Linux Jobs in the North of England

Linux
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 58 21
Rank change year-on-year +14 -37 +1
Permanent jobs citing Linux 846 893 1,723
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.29% 5.63% 9.16%
As % of the Operating Systems category 36.80% 38.15% 45.59%
Number of salaries quoted 539 503 907
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,870 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £72,433 £78,750 £71,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.70% +5.00% +4.35%

All Operating Systems
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2,299 2,341 3,779
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 11.66% 14.75% 20.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,731 1,438 2,427
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £23,750
25th Percentile £29,250 £31,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £44,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% +3.53% -5.56%
75th Percentile £56,250 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,625 £72,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the North of England

Linux
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux in the North of England.

Salary trend for Linux in the North of England

Linux
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in the North of England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux in the North of England

Linux
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the North of England region over the 6 months to 9 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
North West +16 541 £52,500 -6.25% 91
Yorkshire +11 248 £45,000 -5.26% 37
North East -15 57 £52,500 +20.69% 11
Linux
England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 58 (6.86%) Apache
2 32 (3.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (2.84%) IIS
4 18 (2.13%) SharePoint
5 16 (1.89%) ArcGIS
6 14 (1.65%) Apache Spark
7 12 (1.42%) Tomcat
7 12 (1.42%) WebLogic
8 11 (1.30%) nginx
9 9 (1.06%) GeoServer
10 8 (0.95%) Confluence
11 4 (0.47%) CloudStack
12 3 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
12 3 (0.35%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.24%) SAS
14 1 (0.12%) CMS
14 1 (0.12%) Moodle
14 1 (0.12%) WildFly
14 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.12%) GNU Octave
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (1.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 8 (0.95%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.59%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 283 (33.45%) Azure
2 242 (28.61%) AWS
3 78 (9.22%) IBM Cloud
4 73 (8.63%) Serverless
5 61 (7.21%) Microsoft 365
6 58 (6.86%) GCP
7 49 (5.79%) Azure DevOps
8 42 (4.96%) Azure API Management
9 41 (4.85%) Azure Functions
9 41 (4.85%) Azure Logic Apps
9 41 (4.85%) Azure Service Bus
10 30 (3.55%) Amazon EKS
11 28 (3.31%) SaaS
12 25 (2.96%) GitHub
13 21 (2.48%) AWS Lambda
14 18 (2.13%) Amazon S3
14 18 (2.13%) Amazon SQS
15 17 (2.01%) AWS CloudFormation
15 17 (2.01%) OpenShift
16 14 (1.65%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 129 (15.25%) Firewall
2 68 (8.04%) DNS
3 54 (6.38%) TCP/IP
3 54 (6.38%) VPN
4 53 (6.26%) DHCP
5 50 (5.91%) WAN
6 47 (5.56%) SAN
7 44 (5.20%) LAN
8 36 (4.26%) Network Security
9 31 (3.66%) SSL
10 29 (3.43%) Internet
11 27 (3.19%) Wi-Fi
12 23 (2.72%) NAS
12 23 (2.72%) Wireless
13 22 (2.60%) MQTT
14 17 (2.01%) SD-WAN
15 15 (1.77%) IPsec
15 15 (1.77%) RS-485
15 15 (1.77%) SNMP
16 14 (1.65%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (14.07%) PostgreSQL
2 116 (13.71%) MongoDB
3 110 (13.00%) NoSQL
4 80 (9.46%) DB2
5 79 (9.34%) SQL Server
6 77 (9.10%) Relational Database
7 73 (8.63%) MySQL
8 26 (3.07%) Oracle Database
9 21 (2.48%) Elasticsearch
10 19 (2.25%) Redis
11 18 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
11 18 (2.13%) Big Data
12 17 (2.01%) RDBMS
13 16 (1.89%) GIS
14 12 (1.42%) Hadoop
15 11 (1.30%) Cloudera CDH
15 11 (1.30%) DynamoDB
16 9 (1.06%) QGIS
17 8 (0.95%) Amazon Aurora
18 7 (0.83%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 49 (5.79%) Git
2 47 (5.56%) JIRA
3 37 (4.37%) GitLab
4 35 (4.14%) Jenkins
5 24 (2.84%) Artifactory
6 11 (1.30%) Subversion
7 8 (0.95%) Maven
8 7 (0.83%) Eclipse
8 7 (0.83%) PHPUnit
8 7 (0.83%) Rational DOORS
9 6 (0.71%) Gradle
10 5 (0.59%) Clang
10 5 (0.59%) GDB
11 4 (0.47%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.47%) CMake
11 4 (0.47%) GCC
12 3 (0.35%) IBM UrbanCode
13 2 (0.24%) Jasmine
13 2 (0.24%) LabVIEW
13 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 152 (17.97%) Social Skills
2 130 (15.37%) Public Sector
3 92 (10.87%) Finance
4 55 (6.50%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (5.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (4.14%) Aerospace
7 27 (3.19%) Retail
8 25 (2.96%) Manufacturing
9 20 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
9 20 (2.36%) Telecoms
10 18 (2.13%) Electronics
11 15 (1.77%) Law
12 14 (1.65%) Automotive
12 14 (1.65%) Mandarin Language
13 12 (1.42%) Banking
14 9 (1.06%) Police
15 8 (0.95%) Local Government
15 8 (0.95%) Military
16 7 (0.83%) Front Office
16 7 (0.83%) Games
Job Titles
1 170 (20.09%) Developer
2 166 (19.62%) Senior
3 148 (17.49%) Software Engineer
4 80 (9.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 70 (8.27%) Lead
6 62 (7.33%) Embedded Engineer
7 53 (6.26%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 53 (6.26%) Full Stack Developer
8 45 (5.32%) DevOps Engineer
9 44 (5.20%) Linux Engineer
10 43 (5.08%) Full Stack Engineer
11 41 (4.85%) Azure Developer
12 39 (4.61%) Architect
12 39 (4.61%) Azure Engineer
13 37 (4.37%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 35 (4.14%) Cloud Engineer
15 34 (4.02%) Analyst
16 33 (3.90%) IT Engineer
17 30 (3.55%) Senior Software Engineer
18 29 (3.43%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (16.08%) React
2 124 (14.66%) CSS
3 123 (14.54%) REST
4 121 (14.30%) HTML
5 104 (12.29%) .NET
6 103 (12.17%) AngularJS
7 100 (11.82%) Vue
8 96 (11.35%) Node.js
8 96 (11.35%) Web Services
9 89 (10.52%) jQuery
10 86 (10.17%) ASP.NET
11 78 (9.22%) ASP.NET Core
11 78 (9.22%) Backbone.js
11 78 (9.22%) Ember.js
11 78 (9.22%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 41 (4.85%) RabbitMQ
13 27 (3.19%) Spring Boot
14 25 (2.96%) Laravel
15 24 (2.84%) Spring
16 20 (2.36%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 99 (11.70%) Hybrid Cloud
2 80 (9.46%) Algorithms
3 78 (9.22%) Blockchain
3 78 (9.22%) Data Structures
4 66 (7.80%) Data Centre
5 62 (7.33%) Public Cloud
6 37 (4.37%) e-Learning
7 31 (3.66%) Management Information System
8 28 (3.31%) IoT
9 27 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
10 26 (3.07%) Embedded Systems
11 22 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
12 17 (2.01%) Cloud Native
12 17 (2.01%) Greenfield Project
13 15 (1.77%) Linux Command Line
13 15 (1.77%) PMI
13 15 (1.77%) Replication
14 11 (1.30%) Device Driver
15 10 (1.18%) Robotics
16 9 (1.06%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 414 (48.94%) Windows
2 96 (11.35%) Windows Server
3 87 (10.28%) Apple iOS
4 86 (10.17%) Android
5 69 (8.16%) Unix
6 54 (6.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 47 (5.56%) Embedded Linux
8 44 (5.20%) Ubuntu
9 26 (3.07%) Mac OS
10 20 (2.36%) Windows Server 2012
11 19 (2.25%) Windows Server 2016
12 18 (2.13%) CentOS
13 17 (2.01%) Solaris
14 16 (1.89%) Debian
15 15 (1.77%) Data ONTAP
16 13 (1.54%) Windows Server 2008
17 10 (1.18%) AIX
18 9 (1.06%) Windows 10
19 8 (0.95%) Mac OS X
19 8 (0.95%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (24.82%) Agile
2 184 (21.75%) Software Engineering
3 162 (19.15%) DevOps
4 145 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
5 136 (16.08%) Mentoring
6 126 (14.89%) OO
7 117 (13.83%) Full Stack Development
7 117 (13.83%) User Experience
8 106 (12.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 106 (12.53%) Web Development
9 100 (11.82%) OOP
10 97 (11.47%) Coaching
10 97 (11.47%) MVC
11 94 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
12 93 (10.99%) Design Patterns
13 90 (10.64%) MVVM
14 83 (9.81%) CI/CD
15 79 (9.34%) SOLID
16 78 (9.22%) Co-Creation
16 78 (9.22%) Design Thinking
Programming Languages
1 228 (26.95%) Python
2 165 (19.50%) JavaScript
3 162 (19.15%) SQL
4 144 (17.02%) Java
5 104 (12.29%) C#
6 100 (11.82%) C
7 72 (8.51%) C++
8 59 (6.97%) PowerShell
9 47 (5.56%) PHP
10 26 (3.07%) Bash
11 23 (2.72%) Rust
12 19 (2.25%) Shell Script
13 16 (1.89%) Embedded C
14 15 (1.77%) Perl
15 14 (1.65%) TypeScript
15 14 (1.65%) VBScript
16 12 (1.42%) Ruby
17 11 (1.30%) COBOL
17 11 (1.30%) Delphi
17 11 (1.30%) Micro Focus COBOL
Qualifications
1 121 (14.30%) Degree
2 106 (12.53%) Security Cleared
3 75 (8.87%) SC Cleared
4 48 (5.67%) DV Cleared
5 43 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (3.55%) AWS Certification
7 24 (2.84%) Cisco Certification
8 20 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (2.25%) Azure Certification
10 16 (1.89%) PMI Certification
11 14 (1.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 13 (1.54%) CCNA
13 12 (1.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 10 (1.18%) CISSP
14 10 (1.18%) MCSA
14 10 (1.18%) MCSE
15 9 (1.06%) CCNP
16 6 (0.71%) CompTIA Security+
16 6 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
17 5 (0.59%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (2.72%) GDPR
2 20 (2.36%) SLA
3 15 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (1.30%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.18%) NIST
6 7 (0.83%) ISO 9000
7 6 (0.71%) QA
8 4 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 109 (12.88%) Docker
2 93 (10.99%) Active Directory
3 92 (10.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 51 (6.03%) Hyper-V
5 29 (3.43%) Firmware
6 18 (2.13%) Embedded Firmware
7 17 (2.01%) VMware ESXi
8 15 (1.77%) vSphere
9 4 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.35%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (0.35%) Terminal Services
10 3 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.24%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.12%) Dovecot
12 1 (0.12%) KVM
12 1 (0.12%) Lustre
12 1 (0.12%) PowerHA
12 1 (0.12%) Varnish
12 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 108 (12.77%) Ansible
2 106 (12.53%) Kubernetes
3 91 (10.76%) Terraform
4 27 (3.19%) Prometheus
5 21 (2.48%) Puppet
6 18 (2.13%) vCenter Server
7 17 (2.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 17 (2.01%) WSUS
8 16 (1.89%) Progress Chef
9 15 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
9 15 (1.77%) SCCM
10 14 (1.65%) Grafana
11 12 (1.42%) Opsgenie
11 12 (1.42%) SCOM
11 12 (1.42%) VxRail
11 12 (1.42%) ZABBIX
12 9 (1.06%) FortiGate
13 8 (0.95%) Nagios
14 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 5 (0.59%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 142 (16.78%) Red Hat
2 135 (15.96%) Microsoft
3 131 (15.48%) VMware
4 96 (11.35%) IBM
5 84 (9.93%) Oracle
6 66 (7.80%) Cisco
7 37 (4.37%) Google
8 31 (3.66%) Veeam
9 30 (3.55%) NetApp
10 23 (2.72%) SolarWinds
11 19 (2.25%) Palo Alto
12 18 (2.13%) Dell
13 16 (1.89%) ESRI
14 15 (1.77%) SolidFire
15 14 (1.65%) F5
15 14 (1.65%) Fortinet
16 12 (1.42%) Sparx
17 11 (1.30%) Facebook
17 11 (1.30%) Micro Focus
17 11 (1.30%) SaltStack