Ubuntu Jobs with Work from Home Options

Ubuntu Linux
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Ubuntu skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Ubuntu over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 277 409 463
Rank change year-on-year +132 +54 -31
Permanent jobs citing Ubuntu 395 240 508
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.12% 0.63% 0.67%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.43% 4.08% 3.77%
Number of salaries quoted 99 169 236
10th Percentile £39,250 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,450 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.94% +4.08% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £91,991 £80,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.00% +13.64% +10.00%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

Ubuntu is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,688 5,877 13,465
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.30% 15.48% 17.79%
Number of salaries quoted 3,535 4,351 7,560
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,000 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £93,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Ubuntu
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Ubuntu as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Ubuntu trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Ubuntu.

Ubuntu salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Ubuntu over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Ubuntu salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 36 (9.11%) ArcGIS
1 36 (9.11%) GeoServer
2 5 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.76%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.25%) Apache
4 1 (0.25%) Confluence
4 1 (0.25%) nginx
4 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 20 (5.06%) Simulink
2 5 (1.27%) Trello
3 2 (0.51%) CATIA
3 2 (0.51%) NASTRAN
4 1 (0.25%) 1Password
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.51%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 287 (72.66%) Azure
2 214 (54.18%) Entra ID
3 81 (20.51%) AWS
4 13 (3.29%) SaaS
5 12 (3.04%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (2.78%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (1.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 5 (1.27%) Amazon S3
7 5 (1.27%) ClickUp
8 4 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (1.01%) GCP
9 2 (0.51%) Cloudflare
9 2 (0.51%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.25%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.25%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.25%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.25%) Serverless
10 1 (0.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (0.25%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 210 (53.16%) 5G
1 210 (53.16%) Broadband
2 51 (12.91%) Firewall
3 45 (11.39%) LAN
4 40 (10.13%) Internet
4 40 (10.13%) VPN
5 39 (9.87%) WAN
6 11 (2.78%) TCP/IP
7 8 (2.03%) HTTPS
7 8 (2.03%) SSL
8 7 (1.77%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (1.27%) DHCP
9 5 (1.27%) DNS
10 2 (0.51%) BGP
10 2 (0.51%) OSPF
10 2 (0.51%) PBX
10 2 (0.51%) RIP
10 2 (0.51%) RTP
10 2 (0.51%) VLAN
10 2 (0.51%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (10.63%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (9.11%) GIS
2 36 (9.11%) QGIS
3 27 (6.84%) NoSQL
4 25 (6.33%) MySQL
5 16 (4.05%) SQL Server
6 12 (3.04%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (2.78%) MongoDB
8 4 (1.01%) Amazon Aurora
8 4 (1.01%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.51%) MariaDB
9 2 (0.51%) Redis
9 2 (0.51%) TimescaleDB
10 1 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.25%) InfluxDB
10 1 (0.25%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.25%) Riak
Development Applications
1 29 (7.34%) Vagrant
2 27 (6.84%) Git
3 12 (3.04%) JIRA
4 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.25%) Subversion
4 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 210 (53.16%) Analytical Skills
1 210 (53.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 56 (14.18%) Social Skills
3 39 (9.87%) Retail
4 24 (6.08%) Finance
5 19 (4.81%) Telecoms
6 12 (3.04%) Banking
7 10 (2.53%) Financial Institution
8 9 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.25%) Advertising
10 1 (0.25%) Electronics
10 1 (0.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 210 (53.16%) Linux Specialist
1 210 (53.16%) Technical Specialist
2 183 (46.33%) Senior
3 127 (32.15%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 127 (32.15%) Senior Linux Specialist
3 127 (32.15%) Senior Technical Specialist
3 127 (32.15%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
4 74 (18.73%) Software Engineer
5 36 (9.11%) Senior Software Engineer
6 28 (7.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 27 (6.84%) Architect
7 27 (6.84%) Linux Engineer
8 21 (5.32%) Infrastructure Architect
9 20 (5.06%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
9 20 (5.06%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 16 (4.05%) Lead
11 11 (2.78%) Linux Support
11 11 (2.78%) Linux Support Engineer
11 11 (2.78%) Support Engineer
12 10 (2.53%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (9.37%) React
2 36 (9.11%) Django
2 36 (9.11%) Leaflet
2 36 (9.11%) OpenLayers
2 36 (9.11%) PostGIS
3 33 (8.35%) Middleware
4 12 (3.04%) Kafka
5 8 (2.03%) GTK
6 7 (1.77%) HTML
7 5 (1.27%) REST
8 4 (1.01%) Laravel
8 4 (1.01%) SOAP
9 3 (0.76%) CSS
10 2 (0.51%) ActiveMQ
10 2 (0.51%) Flask
10 2 (0.51%) jQuery
10 2 (0.51%) Node.js
10 2 (0.51%) Plotly
11 1 (0.25%) AWS CDK
11 1 (0.25%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 210 (53.16%) Social Media
2 13 (3.29%) Replication
3 11 (2.78%) PKI
4 8 (2.03%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (2.03%) Cyberattack
4 8 (2.03%) Data Fabric
5 6 (1.52%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.01%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 4 (1.01%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.51%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.25%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.25%) Clustering
8 1 (0.25%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.25%) iPhone
8 1 (0.25%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.25%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.25%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 395 (100.00%) Linux
2 64 (16.20%) Windows
3 58 (14.68%) CentOS
4 39 (9.87%) VMS
5 30 (7.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 28 (7.09%) Debian
7 22 (5.57%) Android
8 17 (4.30%) Unix
9 12 (3.04%) Solaris
9 12 (3.04%) zOS
10 5 (1.27%) SUSE
10 5 (1.27%) Windows Server
11 4 (1.01%) Amazon Linux
12 2 (0.51%) Fedora
13 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.25%) openSUSE
13 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (58.23%) Artificial Intelligence
2 216 (54.68%) Cybersecurity
3 212 (53.67%) IT Strategy
3 212 (53.67%) Technology Strategy
4 210 (53.16%) CRM
5 82 (20.76%) Software Engineering
6 81 (20.51%) Agile
7 67 (16.96%) Actionable Insight
8 42 (10.63%) DevOps
9 41 (10.38%) Collaborative Culture
10 40 (10.13%) DevSecOps
10 40 (10.13%) Web Development
11 39 (9.87%) Application Security
12 38 (9.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 29 (7.34%) Computer Science
14 26 (6.58%) Infrastructure as Code
15 22 (5.57%) Machine Learning
16 21 (5.32%) Microservices
17 20 (5.06%) Collaborative Working
17 20 (5.06%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 229 (57.97%) Bash
2 74 (18.73%) Python
3 66 (16.71%) JavaScript
4 31 (7.85%) SQL
5 24 (6.08%) Java
6 23 (5.82%) C++
7 21 (5.32%) C
7 21 (5.32%) Kotlin
8 12 (3.04%) Shell Script
9 7 (1.77%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.01%) PHP
10 4 (1.01%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.76%) Ada
11 3 (0.76%) C#
12 1 (0.25%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.25%) Go
12 1 (0.25%) Perl
12 1 (0.25%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 101 (25.57%) Security Cleared
2 59 (14.94%) SC Cleared
3 38 (9.62%) Degree
3 38 (9.62%) DV Cleared
4 26 (6.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.01%) CISM
5 4 (1.01%) CISSP
6 2 (0.51%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.51%) CCNA
6 2 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.25%) HNC
7 1 (0.25%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (1.52%) SLA
2 5 (1.27%) QA
3 4 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 4 (1.01%) NIST
4 1 (0.25%) MISRA
System Software
1 254 (64.30%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.04%) Docker
3 4 (1.01%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.01%) vSphere
4 3 (0.76%) KVM
4 3 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.51%) Firmware
5 2 (0.51%) Kamailio
5 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (0.51%) NFS
5 2 (0.51%) pfSense
5 2 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.25%) Samba
Systems Management
1 219 (55.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 210 (53.16%) Jamf Pro
3 69 (17.47%) Ansible
4 66 (16.71%) Terraform
5 4 (1.01%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.51%) SCCM
6 2 (0.51%) WSUS
7 1 (0.25%) Cacti
7 1 (0.25%) Grafana
7 1 (0.25%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.25%) Icinga
7 1 (0.25%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.25%) Puppet
Vendors
1 224 (56.71%) Microsoft
2 210 (53.16%) CyberArk
2 210 (53.16%) Tanium
3 36 (9.11%) ESRI
4 20 (5.06%) Xilinx
5 17 (4.30%) Red Hat
6 12 (3.04%) Cisco
7 8 (2.03%) IBM
7 8 (2.03%) Ubiquiti
8 6 (1.52%) Meraki
8 6 (1.52%) VMware
9 4 (1.01%) Dialogic
9 4 (1.01%) Qualys
9 4 (1.01%) Ribbon
9 4 (1.01%) Splunk
10 2 (0.51%) Aruba
10 2 (0.51%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.51%) Citrix
10 2 (0.51%) QNAP
10 2 (0.51%) Synology