Linux Jobs in Edinburgh

Linux
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 30 29
Rank change year-on-year +8 -1 -6
Permanent jobs citing Linux 127 180 238
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 8.52% 9.17% 9.54%
As % of the Operating Systems category 58.53% 57.69% 55.22%
Number of salaries quoted 75 108 150
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £59,763
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -7.97% +25.82%
75th Percentile £73,716 £73,125 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,548 £80,000 £81,250
Scotland median annual salary £51,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.27% -4.35% +21.05%

All Operating Systems
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 217 312 431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 14.55% 15.89% 17.27%
Number of salaries quoted 156 180 290
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,850 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,313 £37,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% +25.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,774 £80,000 £77,500
Scotland median annual salary £49,990 £49,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.99% -5.71% +16.67%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Edinburgh

Linux
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Linux in Edinburgh

Linux
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux in Edinburgh

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 5 (3.94%) Apache
2 4 (3.15%) ArcGIS
2 4 (3.15%) Captiva
2 4 (3.15%) FileNet
2 4 (3.15%) GeoServer
2 4 (3.15%) WebLogic
2 4 (3.15%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.79%) Confluence
3 1 (0.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (3.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (8.66%) Unit4 Business World
2 4 (3.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 35 (27.56%) Azure
2 23 (18.11%) AWS
3 18 (14.17%) SaaS
4 10 (7.87%) GCP
5 7 (5.51%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (4.72%) Amazon S3
7 5 (3.94%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (3.15%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (3.15%) Amazon SQS
8 4 (3.15%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (3.15%) GitHub
8 4 (3.15%) Google Docs
8 4 (3.15%) OpenShift
9 3 (2.36%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (2.36%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.79%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (0.79%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (0.79%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.79%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 24 (18.90%) Network Security
2 16 (12.60%) Firewall
3 11 (8.66%) TCP/IP
4 9 (7.09%) DNS
5 8 (6.30%) Internet
6 6 (4.72%) SNMP
6 6 (4.72%) VPN
6 6 (4.72%) Wireless
7 5 (3.94%) DHCP
7 5 (3.94%) IPsec
8 4 (3.15%) BGP
8 4 (3.15%) SSL
9 1 (0.79%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (0.79%) LAN
9 1 (0.79%) VLAN
9 1 (0.79%) WAN
9 1 (0.79%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.66%) DB2
2 8 (6.30%) Relational Database
3 7 (5.51%) RDBMS
3 7 (5.51%) SQL Server
4 6 (4.72%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (4.72%) Oracle Database
4 6 (4.72%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (3.94%) MongoDB
6 4 (3.15%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (3.15%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (3.15%) GIS
6 4 (3.15%) QGIS
7 1 (0.79%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.79%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.79%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.79%) MySQL
7 1 (0.79%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (7.87%) JIRA
2 6 (4.72%) Oracle Forms
3 5 (3.94%) Git
3 5 (3.94%) IBM UrbanCode
4 1 (0.79%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.79%) GitLab
4 1 (0.79%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.79%) Subversion
General
1 47 (37.01%) Social Skills
2 40 (31.50%) Finance
3 36 (28.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 17 (13.39%) Banking
5 14 (11.02%) Military
6 11 (8.66%) Public Sector
7 8 (6.30%) Aerospace
8 5 (3.94%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (3.94%) Telecoms
9 4 (3.15%) Legal
9 4 (3.15%) Manufacturing
9 4 (3.15%) Retail Banking
10 2 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.57%) Retail
11 1 (0.79%) Analytical Skills
11 1 (0.79%) Aviation
11 1 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 47 (37.01%) Software Engineer
2 36 (28.35%) Senior
3 18 (14.17%) Senior Software Engineer
4 15 (11.81%) Analyst
5 14 (11.02%) Support Analyst
5 14 (11.02%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
6 11 (8.66%) C Software Engineer
6 11 (8.66%) Java Engineer
6 11 (8.66%) Java Software Engineer
7 10 (7.87%) IT Manager
8 9 (7.09%) Consultant
9 8 (6.30%) Architect
9 8 (6.30%) C/C++ Software Engineer
9 8 (6.30%) C++ Software Engineer
9 8 (6.30%) Lead
9 8 (6.30%) Senior C Software Engineer
9 8 (6.30%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
10 7 (5.51%) Audit Manager
10 7 (5.51%) IT Audit Manager
11 5 (3.94%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.87%) RabbitMQ
2 7 (5.51%) React
3 5 (3.94%) LDAP
3 5 (3.94%) YAML
4 4 (3.15%) Django
4 4 (3.15%) Leaflet
4 4 (3.15%) OpenLayers
4 4 (3.15%) PostGIS
4 4 (3.15%) Spring Boot
5 2 (1.57%) CSS
5 2 (1.57%) DPDK
5 2 (1.57%) HTML
5 2 (1.57%) Middleware
5 2 (1.57%) Web Services
6 1 (0.79%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.79%) Node.js
6 1 (0.79%) Redux
6 1 (0.79%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.87%) Data Centre
2 8 (6.30%) Distributed Systems
2 8 (6.30%) Private Cloud
2 8 (6.30%) Public Cloud
3 6 (4.72%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.94%) Driving Licence
5 4 (3.15%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.15%) DataPower
6 2 (1.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (1.57%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.57%) PACS
6 2 (1.57%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 2 (1.57%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.79%) Device Driver
7 1 (0.79%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.79%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.79%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.79%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 59 (46.46%) Windows
2 36 (28.35%) Unix
3 23 (18.11%) Windows Server
4 14 (11.02%) Mac OS X
5 7 (5.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (3.94%) Data ONTAP
6 5 (3.94%) Ubuntu
7 4 (3.15%) Mac OS
8 3 (2.36%) CentOS
9 2 (1.57%) Android
9 2 (1.57%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.79%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.79%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (37.01%) Software Engineering
2 39 (30.71%) Agile
2 39 (30.71%) DevOps
3 28 (22.05%) Actionable Insight
4 25 (19.69%) Cybersecurity
5 24 (18.90%) ITIL
5 24 (18.90%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (15.75%) Project Management
7 18 (14.17%) Customer Service
7 18 (14.17%) Migration
7 18 (14.17%) Open Source
8 16 (12.60%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 16 (12.60%) Threat Intelligence
9 15 (11.81%) Creative Thinking
9 15 (11.81%) Incident Management
9 15 (11.81%) Incident Response
9 15 (11.81%) Service Delivery
10 14 (11.02%) Analytics
10 14 (11.02%) Information Security
10 14 (11.02%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (24.41%) Python
2 30 (23.62%) SQL
3 22 (17.32%) C
3 22 (17.32%) Java
4 18 (14.17%) Bash
5 12 (9.45%) C++
6 10 (7.87%) PowerShell
7 9 (7.09%) Embedded C
8 7 (5.51%) JavaScript
9 4 (3.15%) Groovy
10 2 (1.57%) Perl
11 1 (0.79%) Assembly Language
11 1 (0.79%) Elixir
11 1 (0.79%) Ruby
11 1 (0.79%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (33.86%) Degree
2 14 (11.02%) CISM
2 14 (11.02%) CISSP
2 14 (11.02%) GCIA
2 14 (11.02%) GCIH
2 14 (11.02%) GREM
3 11 (8.66%) CISA
4 9 (7.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (7.09%) SC Cleared
4 9 (7.09%) Security Cleared
5 4 (3.15%) AWS Certification
5 4 (3.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 4 (3.15%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.66%) ITGC
1 11 (8.66%) PMO
2 4 (3.15%) GDPR
3 2 (1.57%) DICOM
4 1 (0.79%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.79%) QA
4 1 (0.79%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (7.09%) Docker
2 7 (5.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.94%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.15%) Active Directory
5 3 (2.36%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.57%) KVM
6 2 (1.57%) Xen
7 1 (0.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (16.54%) Ansible
2 13 (10.24%) Kubernetes
3 11 (8.66%) Terraform
4 9 (7.09%) Prometheus
5 7 (5.51%) Progress Chef
6 5 (3.94%) Grafana
6 5 (3.94%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (3.94%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.79%) Kibana
Vendors
1 22 (17.32%) Oracle
2 17 (13.39%) Microsoft
3 16 (12.60%) Dell
3 16 (12.60%) VMware
4 15 (11.81%) SAP
5 11 (8.66%) Sage
6 10 (7.87%) Google
7 9 (7.09%) IBM
7 9 (7.09%) ServiceNow
8 5 (3.94%) Cisco
8 5 (3.94%) NetApp
8 5 (3.94%) Palo Alto
8 5 (3.94%) Red Hat
8 5 (3.94%) SolidFire
9 4 (3.15%) BeyondTrust
9 4 (3.15%) CyberArk
9 4 (3.15%) ESRI
9 4 (3.15%) Kofax
9 4 (3.15%) Pega
9 4 (3.15%) Sparx