Linux Jobs in London

Linux
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 39 34 45
Rank change year-on-year -5 +11 -17
Permanent jobs citing Linux 1,291 2,429 5,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 5.47% 7.14% 7.95%
As % of the Operating Systems category 42.41% 45.29% 45.10%
Number of salaries quoted 859 1,790 2,596
10th Percentile £45,000 £49,750 £46,158
25th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £94,375 £103,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £116,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.85% +8.33% +4.35%

All Operating Systems
London

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 London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,044 5,363 12,108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 12.91% 15.77% 17.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2,306 4,103 6,182
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £111,250 £102,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in London

Linux
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Linux in London

Linux
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in London over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux in London

Linux
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the London region over the 6 months to 14 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
Central London -38 141 £70,000 -17.65% 39
West London +4 115 £52,501 -12.50% 23
South London -1 35 £66,250 +26.19% 9
East London +14 16 £57,500 - 3
North London 0 4 £62,750 - 2
Linux
England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 45 (3.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 41 (3.18%) Apache
3 35 (2.71%) Confluence
3 35 (2.71%) nginx
4 31 (2.40%) IIS
5 21 (1.63%) SharePoint
6 18 (1.39%) Tomcat
6 18 (1.39%) WebSphere
7 15 (1.16%) Apache Spark
8 14 (1.08%) JBoss
9 11 (0.85%) WebLogic
10 9 (0.70%) WordPress
11 7 (0.54%) WildFly
12 6 (0.46%) SAS
13 5 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2010
14 4 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
14 4 (0.31%) ArcGIS
14 4 (0.31%) GeoServer
15 3 (0.23%) FileNet
15 3 (0.23%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.23%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.15%) GNU Octave
4 2 (0.15%) Trello
5 1 (0.077%) Weka
Business Applications
1 16 (1.24%) Fidessa
2 7 (0.54%) NEC Housing
2 7 (0.54%) Teamcenter
3 6 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.46%) Temenos T24
3 6 (0.46%) Unit4 Business World
4 4 (0.31%) Oracle Cash Management
4 4 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.077%) Endur
5 1 (0.077%) Findur
5 1 (0.077%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.077%) LabWindows
5 1 (0.077%) Misys Opics
Cloud Services
1 434 (33.62%) Azure
2 357 (27.65%) AWS
3 161 (12.47%) Entra ID
4 84 (6.51%) GCP
5 58 (4.49%) Microsoft 365
6 43 (3.33%) Serverless
7 42 (3.25%) GitHub
8 39 (3.02%) Amazon S3
9 38 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
10 37 (2.87%) Amazon EKS
11 30 (2.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 28 (2.17%) AWS CloudFormation
13 24 (1.86%) Amazon EC2
13 24 (1.86%) AWS Lambda
13 24 (1.86%) IaaS
14 22 (1.70%) SaaS
15 20 (1.55%) Azure AKS
16 19 (1.47%) PaaS
17 18 (1.39%) Power Platform
18 15 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 208 (16.11%) Firewall
2 147 (11.39%) 5G
2 147 (11.39%) Broadband
3 122 (9.45%) TCP/IP
4 116 (8.99%) DNS
5 100 (7.75%) VPN
6 82 (6.35%) WAN
7 78 (6.04%) LAN
8 61 (4.73%) Internet
9 48 (3.72%) DHCP
10 46 (3.56%) SAN
11 45 (3.49%) Network Security
12 30 (2.32%) SNMP
13 26 (2.01%) HTTP
14 24 (1.86%) Wireless
15 23 (1.78%) BGP
16 22 (1.70%) MPLS
17 19 (1.47%) NAS
17 19 (1.47%) SSL
18 16 (1.24%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (9.60%) SQL Server
2 94 (7.28%) PostgreSQL
3 81 (6.27%) MongoDB
4 65 (5.03%) MySQL
5 55 (4.26%) NoSQL
6 36 (2.79%) DB2
7 34 (2.63%) Elasticsearch
8 31 (2.40%) Amazon RDS
9 26 (2.01%) Relational Database
10 22 (1.70%) Oracle Database
11 18 (1.39%) Redis
12 17 (1.32%) BigQuery
12 17 (1.32%) Power BI
13 14 (1.08%) Tableau
14 13 (1.01%) Big Data
15 12 (0.93%) Amazon Aurora
15 12 (0.93%) Data Hub
15 12 (0.93%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
16 10 (0.77%) RDBMS
17 9 (0.70%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 107 (8.29%) Jenkins
2 77 (5.96%) JIRA
3 74 (5.73%) Git
4 56 (4.34%) GitLab
5 32 (2.48%) Bitbucket
6 28 (2.17%) Burp Suite
6 28 (2.17%) Metasploit
7 19 (1.47%) TeamCity
8 12 (0.93%) Sonatype Nexus
9 11 (0.85%) SonarQube
10 7 (0.54%) Artifactory
10 7 (0.54%) Snyk
11 6 (0.46%) GDB
11 6 (0.46%) JUnit
11 6 (0.46%) Maven
12 5 (0.39%) DTrace
12 5 (0.39%) Jaeger
12 5 (0.39%) Octopus Deploy
12 5 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
13 4 (0.31%) Sourcetree
General
1 365 (28.27%) Finance
2 328 (25.41%) Social Skills
3 279 (21.61%) Analytical Skills
4 172 (13.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 155 (12.01%) Banking
6 50 (3.87%) Front Office
7 45 (3.49%) Public Sector
8 42 (3.25%) Retail
9 41 (3.18%) Telecoms
10 38 (2.94%) Law
11 37 (2.87%) Financial Institution
12 32 (2.48%) Investment Banking
13 21 (1.63%) Marketing
14 14 (1.08%) Back Office
15 13 (1.01%) Billing
16 12 (0.93%) Aerospace
16 12 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
17 11 (0.85%) Electronics
17 11 (0.85%) Police
18 10 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 289 (22.39%) Senior
2 149 (11.54%) Linux Specialist
3 147 (11.39%) Developer
4 144 (11.15%) Technical Specialist
5 128 (9.91%) Architect
6 107 (8.29%) Linux Engineer
7 104 (8.06%) DevOps Engineer
8 98 (7.59%) Lead
9 94 (7.28%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 92 (7.13%) Senior Linux Specialist
11 90 (6.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 90 (6.97%) Senior Technical Specialist
11 90 (6.97%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
12 87 (6.74%) Software Engineer
13 85 (6.58%) Analyst
14 63 (4.88%) Cloud Engineer
15 60 (4.65%) AWS Engineer
16 56 (4.34%) Applications Support
17 50 (3.87%) Infrastructure Architect
17 50 (3.87%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (6.20%) .NET
2 70 (5.42%) React
3 67 (5.19%) REST
4 56 (4.34%) FIX Protocol
5 45 (3.49%) Kafka
6 40 (3.10%) HTML
7 38 (2.94%) CSS
8 33 (2.56%) YAML
9 31 (2.40%) Elastic Stack
9 31 (2.40%) XML
10 30 (2.32%) Web Services
11 29 (2.25%) Node.js
12 27 (2.09%) JSON
13 26 (2.01%) Middleware
14 25 (1.94%) RabbitMQ
15 24 (1.86%) LDAP
16 23 (1.78%) AngularJS
16 23 (1.78%) ASP.NET
17 18 (1.39%) SOAP
18 16 (1.24%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 144 (11.15%) Social Media
2 82 (6.35%) Data Centre
2 82 (6.35%) Public Cloud
3 59 (4.57%) Distributed Systems
4 56 (4.34%) PKI
5 47 (3.64%) Cloud Native
5 47 (3.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 47 (3.64%) Management Information System
6 45 (3.49%) Linux Command Line
7 42 (3.25%) Replication
8 37 (2.87%) Hedge funds
9 34 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
10 33 (2.56%) Clustering
11 32 (2.48%) Legacy Code
12 31 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
13 29 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
14 28 (2.17%) FPGA
15 26 (2.01%) Client/Server
15 26 (2.01%) Onboarding
16 25 (1.94%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 467 (36.17%) Windows
2 261 (20.22%) Ubuntu
3 206 (15.96%) Unix
4 130 (10.07%) Windows Server
5 100 (7.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 73 (5.65%) CentOS
7 46 (3.56%) VMS
8 41 (3.18%) Solaris
9 32 (2.48%) Android
10 29 (2.25%) Apple iOS
10 29 (2.25%) Kali Linux
11 27 (2.09%) Windows Server 2012
12 26 (2.01%) Debian
13 25 (1.94%) Mac OS
14 22 (1.70%) zOS
15 21 (1.63%) Windows 10
16 17 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
17 16 (1.24%) Oracle Linux
18 15 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
19 12 (0.93%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 312 (24.17%) DevOps
2 274 (21.22%) Cybersecurity
3 226 (17.51%) Agile
4 214 (16.58%) Problem-Solving
5 203 (15.72%) CI/CD
6 202 (15.65%) Software Engineering
7 197 (15.26%) Artificial Intelligence
8 151 (11.70%) IT Strategy
9 150 (11.62%) Technology Strategy
10 143 (11.08%) CRM
11 135 (10.46%) Computer Science
12 112 (8.68%) Infrastructure as Code
13 111 (8.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 99 (7.67%) Containerisation
15 86 (6.66%) Disaster Recovery
16 81 (6.27%) Continuous Improvement
17 80 (6.20%) Mentoring
18 78 (6.04%) Fintech
19 73 (5.65%) Configuration Management
20 71 (5.50%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 436 (33.77%) Python
2 336 (26.03%) Bash
3 272 (21.07%) SQL
4 176 (13.63%) PowerShell
5 166 (12.86%) Java
6 124 (9.60%) C
7 113 (8.75%) C#
8 112 (8.68%) C++
9 102 (7.90%) JavaScript
10 78 (6.04%) Perl
11 65 (5.03%) Go
12 47 (3.64%) Rust
13 45 (3.49%) Shell Script
14 37 (2.87%) Ruby
15 29 (2.25%) TypeScript
16 20 (1.55%) PHP
17 13 (1.01%) Groovy
18 10 (0.77%) Korn
18 10 (0.77%) Scala
19 8 (0.62%) VB
Qualifications
1 215 (16.65%) Degree
2 144 (11.15%) Security Cleared
3 96 (7.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 70 (5.42%) DV Cleared
5 59 (4.57%) SC Cleared
6 36 (2.79%) AWS Certification
7 30 (2.32%) Master's Degree
8 29 (2.25%) Cisco Certification
9 25 (1.94%) CCNA
10 18 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 17 (1.32%) Azure Certification
12 16 (1.24%) CISSP
12 16 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
13 15 (1.16%) CISA
13 15 (1.16%) MCSE
14 14 (1.08%) MCSA
14 14 (1.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 11 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
16 8 (0.62%) AWS Certified Developer
16 8 (0.62%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (1.86%) SLA
2 22 (1.70%) QA
3 21 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (1.39%) Accessibility
4 18 (1.39%) NIST
5 13 (1.01%) PCI DSS
6 11 (0.85%) GDPR
7 10 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (0.46%) ITGC
8 6 (0.46%) PMO
9 5 (0.39%) HIPAA
9 5 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (0.31%) GRC
10 4 (0.31%) JTAG
10 4 (0.31%) MiFID
10 4 (0.31%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.23%) NCSC
12 2 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.15%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.077%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 304 (23.55%) Active Directory
2 189 (14.64%) Docker
3 122 (9.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 42 (3.25%) vSphere
5 39 (3.02%) VMware ESXi
6 24 (1.86%) Virtual Machines
7 16 (1.24%) Hyper-V
8 15 (1.16%) KVM
9 13 (1.01%) vCloud
10 8 (0.62%) NFS
11 6 (0.46%) Ceph
11 6 (0.46%) Firmware
11 6 (0.46%) Forefront TMG
11 6 (0.46%) VMware Workstation
12 4 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
13 3 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 3 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.15%) HDFS
14 2 (0.15%) Time Sharing Option
14 2 (0.15%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 235 (18.20%) Kubernetes
2 210 (16.27%) Ansible
3 194 (15.03%) Terraform
4 162 (12.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 144 (11.15%) Jamf Pro
6 78 (6.04%) Puppet
7 58 (4.49%) Progress Chef
8 46 (3.56%) Grafana
9 40 (3.10%) Prometheus
10 34 (2.63%) SCCM
11 20 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
12 18 (1.39%) Nagios
12 18 (1.39%) vCenter Server
13 15 (1.16%) Red Hat Satellite
14 14 (1.08%) HAProxy
14 14 (1.08%) Nessus
15 12 (0.93%) Graphite
16 10 (0.77%) Salt
16 10 (0.77%) WSUS
17 7 (0.54%) SCOM
Vendors
1 324 (25.10%) Microsoft
2 172 (13.32%) VMware
3 158 (12.24%) Oracle
4 144 (11.15%) CyberArk
4 144 (11.15%) Tanium
5 138 (10.69%) Red Hat
6 84 (6.51%) Cisco
7 48 (3.72%) Google
8 42 (3.25%) Palo Alto
9 41 (3.18%) IBM
10 38 (2.94%) Splunk
11 32 (2.48%) Atlassian
12 29 (2.25%) F5
13 28 (2.17%) Veeam
14 26 (2.01%) Bloomberg
15 25 (1.94%) ION Trading
15 25 (1.94%) Qualys
16 23 (1.78%) HP
17 22 (1.70%) Juniper
18 21 (1.63%) Reuters