Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
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The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire 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 1 July 2022 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Linux
England > Yorkshire
6 months to
1 Jul 2022		 Same period 2021 Same period 2020
Rank 26 27 33
Rank change year-on-year +1 +6 -15
Permanent jobs citing Linux 646 476 273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 8.37% 8.24% 6.79%
As % of the Operating Systems category 40.38% 41.86% 35.59%
Number of salaries quoted 345 397 245
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,650 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -

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 Yorkshire with a requirement for operating system skills.

All Operating Systems
Yorkshire
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,600 1,137 767
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 20.73% 19.67% 19.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,007 989 665
10th Percentile £24,000 £23,450 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,625 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.11% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,250 £65,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Yorkshire

Linux
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux in Yorkshire.

Salary trend for Linux in Yorkshire

Linux
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 1 July 2022.

Salary histogram for Linux in Yorkshire

Linux
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 July 2022. 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
West Yorkshire -5 366 £55,000 +10.00% 46
South Yorkshire +4 183 £52,500 -2.78% 21
North Yorkshire +3 50 £43,000 -4.44% 4
East Yorkshire +11 15 £40,000 +8.11% 1
Humberside - 13 - -
Linux
England

For the 6 months to 1 July 2022, IT jobs citing Linux also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Yorkshire region with a requirement for Linux.

1 204 (31.58%) AWS
2 190 (29.41%) Agile
3 173 (26.78%) DevOps
4 157 (24.30%) Python
5 155 (23.99%) Java
6 142 (21.98%) SQL
6 142 (21.98%) Cisco
6 142 (21.98%) Kubernetes
7 139 (21.52%) Docker
7 139 (21.52%) Wireless
8 137 (21.21%) CCNA
8 137 (21.21%) Cisco Certification
9 126 (19.50%) Network+ Certification
10 124 (19.20%) A+ Certification
11 123 (19.04%) Linux+ Certification
12 120 (18.58%) Windows
13 116 (17.96%) Software Engineering
14 114 (17.65%) CI/CD
15 111 (17.18%) Azure
16 107 (16.56%) Infrastructure as Code
17 106 (16.41%) Social Skills
18 101 (15.63%) Finance
19 95 (14.71%) Git (software)
19 95 (14.71%) Terraform
20 93 (14.40%) Oracle
21 88 (13.62%) Ansible
21 88 (13.62%) Jenkins
22 84 (13.00%) Problem-Solving
23 83 (12.85%) MySQL
24 75 (11.61%) Mentoring

Linux
Co-occurring IT Skills in Yorkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 25 (3.87%) WebLogic
2 21 (3.25%) Apache
3 18 (2.79%) WebSphere
4 14 (2.17%) SharePoint
5 13 (2.01%) Apache Spark
6 12 (1.86%) OpenStack
7 9 (1.39%) Confluence
8 8 (1.24%) IIS
9 4 (0.62%) nginx
9 4 (0.62%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.31%) Apache Pig
10 2 (0.31%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Fuse
10 2 (0.31%) SAS
11 1 (0.15%) CMS
11 1 (0.15%) JBoss
11 1 (0.15%) WildFly
Applications
1 6 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (0.62%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 204 (31.58%) AWS
2 111 (17.18%) Azure
3 37 (5.73%) GCP
3 37 (5.73%) OpenShift
4 34 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
5 31 (4.80%) AWS CloudFormation
6 28 (4.33%) Serverless
7 27 (4.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 23 (3.56%) Azure DevOps
8 23 (3.56%) GitHub
9 18 (2.79%) Azure AKS
10 16 (2.48%) Amazon EKS
10 16 (2.48%) Cloud Computing
11 15 (2.32%) Pulumi
12 12 (1.86%) SaaS
13 11 (1.70%) OneDrive
14 10 (1.55%) AWS Lambda
15 9 (1.39%) Amazon ECS
15 9 (1.39%) Amazon S3
16 7 (1.08%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 139 (21.52%) Wireless
2 37 (5.73%) Firewall
3 36 (5.57%) TCP/IP
4 29 (4.49%) SAN
5 28 (4.33%) Internet
6 23 (3.56%) DNS
7 22 (3.41%) LAN
8 21 (3.25%) WAN
9 20 (3.10%) IPv4
10 18 (2.79%) HTTP
10 18 (2.79%) IPv6
11 17 (2.63%) SNMP
12 15 (2.32%) VPN
12 15 (2.32%) Wi-Fi
13 12 (1.86%) Broadband
13 12 (1.86%) DHCP
14 11 (1.70%) Fibre Channel
14 11 (1.70%) SD-WAN
15 7 (1.08%) DLNA
15 7 (1.08%) UPnP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (12.85%) MySQL
2 29 (4.49%) Big Data
3 22 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (3.25%) SQL Server
5 17 (2.63%) NoSQL
6 15 (2.32%) Oracle Database
7 14 (2.17%) Redis
8 13 (2.01%) Hadoop
9 12 (1.86%) MongoDB
10 10 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (1.39%) Apache Cassandra
12 8 (1.24%) Apache Accumulo
12 8 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.93%) Data Lake
13 6 (0.93%) Relational Database
14 5 (0.77%) DB2
14 5 (0.77%) DynamoDB
15 4 (0.62%) Data Mining
15 4 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
15 4 (0.62%) Riak
Development Applications
1 95 (14.71%) Git (software)
2 88 (13.62%) Jenkins
3 25 (3.87%) GitLab
4 24 (3.72%) JIRA
5 23 (3.56%) Maven
6 17 (2.63%) Ant
7 12 (1.86%) gulp
7 12 (1.86%) JUnit
8 11 (1.70%) GoogleTest
9 10 (1.55%) Bitbucket
10 7 (1.08%) GCC
10 7 (1.08%) GDB
10 7 (1.08%) Mockito
10 7 (1.08%) Selenium
11 6 (0.93%) Burp Suite
11 6 (0.93%) JMeter
11 6 (0.93%) Visual Studio
12 5 (0.77%) TeamCity
13 4 (0.62%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.62%) Oracle Forms
General
1 106 (16.41%) Social Skills
2 101 (15.63%) Finance
3 37 (5.73%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (4.64%) Public Sector
5 22 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 20 (3.10%) Retail
7 18 (2.79%) Manufacturing
8 12 (1.86%) Electronics
9 11 (1.70%) Banking
9 11 (1.70%) Law
9 11 (1.70%) Pharmaceutical
10 8 (1.24%) Financial Institution
11 6 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (0.93%) Marketing
12 5 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.46%) Aviation
13 3 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.46%) Games
14 2 (0.31%) Advertising
14 2 (0.31%) Legal
Job Titles
1 124 (19.20%) IT Technician
2 123 (19.04%) Network Technician
2 123 (19.04%) Trainee
2 123 (19.04%) Trainee IT Technician
2 123 (19.04%) Trainee Technician
3 112 (17.34%) Developer
4 82 (12.69%) DevOps Engineer
5 45 (6.97%) Software Engineer
6 44 (6.81%) C# Developer
7 38 (5.88%) Linux Engineer
8 32 (4.95%) AWS Engineer
9 31 (4.80%) Senior Developer
10 29 (4.49%) Platform Engineer
11 24 (3.72%) Cloud Engineer
11 24 (3.72%) Graduate
11 24 (3.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 22 (3.41%) Graduate Software Engineer
12 22 (3.41%) Senior DevOps
13 20 (3.10%) Embedded Engineer
13 20 (3.10%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (11.46%) .NET
2 49 (7.59%) HTML
3 45 (6.97%) .NET Core
4 38 (5.88%) CSS
5 36 (5.57%) Node.js
6 34 (5.26%) RESTful
7 29 (4.49%) LAMP
8 26 (4.02%) XML
9 25 (3.87%) Vue.js
10 23 (3.56%) AngularJS
11 22 (3.41%) HTML5
11 22 (3.41%) JSON
11 22 (3.41%) Laravel
12 21 (3.25%) YAML
13 18 (2.79%) GraphQL
13 18 (2.79%) Middleware
13 18 (2.79%) Spring
14 17 (2.63%) Yocto
15 16 (2.48%) CSS3
15 16 (2.48%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.18%) Algorithms
1 27 (4.18%) Data Protection Act
2 26 (4.02%) Data Centre
3 25 (3.87%) Data Structures
4 23 (3.56%) Management Information System
5 21 (3.25%) User Experience
6 19 (2.94%) Linux Command Line
7 17 (2.63%) Mobile App
7 17 (2.63%) Public Cloud
8 15 (2.32%) Driving Licence
9 14 (2.17%) Enterprise Cloud
10 13 (2.01%) SCADA
11 7 (1.08%) MPEG
12 6 (0.93%) Cloud Native
12 6 (0.93%) Cyber Defence
12 6 (0.93%) Cyberattack
12 6 (0.93%) NHS
12 6 (0.93%) Spread Betting
13 5 (0.77%) Digital TV
14 4 (0.62%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 120 (18.58%) Windows
2 74 (11.46%) Unix
3 49 (7.59%) Windows Server
4 47 (7.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 26 (4.02%) Embedded Linux
6 25 (3.87%) Android
7 22 (3.41%) Windows 10
8 17 (2.63%) OpenWrt
9 13 (2.01%) Apple iOS
9 13 (2.01%) Solaris
10 12 (1.86%) CentOS
11 11 (1.70%) Ubuntu
12 10 (1.55%) Mac OS
13 8 (1.24%) AIX
14 6 (0.93%) Kali Linux
14 6 (0.93%) Windows Server 2012
15 3 (0.46%) VMS
16 2 (0.31%) Amazon Linux
16 2 (0.31%) Oracle Linux
17 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (29.41%) Agile
2 173 (26.78%) DevOps
3 116 (17.96%) Software Engineering
4 114 (17.65%) CI/CD
5 107 (16.56%) Infrastructure as Code
6 84 (13.00%) Problem-Solving
7 75 (11.61%) Mentoring
8 61 (9.44%) Fintech
9 55 (8.51%) Platform Engineering
10 52 (8.05%) Computer Science
11 51 (7.89%) Configuration Management
12 49 (7.59%) Scrum
13 43 (6.66%) Open Source
14 42 (6.50%) TDD
14 42 (6.50%) Test Automation
15 37 (5.73%) E-Commerce
15 37 (5.73%) Full Stack Development
16 36 (5.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 36 (5.57%) SDLC
17 33 (5.11%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 157 (24.30%) Python
2 155 (23.99%) Java
3 142 (21.98%) SQL
4 71 (10.99%) Bash
5 63 (9.75%) C
6 59 (9.13%) JavaScript
7 56 (8.67%) C++
8 53 (8.20%) PHP
9 51 (7.89%) C#
10 46 (7.12%) T-SQL
11 40 (6.19%) Shell Script
12 38 (5.88%) Perl
13 35 (5.42%) Ruby
14 33 (5.11%) Go
15 31 (4.80%) PowerShell
16 22 (3.41%) AWK
17 16 (2.48%) PL/SQL
18 10 (1.55%) R
19 9 (1.39%) TypeScript
20 5 (0.77%) Bourne shell
Qualifications
1 137 (21.21%) CCNA
1 137 (21.21%) Cisco Certification
2 126 (19.50%) Network+ Certification
3 124 (19.20%) A+ Certification
4 123 (19.04%) Linux+ Certification
5 75 (11.61%) Degree
6 33 (5.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 32 (4.95%) Security Cleared
8 24 (3.72%) SC Cleared
9 15 (2.32%) AWS Certification
10 8 (1.24%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 7 (1.08%) CISSP
11 7 (1.08%) OCA
11 7 (1.08%) OCP
11 7 (1.08%) Oracle Certification
12 6 (0.93%) ISTQB
12 6 (0.93%) MCSE
12 6 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.77%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (4.02%) QA
2 12 (1.86%) SLA
3 11 (1.70%) PCI DSS
4 9 (1.39%) Data Quality
4 9 (1.39%) GDPR
5 8 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.62%) HL7
6 4 (0.62%) ISO 9000
7 2 (0.31%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.31%) NCSC
7 2 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 139 (21.52%) Docker
2 47 (7.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (3.25%) Active Directory
4 9 (1.39%) vSphere
5 8 (1.24%) XenApp
6 6 (0.93%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (0.93%) XenDesktop
7 5 (0.77%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 3 (0.46%) iptables
8 3 (0.46%) Snort
8 3 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.31%) Apache Flume
9 2 (0.31%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.31%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.31%) NFS
9 2 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.31%) Postfix
9 2 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.15%) KVM
10 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 142 (21.98%) Kubernetes
2 95 (14.71%) Terraform
3 88 (13.62%) Ansible
4 42 (6.50%) Puppet
5 34 (5.26%) Opscode Chef
6 14 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (1.24%) Graphite
7 8 (1.24%) NetBackup
7 8 (1.24%) Oracle ZFS
7 8 (1.24%) Prometheus
8 7 (1.08%) Kibana
8 7 (1.08%) Red Hat Satellite
9 6 (0.93%) Grafana
9 6 (0.93%) SCCM
10 5 (0.77%) Red Hat Spacewalk
11 4 (0.62%) FreeIPA
11 4 (0.62%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.31%) Mesos
13 2 (0.31%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 142 (21.98%) Cisco
2 93 (14.40%) Oracle
3 55 (8.51%) Red Hat
4 53 (8.20%) VMware
5 46 (7.12%) Microsoft
6 27 (4.18%) Google
7 23 (3.56%) IBM
8 14 (2.17%) SaltStack
8 14 (2.17%) Zend
9 11 (1.70%) Citrix
9 11 (1.70%) Zscaler
10 8 (1.24%) Checkmarx
10 8 (1.24%) Dell
10 8 (1.24%) HP
10 8 (1.24%) Veritas
11 6 (0.93%) PagerDuty
12 5 (0.77%) Atlassian
12 5 (0.77%) Brocade
12 5 (0.77%) Centrify
12 5 (0.77%) Sun