Linux Command Line Jobs

Linux/Unix Command Line Interface (CLI)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Linux Command Line in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Linux Command Line over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 734 698 504
Rank change year-on-year -36 -194 -33
Permanent jobs citing Linux Command Line 171 250 1,173
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.26% 0.69%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.48% 0.61% 1.43%
Number of salaries quoted 135 183 324
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,250 £41,563 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £70,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

All Generic Skills
UK

Linux Command Line is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,876 40,905 81,966
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.09% 43.15% 48.47%
Number of salaries quoted 23,224 22,549 34,301
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,116 £46,350 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Linux Command Line
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Linux Command Line as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Linux Command Line in the UK

Linux Command Line
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Linux Command Line in the UK

Linux Command Line
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux Command Line over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux Command Line in the UK

Linux Command Line
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Command Line within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England +18 165 £52,500 -12.50% 96
UK excluding London -55 107 £50,000 -4.76% 67
Work from Home +16 70 £67,500 +22.73% 39
London +60 59 £70,000 +12.00% 35
South East +8 40 £42,500 - 20
South West -18 28 £52,500 +50.00% 11
North of England +4 15 £50,000 -4.76% 16
Midlands -14 14 £50,000 -9.09% 6
West Midlands -8 12 £50,000 +17.65% 4
Yorkshire +40 10 £37,875 -27.86% 7
East of England -2 9 £43,500 -51.67% 8
North West -19 4 £50,000 +33.33% 8
East Midlands -15 2 £40,000 - 2
Wales +3 1 £50,000 +11.11% 1
North East -12 1 - - 1
Scotland -76 1 - - 7

Linux Command Line
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 12 (7.02%) SharePoint
2 11 (6.43%) nginx
3 10 (5.85%) IIS
3 10 (5.85%) WordPress
4 9 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.75%) Confluence
6 2 (1.17%) Apache
7 1 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.58%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.58%) CMS
7 1 (0.58%) Drupal
7 1 (0.58%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (4.09%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.92%) GNU Octave
2 5 (2.92%) MS Visio
3 4 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (5.26%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.17%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.17%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.17%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 57 (33.33%) AWS
2 45 (26.32%) Azure
3 26 (15.20%) OpenShift
4 20 (11.70%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (10.53%) Azure Monitor
6 15 (8.77%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (8.77%) Cloud Computing
7 12 (7.02%) Serverless
8 11 (6.43%) AWS Lambda
8 11 (6.43%) Entra ID
9 10 (5.85%) Amazon EC2
9 10 (5.85%) Amazon S3
10 9 (5.26%) Azure Storage
10 9 (5.26%) OneDrive
11 8 (4.68%) Azure AKS
11 8 (4.68%) GitHub
12 7 (4.09%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 7 (4.09%) Datadog
12 7 (4.09%) Pulumi
13 6 (3.51%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 49 (28.65%) Firewall
2 15 (8.77%) Wireless
3 13 (7.60%) DNS
3 13 (7.60%) Network Security
3 13 (7.60%) VPN
4 12 (7.02%) TCP/IP
5 9 (5.26%) Fibre Channel
5 9 (5.26%) iSCSI
5 9 (5.26%) NAS
5 9 (5.26%) SAN
6 6 (3.51%) LAN
6 6 (3.51%) SSH
7 5 (2.92%) AMQP
7 5 (2.92%) Internet
7 5 (2.92%) Multicast
7 5 (2.92%) OSPF
7 5 (2.92%) WAN
7 5 (2.92%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (2.34%) VLAN
8 4 (2.34%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (19.88%) MySQL
2 23 (13.45%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (7.02%) SQL Server
4 10 (5.85%) Amazon RDS
4 10 (5.85%) MongoDB
5 8 (4.68%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (4.68%) MariaDB
6 7 (4.09%) Redis
7 6 (3.51%) Relational Database
8 5 (2.92%) InfluxDB
8 5 (2.92%) Power BI
9 4 (2.34%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (2.34%) NoSQL
10 3 (1.75%) Oracle Database
11 2 (1.17%) Apache Cassandra
11 2 (1.17%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (1.17%) Neo4j
11 2 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.58%) Big Data
12 1 (0.58%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 52 (30.41%) Git
2 32 (18.71%) Jenkins
3 24 (14.04%) JIRA
4 13 (7.60%) Robot Framework
5 12 (7.02%) Subversion
6 10 (5.85%) GitLab
6 10 (5.85%) GNU Toolchain
7 7 (4.09%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (2.92%) DTrace
8 5 (2.92%) GDB
9 4 (2.34%) JUnit
9 4 (2.34%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (1.75%) Bitbucket
10 3 (1.75%) Cucumber
11 2 (1.17%) Artifactory
11 2 (1.17%) Gradle
12 1 (0.58%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 1 (0.58%) CMake
12 1 (0.58%) SonarQube
12 1 (0.58%) TeamCity
General
1 33 (19.30%) Social Skills
2 23 (13.45%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (10.53%) Aerospace
4 16 (9.36%) Finance
5 12 (7.02%) Law
6 8 (4.68%) Retail
7 5 (2.92%) Aviation
7 5 (2.92%) Banking
8 4 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.75%) Legal
9 3 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.17%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.17%) Music Industry
10 2 (1.17%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.58%) Advertising
11 1 (0.58%) Back Office
11 1 (0.58%) Front Office
11 1 (0.58%) Games
11 1 (0.58%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (19.88%) Azure Engineer
2 32 (18.71%) Developer
3 20 (11.70%) Cloud Engineer
4 17 (9.94%) Linux Engineer
4 17 (9.94%) Network Engineer
4 17 (9.94%) Platform Engineer
5 15 (8.77%) Consultant
5 15 (8.77%) Support Engineer
6 14 (8.19%) DevOps Engineer
6 14 (8.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (7.60%) Administrator
7 13 (7.60%) Linux Administrator
7 13 (7.60%) Software Consultant
8 11 (6.43%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 10 (5.85%) Linux Developer
9 10 (5.85%) Linux Systems Administrator
9 10 (5.85%) Senior
10 9 (5.26%) Applications Engineer
10 9 (5.26%) Unix Administrator
10 9 (5.26%) Unix Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (12.87%) HTML
2 18 (10.53%) XML
3 17 (9.94%) Node.js
4 11 (6.43%) React
5 10 (5.85%) ARM Templates
5 10 (5.85%) LAMP
5 10 (5.85%) POSIX
6 9 (5.26%) CSS
7 8 (4.68%) REST
7 8 (4.68%) RESTful
8 7 (4.09%) JSON
8 7 (4.09%) Laravel
9 5 (2.92%) NETCONF
9 5 (2.92%) NumPy
9 5 (2.92%) RabbitMQ
9 5 (2.92%) SOAP
9 5 (2.92%) Spring
9 5 (2.92%) Vue
10 4 (2.34%) Akka
10 4 (2.34%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.43%) Embedded Systems
1 11 (6.43%) Replication
2 9 (5.26%) Public Cloud
3 7 (4.09%) Client/Server
3 7 (4.09%) Product Ownership
4 6 (3.51%) Clustering
4 6 (3.51%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.92%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.34%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.17%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.17%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.17%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.58%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.58%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.58%) FPGA
8 1 (0.58%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.58%) PKI
8 1 (0.58%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 148 (86.55%) Linux
2 44 (25.73%) Windows
3 42 (24.56%) Unix
4 26 (15.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 22 (12.87%) Windows Server
6 21 (12.28%) CentOS
7 19 (11.11%) CoreOS
8 14 (8.19%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (7.02%) Ubuntu
10 11 (6.43%) VMS
11 10 (5.85%) Windows Server 2019
12 7 (4.09%) Windows 10
13 2 (1.17%) Android
13 2 (1.17%) Apple iOS
13 2 (1.17%) Debian
13 2 (1.17%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.58%) Fedora
14 1 (0.58%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.58%) openSUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (41.52%) DevOps
2 48 (28.07%) CI/CD
3 43 (25.15%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (23.98%) Agile
5 39 (22.81%) Configuration Management
6 37 (21.64%) Time Management
7 29 (16.96%) Infrastructure as Code
8 27 (15.79%) Change Management
9 25 (14.62%) ITIL
10 23 (13.45%) Analytics
10 23 (13.45%) Containerisation
10 23 (13.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 22 (12.87%) Customer Service
11 22 (12.87%) Software Testing
12 20 (11.70%) Platform Engineering
13 19 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
14 18 (10.53%) Collaborative Working
14 18 (10.53%) Deployment Automation
14 18 (10.53%) Log Analytics
14 18 (10.53%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 89 (52.05%) Python
2 81 (47.37%) Bash
3 46 (26.90%) SQL
4 39 (22.81%) PowerShell
5 29 (16.96%) Java
6 21 (12.28%) PHP
7 18 (10.53%) JavaScript
8 16 (9.36%) C
8 16 (9.36%) Go
9 14 (8.19%) Shell Script
10 12 (7.02%) C++
11 10 (5.85%) C#
11 10 (5.85%) Perl
11 10 (5.85%) Ruby
11 10 (5.85%) TypeScript
12 9 (5.26%) PL/SQL
13 7 (4.09%) Groovy
14 5 (2.92%) MATLAB
14 5 (2.92%) OCaml
14 5 (2.92%) SystemTap
Qualifications
1 34 (19.88%) Degree
2 27 (15.79%) Security Cleared
3 19 (11.11%) Azure Certification
4 15 (8.77%) SC Cleared
5 7 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (4.09%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.92%) AWS Certification
6 5 (2.92%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.34%) Chartered Engineer
7 4 (2.34%) HNC
7 4 (2.34%) HND
8 3 (1.75%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 3 (1.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.17%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.58%) CCNA
10 1 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.58%) MCSA
10 1 (0.58%) MCSE
10 1 (0.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.92%) QA
2 3 (1.75%) GDPR
3 2 (1.17%) HIPAA
3 2 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.17%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (0.58%) NIST
4 1 (0.58%) SLA
System Software
1 44 (25.73%) Docker
2 22 (12.87%) Active Directory
3 10 (5.85%) vSphere
4 5 (2.92%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.75%) VirtualBox
6 2 (1.17%) Firmware
7 1 (0.58%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.58%) Samba
7 1 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 48 (28.07%) Kubernetes
2 40 (23.39%) Ansible
3 36 (21.05%) Puppet
4 32 (18.71%) Terraform
5 18 (10.53%) Progress Chef
6 17 (9.94%) Grafana
7 13 (7.60%) Prometheus
8 10 (5.85%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (5.26%) SCCM
10 5 (2.92%) Docker Swarm
10 5 (2.92%) Salt
11 3 (1.75%) Kibana
12 2 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (1.17%) ZABBIX
13 1 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.58%) logstash
13 1 (0.58%) OpenNMS
13 1 (0.58%) SCOM
13 1 (0.58%) SCOrch
13 1 (0.58%) systemd
Vendors
1 30 (17.54%) Microsoft
2 23 (13.45%) Red Hat
3 14 (8.19%) Cisco
3 14 (8.19%) ServiceNow
4 13 (7.60%) Palo Alto
4 13 (7.60%) Remedy
5 10 (5.85%) VMware
6 9 (5.26%) Aruba
6 9 (5.26%) BMC
6 9 (5.26%) Oracle
6 9 (5.26%) ProCurve
6 9 (5.26%) Synology
6 9 (5.26%) Veeam
6 9 (5.26%) Zerto
7 7 (4.09%) New Relic
7 7 (4.09%) SaltStack
8 4 (2.34%) Google
8 4 (2.34%) Progress
8 4 (2.34%) SolarWinds
8 4 (2.34%) Thales