Linux Jobs in the West Midlands

Linux
England > West Midlands

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 83 72 44
Rank change year-on-year -11 -28 -16
Permanent jobs citing Linux 223 249 439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.78% 4.27% 5.78%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.97% 34.02% 36.61%
Number of salaries quoted 161 169 234
10th Percentile £30,500 £39,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £43,750 £40,399
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +3.96%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £76,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.39% +5.83% +4.35%

All Operating Systems
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 893 732 1,199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.12% 12.56% 15.78%
Number of salaries quoted 735 538 837
10th Percentile £25,097 £25,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,000 £70,000 £70,100
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the West Midlands

Linux
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Linux in the West Midlands

Linux
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux in the West Midlands

Linux
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham -29 73 £62,500 +13.64% 13
Staffordshire +3 45 £35,000 -24.09% 8
Worcestershire -5 39 £50,000 -4.76% 11
Warwickshire +12 19 £37,500 -46.43% 14
Coventry +24 14 £65,000 +18.18% 3
Solihull -5 4 £50,000 +1.01% 2
Shropshire -18 4 - - 2
Herefordshire -11 3 £60,000 -40.00% 5
Brierley Hill - 1 £55,000 -
Linux
England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 16 (7.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (6.73%) nginx
3 9 (4.04%) Tomcat
4 8 (3.59%) Apache
4 8 (3.59%) IIS
4 8 (3.59%) WebSphere
5 7 (3.14%) SharePoint
6 3 (1.35%) MQSeries
6 3 (1.35%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.90%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.45%) JBoss
8 1 (0.45%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (2.69%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (3.59%) NEC Housing
2 4 (1.79%) NetSuite
3 3 (1.35%) Maximo
4 2 (0.90%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.90%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 43 (19.28%) Azure
2 32 (14.35%) AWS
3 19 (8.52%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (8.07%) Entra ID
5 16 (7.17%) GitHub
6 12 (5.38%) GCP
7 9 (4.04%) Azure Logic Apps
7 9 (4.04%) SaaS
8 8 (3.59%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (3.59%) IaaS
8 8 (3.59%) PaaS
9 5 (2.24%) npm
9 5 (2.24%) Serverless
10 4 (1.79%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (1.79%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (1.35%) Amazon ECR
11 3 (1.35%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (1.35%) Amazon ELB
11 3 (1.35%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.90%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 39 (17.49%) Firewall
2 16 (7.17%) SAN
3 14 (6.28%) Wi-Fi
4 13 (5.83%) DHCP
4 13 (5.83%) DNS
5 12 (5.38%) LAN
5 12 (5.38%) VPN
6 11 (4.93%) TCP/IP
7 10 (4.48%) WAN
8 7 (3.14%) Bluetooth
9 6 (2.69%) HTTP
10 5 (2.24%) Network Security
10 5 (2.24%) RS-232
10 5 (2.24%) RS-485
10 5 (2.24%) Wireless
10 5 (2.24%) ZigBee
11 4 (1.79%) Fibre Channel
11 4 (1.79%) IPsec
11 4 (1.79%) MQTT
11 4 (1.79%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (17.49%) MySQL
2 25 (11.21%) SQL Server
3 14 (6.28%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (3.59%) Oracle Database
5 7 (3.14%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (3.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (3.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (1.79%) Amazon Aurora
6 4 (1.79%) DB2
6 4 (1.79%) DynamoDB
6 4 (1.79%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.35%) InterSystems Cache
8 1 (0.45%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (9.87%) Git
2 14 (6.28%) JIRA
3 13 (5.83%) Subversion
4 10 (4.48%) GNU Toolchain
5 5 (2.24%) webpack
6 4 (1.79%) GitLab
7 3 (1.35%) IBM UrbanCode
7 3 (1.35%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.90%) CANoe
8 2 (0.90%) GCC
8 2 (0.90%) gulp
General
1 65 (29.15%) Social Skills
2 36 (16.14%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (15.25%) Finance
4 17 (7.62%) Automotive
5 14 (6.28%) Electronics
6 13 (5.83%) Retail
7 12 (5.38%) Law
8 10 (4.48%) Local Government
9 9 (4.04%) Public Sector
10 8 (3.59%) Police
11 6 (2.69%) Manufacturing
12 5 (2.24%) Legal
13 4 (1.79%) Marketing
14 3 (1.35%) Banking
14 3 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (1.35%) Military
14 3 (1.35%) Multimedia
15 2 (0.90%) iGaming
15 2 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.90%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 58 (26.01%) Developer
2 40 (17.94%) Senior
3 25 (11.21%) Analyst
4 17 (7.62%) Embedded Engineer
5 16 (7.17%) Administrator
5 16 (7.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 16 (7.17%) Software Engineer
6 15 (6.73%) Full Stack Developer
6 15 (6.73%) IT Support
6 15 (6.73%) Lead
7 14 (6.28%) IT Engineer
7 14 (6.28%) Software Developer
8 13 (5.83%) Linux Engineer
8 13 (5.83%) Senior Developer
9 12 (5.38%) Linux Developer
9 12 (5.38%) Senior Linux Engineer
10 11 (4.93%) Cloud Engineer
10 11 (4.93%) Embedded Linux Engineer
10 11 (4.93%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 11 (4.93%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.97%) HTML
2 18 (8.07%) Laravel
3 16 (7.17%) HTML5
4 15 (6.73%) CSS
5 14 (6.28%) Node.js
6 13 (5.83%) Middleware
7 12 (5.38%) React
7 12 (5.38%) Yocto
8 11 (4.93%) Web Services
9 10 (4.48%) jQuery
9 10 (4.48%) POSIX
10 9 (4.04%) PyTorch
10 9 (4.04%) TensorFlow
11 7 (3.14%) AngularJS
11 7 (3.14%) LAMP
11 7 (3.14%) Sass
12 6 (2.69%) .NET
13 5 (2.24%) LEMP Stack
13 5 (2.24%) LESS
13 5 (2.24%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.97%) IoT
2 16 (7.17%) Embedded Systems
3 14 (6.28%) Public Cloud
4 12 (5.38%) Linux Command Line
5 11 (4.93%) Data Centre
6 10 (4.48%) Cloud Native
6 10 (4.48%) Replication
7 9 (4.04%) Algorithms
7 9 (4.04%) CUDA
7 9 (4.04%) Management Information System
8 8 (3.59%) Security Operations Centre
9 6 (2.69%) PKI
10 5 (2.24%) Infotainment
10 5 (2.24%) Mobile App
10 5 (2.24%) Smart Home
11 4 (1.79%) Legacy Code
12 3 (1.35%) Clustering
12 3 (1.35%) iPad
12 3 (1.35%) Media Streaming
12 3 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 114 (51.12%) Windows
2 45 (20.18%) Windows Server
3 35 (15.70%) Unix
4 21 (9.42%) Ubuntu
5 17 (7.62%) Embedded Linux
6 16 (7.17%) Solaris
7 14 (6.28%) CentOS
8 10 (4.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 9 (4.04%) Mac OS
9 9 (4.04%) Windows 10
10 7 (3.14%) SUSE
11 5 (2.24%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 5 (2.24%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (1.79%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.90%) Debian
13 2 (0.90%) VME
13 2 (0.90%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.45%) AIX
14 1 (0.45%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (24.22%) Agile
2 48 (21.52%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (19.28%) Software Engineering
4 36 (16.14%) Cybersecurity
5 28 (12.56%) Customer Service
6 25 (11.21%) Disaster Recovery
7 23 (10.31%) Server Management
8 22 (9.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 21 (9.42%) Information Security
10 20 (8.97%) Computer Science
10 20 (8.97%) Full Stack Development
11 19 (8.52%) User Experience
12 18 (8.07%) DevOps
12 18 (8.07%) IT Strategy
13 17 (7.62%) Cloud Security
13 17 (7.62%) Task Automation
14 15 (6.73%) Performance Monitoring
15 13 (5.83%) Artificial Intelligence
15 13 (5.83%) Mentoring
15 13 (5.83%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 33 (14.80%) C++
1 33 (14.80%) SQL
2 30 (13.45%) C
2 30 (13.45%) Python
3 24 (10.76%) JavaScript
4 22 (9.87%) PHP
5 18 (8.07%) PowerShell
6 17 (7.62%) C#
7 16 (7.17%) Bash
8 15 (6.73%) Java
8 15 (6.73%) TypeScript
9 8 (3.59%) Shell Script
10 7 (3.14%) T-SQL
11 5 (2.24%) Embedded C
11 5 (2.24%) Go
12 3 (1.35%) R
12 3 (1.35%) Ruby
13 2 (0.90%) Bicep
13 2 (0.90%) COBOL
13 2 (0.90%) Micro Focus COBOL
Qualifications
1 49 (21.97%) Degree
2 26 (11.66%) Security Cleared
3 15 (6.73%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (4.48%) Azure Certification
5 9 (4.04%) AWS Certification
5 9 (4.04%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (3.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 8 (3.59%) CCNA
6 8 (3.59%) SC Cleared
7 7 (3.14%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (2.69%) DV Cleared
8 6 (2.69%) MCSE
9 5 (2.24%) Master's Degree
9 5 (2.24%) PhD
10 3 (1.35%) MCP
11 2 (0.90%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.90%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (0.90%) Oracle Certification
12 1 (0.45%) HNC
12 1 (0.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.48%) GDPR
2 8 (3.59%) Accessibility
2 8 (3.59%) NIST
3 5 (2.24%) MISRA
4 4 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.35%) JSP 440
6 2 (0.90%) AUTOSAR
6 2 (0.90%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.90%) QA
System Software
1 49 (21.97%) Active Directory
2 27 (12.11%) Hyper-V
3 24 (10.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (5.38%) Firmware
5 9 (4.04%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (3.59%) Docker
7 7 (3.14%) VMware Workstation
8 6 (2.69%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (2.69%) vSphere
9 5 (2.24%) Embedded Firmware
9 5 (2.24%) VMware NSX
10 4 (1.79%) VMware Server
11 2 (0.90%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (0.90%) pfSense
11 2 (0.90%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.90%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 13 (5.83%) Terraform
2 6 (2.69%) vCenter Server
3 5 (2.24%) Backup Exec
3 5 (2.24%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.24%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 4 (1.79%) SCOM
5 3 (1.35%) Ansible
5 3 (1.35%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.35%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.90%) Nagios
6 2 (0.90%) Trend Micro Deep Security
7 1 (0.45%) Grafana
7 1 (0.45%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 63 (28.25%) Microsoft
2 38 (17.04%) VMware
3 26 (11.66%) Cisco
4 15 (6.73%) Oracle
5 14 (6.28%) Citrix
6 12 (5.38%) IBM
6 12 (5.38%) Remedy
7 9 (4.04%) NVIDIA
8 8 (3.59%) NEC
9 7 (3.14%) Dell
9 7 (3.14%) Veeam
10 6 (2.69%) QNX
11 4 (1.79%) Google
11 4 (1.79%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.79%) SonicWALL
12 3 (1.35%) HP
12 3 (1.35%) InterSystems
12 3 (1.35%) Meraki
12 3 (1.35%) Sage
12 3 (1.35%) UiPath