Linux Command Line Jobs in England

Linux/Unix Command Line Interface (CLI)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Linux Command Line in permanent job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Linux Command Line over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 684 702 470
Rank change year-on-year +18 -232 -19
Permanent jobs citing Linux Command Line 165 218 1,063
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.18% 0.26% 0.75%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.54% 0.59% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 130 158 297
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,063 £41,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £71,563 £70,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,850 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% +9.09%

All Generic Skills
England

Linux Command Line is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 30,532 36,815 67,045
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.46% 43.69% 47.40%
Number of salaries quoted 21,016 20,405 30,597
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,000 £34,825
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,749 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Linux Command Line
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Linux Command Line as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Linux Command Line in England

Linux Command Line
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux Command Line in England.

Salary trend for Linux Command Line in England

Linux Command Line
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux Command Line in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux Command Line in England

Linux Command Line
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Command Line within the England region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
London +60 59 £70,000 +12.00% 34
South East +8 40 £42,500 - 20
South West -18 28 £52,500 +50.00% 11
North of England +4 15 £50,000 -4.76% 16
Midlands -14 14 £50,000 -9.09% 6
West Midlands -8 12 £50,000 +17.65% 4
Yorkshire +40 10 £37,875 -27.86% 7
East of England -2 9 £43,500 -51.67% 8
North West -19 4 £50,000 +33.33% 8
East Midlands -15 2 £40,000 - 2
North East -12 1 - - 1
Linux Command Line
UK

Linux Command Line
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 12 (7.27%) SharePoint
2 11 (6.67%) nginx
3 10 (6.06%) IIS
3 10 (6.06%) WordPress
4 9 (5.45%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.82%) Confluence
6 2 (1.21%) Apache
7 1 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.61%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.61%) CMS
7 1 (0.61%) Drupal
7 1 (0.61%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (4.24%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.03%) MS Visio
3 4 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.61%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 9 (5.45%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.21%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.21%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.21%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 55 (33.33%) AWS
2 44 (26.67%) Azure
3 26 (15.76%) OpenShift
4 20 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (10.91%) Azure Monitor
6 15 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
7 12 (7.27%) Serverless
8 11 (6.67%) AWS Lambda
8 11 (6.67%) Entra ID
9 10 (6.06%) Amazon EC2
9 10 (6.06%) Amazon S3
10 9 (5.45%) Azure Storage
10 9 (5.45%) OneDrive
11 8 (4.85%) Azure AKS
12 7 (4.24%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 7 (4.24%) Datadog
12 7 (4.24%) Pulumi
13 6 (3.64%) SaaS
14 5 (3.03%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 49 (29.70%) Firewall
2 15 (9.09%) Wireless
3 13 (7.88%) DNS
3 13 (7.88%) Network Security
3 13 (7.88%) VPN
4 12 (7.27%) TCP/IP
5 9 (5.45%) Fibre Channel
5 9 (5.45%) iSCSI
5 9 (5.45%) NAS
5 9 (5.45%) SAN
6 6 (3.64%) LAN
6 6 (3.64%) SSH
7 5 (3.03%) AMQP
7 5 (3.03%) Internet
7 5 (3.03%) Multicast
7 5 (3.03%) OSPF
7 5 (3.03%) WAN
7 5 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (2.42%) VLAN
8 4 (2.42%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (20.00%) MySQL
2 23 (13.94%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (7.27%) SQL Server
4 10 (6.06%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (5.45%) MongoDB
6 8 (4.85%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (4.85%) MariaDB
7 7 (4.24%) Redis
8 6 (3.64%) Relational Database
9 5 (3.03%) InfluxDB
9 5 (3.03%) Power BI
10 4 (2.42%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (2.42%) NoSQL
11 3 (1.82%) Oracle Database
12 2 (1.21%) Apache Cassandra
12 2 (1.21%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (1.21%) Neo4j
12 2 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 1 (0.61%) Big Data
13 1 (0.61%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 48 (29.09%) Git
2 32 (19.39%) Jenkins
3 24 (14.55%) JIRA
4 13 (7.88%) Robot Framework
5 12 (7.27%) Subversion
6 10 (6.06%) GitLab
6 10 (6.06%) GNU Toolchain
7 7 (4.24%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (3.03%) DTrace
8 5 (3.03%) GDB
9 4 (2.42%) JUnit
9 4 (2.42%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (1.82%) Bitbucket
10 3 (1.82%) Cucumber
11 2 (1.21%) Artifactory
11 2 (1.21%) Gradle
12 1 (0.61%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 1 (0.61%) CMake
12 1 (0.61%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.61%) TestDirector
General
1 33 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 22 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (9.09%) Finance
4 14 (8.48%) Aerospace
5 12 (7.27%) Law
6 8 (4.85%) Retail
7 5 (3.03%) Banking
8 4 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.82%) Legal
9 3 (1.82%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.21%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.21%) Music Industry
10 2 (1.21%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.61%) Advertising
11 1 (0.61%) Aviation
11 1 (0.61%) Back Office
11 1 (0.61%) Front Office
11 1 (0.61%) Games
11 1 (0.61%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (20.61%) Azure Engineer
2 27 (16.36%) Developer
3 19 (11.52%) Cloud Engineer
4 17 (10.30%) Linux Engineer
4 17 (10.30%) Network Engineer
4 17 (10.30%) Platform Engineer
5 15 (9.09%) Consultant
5 15 (9.09%) Support Engineer
6 14 (8.48%) DevOps Engineer
6 14 (8.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (7.88%) Administrator
7 13 (7.88%) Linux Administrator
7 13 (7.88%) Software Consultant
8 11 (6.67%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 10 (6.06%) Linux Developer
9 10 (6.06%) Linux Systems Administrator
9 10 (6.06%) Senior
10 9 (5.45%) Applications Engineer
10 9 (5.45%) Applications Support
10 9 (5.45%) Unix Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (12.73%) HTML
2 17 (10.30%) Node.js
2 17 (10.30%) XML
3 11 (6.67%) React
4 10 (6.06%) ARM Templates
4 10 (6.06%) POSIX
5 9 (5.45%) LAMP
6 8 (4.85%) CSS
7 7 (4.24%) REST
7 7 (4.24%) RESTful
8 6 (3.64%) JSON
8 6 (3.64%) Laravel
9 5 (3.03%) NETCONF
9 5 (3.03%) RabbitMQ
9 5 (3.03%) Spring
10 4 (2.42%) Akka
10 4 (2.42%) RESTCONF
10 4 (2.42%) SOAP
10 4 (2.42%) Vue
10 4 (2.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.67%) Embedded Systems
1 11 (6.67%) Replication
2 9 (5.45%) Public Cloud
3 7 (4.24%) Client/Server
3 7 (4.24%) Product Ownership
4 6 (3.64%) Clustering
4 6 (3.64%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.42%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.21%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.21%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.21%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.61%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.61%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.61%) FPGA
8 1 (0.61%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.61%) PKI
8 1 (0.61%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 142 (86.06%) Linux
2 44 (26.67%) Windows
3 41 (24.85%) Unix
4 26 (15.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 22 (13.33%) Windows Server
6 21 (12.73%) CentOS
7 19 (11.52%) CoreOS
8 14 (8.48%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (7.27%) Ubuntu
10 11 (6.67%) VMS
11 10 (6.06%) Windows Server 2019
12 7 (4.24%) Windows 10
13 2 (1.21%) Android
13 2 (1.21%) Apple iOS
13 2 (1.21%) Debian
13 2 (1.21%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.61%) Fedora
14 1 (0.61%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.61%) openSUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (43.03%) DevOps
2 48 (29.09%) CI/CD
3 42 (25.45%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (24.85%) Agile
5 39 (23.64%) Configuration Management
6 37 (22.42%) Time Management
7 28 (16.97%) Infrastructure as Code
8 27 (16.36%) Change Management
9 25 (15.15%) ITIL
10 23 (13.94%) Analytics
10 23 (13.94%) Containerisation
10 23 (13.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 22 (13.33%) Customer Service
11 22 (13.33%) Software Testing
12 20 (12.12%) Platform Engineering
13 18 (10.91%) Continuous Improvement
13 18 (10.91%) Deployment Automation
13 18 (10.91%) Log Analytics
13 18 (10.91%) Open Source
14 17 (10.30%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 85 (51.52%) Python
2 81 (49.09%) Bash
3 46 (27.88%) SQL
4 39 (23.64%) PowerShell
5 29 (17.58%) Java
6 20 (12.12%) PHP
7 17 (10.30%) JavaScript
8 16 (9.70%) C
8 16 (9.70%) Go
9 14 (8.48%) Shell Script
10 12 (7.27%) C++
11 10 (6.06%) C#
11 10 (6.06%) Perl
11 10 (6.06%) Ruby
11 10 (6.06%) TypeScript
12 9 (5.45%) PL/SQL
13 7 (4.24%) Groovy
14 5 (3.03%) OCaml
14 5 (3.03%) SystemTap
15 2 (1.21%) Scala
Qualifications
1 33 (20.00%) Degree
2 27 (16.36%) Security Cleared
3 19 (11.52%) Azure Certification
4 15 (9.09%) SC Cleared
5 7 (4.24%) DV Cleared
6 6 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (3.03%) AWS Certification
7 5 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (2.42%) Chartered Engineer
8 4 (2.42%) HNC
8 4 (2.42%) HND
9 3 (1.82%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 3 (1.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.21%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.61%) CCNA
11 1 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.61%) MCSA
11 1 (0.61%) MCSE
11 1 (0.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.03%) QA
2 3 (1.82%) GDPR
3 2 (1.21%) HIPAA
3 2 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.21%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (0.61%) NIST
4 1 (0.61%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (23.64%) Docker
2 22 (13.33%) Active Directory
3 10 (6.06%) vSphere
4 5 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.82%) VirtualBox
6 2 (1.21%) Firmware
7 1 (0.61%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.61%) Samba
7 1 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 48 (29.09%) Kubernetes
2 40 (24.24%) Ansible
3 36 (21.82%) Puppet
4 31 (18.79%) Terraform
5 18 (10.91%) Progress Chef
6 17 (10.30%) Grafana
7 13 (7.88%) Prometheus
8 10 (6.06%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (5.45%) SCCM
10 5 (3.03%) Docker Swarm
10 5 (3.03%) Salt
11 3 (1.82%) Kibana
12 2 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (1.21%) ZABBIX
13 1 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.61%) Nmap
13 1 (0.61%) OpenNMS
13 1 (0.61%) SCOM
13 1 (0.61%) SCOrch
13 1 (0.61%) systemd
Vendors
1 30 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 23 (13.94%) Red Hat
3 14 (8.48%) Cisco
3 14 (8.48%) ServiceNow
4 13 (7.88%) Palo Alto
4 13 (7.88%) Remedy
5 10 (6.06%) VMware
6 9 (5.45%) Aruba
6 9 (5.45%) BMC
6 9 (5.45%) Oracle
6 9 (5.45%) ProCurve
6 9 (5.45%) Synology
6 9 (5.45%) Veeam
6 9 (5.45%) Zerto
7 7 (4.24%) New Relic
7 7 (4.24%) SaltStack
8 4 (2.42%) Google
8 4 (2.42%) Progress
8 4 (2.42%) SolarWinds
8 4 (2.42%) Thales