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 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 57 21
Rank change year-on-year +15 -36 +1
Permanent jobs citing Linux 840 915 1,731
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.45% 5.67% 9.39%
As % of the Operating Systems category 36.91% 38.54% 45.89%
Number of salaries quoted 537 507 919
10th Percentile £33,450 £29,700 £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% +5.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,070 £61,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £71,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.39% +5.83% +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 2,276 2,374 3,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 12.07% 14.71% 20.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,740 1,443 2,437
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £23,750
25th Percentile £29,188 £31,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.56%
75th Percentile £56,250 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,547 £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 1 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 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
North West +19 533 £52,500 -0.94% 87
Yorkshire +11 250 £46,304 -2.52% 47
North East -15 57 £52,500 +20.69% 9
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 57 (6.79%) Apache
2 32 (3.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (2.86%) IIS
4 19 (2.26%) ArcGIS
5 18 (2.14%) SharePoint
6 14 (1.67%) Apache Spark
7 12 (1.43%) GeoServer
7 12 (1.43%) Tomcat
7 12 (1.43%) WebLogic
8 10 (1.19%) nginx
9 8 (0.95%) Confluence
10 4 (0.48%) CloudStack
11 3 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.36%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.24%) Captiva
12 2 (0.24%) FileNet
12 2 (0.24%) SAS
12 2 (0.24%) WebSphere
13 1 (0.12%) CMS
13 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 21 (2.50%) 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 (1.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 8 (0.95%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.60%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 294 (35.00%) Azure
2 243 (28.93%) AWS
3 78 (9.29%) IBM Cloud
4 73 (8.69%) Serverless
5 64 (7.62%) GCP
6 61 (7.26%) Microsoft 365
7 49 (5.83%) Azure DevOps
8 42 (5.00%) Azure API Management
9 41 (4.88%) Azure Functions
9 41 (4.88%) Azure Logic Apps
9 41 (4.88%) Azure Service Bus
10 30 (3.57%) Amazon EKS
11 28 (3.33%) SaaS
12 26 (3.10%) GitHub
13 22 (2.62%) OpenShift
14 21 (2.50%) AWS Lambda
15 18 (2.14%) Amazon S3
15 18 (2.14%) Amazon SQS
16 17 (2.02%) AWS CloudFormation
17 14 (1.67%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 129 (15.36%) Firewall
2 68 (8.10%) DNS
3 56 (6.67%) TCP/IP
4 55 (6.55%) VPN
5 53 (6.31%) DHCP
6 51 (6.07%) WAN
7 47 (5.60%) LAN
7 47 (5.60%) SAN
8 36 (4.29%) Network Security
9 31 (3.69%) SSL
10 29 (3.45%) Internet
11 27 (3.21%) Wi-Fi
12 24 (2.86%) Wireless
13 23 (2.74%) NAS
14 22 (2.62%) MQTT
15 18 (2.14%) SD-WAN
16 15 (1.79%) IPsec
16 15 (1.79%) RS-485
16 15 (1.79%) SNMP
17 14 (1.67%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (14.40%) PostgreSQL
2 115 (13.69%) MongoDB
3 110 (13.10%) NoSQL
4 80 (9.52%) DB2
5 79 (9.40%) SQL Server
6 74 (8.81%) Relational Database
7 73 (8.69%) MySQL
8 26 (3.10%) Oracle Database
9 21 (2.50%) Elasticsearch
10 19 (2.26%) GIS
10 19 (2.26%) Redis
11 18 (2.14%) Amazon RDS
11 18 (2.14%) Big Data
12 17 (2.02%) RDBMS
13 12 (1.43%) Hadoop
13 12 (1.43%) QGIS
14 11 (1.31%) Cloudera CDH
15 10 (1.19%) DynamoDB
16 8 (0.95%) Amazon Aurora
17 7 (0.83%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 49 (5.83%) Git
1 49 (5.83%) JIRA
2 37 (4.40%) GitLab
3 35 (4.17%) Jenkins
4 24 (2.86%) Artifactory
5 11 (1.31%) Subversion
6 8 (0.95%) IBM UrbanCode
7 7 (0.83%) Eclipse
7 7 (0.83%) PHPUnit
7 7 (0.83%) Rational DOORS
8 6 (0.71%) GDB
8 6 (0.71%) Gradle
8 6 (0.71%) Maven
9 5 (0.60%) Clang
10 4 (0.48%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.48%) CMake
10 4 (0.48%) GCC
11 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.24%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 155 (18.45%) Social Skills
2 130 (15.48%) Public Sector
3 98 (11.67%) Finance
4 53 (6.31%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (5.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (4.17%) Aerospace
7 23 (2.74%) Manufacturing
7 23 (2.74%) Retail
8 20 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
9 19 (2.26%) Banking
10 18 (2.14%) Electronics
10 18 (2.14%) Telecoms
11 14 (1.67%) Automotive
11 14 (1.67%) Law
12 13 (1.55%) Mandarin Language
13 10 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (1.07%) Police
15 8 (0.95%) Local Government
15 8 (0.95%) Military
16 7 (0.83%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 173 (20.60%) Senior
2 168 (20.00%) Developer
3 152 (18.10%) Software Engineer
4 79 (9.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 70 (8.33%) Lead
6 61 (7.26%) Embedded Engineer
7 53 (6.31%) Full Stack Developer
8 52 (6.19%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 50 (5.95%) DevOps Engineer
10 43 (5.12%) Full Stack Engineer
11 41 (4.88%) Azure Developer
12 39 (4.64%) Architect
12 39 (4.64%) Azure Engineer
13 38 (4.52%) Linux Engineer
14 37 (4.40%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 35 (4.17%) Cloud Engineer
15 35 (4.17%) Support Engineer
16 33 (3.93%) Analyst
16 33 (3.93%) IT Engineer
16 33 (3.93%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (16.55%) React
2 123 (14.64%) CSS
3 122 (14.52%) REST
4 121 (14.40%) HTML
5 104 (12.38%) .NET
6 102 (12.14%) AngularJS
7 100 (11.90%) Vue
8 96 (11.43%) Node.js
8 96 (11.43%) Web Services
9 89 (10.60%) jQuery
10 86 (10.24%) ASP.NET
11 78 (9.29%) ASP.NET Core
11 78 (9.29%) Backbone.js
11 78 (9.29%) Ember.js
11 78 (9.29%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 40 (4.76%) RabbitMQ
13 26 (3.10%) Spring Boot
14 25 (2.98%) Laravel
15 22 (2.62%) Spring
16 20 (2.38%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 99 (11.79%) Hybrid Cloud
2 80 (9.52%) Algorithms
3 78 (9.29%) Blockchain
3 78 (9.29%) Data Structures
4 67 (7.98%) Public Cloud
5 66 (7.86%) Data Centre
6 37 (4.40%) e-Learning
7 31 (3.69%) Management Information System
8 28 (3.33%) IoT
9 27 (3.21%) Embedded Systems
9 27 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
10 21 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
11 17 (2.02%) Cloud Native
11 17 (2.02%) Greenfield Project
12 15 (1.79%) PMI
12 15 (1.79%) Replication
13 12 (1.43%) Private Cloud
14 11 (1.31%) Device Driver
15 10 (1.19%) Linux Command Line
15 10 (1.19%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 417 (49.64%) Windows
2 96 (11.43%) Windows Server
3 87 (10.36%) Android
3 87 (10.36%) Apple iOS
4 65 (7.74%) Unix
5 54 (6.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 47 (5.60%) Ubuntu
7 46 (5.48%) Embedded Linux
8 27 (3.21%) Mac OS
9 20 (2.38%) Windows Server 2012
10 19 (2.26%) Windows Server 2016
11 18 (2.14%) CentOS
12 16 (1.90%) Debian
13 15 (1.79%) Data ONTAP
14 14 (1.67%) Solaris
15 13 (1.55%) Windows Server 2008
16 10 (1.19%) AIX
17 9 (1.07%) Windows 10
18 8 (0.95%) Mac OS X
18 8 (0.95%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (26.07%) Agile
2 188 (22.38%) Software Engineering
3 171 (20.36%) DevOps
4 141 (16.79%) Mentoring
4 141 (16.79%) Problem-Solving
5 126 (15.00%) OO
6 117 (13.93%) Full Stack Development
7 116 (13.81%) User Experience
8 109 (12.98%) Web Development
9 106 (12.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 100 (11.90%) Coaching
10 100 (11.90%) OOP
11 96 (11.43%) MVC
12 94 (11.19%) Artificial Intelligence
13 93 (11.07%) Design Patterns
14 90 (10.71%) MVVM
15 82 (9.76%) CI/CD
16 80 (9.52%) Infrastructure as Code
17 79 (9.40%) SOLID
18 78 (9.29%) Design Thinking
Programming Languages
1 227 (27.02%) Python
2 167 (19.88%) JavaScript
3 163 (19.40%) SQL
4 145 (17.26%) Java
5 104 (12.38%) C#
6 100 (11.90%) C
7 72 (8.57%) C++
8 59 (7.02%) PowerShell
9 47 (5.60%) PHP
10 26 (3.10%) Bash
11 23 (2.74%) Rust
12 19 (2.26%) Shell Script
13 16 (1.90%) Embedded C
14 14 (1.67%) Perl
14 14 (1.67%) VBScript
15 13 (1.55%) TypeScript
16 12 (1.43%) Ruby
17 11 (1.31%) COBOL
17 11 (1.31%) Delphi
17 11 (1.31%) Micro Focus COBOL
Qualifications
1 120 (14.29%) Degree
2 106 (12.62%) Security Cleared
3 74 (8.81%) SC Cleared
4 43 (5.12%) Computer Science Degree
4 43 (5.12%) DV Cleared
5 30 (3.57%) AWS Certification
6 26 (3.10%) Cisco Certification
7 22 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
8 19 (2.26%) Azure Certification
9 16 (1.90%) PMI Certification
10 14 (1.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 14 (1.67%) CCNA
10 14 (1.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 11 (1.31%) MCSA
11 11 (1.31%) MCSE
12 10 (1.19%) CCNP
13 9 (1.07%) CISSP
14 6 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
15 5 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
15 5 (0.60%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (2.98%) GDPR
2 20 (2.38%) SLA
3 15 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (1.31%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.07%) NIST
6 7 (0.83%) ISO 9000
7 6 (0.71%) QA
8 4 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 107 (12.74%) Docker
2 95 (11.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 93 (11.07%) Active Directory
4 54 (6.43%) Hyper-V
5 29 (3.45%) Firmware
6 18 (2.14%) Embedded Firmware
7 17 (2.02%) VMware ESXi
8 15 (1.79%) vSphere
9 4 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.36%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (0.36%) Terminal Services
10 3 (0.36%) 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
1 113 (13.45%) Ansible
2 103 (12.26%) Kubernetes
3 95 (11.31%) Terraform
4 27 (3.21%) Prometheus
5 21 (2.50%) Progress Chef
5 21 (2.50%) Puppet
6 18 (2.14%) vCenter Server
7 17 (2.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 17 (2.02%) WSUS
8 16 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
9 15 (1.79%) SCCM
10 14 (1.67%) Grafana
11 12 (1.43%) Opsgenie
11 12 (1.43%) SCOM
11 12 (1.43%) VxRail
11 12 (1.43%) ZABBIX
12 8 (0.95%) FortiGate
12 8 (0.95%) Nagios
13 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 5 (0.60%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 139 (16.55%) Red Hat
2 135 (16.07%) Microsoft
3 134 (15.95%) VMware
4 103 (12.26%) IBM
5 80 (9.52%) Oracle
6 67 (7.98%) Cisco
7 42 (5.00%) Google
8 31 (3.69%) Veeam
9 30 (3.57%) NetApp
10 24 (2.86%) SolarWinds
11 19 (2.26%) ESRI
11 19 (2.26%) Palo Alto
12 18 (2.14%) Dell
13 15 (1.79%) SolidFire
14 14 (1.67%) F5
14 14 (1.67%) Fortinet
15 12 (1.43%) Sparx
16 11 (1.31%) Facebook
16 11 (1.31%) Micro Focus
16 11 (1.31%) SaltStack