Linux Jobs in Edinburgh

Linux
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Linux skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Linux over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 29 30
Rank change year-on-year +7 +1 -8
Permanent jobs citing Linux 129 168 240
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 8.17% 9.25% 9.14%
As % of the Operating Systems category 59.45% 58.95% 52.17%
Number of salaries quoted 77 105 155
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +26.32%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £71,075
90th Percentile £82,548 £80,000 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £51,000 £55,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -7.27% -7.60% +25.32%

All Operating Systems
Edinburgh

Linux falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 217 285 460
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 13.75% 15.69% 17.52%
Number of salaries quoted 156 171 301
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +28.65%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,548 £80,000 £78,750
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +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 11 June 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 (3.88%) Apache
2 4 (3.10%) Captiva
2 4 (3.10%) FileNet
2 4 (3.10%) WebLogic
2 4 (3.10%) WebSphere
3 2 (1.55%) ArcGIS
3 2 (1.55%) GeoServer
3 2 (1.55%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.55%) WildFly
4 1 (0.78%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (3.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (8.53%) Unit4 Business World
2 4 (3.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 36 (27.91%) Azure
2 24 (18.60%) AWS
3 15 (11.63%) SaaS
4 12 (9.30%) GCP
5 6 (4.65%) Amazon S3
5 6 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (3.88%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (3.10%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (3.10%) Amazon SQS
7 4 (3.10%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (3.10%) GitHub
7 4 (3.10%) Google Docs
8 2 (1.55%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (1.55%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.55%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.78%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.78%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.78%) IaaS
9 1 (0.78%) PaaS
9 1 (0.78%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 29 (22.48%) Network Security
2 16 (12.40%) Firewall
3 11 (8.53%) TCP/IP
4 9 (6.98%) DNS
5 7 (5.43%) Internet
6 6 (4.65%) SNMP
6 6 (4.65%) VPN
7 5 (3.88%) DHCP
7 5 (3.88%) IPsec
7 5 (3.88%) Wireless
8 4 (3.10%) BGP
8 4 (3.10%) SSL
9 1 (0.78%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (0.78%) LAN
9 1 (0.78%) VLAN
9 1 (0.78%) WAN
9 1 (0.78%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.53%) DB2
2 8 (6.20%) Relational Database
3 6 (4.65%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (4.65%) Oracle Database
3 6 (4.65%) RDBMS
3 6 (4.65%) SQL Server
4 5 (3.88%) MongoDB
5 4 (3.10%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (3.10%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (3.10%) Hadoop
6 3 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.55%) GIS
7 2 (1.55%) QGIS
8 1 (0.78%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.78%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.78%) MySQL
8 1 (0.78%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (7.75%) JIRA
2 6 (4.65%) Oracle Forms
3 5 (3.88%) Git
4 3 (2.33%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.78%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.78%) GitLab
5 1 (0.78%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.78%) Subversion
General
1 45 (34.88%) Social Skills
2 41 (31.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 37 (28.68%) Finance
4 15 (11.63%) Banking
5 13 (10.08%) Military
6 11 (8.53%) Public Sector
7 8 (6.20%) Aerospace
8 5 (3.88%) Telecoms
9 4 (3.10%) Legal
9 4 (3.10%) Manufacturing
9 4 (3.10%) Retail Banking
10 3 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.55%) Aviation
11 2 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.55%) Retail
12 1 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (38.76%) Software Engineer
2 28 (21.71%) Senior
3 14 (10.85%) Analyst
4 13 (10.08%) Java Engineer
4 13 (10.08%) Java Software Engineer
4 13 (10.08%) Senior Software Engineer
4 13 (10.08%) Support Analyst
4 13 (10.08%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 12 (9.30%) C Software Engineer
6 9 (6.98%) C/C++ Software Engineer
6 9 (6.98%) C++ Software Engineer
6 9 (6.98%) Consultant
6 9 (6.98%) IT Manager
7 8 (6.20%) Architect
7 8 (6.20%) Lead
7 8 (6.20%) Senior C Software Engineer
7 8 (6.20%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
8 7 (5.43%) Audit Manager
8 7 (5.43%) Cloud Engineer
8 7 (5.43%) IT Audit Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.75%) RabbitMQ
2 6 (4.65%) Spring Boot
3 5 (3.88%) CSS
3 5 (3.88%) HTML
3 5 (3.88%) LDAP
3 5 (3.88%) React
3 5 (3.88%) YAML
4 3 (2.33%) DPDK
5 2 (1.55%) AngularJS
5 2 (1.55%) Django
5 2 (1.55%) Java EE
5 2 (1.55%) Leaflet
5 2 (1.55%) Middleware
5 2 (1.55%) OpenJDK
5 2 (1.55%) OpenLayers
5 2 (1.55%) PostGIS
5 2 (1.55%) REST
5 2 (1.55%) SOAP
5 2 (1.55%) Spring
5 2 (1.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.75%) Data Centre
2 9 (6.98%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (6.20%) Private Cloud
4 6 (4.65%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (4.65%) Public Cloud
5 5 (3.88%) Driving Licence
6 4 (3.10%) DataPower
7 3 (2.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (1.55%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.55%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.55%) Mainframe
8 2 (1.55%) PACS
8 2 (1.55%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 1 (0.78%) Device Driver
9 1 (0.78%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.78%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.78%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 53 (41.09%) Windows
2 39 (30.23%) Unix
3 22 (17.05%) Windows Server
4 13 (10.08%) Mac OS X
5 7 (5.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (3.88%) Data ONTAP
7 3 (2.33%) Ubuntu
8 2 (1.55%) Android
8 2 (1.55%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.55%) CentOS
8 2 (1.55%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.78%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.78%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (39.53%) Software Engineering
2 34 (26.36%) Agile
3 33 (25.58%) DevOps
4 30 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (19.38%) Actionable Insight
6 23 (17.83%) Cybersecurity
7 20 (15.50%) ITIL
7 20 (15.50%) Project Management
8 18 (13.95%) Migration
9 17 (13.18%) Open Source
10 15 (11.63%) Analytics
10 15 (11.63%) Creative Thinking
10 15 (11.63%) Customer Service
11 14 (10.85%) Computer Science
11 14 (10.85%) Incident Management
11 14 (10.85%) Incident Response
11 14 (10.85%) SDLC
11 14 (10.85%) Service Delivery
12 13 (10.08%) Information Security
12 13 (10.08%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (25.58%) Python
2 30 (23.26%) SQL
3 26 (20.16%) Java
4 21 (16.28%) C
5 17 (13.18%) Bash
6 11 (8.53%) C++
7 9 (6.98%) Embedded C
7 9 (6.98%) PowerShell
8 8 (6.20%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.55%) Groovy
9 2 (1.55%) Perl
10 1 (0.78%) Assembly Language
10 1 (0.78%) Elixir
10 1 (0.78%) Ruby
10 1 (0.78%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (32.56%) Degree
2 13 (10.08%) CISM
2 13 (10.08%) CISSP
2 13 (10.08%) GCIA
2 13 (10.08%) GCIH
2 13 (10.08%) GREM
3 11 (8.53%) CISA
4 10 (7.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (5.43%) SC Cleared
5 7 (5.43%) Security Cleared
6 4 (3.10%) AWS Certification
6 4 (3.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (3.10%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.78%) CCNA
7 1 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.53%) ITGC
1 11 (8.53%) PMO
2 4 (3.10%) GDPR
3 2 (1.55%) DICOM
4 1 (0.78%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.78%) QA
4 1 (0.78%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (7.75%) Docker
2 7 (5.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.88%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.33%) Active Directory
5 2 (1.55%) KVM
5 2 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.55%) Xen
6 1 (0.78%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (13.95%) Ansible
2 14 (10.85%) Kubernetes
3 10 (7.75%) Terraform
4 9 (6.98%) Prometheus
5 5 (3.88%) Grafana
5 5 (3.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (3.88%) Progress Chef
5 5 (3.88%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.78%) Kibana
Vendors
1 22 (17.05%) Oracle
2 16 (12.40%) Microsoft
2 16 (12.40%) VMware
3 15 (11.63%) SAP
4 13 (10.08%) Dell
5 11 (8.53%) Sage
6 9 (6.98%) ServiceNow
7 8 (6.20%) Google
8 7 (5.43%) IBM
9 6 (4.65%) Cisco
10 5 (3.88%) NetApp
10 5 (3.88%) Palo Alto
10 5 (3.88%) Red Hat
10 5 (3.88%) SolidFire
11 4 (3.10%) BeyondTrust
11 4 (3.10%) CyberArk
11 4 (3.10%) Kofax
11 4 (3.10%) Pega
11 4 (3.10%) Sparx
11 4 (3.10%) Splunk