Linux Jobs in the North West

Linux
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 53 33
Rank change year-on-year +16 -20 -12
Permanent jobs citing Linux 541 447 797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 4.83% 6.11% 8.10%
As % of the Operating Systems category 43.00% 39.45% 46.53%
Number of salaries quoted 323 273 393
10th Percentile £34,750 £29,600 £29,200
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,500 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,675
England median annual salary £55,000 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.70% +5.00% +4.35%

All Operating Systems
North West

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 West with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,258 1,133 1,713
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 11.22% 15.50% 17.40%
Number of salaries quoted 902 732 1,071
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,000 £23,000
25th Percentile £30,126 £32,500 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +10.59% -5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the North West

Linux
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Linux in the North West

Linux
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in the North West over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux in the North West

Linux
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the North West region over the 6 months to 9 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
Manchester +15 399 £52,500 -12.50% 69
Cheshire +26 69 £55,000 +4.76% 14
Lancashire +2 38 £50,000 +5.26% 6
Merseyside -39 24 £33,500 -33.00% 4
Cumbria -14 10 £70,000 +55.56% 1
Linux
England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 42 (7.76%) Apache
2 20 (3.70%) IIS
3 18 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (2.59%) Apache Spark
5 13 (2.40%) ArcGIS
6 8 (1.48%) Tomcat
6 8 (1.48%) WebLogic
7 6 (1.11%) GeoServer
8 5 (0.92%) nginx
8 5 (0.92%) SharePoint
9 4 (0.74%) CloudStack
10 3 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.37%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.37%) SAS
12 1 (0.18%) CMS
12 1 (0.18%) Confluence
12 1 (0.18%) WildFly
12 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.18%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 8 (1.48%) NEC Housing
1 8 (1.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (0.92%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 193 (35.67%) Azure
2 150 (27.73%) AWS
3 78 (14.42%) IBM Cloud
4 70 (12.94%) Serverless
5 48 (8.87%) Azure DevOps
6 42 (7.76%) GCP
6 42 (7.76%) Microsoft 365
7 41 (7.58%) Azure API Management
7 41 (7.58%) Azure Functions
7 41 (7.58%) Azure Logic Apps
7 41 (7.58%) Azure Service Bus
8 26 (4.81%) Amazon EKS
9 22 (4.07%) GitHub
10 20 (3.70%) AWS Lambda
11 14 (2.59%) Amazon SQS
11 14 (2.59%) AWS CloudFormation
11 14 (2.59%) SaaS
12 13 (2.40%) OpenShift
13 12 (2.22%) Amazon S3
14 10 (1.85%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 57 (10.54%) Firewall
2 38 (7.02%) WAN
3 35 (6.47%) DNS
4 27 (4.99%) LAN
5 26 (4.81%) DHCP
5 26 (4.81%) SAN
6 25 (4.62%) Network Security
6 25 (4.62%) VPN
7 23 (4.25%) TCP/IP
8 21 (3.88%) SSL
9 15 (2.77%) Internet
10 13 (2.40%) SD-WAN
11 12 (2.22%) iSCSI
12 11 (2.03%) AMQP
13 10 (1.85%) BGP
13 10 (1.85%) IPsec
13 10 (1.85%) SNMP
13 10 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
13 10 (1.85%) Wireless
14 9 (1.66%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (19.41%) PostgreSQL
2 104 (19.22%) MongoDB
3 100 (18.48%) NoSQL
4 79 (14.60%) DB2
5 69 (12.75%) Relational Database
6 50 (9.24%) MySQL
6 50 (9.24%) SQL Server
7 18 (3.33%) Big Data
7 18 (3.33%) Oracle Database
8 13 (2.40%) GIS
8 13 (2.40%) Redis
9 12 (2.22%) Amazon RDS
9 12 (2.22%) RDBMS
10 11 (2.03%) Cloudera CDH
10 11 (2.03%) Elasticsearch
10 11 (2.03%) Hadoop
11 10 (1.85%) DynamoDB
12 7 (1.29%) Amazon Aurora
12 7 (1.29%) Geospatial Data
13 6 (1.11%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 38 (7.02%) JIRA
2 35 (6.47%) Git
3 28 (5.18%) Jenkins
4 12 (2.22%) GitLab
5 9 (1.66%) Subversion
6 7 (1.29%) Artifactory
6 7 (1.29%) PHPUnit
6 7 (1.29%) Rational DOORS
7 5 (0.92%) Clang
7 5 (0.92%) GDB
8 4 (0.74%) CMake
8 4 (0.74%) GCC
8 4 (0.74%) Maven
9 3 (0.55%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.37%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.37%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.37%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.37%) LabVIEW
10 2 (0.37%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.18%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 99 (18.30%) Public Sector
2 82 (15.16%) Social Skills
3 59 (10.91%) Finance
4 42 (7.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (5.55%) Aerospace
6 23 (4.25%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (3.14%) Telecoms
8 13 (2.40%) Manufacturing
8 13 (2.40%) Retail
9 11 (2.03%) Automotive
10 10 (1.85%) Electronics
11 8 (1.48%) Local Government
11 8 (1.48%) Military
11 8 (1.48%) Police
12 7 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.11%) Health Technology
14 5 (0.92%) Games
15 4 (0.74%) Law
15 4 (0.74%) Publishing
16 3 (0.55%) Banking
Job Titles
1 127 (23.48%) Developer
2 116 (21.44%) Software Engineer
3 110 (20.33%) Senior
4 48 (8.87%) Full Stack Developer
5 43 (7.95%) Full Stack Engineer
5 43 (7.95%) Lead
6 41 (7.58%) Azure Developer
7 38 (7.02%) Azure Engineer
8 37 (6.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 31 (5.73%) Embedded Engineer
9 31 (5.73%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 30 (5.55%) DevOps Engineer
11 26 (4.81%) Senior Software Engineer
12 21 (3.88%) Senior Developer
12 21 (3.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 20 (3.70%) Architect
14 18 (3.33%) Software Developer
15 17 (3.14%) Cloud Engineer
16 16 (2.96%) Network Engineer
17 15 (2.77%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (23.66%) React
2 121 (22.37%) CSS
3 113 (20.89%) HTML
4 103 (19.04%) AngularJS
5 100 (18.48%) REST
6 94 (17.38%) .NET
6 94 (17.38%) Vue
7 90 (16.64%) Node.js
7 90 (16.64%) Web Services
8 89 (16.45%) jQuery
9 86 (15.90%) ASP.NET
10 78 (14.42%) ASP.NET Core
10 78 (14.42%) Backbone.js
10 78 (14.42%) Ember.js
10 78 (14.42%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 32 (5.91%) RabbitMQ
12 21 (3.88%) Spring Boot
13 17 (3.14%) Spring
14 16 (2.96%) Laravel
15 15 (2.77%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 85 (15.71%) Hybrid Cloud
2 79 (14.60%) Algorithms
3 78 (14.42%) Blockchain
3 78 (14.42%) Data Structures
4 37 (6.84%) e-Learning
5 33 (6.10%) Data Centre
6 26 (4.81%) Public Cloud
7 24 (4.44%) Embedded Systems
8 22 (4.07%) IoT
9 18 (3.33%) Management Information System
10 15 (2.77%) Cloud Native
10 15 (2.77%) PMI
11 10 (1.85%) Device Driver
11 10 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (1.85%) Replication
12 8 (1.48%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (1.29%) Smart Energy
14 6 (1.11%) Cyber Threat
14 6 (1.11%) Cyberattack
14 6 (1.11%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 268 (49.54%) Windows
2 84 (15.53%) Android
2 84 (15.53%) Apple iOS
3 50 (9.24%) Windows Server
4 41 (7.58%) Unix
5 32 (5.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 32 (5.91%) Ubuntu
6 16 (2.96%) Embedded Linux
6 16 (2.96%) Solaris
7 15 (2.77%) Debian
8 14 (2.59%) Mac OS
9 13 (2.40%) CentOS
10 10 (1.85%) Data ONTAP
11 8 (1.48%) Windows Server 2016
12 7 (1.29%) Windows Server 2012
13 5 (0.92%) Windows 10
13 5 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
14 4 (0.74%) FreeRTOS
14 4 (0.74%) Oracle Linux
15 3 (0.55%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (28.84%) Agile
2 137 (25.32%) Software Engineering
3 117 (21.63%) DevOps
4 110 (20.33%) Full Stack Development
5 98 (18.11%) Mentoring
5 98 (18.11%) OO
6 97 (17.93%) OOP
7 94 (17.38%) User Experience
7 94 (17.38%) Web Development
8 93 (17.19%) MVC
9 90 (16.64%) Design Patterns
9 90 (16.64%) MVVM
10 88 (16.27%) Artificial Intelligence
11 81 (14.97%) Problem-Solving
12 78 (14.42%) Co-Creation
12 78 (14.42%) Design Thinking
12 78 (14.42%) Responsive Web Design
12 78 (14.42%) SOLID
13 67 (12.38%) Coaching
14 64 (11.83%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 178 (32.90%) Python
2 137 (25.32%) JavaScript
3 122 (22.55%) Java
4 118 (21.81%) SQL
5 93 (17.19%) C#
6 70 (12.94%) C
7 39 (7.21%) C++
8 27 (4.99%) PowerShell
9 25 (4.62%) PHP
10 23 (4.25%) Rust
11 15 (2.77%) Embedded C
12 14 (2.59%) Perl
13 13 (2.40%) Bash
14 11 (2.03%) Delphi
15 10 (1.85%) Ruby
15 10 (1.85%) Shell Script
16 9 (1.66%) TypeScript
17 7 (1.29%) Go
18 5 (0.92%) ABAP
18 5 (0.92%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 85 (15.71%) Security Cleared
2 78 (14.42%) Degree
3 55 (10.17%) SC Cleared
4 48 (8.87%) DV Cleared
5 23 (4.25%) AWS Certification
6 22 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (2.77%) PMI Certification
8 13 (2.40%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (1.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 10 (1.85%) Azure Certification
10 8 (1.48%) CCNP
11 7 (1.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 5 (0.92%) Citrix Certification
12 5 (0.92%) HND
12 5 (0.92%) JNCIA
12 5 (0.92%) VCAP
13 4 (0.74%) Chartered Engineer
13 4 (0.74%) HNC
14 3 (0.55%) CCNA
14 3 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.03%) Accessibility
2 8 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.29%) ISO 9000
3 7 (1.29%) SLA
4 5 (0.92%) GDPR
5 4 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 4 (0.74%) NIST
6 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.18%) QA
System Software
1 77 (14.23%) Docker
2 55 (10.17%) Active Directory
3 49 (9.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (4.25%) Firmware
5 13 (2.40%) Embedded Firmware
5 13 (2.40%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.55%) Terminal Services
6 3 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.55%) vSphere
7 2 (0.37%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.18%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.18%) Lustre
8 1 (0.18%) Postfix
8 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.18%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 78 (14.42%) Kubernetes
2 74 (13.68%) Ansible
3 62 (11.46%) Terraform
4 17 (3.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 15 (2.77%) Puppet
6 13 (2.40%) Progress Chef
7 12 (2.22%) Opsgenie
7 12 (2.22%) Prometheus
7 12 (2.22%) VxRail
7 12 (2.22%) ZABBIX
8 10 (1.85%) vCenter Server
9 9 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
10 7 (1.29%) WSUS
11 5 (0.92%) Plesk
12 4 (0.74%) cPanel
13 3 (0.55%) Podman
13 3 (0.55%) SELinux
14 2 (0.37%) Grafana
15 1 (0.18%) HP Fortify
15 1 (0.18%) Icinga
Vendors
1 118 (21.81%) Red Hat
2 85 (15.71%) IBM
3 83 (15.34%) Microsoft
4 67 (12.38%) VMware
5 44 (8.13%) Cisco
6 38 (7.02%) Oracle
7 25 (4.62%) NetApp
8 21 (3.88%) Google
8 21 (3.88%) Veeam
9 14 (2.59%) F5
9 14 (2.59%) Fortinet
10 13 (2.40%) Dell
10 13 (2.40%) ESRI
11 12 (2.22%) SolarWinds
12 11 (2.03%) Facebook
12 11 (2.03%) Palo Alto
12 11 (2.03%) SaltStack
13 10 (1.85%) SolidFire
14 8 (1.48%) NEC
14 8 (1.48%) Sparx