Linux Jobs in Northamptonshire

Linux
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northamptonshire 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 27 35 12
Rank change year-on-year +8 -23 +31
Permanent jobs citing Linux 49 27 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 6.05% 5.22% 12.82%
As % of the Operating Systems category 29.88% 30.34% 52.85%
Number of salaries quoted 41 11 14
10th Percentile £24,500 - £49,000
25th Percentile £25,625 £62,500 £59,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -10.34% +61.11%
75th Percentile £53,750 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £100,000 £83,500
East Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £56,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% +22.22%

All Operating Systems
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 164 89 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 20.25% 17.21% 24.26%
Number of salaries quoted 139 60 61
10th Percentile £24,450 £26,750 -
25th Percentile £24,778 £31,250 £23,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £47,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% +46.15% -18.75%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,813 £57,500
90th Percentile £54,000 £67,500 £73,750
East Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +6.25%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Northamptonshire

Linux
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Salary trend for Linux in Northamptonshire

Linux
Salary Histogram in Northamptonshire

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

Salary histogram for Linux in Northamptonshire

Linux
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 26 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
Northampton -4 16 £25,000 -61.54% 9
Kettering - 14 £52,500 - 1
Daventry - 4 £67,500 -
Towcester - 2 £52,500 - 2
Wellingborough - 2 £26,250 -
Linux
East Midlands

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.04%) Apache
2 1 (2.04%) CMS
2 1 (2.04%) Drupal
2 1 (2.04%) PrestaShop
2 1 (2.04%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Magento
1 1 (2.04%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 11 (22.45%) Azure
2 8 (16.33%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (12.24%) AWS
4 3 (6.12%) GCP
4 3 (6.12%) SaaS
5 2 (4.08%) ClickUp
5 2 (4.08%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.04%) DigitalOcean
6 1 (2.04%) Wix.com
Communications & Networking
1 6 (12.24%) DVB
1 6 (12.24%) Firewall
1 6 (12.24%) Internet
1 6 (12.24%) VLAN
2 3 (6.12%) Ethernet
3 2 (4.08%) Bluetooth
3 2 (4.08%) NAS
3 2 (4.08%) SAN
3 2 (4.08%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (4.08%) Wireless
4 1 (2.04%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.24%) Oracle Database
2 4 (8.16%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.04%) MariaDB
3 1 (2.04%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (20.41%) JIRA
2 1 (2.04%) Cucumber
2 1 (2.04%) Git
2 1 (2.04%) PHPUnit
2 1 (2.04%) Selenium
General
1 18 (36.73%) Social Skills
2 9 (18.37%) Electronics
3 8 (16.33%) Manufacturing
4 5 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.08%) Finance
5 2 (4.08%) Games
5 2 (4.08%) Marketing
5 2 (4.08%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.08%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.04%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 19 (38.78%) Senior
2 13 (26.53%) Senior Software Engineer
2 13 (26.53%) Software Engineer
3 9 (18.37%) Administrator
4 8 (16.33%) IT Support
5 7 (14.29%) DBA
6 6 (12.24%) 1st Line Support
6 6 (12.24%) 1st Line Support Technician
6 6 (12.24%) Design Engineer
6 6 (12.24%) Embedded Engineer
6 6 (12.24%) IT Support Technician
6 6 (12.24%) IT Technician
6 6 (12.24%) Linux Engineer
6 6 (12.24%) Oracle DBA
6 6 (12.24%) Support Engineer
6 6 (12.24%) Support Technician
7 4 (8.16%) Graduate Support Engineer
7 4 (8.16%) IT Engineer
7 4 (8.16%) Linux Support
7 4 (8.16%) Linux Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.16%) JSON
1 4 (8.16%) XML
2 2 (4.08%) Qt
3 1 (2.04%) Gherkin
3 1 (2.04%) HTML
3 1 (2.04%) jQuery
3 1 (2.04%) LAMP
3 1 (2.04%) Laravel
3 1 (2.04%) React
3 1 (2.04%) REST
3 1 (2.04%) Sass
3 1 (2.04%) Twig
3 1 (2.04%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.33%) Driving Licence
2 6 (12.24%) FPGA
2 6 (12.24%) Management Information System
2 6 (12.24%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (12.24%) VHDL
3 2 (4.08%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (4.08%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 13 (26.53%) Unix
2 11 (22.45%) Windows
3 8 (16.33%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (10.20%) Ubuntu
5 4 (8.16%) CentOS
5 4 (8.16%) SUSE
6 2 (4.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (42.86%) Software Engineering
2 12 (24.49%) Computer Science
2 12 (24.49%) Mathematics
2 12 (24.49%) Unit Testing
3 11 (22.45%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (20.41%) Migration
4 10 (20.41%) Software Testing
5 9 (18.37%) Agile
6 8 (16.33%) Patch Management
7 7 (14.29%) DevOps
8 6 (12.24%) CI/CD
8 6 (12.24%) Database Security
8 6 (12.24%) Performance Tuning
9 5 (10.20%) Logistics
10 4 (8.16%) Change Control
10 4 (8.16%) Requirements Gathering
10 4 (8.16%) SOLID
10 4 (8.16%) Ticket Management
10 4 (8.16%) Waterfall
11 3 (6.12%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 18 (36.73%) C
1 18 (36.73%) C++
2 11 (22.45%) SQL
3 9 (18.37%) Java
3 9 (18.37%) Shell Script
4 7 (14.29%) Embedded C
5 4 (8.16%) JavaScript
6 3 (6.12%) C#
6 3 (6.12%) PowerShell
6 3 (6.12%) Python
6 3 (6.12%) TypeScript
7 1 (2.04%) PHP
Qualifications
1 15 (30.61%) Degree
2 9 (18.37%) Azure Certification
3 8 (16.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (12.24%) OCP
4 6 (12.24%) Oracle Certification
5 4 (8.16%) SC Cleared
5 4 (8.16%) Security Cleared
6 3 (6.12%) DV Cleared
7 2 (4.08%) CCNA
7 2 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (4.08%) MCSE
7 2 (4.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (16.33%) Firmware
2 6 (12.24%) Active Directory
3 2 (4.08%) Hyper-V
3 2 (4.08%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 14 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.24%) ESET
2 6 (12.24%) Oracle
2 6 (12.24%) Ubiquiti
3 4 (8.16%) Red Hat
4 2 (4.08%) Apple
4 2 (4.08%) HubSpot
4 2 (4.08%) SAP
4 2 (4.08%) VMware