Linux Jobs in the South East

Linux
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 25 19
Rank change year-on-year -1 -6 +4
Permanent jobs citing Linux 1,184 1,176 2,206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.01% 8.23% 11.07%
As % of the Operating Systems category 41.73% 43.16% 51.06%
Number of salaries quoted 790 810 1,073
10th Percentile £34,750 £27,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £68,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +4.35%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 South East with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2,837 2,725 4,320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 16.80% 19.07% 21.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,265 1,894 2,784
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,688 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.53% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the South East

Linux
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux in the South East.

Salary trend for Linux in the South East

Linux
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in the South East over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux in the South East

Linux
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Thames Valley -9 416 £55,000 +10.00% 92
Hampshire +2 414 £57,500 +15.00% 59
Berkshire +4 226 £59,000 -15.71% 59
Surrey +2 211 £55,000 - 29
Oxfordshire +14 117 £42,500 - 19
Buckinghamshire -44 73 £45,000 -5.26% 14
West Sussex +27 48 £54,918 +4.60% 12
East Sussex +41 35 £50,000 -21.57% 5
Middlesex +8 35 £60,000 -31.43%
Kent -32 15 £40,000 +23.08% 4
Sussex - 1 £60,000 - 1
Linux
England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 40 (3.38%) Apache
2 31 (2.62%) IIS
3 28 (2.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 28 (2.36%) OpenStack
4 22 (1.86%) nginx
5 21 (1.77%) Confluence
6 19 (1.60%) WebLogic
7 14 (1.18%) Oracle Service Bus
8 7 (0.59%) SharePoint
8 7 (0.59%) WordPress
9 4 (0.34%) Apache Solr
9 4 (0.34%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.34%) ColdFusion
9 4 (0.34%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.17%) CMS
10 2 (0.17%) Drupal
10 2 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.084%) Kinematics
Applications
1 32 (2.70%) Simulink
2 31 (2.62%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
4 14 (1.18%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.42%) OrCAD
6 4 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.34%) Doxygen
6 4 (0.34%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.17%) GNU Octave
8 1 (0.084%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.18%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.084%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 416 (35.14%) Azure
2 169 (14.27%) AWS
3 124 (10.47%) Azure DevOps
4 117 (9.88%) IBM Cloud
5 97 (8.19%) Entra ID
6 80 (6.76%) Serverless
7 79 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
8 75 (6.33%) Azure Functions
9 74 (6.25%) Azure API Management
9 74 (6.25%) Azure Logic Apps
9 74 (6.25%) Azure Service Bus
10 33 (2.79%) GitHub
11 17 (1.44%) Amazon EC2
11 17 (1.44%) Amazon S3
11 17 (1.44%) GCP
12 16 (1.35%) Azure Monitor
12 16 (1.35%) SaaS
13 15 (1.27%) Azure Storage
13 15 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
14 12 (1.01%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 173 (14.61%) Firewall
2 112 (9.46%) DNS
3 87 (7.35%) 5G
4 77 (6.50%) Broadband
5 72 (6.08%) TCP/IP
6 69 (5.83%) DHCP
7 53 (4.48%) VPN
8 45 (3.80%) Wireless
9 44 (3.72%) SAN
10 32 (2.70%) SNMP
11 28 (2.36%) WAN
12 26 (2.20%) NAS
13 23 (1.94%) LAN
14 22 (1.86%) BGP
15 18 (1.52%) Network Security
16 17 (1.44%) HTTP
16 17 (1.44%) VoIP
17 15 (1.27%) SSH
17 15 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
18 13 (1.10%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (10.14%) NoSQL
2 112 (9.46%) PostgreSQL
3 102 (8.61%) Relational Database
4 87 (7.35%) DB2
4 87 (7.35%) MongoDB
5 86 (7.26%) MySQL
6 31 (2.62%) SQL Server
7 23 (1.94%) Oracle Database
8 20 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
9 14 (1.18%) Oracle Database 10g
9 14 (1.18%) Oracle Database 11g
9 14 (1.18%) VLDB
10 12 (1.01%) MariaDB
11 11 (0.93%) GIS
12 9 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
13 8 (0.68%) Redis
14 7 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
15 6 (0.51%) InfluxDB
15 6 (0.51%) Power BI
16 5 (0.42%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 114 (9.63%) Git
2 76 (6.42%) JIRA
3 52 (4.39%) Jenkins
4 32 (2.70%) Subversion
5 24 (2.03%) Ant
6 21 (1.77%) GitLab
7 20 (1.69%) Visual Studio
8 19 (1.60%) Robot Framework
9 18 (1.52%) Eclipse
10 17 (1.44%) Vagrant
11 16 (1.35%) CMake
12 10 (0.84%) Bitbucket
12 10 (0.84%) Trac
13 5 (0.42%) GDB
14 3 (0.25%) IntelliJ
15 2 (0.17%) CircleCI
15 2 (0.17%) Cucumber
15 2 (0.17%) GCC
15 2 (0.17%) Gradle
15 2 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
General
1 240 (20.27%) Social Skills
2 151 (12.75%) Public Sector
3 120 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (6.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 67 (5.66%) Finance
6 65 (5.49%) Electronics
7 55 (4.65%) Telecoms
8 50 (4.22%) Manufacturing
9 47 (3.97%) Aerospace
10 40 (3.38%) Military
11 34 (2.87%) Marketing
12 9 (0.76%) Banking
13 8 (0.68%) Aviation
13 8 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.34%) Aeronautics
15 4 (0.34%) Billing
15 4 (0.34%) Legal
16 2 (0.17%) Games
Job Titles
1 234 (19.76%) Software Engineer
2 207 (17.48%) Senior
3 190 (16.05%) Developer
4 123 (10.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 87 (7.35%) Support Engineer
6 85 (7.18%) Full Stack Developer
7 75 (6.33%) Embedded Engineer
7 75 (6.33%) Senior Software Engineer
8 74 (6.25%) Azure Developer
9 68 (5.74%) Linux Specialist
10 67 (5.66%) Technical Specialist
11 64 (5.41%) Lead
12 62 (5.24%) Embedded Software Engineer
13 53 (4.48%) Applications Engineer
14 51 (4.31%) Linux Engineer
15 45 (3.80%) Architect
16 40 (3.38%) Applications Support
16 40 (3.38%) Senior Embedded Engineer
17 39 (3.29%) DevOps Engineer
17 39 (3.29%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 157 (13.26%) HTML
2 134 (11.32%) REST
3 131 (11.06%) CSS
4 118 (9.97%) Web Services
5 116 (9.80%) .NET
6 115 (9.71%) React
7 102 (8.61%) AngularJS
8 92 (7.77%) Node.js
9 91 (7.69%) jQuery
10 87 (7.35%) Vue
11 78 (6.59%) ASP.NET
12 76 (6.42%) ASP.NET Core
12 76 (6.42%) Backbone.js
12 76 (6.42%) Ember.js
12 76 (6.42%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 59 (4.98%) XML
14 42 (3.55%) Qt
15 39 (3.29%) Middleware
16 32 (2.70%) SOAP
17 28 (2.36%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 162 (13.68%) Algorithms
2 122 (10.30%) Hybrid Cloud
3 116 (9.80%) Blockchain
4 77 (6.50%) Data Structures
5 74 (6.25%) Data Centre
6 67 (5.66%) Social Media
7 60 (5.07%) IoT
8 56 (4.73%) Distributed Systems
9 35 (2.96%) Linux Command Line
10 33 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
11 25 (2.11%) CMDB
11 25 (2.11%) PKI
12 24 (2.03%) Embedded Systems
13 22 (1.86%) Product Ownership
14 20 (1.69%) CUDA
15 18 (1.52%) Raspberry Pi
16 16 (1.35%) Robotics
17 15 (1.27%) Client/Server
17 15 (1.27%) Device Driver
17 15 (1.27%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 539 (45.52%) Windows
2 138 (11.66%) Ubuntu
3 128 (10.81%) Windows Server
4 102 (8.61%) CentOS
5 97 (8.19%) Android
6 81 (6.84%) Unix
7 79 (6.67%) Apple iOS
8 75 (6.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 70 (5.91%) Embedded Linux
9 70 (5.91%) Windows Server 2016
10 44 (3.72%) Windows Server 2019
11 43 (3.63%) Debian
12 40 (3.38%) Alpine Linux
13 35 (2.96%) Windows 10
14 26 (2.20%) Windows Server 2012
15 15 (1.27%) Solaris
16 12 (1.01%) Windows XP
17 11 (0.93%) AIX
18 10 (0.84%) VMS
19 7 (0.59%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 315 (26.60%) Software Engineering
2 309 (26.10%) DevOps
3 266 (22.47%) Artificial Intelligence
4 258 (21.79%) Agile
5 210 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
6 147 (12.42%) Computer Science
7 141 (11.91%) CI/CD
8 138 (11.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 132 (11.15%) OO
10 119 (10.05%) OOP
11 116 (9.80%) Co-Creation
12 109 (9.21%) Mathematics
13 104 (8.78%) MVC
14 99 (8.36%) Cybersecurity
14 99 (8.36%) Web Development
15 98 (8.28%) Full Stack Development
16 96 (8.11%) Actionable Insight
17 92 (7.77%) MVVM
17 92 (7.77%) SOLID
18 83 (7.01%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 395 (33.36%) Python
2 271 (22.89%) Java
3 251 (21.20%) SQL
4 229 (19.34%) C++
5 201 (16.98%) C
6 200 (16.89%) JavaScript
7 180 (15.20%) C#
8 152 (12.84%) Bash
9 113 (9.54%) PowerShell
10 41 (3.46%) Kotlin
11 34 (2.87%) PL/SQL
12 33 (2.79%) Perl
13 32 (2.70%) Fortran
14 30 (2.53%) PHP
15 24 (2.03%) Go
16 18 (1.52%) Bicep
16 18 (1.52%) VB
17 17 (1.44%) Embedded C
18 16 (1.35%) VBScript
18 16 (1.35%) XAML
Qualifications
1 320 (27.03%) Security Cleared
2 277 (23.40%) Degree
3 240 (20.27%) SC Cleared
4 104 (8.78%) DV Cleared
5 98 (8.28%) Computer Science Degree
6 65 (5.49%) Master's Degree
7 58 (4.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 56 (4.73%) MCSE
9 55 (4.65%) Azure Certification
10 46 (3.89%) PhD
11 43 (3.63%) MCSA
12 37 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
13 35 (2.96%) CCNA
14 24 (2.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 17 (1.44%) CCNP
16 13 (1.10%) AWS Certification
17 8 (0.68%) Network+ Certification
18 5 (0.42%) A+ Certification
18 5 (0.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
19 4 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (3.55%) SLA
2 17 (1.44%) QA
3 7 (0.59%) ISO 13485
3 7 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.34%) GDPR
4 4 (0.34%) IEC 61131
4 4 (0.34%) JTAG
5 3 (0.25%) GRC
6 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.084%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.084%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.084%) NIST
7 1 (0.084%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 188 (15.88%) Active Directory
2 137 (11.57%) Docker
3 101 (8.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 58 (4.90%) Hyper-V
5 32 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
6 31 (2.62%) vSphere
7 24 (2.03%) VMware ESXi
8 23 (1.94%) Firmware
9 21 (1.77%) Virtual Servers
10 16 (1.35%) pfSense
11 15 (1.27%) Oracle RAC
12 14 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
13 10 (0.84%) NFS
14 7 (0.59%) Embedded Firmware
15 6 (0.51%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 5 (0.42%) VMware Server
17 3 (0.25%) VirtualBox
18 2 (0.17%) GPFS
18 2 (0.17%) KVM
18 2 (0.17%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 173 (14.61%) Kubernetes
2 116 (9.80%) Terraform
3 104 (8.78%) Ansible
4 96 (8.11%) Microsoft Intune
5 67 (5.66%) Jamf Pro
6 44 (3.72%) vCenter Server
7 41 (3.46%) SCOM
8 34 (2.87%) ZABBIX
9 32 (2.70%) SCCM
10 28 (2.36%) Puppet
10 28 (2.36%) WSUS
11 21 (1.77%) Grafana
12 20 (1.69%) Oracle RMAN
13 16 (1.35%) NetBackup
14 15 (1.27%) Data Guard
14 15 (1.27%) EMC NetWorker
15 14 (1.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 13 (1.10%) WMI
17 12 (1.01%) Rancher
18 11 (0.93%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 264 (22.30%) Microsoft
2 171 (14.44%) Red Hat
3 161 (13.60%) VMware
4 123 (10.39%) IBM
5 67 (5.66%) CyberArk
5 67 (5.66%) Tanium
6 65 (5.49%) Oracle
7 50 (4.22%) Juniper
8 42 (3.55%) Cisco
9 34 (2.87%) Veeam
10 32 (2.70%) SAP
10 32 (2.70%) Xilinx
11 28 (2.36%) Fortinet
12 27 (2.28%) EMC
13 25 (2.11%) Palo Alto
14 20 (1.69%) Dell
14 20 (1.69%) Splunk
15 18 (1.52%) Atlassian
16 16 (1.35%) ServiceNow
16 16 (1.35%) Sun