Linux Jobs in the North of England

Linux
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 60 20
Rank change year-on-year +19 -40 +3
Permanent jobs citing Linux 832 952 1,752
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.76% 5.56% 9.64%
As % of the Operating Systems category 37.03% 40.27% 46.55%
Number of salaries quoted 546 522 941
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,325 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,603 £65,313 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.85% +8.33% +4.35%

All Operating Systems
North of England

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 the North of England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2,247 2,364 3,764
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 12.84% 13.80% 20.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,757 1,503 2,451
10th Percentile £25,000 £24,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £29,250 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.56%
75th Percentile £56,250 £57,716 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,968 £71,571 £68,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the North of England

Linux
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux in the North of England.

Salary trend for Linux in the North of England

Linux
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in the North of England over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux in the North of England

Linux
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the North of England region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
North West +23 523 £53,847 +2.57% 81
Yorkshire +19 254 £47,500 -5.00% 51
North East -14 55 £52,500 +31.25% 13
Linux
England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 56 (6.73%) Apache
2 34 (4.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (2.88%) IIS
4 22 (2.64%) SharePoint
5 19 (2.28%) ArcGIS
6 14 (1.68%) Apache Spark
7 12 (1.44%) Captiva
7 12 (1.44%) FileNet
7 12 (1.44%) GeoServer
7 12 (1.44%) WebLogic
7 12 (1.44%) WebSphere
8 11 (1.32%) Tomcat
9 10 (1.20%) nginx
10 8 (0.96%) Confluence
11 4 (0.48%) CloudStack
12 3 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
13 2 (0.24%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.24%) SAS
14 1 (0.12%) CMS
14 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (2.28%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.12%) GNU Octave
2 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (1.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 7 (0.84%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.60%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 310 (37.26%) Azure
2 242 (29.09%) AWS
3 78 (9.38%) IBM Cloud
4 76 (9.13%) GCP
5 73 (8.77%) Serverless
6 64 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
7 50 (6.01%) Azure DevOps
8 42 (5.05%) Azure API Management
9 41 (4.93%) Azure Functions
9 41 (4.93%) Azure Logic Apps
9 41 (4.93%) Azure Service Bus
10 33 (3.97%) GitHub
11 31 (3.73%) Amazon EKS
12 26 (3.13%) SaaS
13 25 (3.00%) OpenShift
14 21 (2.52%) AWS Lambda
15 19 (2.28%) AWS CloudFormation
16 18 (2.16%) Amazon S3
16 18 (2.16%) Amazon SQS
17 15 (1.80%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 130 (15.63%) Firewall
2 70 (8.41%) DNS
3 59 (7.09%) VPN
4 57 (6.85%) TCP/IP
5 54 (6.49%) DHCP
5 54 (6.49%) WAN
6 51 (6.13%) LAN
7 45 (5.41%) SAN
8 35 (4.21%) Network Security
9 31 (3.73%) SSL
10 29 (3.49%) Internet
11 26 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
12 23 (2.76%) NAS
13 22 (2.64%) Wireless
14 21 (2.52%) MQTT
14 21 (2.52%) SD-WAN
15 15 (1.80%) IPsec
15 15 (1.80%) SNMP
16 14 (1.68%) RS-485
16 14 (1.68%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (14.42%) PostgreSQL
2 114 (13.70%) MongoDB
3 106 (12.74%) NoSQL
4 78 (9.38%) DB2
5 77 (9.25%) SQL Server
6 75 (9.01%) Relational Database
7 70 (8.41%) MySQL
8 24 (2.88%) Oracle Database
9 21 (2.52%) Elasticsearch
10 19 (2.28%) GIS
10 19 (2.28%) Redis
11 18 (2.16%) Big Data
11 18 (2.16%) RDBMS
12 16 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
13 12 (1.44%) Hadoop
13 12 (1.44%) QGIS
14 11 (1.32%) Cloudera CDH
15 7 (0.84%) DynamoDB
15 7 (0.84%) Geospatial Data
16 6 (0.72%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 58 (6.97%) JIRA
2 49 (5.89%) Git
3 38 (4.57%) GitLab
4 37 (4.45%) Jenkins
5 24 (2.88%) Artifactory
6 12 (1.44%) Oracle Forms
7 11 (1.32%) IBM UrbanCode
7 11 (1.32%) Subversion
8 7 (0.84%) Eclipse
8 7 (0.84%) PHPUnit
8 7 (0.84%) Rational DOORS
9 6 (0.72%) GDB
9 6 (0.72%) Gradle
10 5 (0.60%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.60%) Clang
10 5 (0.60%) Maven
11 4 (0.48%) CMake
11 4 (0.48%) GCC
12 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.24%) Jasmine
General
1 153 (18.39%) Social Skills
2 127 (15.26%) Public Sector
3 108 (12.98%) Finance
4 50 (6.01%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (6.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 35 (4.21%) Aerospace
6 32 (3.85%) Banking
7 23 (2.76%) Retail
8 22 (2.64%) Manufacturing
8 22 (2.64%) Organisational Skills
9 17 (2.04%) Telecoms
10 16 (1.92%) Electronics
11 14 (1.68%) Law
12 13 (1.56%) Automotive
12 13 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (1.44%) Mandarin Language
14 8 (0.96%) Games
14 8 (0.96%) Military
14 8 (0.96%) Police
15 7 (0.84%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 177 (21.27%) Senior
2 167 (20.07%) Developer
3 154 (18.51%) Software Engineer
4 80 (9.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 73 (8.77%) Lead
6 56 (6.73%) Embedded Engineer
7 53 (6.37%) DevOps Engineer
7 53 (6.37%) Full Stack Developer
8 47 (5.65%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 43 (5.17%) Full Stack Engineer
10 41 (4.93%) Azure Developer
11 40 (4.81%) Azure Engineer
12 38 (4.57%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 37 (4.45%) Support Engineer
14 36 (4.33%) Architect
15 35 (4.21%) Analyst
16 34 (4.09%) Cloud Engineer
17 33 (3.97%) IT Engineer
18 32 (3.85%) Senior Software Engineer
18 32 (3.85%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (16.71%) React
2 124 (14.90%) CSS
3 122 (14.66%) HTML
4 121 (14.54%) REST
5 105 (12.62%) .NET
6 102 (12.26%) AngularJS
7 99 (11.90%) Vue
8 95 (11.42%) Node.js
8 95 (11.42%) Web Services
9 89 (10.70%) jQuery
10 86 (10.34%) ASP.NET
11 78 (9.38%) ASP.NET Core
11 78 (9.38%) Backbone.js
11 78 (9.38%) Ember.js
11 78 (9.38%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 40 (4.81%) RabbitMQ
13 26 (3.13%) Spring Boot
14 25 (3.00%) Laravel
15 21 (2.52%) Spring
16 20 (2.40%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 99 (11.90%) Hybrid Cloud
2 80 (9.62%) Algorithms
3 78 (9.38%) Blockchain
3 78 (9.38%) Data Structures
4 68 (8.17%) Public Cloud
5 67 (8.05%) Data Centre
6 37 (4.45%) e-Learning
7 30 (3.61%) Management Information System
8 28 (3.37%) IoT
9 27 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
10 26 (3.13%) Embedded Systems
11 22 (2.64%) Private Cloud
12 19 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
13 18 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
14 17 (2.04%) Cloud Native
15 15 (1.80%) PMI
16 13 (1.56%) Replication
17 12 (1.44%) DataPower
18 11 (1.32%) Device Driver
18 11 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 419 (50.36%) Windows
2 96 (11.54%) Windows Server
3 87 (10.46%) Android
3 87 (10.46%) Apple iOS
4 71 (8.53%) Unix
5 58 (6.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 44 (5.29%) Ubuntu
7 40 (4.81%) Embedded Linux
8 29 (3.49%) Mac OS
9 22 (2.64%) Windows Server 2012
10 21 (2.52%) Windows Server 2016
11 18 (2.16%) CentOS
12 17 (2.04%) Debian
13 15 (1.80%) Data ONTAP
14 13 (1.56%) Windows Server 2008
15 10 (1.20%) Windows 10
16 9 (1.08%) AIX
17 8 (0.96%) Oracle Linux
17 8 (0.96%) Solaris
18 7 (0.84%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (27.52%) Agile
2 187 (22.48%) Software Engineering
3 186 (22.36%) DevOps
4 141 (16.95%) Mentoring
5 136 (16.35%) Problem-Solving
6 122 (14.66%) OO
7 116 (13.94%) Full Stack Development
8 114 (13.70%) User Experience
9 110 (13.22%) Coaching
10 109 (13.10%) Web Development
11 107 (12.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 100 (12.02%) OOP
13 96 (11.54%) MVC
14 93 (11.18%) Artificial Intelligence
14 93 (11.18%) Design Patterns
15 90 (10.82%) MVVM
16 83 (9.98%) CI/CD
17 82 (9.86%) Infrastructure as Code
18 79 (9.50%) SOLID
19 78 (9.38%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 218 (26.20%) Python
2 174 (20.91%) SQL
3 169 (20.31%) JavaScript
4 153 (18.39%) Java
5 104 (12.50%) C#
6 95 (11.42%) C
7 65 (7.81%) C++
8 62 (7.45%) PowerShell
9 47 (5.65%) PHP
10 29 (3.49%) Bash
11 22 (2.64%) Shell Script
12 21 (2.52%) Rust
13 16 (1.92%) Embedded C
14 15 (1.80%) TypeScript
15 14 (1.68%) VBScript
16 12 (1.44%) Perl
16 12 (1.44%) Ruby
17 11 (1.32%) COBOL
17 11 (1.32%) Groovy
17 11 (1.32%) Micro Focus COBOL
Qualifications
1 114 (13.70%) Degree
2 95 (11.42%) Security Cleared
3 64 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 39 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 35 (4.21%) DV Cleared
6 31 (3.73%) AWS Certification
7 25 (3.00%) Cisco Certification
8 22 (2.64%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (2.28%) Azure Certification
10 16 (1.92%) PMI Certification
11 14 (1.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 14 (1.68%) CCNA
11 14 (1.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 12 (1.44%) MCSE
13 11 (1.32%) MCSA
14 8 (0.96%) CCNP
15 7 (0.84%) CISSP
16 6 (0.72%) TOGAF Certification
17 5 (0.60%) JNCIA
17 5 (0.60%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.09%) GDPR
2 19 (2.28%) SLA
3 15 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.20%) Accessibility
5 8 (0.96%) NIST
6 7 (0.84%) ISO 9000
6 7 (0.84%) QA
7 4 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.12%) GRC
9 1 (0.12%) NCSC
9 1 (0.12%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 107 (12.86%) Docker
2 98 (11.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 96 (11.54%) Active Directory
4 57 (6.85%) Hyper-V
5 28 (3.37%) Firmware
6 18 (2.16%) VMware ESXi
7 17 (2.04%) Embedded Firmware
8 15 (1.80%) vSphere
9 4 (0.48%) Terminal Services
9 4 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.36%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.36%) VMware Server
11 2 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
12 1 (0.12%) Dovecot
12 1 (0.12%) Lustre
12 1 (0.12%) Shibboleth
12 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.12%) Time Sharing Option
12 1 (0.12%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 119 (14.30%) Ansible
2 102 (12.26%) Kubernetes
3 95 (11.42%) Terraform
4 28 (3.37%) Prometheus
5 23 (2.76%) Progress Chef
6 21 (2.52%) Puppet
7 18 (2.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 18 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
7 18 (2.16%) vCenter Server
7 18 (2.16%) WSUS
8 16 (1.92%) Grafana
9 15 (1.80%) SCCM
10 12 (1.44%) Opsgenie
10 12 (1.44%) SCOM
10 12 (1.44%) VxRail
10 12 (1.44%) ZABBIX
11 7 (0.84%) FortiGate
12 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 6 (0.72%) Nagios
13 5 (0.60%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 138 (16.59%) Red Hat
2 135 (16.23%) VMware
3 133 (15.99%) Microsoft
4 117 (14.06%) IBM
5 86 (10.34%) Oracle
6 68 (8.17%) Cisco
7 45 (5.41%) Google
8 31 (3.73%) Veeam
9 30 (3.61%) NetApp
10 23 (2.76%) SolarWinds
11 19 (2.28%) ESRI
12 18 (2.16%) Dell
12 18 (2.16%) SAP
13 17 (2.04%) Palo Alto
14 15 (1.80%) SolidFire
15 14 (1.68%) Fortinet
16 13 (1.56%) F5
17 12 (1.44%) Pega
17 12 (1.44%) ServiceNow
17 12 (1.44%) Sparx