Linux Jobs in London

Linux
England > London

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

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 35 45
Rank change year-on-year -7 +10 -17
Permanent jobs citing Linux 1,298 2,246 5,891
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 5.37% 7.04% 8.05%
As % of the Operating Systems category 43.38% 44.63% 45.59%
Number of salaries quoted 849 1,682 2,568
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £103,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.39% +5.83% +4.35%

All Operating Systems
London

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 London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2,992 5,032 12,923
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 12.38% 15.77% 17.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,255 3,925 6,044
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,477 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £83,750 £89,852 £83,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £110,000 £102,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in London

Linux
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Linux in London

Linux
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux in London

Linux
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the London region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Central London -43 137 £70,000 -17.65% 24
West London +6 115 £52,501 -12.50% 18
South London +2 35 £66,250 +20.45% 8
East London +20 17 £57,500 +2.22% 2
North London 0 2 £67,500 - 1
Linux
England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 49 (3.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (3.31%) Apache
3 35 (2.70%) nginx
4 33 (2.54%) Confluence
5 32 (2.47%) IIS
6 23 (1.77%) SharePoint
7 18 (1.39%) Tomcat
8 15 (1.16%) Apache Spark
8 15 (1.16%) WebSphere
9 14 (1.08%) JBoss
10 11 (0.85%) WebLogic
11 9 (0.69%) WordPress
12 7 (0.54%) WildFly
13 6 (0.46%) SAS
14 5 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
14 5 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2010
15 4 (0.31%) ArcGIS
15 4 (0.31%) GeoServer
16 3 (0.23%) CMS
16 3 (0.23%) OpenStack
Applications
1 11 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.23%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.15%) GNU Octave
4 2 (0.15%) Trello
5 1 (0.077%) Weka
Business Applications
1 17 (1.31%) Fidessa
2 8 (0.62%) NEC Housing
2 8 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
3 7 (0.54%) Teamcenter
4 6 (0.46%) Temenos T24
4 6 (0.46%) Unit4 Business World
5 5 (0.39%) Oracle Cash Management
6 4 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.077%) Endur
7 1 (0.077%) Findur
7 1 (0.077%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.077%) LabWindows
7 1 (0.077%) Misys Opics
Cloud Services
1 423 (32.59%) Azure
2 352 (27.12%) AWS
3 166 (12.79%) Entra ID
4 74 (5.70%) GCP
5 58 (4.47%) Microsoft 365
6 41 (3.16%) Serverless
7 38 (2.93%) Amazon S3
7 38 (2.93%) Azure DevOps
8 36 (2.77%) Amazon EKS
9 31 (2.39%) GitHub
10 30 (2.31%) AWS CloudFormation
11 27 (2.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 25 (1.93%) Amazon EC2
13 23 (1.77%) AWS Lambda
13 23 (1.77%) IaaS
14 21 (1.62%) SaaS
15 19 (1.46%) PaaS
16 18 (1.39%) Azure AKS
17 17 (1.31%) Cloud Computing
17 17 (1.31%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 206 (15.87%) Firewall
2 147 (11.33%) 5G
2 147 (11.33%) Broadband
3 122 (9.40%) TCP/IP
4 121 (9.32%) DNS
5 105 (8.09%) VPN
6 89 (6.86%) WAN
7 86 (6.63%) LAN
8 63 (4.85%) Internet
9 51 (3.93%) DHCP
10 46 (3.54%) Network Security
10 46 (3.54%) SAN
11 28 (2.16%) SNMP
12 26 (2.00%) HTTP
13 24 (1.85%) BGP
14 22 (1.69%) SSL
15 21 (1.62%) Wireless
16 20 (1.54%) MPLS
16 20 (1.54%) NAS
17 17 (1.31%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (9.63%) SQL Server
2 92 (7.09%) PostgreSQL
3 79 (6.09%) MongoDB
4 56 (4.31%) MySQL
5 55 (4.24%) NoSQL
6 37 (2.85%) DB2
7 30 (2.31%) Amazon RDS
8 29 (2.23%) Elasticsearch
9 27 (2.08%) Relational Database
10 25 (1.93%) Oracle Database
11 19 (1.46%) Redis
12 17 (1.31%) BigQuery
13 16 (1.23%) Power BI
13 16 (1.23%) Tableau
14 12 (0.92%) Data Hub
14 12 (0.92%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
15 11 (0.85%) Apache Cassandra
16 10 (0.77%) Amazon Aurora
16 10 (0.77%) Big Data
16 10 (0.77%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 112 (8.63%) Jenkins
2 74 (5.70%) JIRA
3 73 (5.62%) Git
4 59 (4.55%) GitLab
5 28 (2.16%) Bitbucket
5 28 (2.16%) Burp Suite
5 28 (2.16%) Metasploit
6 19 (1.46%) TeamCity
7 9 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
8 8 (0.62%) SonarQube
9 7 (0.54%) GDB
9 7 (0.54%) JUnit
9 7 (0.54%) Snyk
10 6 (0.46%) Octopus Deploy
11 5 (0.39%) DTrace
11 5 (0.39%) Jaeger
11 5 (0.39%) Maven
12 4 (0.31%) Artifactory
12 4 (0.31%) Sourcetree
12 4 (0.31%) Subversion
General
1 375 (28.89%) Finance
2 320 (24.65%) Social Skills
3 273 (21.03%) Analytical Skills
4 170 (13.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 161 (12.40%) Banking
6 52 (4.01%) Front Office
7 48 (3.70%) Retail
8 44 (3.39%) Public Sector
9 40 (3.08%) Law
10 38 (2.93%) Telecoms
11 35 (2.70%) Financial Institution
12 34 (2.62%) Investment Banking
13 20 (1.54%) Marketing
14 17 (1.31%) Back Office
15 13 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
16 12 (0.92%) Aerospace
16 12 (0.92%) Police
17 11 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
18 10 (0.77%) Electronics
18 10 (0.77%) Games
Job Titles
1 288 (22.19%) Senior
2 146 (11.25%) Linux Specialist
3 144 (11.09%) Developer
3 144 (11.09%) Technical Specialist
4 123 (9.48%) Architect
5 111 (8.55%) Linux Engineer
6 107 (8.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 94 (7.24%) Lead
8 93 (7.16%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 92 (7.09%) DevOps Engineer
9 92 (7.09%) Software Engineer
10 91 (7.01%) Analyst
10 91 (7.01%) Senior Linux Specialist
11 90 (6.93%) Senior Technical Specialist
11 90 (6.93%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
12 63 (4.85%) Cloud Engineer
13 59 (4.55%) Applications Support
14 53 (4.08%) AWS Engineer
14 53 (4.08%) Support Analyst
15 47 (3.62%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (5.78%) .NET
2 69 (5.32%) REST
3 64 (4.93%) React
4 60 (4.62%) FIX Protocol
5 49 (3.78%) Kafka
6 41 (3.16%) HTML
7 38 (2.93%) CSS
8 32 (2.47%) Web Services
9 31 (2.39%) XML
9 31 (2.39%) YAML
10 30 (2.31%) Elastic Stack
11 28 (2.16%) LDAP
12 26 (2.00%) Node.js
13 25 (1.93%) JSON
13 25 (1.93%) Middleware
13 25 (1.93%) RabbitMQ
14 24 (1.85%) ASP.NET
15 20 (1.54%) AngularJS
16 19 (1.46%) SOAP
17 16 (1.23%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 143 (11.02%) Social Media
2 82 (6.32%) Public Cloud
3 79 (6.09%) Data Centre
4 63 (4.85%) Distributed Systems
5 52 (4.01%) PKI
6 49 (3.78%) Management Information System
7 47 (3.62%) Linux Command Line
8 46 (3.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 43 (3.31%) Cloud Native
10 39 (3.00%) Replication
11 38 (2.93%) Hedge funds
12 33 (2.54%) Clustering
13 32 (2.47%) Legacy Code
14 31 (2.39%) Greenfield Project
14 31 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
15 30 (2.31%) FPGA
15 30 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
16 26 (2.00%) Algorithms
17 25 (1.93%) Client/Server
17 25 (1.93%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 486 (37.44%) Windows
2 262 (20.18%) Ubuntu
3 218 (16.80%) Unix
4 131 (10.09%) Windows Server
5 112 (8.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 73 (5.62%) CentOS
7 50 (3.85%) VMS
8 47 (3.62%) Solaris
9 32 (2.47%) Android
10 29 (2.23%) Apple iOS
10 29 (2.23%) Kali Linux
11 27 (2.08%) Debian
12 25 (1.93%) Windows 10
13 24 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
14 22 (1.69%) zOS
15 21 (1.62%) Mac OS
16 18 (1.39%) Oracle Linux
16 18 (1.39%) Windows Server 2016
17 17 (1.31%) AIX
17 17 (1.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (23.50%) DevOps
2 270 (20.80%) Cybersecurity
3 221 (17.03%) Agile
4 207 (15.95%) Problem-Solving
5 202 (15.56%) Artificial Intelligence
6 198 (15.25%) Software Engineering
7 191 (14.71%) CI/CD
8 151 (11.63%) IT Strategy
8 151 (11.63%) Technology Strategy
9 143 (11.02%) CRM
10 136 (10.48%) Computer Science
11 131 (10.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 111 (8.55%) Infrastructure as Code
13 96 (7.40%) Containerisation
14 84 (6.47%) Disaster Recovery
15 82 (6.32%) Continuous Improvement
16 80 (6.16%) Fintech
17 75 (5.78%) Application Security
18 72 (5.55%) Mentoring
19 71 (5.47%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 432 (33.28%) Python
2 336 (25.89%) Bash
3 269 (20.72%) SQL
4 181 (13.94%) PowerShell
5 163 (12.56%) Java
6 130 (10.02%) C
7 115 (8.86%) C++
8 109 (8.40%) C#
9 96 (7.40%) JavaScript
10 80 (6.16%) Perl
11 66 (5.08%) Go
12 54 (4.16%) Rust
13 50 (3.85%) Shell Script
14 39 (3.00%) Ruby
15 23 (1.77%) TypeScript
16 13 (1.00%) Groovy
16 13 (1.00%) Korn
16 13 (1.00%) PHP
17 11 (0.85%) Scala
18 8 (0.62%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 208 (16.02%) Degree
2 155 (11.94%) Security Cleared
3 93 (7.16%) Computer Science Degree
4 77 (5.93%) DV Cleared
5 59 (4.55%) SC Cleared
6 40 (3.08%) AWS Certification
7 25 (1.93%) Cisco Certification
7 25 (1.93%) Master's Degree
8 22 (1.69%) CCNA
9 21 (1.62%) Azure Certification
10 18 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 16 (1.23%) CISSP
12 15 (1.16%) CISA
13 13 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
14 12 (0.92%) MCSE
15 11 (0.85%) MCSA
15 11 (0.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 9 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
17 8 (0.62%) AWS Certified Developer
18 7 (0.54%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (2.16%) SLA
2 23 (1.77%) QA
3 20 (1.54%) NIST
4 19 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 18 (1.39%) Accessibility
6 13 (1.00%) PCI DSS
7 8 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (0.54%) GDPR
8 7 (0.54%) HIPAA
9 6 (0.46%) ITGC
9 6 (0.46%) PMO
9 6 (0.46%) SOC 2
10 5 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (0.31%) COBIT
11 4 (0.31%) GRC
11 4 (0.31%) JTAG
11 4 (0.31%) MiFID
12 3 (0.23%) NCSC
13 2 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.15%) Data Quality
System Software
1 300 (23.11%) Active Directory
2 183 (14.10%) Docker
3 128 (9.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 39 (3.00%) vSphere
5 36 (2.77%) VMware ESXi
6 33 (2.54%) Virtual Machines
7 19 (1.46%) Hyper-V
8 18 (1.39%) KVM
9 10 (0.77%) vCloud
10 9 (0.69%) NFS
11 8 (0.62%) Ceph
11 8 (0.62%) XenDesktop
12 6 (0.46%) Forefront TMG
12 6 (0.46%) VMware Workstation
12 6 (0.46%) XenApp
13 5 (0.39%) Firmware
14 4 (0.31%) LXC
14 4 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
14 4 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 233 (17.95%) Kubernetes
2 217 (16.72%) Ansible
3 198 (15.25%) Terraform
4 164 (12.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 144 (11.09%) Jamf Pro
6 76 (5.86%) Puppet
7 53 (4.08%) Progress Chef
8 46 (3.54%) Prometheus
9 43 (3.31%) Grafana
10 32 (2.47%) SCCM
11 21 (1.62%) Single Sign-On
12 18 (1.39%) Nagios
12 18 (1.39%) Red Hat Satellite
12 18 (1.39%) vCenter Server
13 14 (1.08%) Nessus
14 13 (1.00%) HAProxy
15 10 (0.77%) Graphite
15 10 (0.77%) WSUS
16 7 (0.54%) SCOM
16 7 (0.54%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 338 (26.04%) Microsoft
2 182 (14.02%) VMware
3 164 (12.63%) Oracle
4 154 (11.86%) Red Hat
5 144 (11.09%) CyberArk
5 144 (11.09%) Tanium
6 86 (6.63%) Cisco
7 50 (3.85%) Google
8 42 (3.24%) IBM
9 40 (3.08%) Splunk
10 38 (2.93%) Palo Alto
11 35 (2.70%) F5
12 27 (2.08%) Bloomberg
13 26 (2.00%) Atlassian
13 26 (2.00%) Citrix
13 26 (2.00%) ION Trading
14 25 (1.93%) Qualys
15 23 (1.77%) Veeam
16 22 (1.69%) HP
16 22 (1.69%) Juniper