Linux Jobs in the North of England

Linux
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 58 22
Rank change year-on-year +15 -36 0
Permanent jobs citing Linux 846 886 1,724
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.26% 5.62% 9.18%
As % of the Operating Systems category 36.81% 38.06% 45.69%
Number of salaries quoted 541 503 907
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,870 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £72,433 £78,750 £71,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.70% +5.00% +4.35%

All Operating Systems
North of England

Linux falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2,298 2,328 3,773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 11.57% 14.77% 20.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,732 1,438 2,424
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £23,750
25th Percentile £29,250 £31,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £44,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% +3.53% -5.56%
75th Percentile £56,250 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,625 £72,500 £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 10 June 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 10 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
North West +16 541 £52,500 -6.25% 92
Yorkshire +12 247 £45,000 -5.26% 36
North East -13 58 £52,500 +20.69% 11
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 58 (6.86%) Apache
2 32 (3.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (2.84%) IIS
4 18 (2.13%) SharePoint
5 14 (1.65%) Apache Spark
6 13 (1.54%) ArcGIS
7 12 (1.42%) Tomcat
7 12 (1.42%) WebLogic
8 11 (1.30%) nginx
9 8 (0.95%) Confluence
10 6 (0.71%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.47%) CloudStack
12 3 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
12 3 (0.35%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.24%) SAS
14 1 (0.12%) CMS
14 1 (0.12%) Moodle
14 1 (0.12%) WildFly
14 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.12%) GNU Octave
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (1.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 8 (0.95%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.59%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 280 (33.10%) Azure
2 239 (28.25%) AWS
3 78 (9.22%) IBM Cloud
4 73 (8.63%) Serverless
5 61 (7.21%) Microsoft 365
6 58 (6.86%) GCP
7 49 (5.79%) Azure DevOps
8 42 (4.96%) Azure API Management
9 41 (4.85%) Azure Functions
9 41 (4.85%) Azure Logic Apps
9 41 (4.85%) Azure Service Bus
10 30 (3.55%) Amazon EKS
11 28 (3.31%) SaaS
12 25 (2.96%) GitHub
13 21 (2.48%) AWS Lambda
14 18 (2.13%) Amazon S3
14 18 (2.13%) Amazon SQS
15 17 (2.01%) AWS CloudFormation
15 17 (2.01%) OpenShift
16 14 (1.65%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 129 (15.25%) Firewall
2 68 (8.04%) DNS
3 54 (6.38%) TCP/IP
3 54 (6.38%) VPN
4 53 (6.26%) DHCP
5 50 (5.91%) WAN
6 47 (5.56%) SAN
7 44 (5.20%) LAN
8 36 (4.26%) Network Security
9 31 (3.66%) SSL
10 29 (3.43%) Internet
11 27 (3.19%) Wi-Fi
12 23 (2.72%) NAS
12 23 (2.72%) Wireless
13 22 (2.60%) MQTT
14 17 (2.01%) SD-WAN
15 15 (1.77%) IPsec
15 15 (1.77%) RS-485
15 15 (1.77%) SNMP
16 14 (1.65%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (13.71%) MongoDB
1 116 (13.71%) PostgreSQL
2 110 (13.00%) NoSQL
3 80 (9.46%) DB2
4 79 (9.34%) SQL Server
5 77 (9.10%) Relational Database
6 73 (8.63%) MySQL
7 26 (3.07%) Oracle Database
8 21 (2.48%) Elasticsearch
9 19 (2.25%) Redis
10 18 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
10 18 (2.13%) Big Data
11 17 (2.01%) RDBMS
12 13 (1.54%) GIS
13 12 (1.42%) Hadoop
14 11 (1.30%) Cloudera CDH
14 11 (1.30%) DynamoDB
15 8 (0.95%) Amazon Aurora
16 7 (0.83%) Geospatial Data
17 6 (0.71%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 49 (5.79%) Git
2 47 (5.56%) JIRA
3 37 (4.37%) GitLab
4 35 (4.14%) Jenkins
5 24 (2.84%) Artifactory
6 11 (1.30%) Subversion
7 8 (0.95%) Maven
8 7 (0.83%) Eclipse
8 7 (0.83%) PHPUnit
8 7 (0.83%) Rational DOORS
9 6 (0.71%) Gradle
10 5 (0.59%) Clang
10 5 (0.59%) GDB
11 4 (0.47%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.47%) CMake
11 4 (0.47%) GCC
12 3 (0.35%) IBM UrbanCode
13 2 (0.24%) Jasmine
13 2 (0.24%) LabVIEW
13 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 152 (17.97%) Social Skills
2 130 (15.37%) Public Sector
3 92 (10.87%) Finance
4 55 (6.50%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (5.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 36 (4.26%) Aerospace
7 27 (3.19%) Retail
8 25 (2.96%) Manufacturing
9 20 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
9 20 (2.36%) Telecoms
10 19 (2.25%) Electronics
11 15 (1.77%) Automotive
11 15 (1.77%) Law
12 14 (1.65%) Mandarin Language
13 12 (1.42%) Banking
14 9 (1.06%) Police
15 8 (0.95%) Local Government
15 8 (0.95%) Military
16 7 (0.83%) Front Office
16 7 (0.83%) Games
Job Titles
1 170 (20.09%) Developer
2 164 (19.39%) Senior
3 146 (17.26%) Software Engineer
4 81 (9.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 70 (8.27%) Lead
6 63 (7.45%) Embedded Engineer
7 53 (6.26%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 53 (6.26%) Full Stack Developer
8 45 (5.32%) DevOps Engineer
8 45 (5.32%) Linux Engineer
9 43 (5.08%) Full Stack Engineer
10 41 (4.85%) Azure Developer
11 39 (4.61%) Architect
11 39 (4.61%) Azure Engineer
12 37 (4.37%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 35 (4.14%) Cloud Engineer
14 34 (4.02%) Analyst
15 33 (3.90%) IT Engineer
16 29 (3.43%) Software Developer
16 29 (3.43%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 133 (15.72%) React
2 124 (14.66%) CSS
3 123 (14.54%) REST
4 121 (14.30%) HTML
5 104 (12.29%) .NET
6 103 (12.17%) AngularJS
7 100 (11.82%) Vue
8 96 (11.35%) Node.js
8 96 (11.35%) Web Services
9 89 (10.52%) jQuery
10 86 (10.17%) ASP.NET
11 78 (9.22%) ASP.NET Core
11 78 (9.22%) Backbone.js
11 78 (9.22%) Ember.js
11 78 (9.22%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 41 (4.85%) RabbitMQ
13 27 (3.19%) Spring Boot
14 25 (2.96%) Laravel
15 24 (2.84%) Spring
16 20 (2.36%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 99 (11.70%) Hybrid Cloud
2 80 (9.46%) Algorithms
3 78 (9.22%) Blockchain
3 78 (9.22%) Data Structures
4 66 (7.80%) Data Centre
5 62 (7.33%) Public Cloud
6 37 (4.37%) e-Learning
7 31 (3.66%) Management Information System
8 28 (3.31%) IoT
9 27 (3.19%) Embedded Systems
9 27 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
10 22 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
11 17 (2.01%) Cloud Native
11 17 (2.01%) Greenfield Project
12 15 (1.77%) Linux Command Line
12 15 (1.77%) PMI
12 15 (1.77%) Replication
13 11 (1.30%) Device Driver
14 10 (1.18%) Robotics
15 9 (1.06%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 414 (48.94%) Windows
2 96 (11.35%) Windows Server
3 87 (10.28%) Apple iOS
4 86 (10.17%) Android
5 69 (8.16%) Unix
6 54 (6.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 47 (5.56%) Embedded Linux
8 41 (4.85%) Ubuntu
9 26 (3.07%) Mac OS
10 20 (2.36%) Windows Server 2012
11 19 (2.25%) Windows Server 2016
12 18 (2.13%) CentOS
13 17 (2.01%) Solaris
14 16 (1.89%) Debian
15 15 (1.77%) Data ONTAP
16 13 (1.54%) Windows Server 2008
17 10 (1.18%) AIX
18 9 (1.06%) Windows 10
19 8 (0.95%) Mac OS X
19 8 (0.95%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (24.47%) Agile
2 182 (21.51%) Software Engineering
3 159 (18.79%) DevOps
4 145 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
5 136 (16.08%) Mentoring
6 126 (14.89%) OO
7 117 (13.83%) Full Stack Development
7 117 (13.83%) User Experience
8 107 (12.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 103 (12.17%) Web Development
10 100 (11.82%) OOP
11 97 (11.47%) Coaching
11 97 (11.47%) MVC
12 94 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
13 93 (10.99%) Design Patterns
14 90 (10.64%) MVVM
15 83 (9.81%) CI/CD
16 79 (9.34%) SOLID
17 78 (9.22%) Co-Creation
17 78 (9.22%) Design Thinking
Programming Languages
1 226 (26.71%) Python
2 162 (19.15%) JavaScript
2 162 (19.15%) SQL
3 145 (17.14%) Java
4 104 (12.29%) C#
5 102 (12.06%) C
6 73 (8.63%) C++
7 59 (6.97%) PowerShell
8 47 (5.56%) PHP
9 26 (3.07%) Bash
10 24 (2.84%) Rust
11 19 (2.25%) Shell Script
12 16 (1.89%) Embedded C
13 15 (1.77%) Perl
14 14 (1.65%) TypeScript
14 14 (1.65%) VBScript
15 12 (1.42%) Ruby
16 11 (1.30%) COBOL
16 11 (1.30%) Delphi
16 11 (1.30%) Micro Focus COBOL
Qualifications
1 121 (14.30%) Degree
2 103 (12.17%) Security Cleared
3 72 (8.51%) SC Cleared
4 48 (5.67%) DV Cleared
5 43 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (3.55%) AWS Certification
7 24 (2.84%) Cisco Certification
8 20 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (2.25%) Azure Certification
10 16 (1.89%) PMI Certification
11 14 (1.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 13 (1.54%) CCNA
13 12 (1.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 10 (1.18%) CISSP
14 10 (1.18%) MCSA
14 10 (1.18%) MCSE
15 9 (1.06%) CCNP
16 6 (0.71%) CompTIA Security+
16 6 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
17 5 (0.59%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (2.72%) GDPR
2 20 (2.36%) SLA
3 15 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (1.30%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.18%) NIST
6 7 (0.83%) ISO 9000
7 6 (0.71%) QA
8 4 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 109 (12.88%) Docker
2 93 (10.99%) Active Directory
3 92 (10.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 51 (6.03%) Hyper-V
5 30 (3.55%) Firmware
6 19 (2.25%) Embedded Firmware
7 17 (2.01%) VMware ESXi
8 15 (1.77%) vSphere
9 4 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.35%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (0.35%) Terminal Services
10 3 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.24%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.12%) Dovecot
12 1 (0.12%) KVM
12 1 (0.12%) Lustre
12 1 (0.12%) PowerHA
12 1 (0.12%) Varnish
12 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 108 (12.77%) Ansible
2 106 (12.53%) Kubernetes
3 91 (10.76%) Terraform
4 27 (3.19%) Prometheus
5 21 (2.48%) Puppet
6 18 (2.13%) vCenter Server
7 17 (2.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 17 (2.01%) WSUS
8 16 (1.89%) Progress Chef
9 15 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
9 15 (1.77%) SCCM
10 14 (1.65%) Grafana
11 12 (1.42%) Opsgenie
11 12 (1.42%) SCOM
11 12 (1.42%) VxRail
11 12 (1.42%) ZABBIX
12 9 (1.06%) FortiGate
13 8 (0.95%) Nagios
14 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 5 (0.59%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 142 (16.78%) Red Hat
2 135 (15.96%) Microsoft
3 131 (15.48%) VMware
4 96 (11.35%) IBM
5 84 (9.93%) Oracle
6 66 (7.80%) Cisco
7 37 (4.37%) Google
8 31 (3.66%) Veeam
9 30 (3.55%) NetApp
10 23 (2.72%) SolarWinds
11 19 (2.25%) Palo Alto
12 18 (2.13%) Dell
13 15 (1.77%) SolidFire
14 14 (1.65%) F5
14 14 (1.65%) Fortinet
15 13 (1.54%) ESRI
16 12 (1.42%) Sparx
17 11 (1.30%) Facebook
17 11 (1.30%) Micro Focus
17 11 (1.30%) SaltStack