12 (0.66%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.22%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 2 (0.11%) Endur
6 2 (0.11%) Findur
7 1 (0.055%) Maximo
7 1 (0.055%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.055%) Shopify
7 1 (0.055%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.055%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 636 (35.12%) Azure
2 481 (26.56%) AWS
3 254 (14.03%) Entra ID
4 98 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
5 87 (4.80%) Amazon S3
6 67 (3.70%) Amazon EKS
6 67 (3.70%) GCP
7 60 (3.31%) GitHub
8 49 (2.71%) SaaS
9 47 (2.60%) Amazon SQS
10 41 (2.26%) Amazon EC2
11 38 (2.10%) Cloud Computing
12 34 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
12 34 (1.88%) Azure Monitor
13 32 (1.77%) Serverless
14 27 (1.49%) Azure Storage
15 21 (1.16%) GitHub Actions
16 20 (1.10%) IaaS
17 18 (0.99%) AWS CloudFormation
18 17 (0.94%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 264 (14.58%) Firewall
2 230 (12.70%) 5G
3 215 (11.87%) Broadband
4 166 (9.17%) DNS
5 148 (8.17%) VPN
6 105 (5.80%) TCP/IP
7 102 (5.63%) Internet
8 80 (4.42%) DHCP
9 73 (4.03%) IPsec
10 66 (3.64%) Network Security
11 65 (3.59%) WAN
12 60 (3.31%) SNMP
13 59 (3.26%) SSL
14 57 (3.15%) LAN
15 55 (3.04%) BGP
16 45 (2.48%) Wireless
17 42 (2.32%) SAN
18 24 (1.33%) HTTP
19 22 (1.21%) Ethernet
19 22 (1.21%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (7.84%) SQL Server
2 120 (6.63%) MongoDB
3 93 (5.14%) MySQL
4 92 (5.08%) Oracle Database
5 87 (4.80%) Amazon RDS
5 87 (4.80%) Relational Database
6 75 (4.14%) NoSQL
6 75 (4.14%) PostgreSQL
7 68 (3.75%) Elasticsearch
8 64 (3.53%) RDBMS
9 50 (2.76%) DB2
10 23 (1.27%) BigQuery
11 22 (1.21%) Redis
12 17 (0.94%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 12 (0.66%) Data Hub
13 12 (0.66%) MariaDB
13 12 (0.66%) Power BI
13 12 (0.66%) Tableau
14 10 (0.55%) Amazon Aurora
14 10 (0.55%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 155 (8.56%) Git
2 104 (5.74%) JIRA
3 77 (4.25%) Jenkins
4 41 (2.26%) Vagrant
5 36 (1.99%) GitLab
6 16 (0.88%) Subversion
7 15 (0.83%) Eclipse
8 14 (0.77%) TeamCity
9 12 (0.66%) Artifactory
9 12 (0.66%) Bitbucket
10 10 (0.55%) webpack
11 9 (0.50%) IntelliJ
11 9 (0.50%) JMeter
11 9 (0.50%) Trac
12 7 (0.39%) CMake
13 6 (0.33%) Maven
13 6 (0.33%) Octopus Deploy
13 6 (0.33%) Visual Studio
13 6 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
14 5 (0.28%) Zephyr
General
1 415 (22.92%) Social Skills
2 332 (18.33%) Analytical Skills
3 327 (18.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 321 (17.73%) Finance
5 108 (5.96%) Public Sector
6 96 (5.30%) Aerospace
7 69 (3.81%) Telecoms
8 68 (3.75%) Banking
9 58 (3.20%) Retail
10 49 (2.71%) Manufacturing
11 39 (2.15%) Electronics
12 33 (1.82%) Law
13 27 (1.49%) Local Government
13 27 (1.49%) Police
14 25 (1.38%) Military
15 24 (1.33%) Financial Institution
16 22 (1.21%) Automotive
17 20 (1.10%) Marketing
18 19 (1.05%) Front Office
19 18 (0.99%) Games
Job Titles
1 419 (23.14%) Senior
2 300 (16.57%) Software Engineer
3 211 (11.65%) Linux Specialist
3 211 (11.65%) Technical Specialist
4 199 (10.99%) Developer
5 157 (8.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 131 (7.23%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 130 (7.18%) DevOps Engineer
8 128 (7.07%) Senior Technical Specialist
8 128 (7.07%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
9 127 (7.01%) Senior Linux Specialist
10 123 (6.79%) Lead
11 120 (6.63%) Embedded Engineer
12 115 (6.35%) Senior Software Engineer
13 114 (6.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
14 107 (5.91%) Architect
15 95 (5.25%) Linux Engineer
16 84 (4.64%) Consultant
17 79 (4.36%) Cloud Engineer
18 68 (3.75%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (6.57%) RabbitMQ
2 71 (3.92%) HTML
3 70 (3.87%) .NET
4 61 (3.37%) Web Services
5 60 (3.31%) REST
6 58 (3.20%) YAML
7 57 (3.15%) CSS
8 55 (3.04%) Middleware
9 51 (2.82%) React
10 48 (2.65%) Spring Boot
11 37 (2.04%) SOAP
12 36 (1.99%) Node.js
13 29 (1.60%) Kafka
13 29 (1.60%) Yocto
14 25 (1.38%) ARM Templates
14 25 (1.38%) XML
15 23 (1.27%) Flask
16 22 (1.21%) Laravel
17 21 (1.16%) SAML
18 18 (0.99%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 210 (11.60%) Social Media
2 138 (7.62%) Data Centre
3 135 (7.45%) Public Cloud
4 78 (4.31%) Enterprise Software
5 53 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
6 52 (2.87%) Linux Command Line
7 46 (2.54%) Management Information System
8 31 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
8 31 (1.71%) IoT
8 31 (1.71%) Replication
9 28 (1.55%) Embedded Systems
10 27 (1.49%) Algorithms
10 27 (1.49%) PKI
11 26 (1.44%) Cyberattack
12 23 (1.27%) FPGA
12 23 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
12 23 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
13 21 (1.16%) Clustering
14 20 (1.10%) Data Fabric
14 20 (1.10%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 660 (36.44%) Windows
2 332 (18.33%) Ubuntu
3 189 (10.44%) Unix
4 183 (10.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 168 (9.28%) Windows Server
6 144 (7.95%) Embedded Linux
7 89 (4.91%) CentOS
8 56 (3.09%) Solaris
9 55 (3.04%) Data ONTAP
9 55 (3.04%) Windows Server 2016
10 46 (2.54%) Android
11 41 (2.26%) AIX
12 31 (1.71%) VMS
13 29 (1.60%) Windows Server 2019
14 25 (1.38%) zOS
15 24 (1.33%) Debian
16 20 (1.10%) Oracle Linux
17 19 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
18 17 (0.94%) Windows 10
19 12 (0.66%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 415 (22.92%) Software Engineering
2 358 (19.77%) Agile
3 352 (19.44%) DevOps
4 338 (18.66%) Artificial Intelligence
5 326 (18.00%) Cybersecurity
6 303 (16.73%) Problem-Solving
7 233 (12.87%) CI/CD
8 228 (12.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 222 (12.26%) IT Strategy
10 220 (12.15%) CRM
11 213 (11.76%) Technology Strategy
12 195 (10.77%) Actionable Insight
13 173 (9.55%) Computer Science
14 172 (9.50%) Infrastructure as Code
15 171 (9.44%) Collaborative Working
16 167 (9.22%) Project Management
17 158 (8.72%) Scrum
18 128 (7.07%) SDLC
19 124 (6.85%) Mentoring
19 124 (6.85%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 519 (28.66%) Python
2 383 (21.15%) Bash
3 262 (14.47%) SQL
4 247 (13.64%) C
5 241 (13.31%) C++
6 227 (12.53%) Java
7 159 (8.78%) PowerShell
8 139 (7.68%) JavaScript
9 99 (5.47%) Embedded C
10 97 (5.36%) C#
11 63 (3.48%) Shell Script
12 61 (3.37%) Rust
13 53 (2.93%) PHP
14 39 (2.15%) VB
15 37 (2.04%) Perl
16 36 (1.99%) Kotlin
17 33 (1.82%) TypeScript
18 25 (1.38%) Go
18 25 (1.38%) Ruby
19 23 (1.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 456 (25.18%) Security Cleared
2 306 (16.90%) Degree
3 196 (10.82%) SC Cleared
4 153 (8.45%) DV Cleared
5 137 (7.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 88 (4.86%) Azure Certification
7 79 (4.36%) AWS Certification
8 51 (2.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 30 (1.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 21 (1.16%) CISA
10 21 (1.16%) CISSP
11 18 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (0.99%) Master's Degree
12 14 (0.77%) CISM
13 13 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
14 12 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
15 11 (0.61%) CCNP
16 10 (0.55%) CCNA
17 9 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
18 8 (0.44%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (1.93%) QA
2 30 (1.66%) Accessibility
3 29 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (1.10%) SLA
5 19 (1.05%) PCI DSS
6 17 (0.94%) ITGC
6 17 (0.94%) PMO
7 16 (0.88%) NIST
8 10 (0.55%) GDPR
9 9 (0.50%) HIPAA
10 8 (0.44%) SOC 2
11 7 (0.39%) Data Quality
12 6 (0.33%) ISO 9000
12 6 (0.33%) ISO 9001
13 5 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
13 5 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 5 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.17%) GRC
14 3 (0.17%) MISRA
14 3 (0.17%) NCSC
System Software
1 410 (22.64%) Active Directory
2 319 (17.61%) Docker
3 176 (9.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 77 (4.25%) Hyper-V
5 65 (3.59%) Virtual Machines
6 43 (2.37%) vSphere
7 39 (2.15%) Firmware
8 21 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
9 20 (1.10%) Virtual Servers
10 19 (1.05%) pfSense
10 19 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
11 16 (0.88%) NFS
12 12 (0.66%) Embedded Firmware
13 11 (0.61%) KVM
14 8 (0.44%) VMware Workstation
15 7 (0.39%) VMware NSX
16 6 (0.33%) Forefront TMG
17 4 (0.22%) Ceph
18 3 (0.17%) Kamailio
18 3 (0.17%) oVirt
Systems Management
1 345 (19.05%) Ansible
2 326 (18.00%) Kubernetes
3 254 (14.03%) Terraform
4 237 (13.09%) Microsoft Intune
5 210 (11.60%) Jamf Pro
6 86 (4.75%) Prometheus
7 72 (3.98%) vCenter Server
8 51 (2.82%) Grafana
8 51 (2.82%) Puppet
9 38 (2.10%) ZABBIX
10 37 (2.04%) SCCM
11 35 (1.93%) SCOM
12 31 (1.71%) WSUS
13 27 (1.49%) Progress Chef
14 24 (1.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 24 (1.33%) Docker Swarm
15 20 (1.10%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
16 16 (0.88%) Nagios
17 9 (0.50%) SCDPM
18 8 (0.44%) VxRail
Vendors
1 507 (28.00%) Microsoft
2 245 (13.53%) VMware
3 229 (12.64%) Oracle
4 212 (11.71%) CyberArk
5 210 (11.60%) Tanium
6 138 (7.62%) Red Hat
7 74 (4.09%) Palo Alto
8 71 (3.92%) NetApp
9 64 (3.53%) Xilinx
10 54 (2.98%) SolidFire
11 50 (2.76%) Cisco
12 46 (2.54%) Sparx
13 39 (2.15%) IBM
14 33 (1.82%) SAP
15 28 (1.55%) F5
15 28 (1.55%) Juniper
16 27 (1.49%) NEC
17 26 (1.44%) Google
18 25 (1.38%) Dell
19 24 (1.33%) Fortinet