Linux Jobs in Scotland

Linux
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 72 27 26
Rank change year-on-year -45 -1 -4
Permanent jobs citing Linux 351 377 528
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 5.13% 8.66% 8.68%
As % of the Operating Systems category 44.94% 51.43% 53.93%
Number of salaries quoted 173 215 252
10th Percentile £38,750 £31,300 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £40,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% -4.35% +21.05%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,035 £66,563
90th Percentile £79,750 £80,000 £74,875
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

All Operating Systems
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 781 733 979
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 11.42% 16.85% 16.10%
Number of salaries quoted 412 406 551
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £33,750 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -8.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Scotland

Linux
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Linux in Scotland

Linux
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for Linux in Scotland

Linux
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Scotland 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
Glasgow -72 170 £50,000 -9.09% 13
Edinburgh +7 129 £60,000 +9.09% 39
West Lothian -2 22 £60,000 -11.11% 2
Dundee -8 9 £49,990 +33.31% 6
Aberdeen -16 8 £50,000 -23.08% 6
Aberdeenshire +2 4 £28,500 -56.15% 3
Lanarkshire -11 2 £27,500 -11.29% 4
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £23,000 - 1
Linux
UK

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 19 (5.41%) Apache
2 10 (2.85%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.85%) Tomcat
3 9 (2.56%) WebSphere
4 8 (2.28%) ArcGIS
4 8 (2.28%) GeoServer
4 8 (2.28%) WebLogic
5 5 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.14%) Captiva
6 4 (1.14%) FileNet
6 4 (1.14%) IIS
6 4 (1.14%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.28%) Confluence
7 1 (0.28%) WildFly
Applications
1 9 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.28%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 11 (3.13%) Unit4 Business World
2 8 (2.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 82 (23.36%) Azure
2 65 (18.52%) AWS
3 30 (8.55%) GCP
4 21 (5.98%) IaaS
5 20 (5.70%) PaaS
6 19 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (5.41%) SaaS
7 13 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
8 12 (3.42%) Amazon S3
9 9 (2.56%) Amazon EKS
10 8 (2.28%) Amazon SQS
11 7 (1.99%) Entra ID
12 6 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (1.71%) GitHub
13 5 (1.42%) OpenShift
14 4 (1.14%) Google Docs
15 3 (0.85%) Asana
15 3 (0.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 3 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
15 3 (0.85%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 40 (11.40%) Firewall
2 29 (8.26%) VPN
3 27 (7.69%) Network Security
4 22 (6.27%) Wireless
5 18 (5.13%) TCP/IP
6 17 (4.84%) SD-WAN
6 17 (4.84%) WAN
7 16 (4.56%) Ethernet
7 16 (4.56%) Wi-Fi
8 14 (3.99%) DNS
8 14 (3.99%) RS-232
9 12 (3.42%) Internet
10 11 (3.13%) SNMP
11 10 (2.85%) IPsec
12 8 (2.28%) BGP
12 8 (2.28%) SSL
13 6 (1.71%) DHCP
14 4 (1.14%) LAN
15 3 (0.85%) Modbus
16 2 (0.57%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.98%) SQL Server
2 15 (4.27%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (3.99%) MongoDB
3 14 (3.99%) Relational Database
4 12 (3.42%) RDBMS
5 11 (3.13%) DB2
5 11 (3.13%) Elasticsearch
6 10 (2.85%) Oracle Database
7 8 (2.28%) Amazon RDS
7 8 (2.28%) Big Data
7 8 (2.28%) GIS
7 8 (2.28%) QGIS
8 7 (1.99%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (1.42%) Pentaho
10 3 (0.85%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.85%) Ingres
10 3 (0.85%) MySQL
11 2 (0.57%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.57%) NoSQL
12 1 (0.28%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 18 (5.13%) JIRA
2 11 (3.13%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.28%) Git
4 7 (1.99%) GitLab
5 6 (1.71%) Maven
5 6 (1.71%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (1.42%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.42%) JUnit
6 5 (1.42%) Visual Studio
7 4 (1.14%) IBM UrbanCode
8 1 (0.28%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.28%) GoCD
8 1 (0.28%) Gradle
8 1 (0.28%) Subversion
General
1 152 (43.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 138 (39.32%) Finance
3 92 (26.21%) Law
4 75 (21.37%) Social Skills
5 54 (15.38%) Marketing
6 38 (10.83%) Legal
7 21 (5.98%) Banking
7 21 (5.98%) Manufacturing
8 17 (4.84%) Analytical Skills
8 17 (4.84%) Public Sector
9 14 (3.99%) Military
10 12 (3.42%) Aerospace
11 7 (1.99%) Retail
12 6 (1.71%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.42%) Automotive
13 5 (1.42%) Investment Banking
14 4 (1.14%) Electronics
14 4 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.14%) Retail Banking
15 3 (0.85%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 182 (51.85%) Software Engineer
2 68 (19.37%) Senior
3 59 (16.81%) Lead
4 45 (12.82%) Lead Software Engineer
5 43 (12.25%) Senior Software Engineer
6 25 (7.12%) Embedded Engineer
7 24 (6.84%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 22 (6.27%) Architect
8 22 (6.27%) Support Engineer
9 19 (5.41%) Cloud Engineer
10 16 (4.56%) Analyst
10 16 (4.56%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 16 (4.56%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 15 (4.27%) Support Analyst
12 14 (3.99%) C Software Engineer
12 14 (3.99%) Consultant
12 14 (3.99%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
13 13 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
14 12 (3.42%) Java Engineer
14 12 (3.42%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.41%) RabbitMQ
2 14 (3.99%) Spring Boot
2 14 (3.99%) Yocto
3 13 (3.70%) React
4 12 (3.42%) HTML
5 11 (3.13%) Web Services
6 10 (2.85%) CSS
6 10 (2.85%) YAML
7 9 (2.56%) .NET
8 8 (2.28%) Django
8 8 (2.28%) Leaflet
8 8 (2.28%) OpenLayers
8 8 (2.28%) PostGIS
8 8 (2.28%) RESTful
9 6 (1.71%) Spring
10 5 (1.42%) LDAP
10 5 (1.42%) OpenCV
10 5 (1.42%) REST
10 5 (1.42%) SOAP
10 5 (1.42%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 46 (13.11%) Algorithms
2 33 (9.40%) Data Centre
3 32 (9.12%) Public Cloud
4 15 (4.27%) Device Driver
5 14 (3.99%) Cloud Native
5 14 (3.99%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (3.70%) Replication
7 10 (2.85%) Private Cloud
8 8 (2.28%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.71%) Driving Licence
10 5 (1.42%) Reference Data
10 5 (1.42%) Video\Live Streaming
11 4 (1.14%) DataPower
11 4 (1.14%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.85%) Embedded Systems
12 3 (0.85%) IoT
12 3 (0.85%) Management Information System
13 2 (0.57%) Life Science
13 2 (0.57%) Mainframe
13 2 (0.57%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 129 (36.75%) Windows
2 52 (14.81%) Unix
3 47 (13.39%) Windows Server
4 15 (4.27%) Embedded Linux
5 14 (3.99%) Mac OS X
6 12 (3.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (2.85%) Data ONTAP
7 10 (2.85%) Ubuntu
8 7 (1.99%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (1.71%) CentOS
10 4 (1.14%) AIX
10 4 (1.14%) Debian
10 4 (1.14%) Mesosphere
10 4 (1.14%) Windows 10
10 4 (1.14%) Windows Server 2008
10 4 (1.14%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.85%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.57%) Android
12 2 (0.57%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.57%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (52.42%) Software Engineering
2 148 (42.17%) Agile
3 109 (31.05%) SDLC
4 93 (26.50%) CI/CD
5 87 (24.79%) Community of Practice
6 69 (19.66%) DevOps
7 57 (16.24%) Artificial Intelligence
7 57 (16.24%) Machine Learning
8 50 (14.25%) Operational Stability
9 49 (13.96%) Continuous Improvement
10 48 (13.68%) Problem-Solving
11 46 (13.11%) Continuous Delivery
12 45 (12.82%) Architectural Design
12 45 (12.82%) Information Architecture
12 45 (12.82%) Visualisation
13 42 (11.97%) Actionable Insight
14 34 (9.69%) Mentoring
14 34 (9.69%) Risk Management
15 32 (9.12%) Project Management
16 31 (8.83%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 152 (43.30%) Python
2 131 (37.32%) Java
2 131 (37.32%) SQL
3 52 (14.81%) C
4 37 (10.54%) PL/SQL
5 34 (9.69%) C++
6 31 (8.83%) Embedded C
7 26 (7.41%) Bash
8 18 (5.13%) JavaScript
9 15 (4.27%) PowerShell
10 12 (3.42%) Shell Script
11 11 (3.13%) C#
12 5 (1.42%) Ruby
13 4 (1.14%) Groovy
13 4 (1.14%) T-SQL
13 4 (1.14%) VB
14 3 (0.85%) Embedded C++
14 3 (0.85%) Perl
14 3 (0.85%) PHP
15 2 (0.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 57 (16.24%) Degree
2 22 (6.27%) Cisco Certification
3 20 (5.70%) Security Cleared
4 18 (5.13%) CCNA
4 18 (5.13%) SC Cleared
5 16 (4.56%) CISSP
5 16 (4.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (3.99%) AWS Certification
6 14 (3.99%) CISM
6 14 (3.99%) GCIA
6 14 (3.99%) GCIH
6 14 (3.99%) GREM
7 12 (3.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 12 (3.42%) Azure Certification
8 11 (3.13%) CISA
9 5 (1.42%) MCSA
9 5 (1.42%) MCSE
9 5 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.14%) CCDP
10 4 (1.14%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.13%) ITGC
1 11 (3.13%) PMO
2 6 (1.71%) QA
3 5 (1.42%) GDPR
4 2 (0.57%) DICOM
5 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 32 (9.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 28 (7.98%) Docker
3 17 (4.84%) Hyper-V
4 14 (3.99%) Active Directory
5 13 (3.70%) VMware NSX
6 6 (1.71%) KVM
6 6 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.14%) Firmware
8 2 (0.57%) Xen
9 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 116 (33.05%) Kubernetes
2 44 (12.54%) Ansible
3 31 (8.83%) Terraform
4 15 (4.27%) Prometheus
5 13 (3.70%) FortiGate
6 12 (3.42%) Grafana
6 12 (3.42%) Progress Chef
7 10 (2.85%) vCenter Server
8 9 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (1.71%) Puppet
10 5 (1.42%) ITRS Geneos
11 4 (1.14%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (0.85%) ZABBIX
13 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.28%) Kibana
Vendors
1 120 (34.19%) Oracle
2 52 (14.81%) VMware
3 29 (8.26%) Microsoft
4 24 (6.84%) Cisco
5 23 (6.55%) NetApp
6 15 (4.27%) SAP
7 14 (3.99%) Dell
7 14 (3.99%) Red Hat
8 13 (3.70%) ServiceNow
9 11 (3.13%) Google
9 11 (3.13%) Sage
10 10 (2.85%) Palo Alto
10 10 (2.85%) SolidFire
11 8 (2.28%) ESRI
11 8 (2.28%) IBM
11 8 (2.28%) Sparx
11 8 (2.28%) Splunk
12 6 (1.71%) Sybase
13 5 (1.42%) AppDynamics
13 5 (1.42%) CA