Linux Jobs in the North West

Linux
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 60 32
Rank change year-on-year +25 -28 -11
Permanent jobs citing Linux 526 442 783
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.27% 5.74% 8.32%
As % of the Operating Systems category 43.91% 38.67% 46.72%
Number of salaries quoted 320 262 386
10th Percentile £34,650 £28,525 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £67,968 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £79,875 £73,675
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +4.35%

All Operating Systems
North West

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 West with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,198 1,143 1,676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.01% 14.84% 17.81%
Number of salaries quoted 892 760 1,062
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,000 £23,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £59,625 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £71,250
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the North West

Linux
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Linux in the North West

Linux
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in the North West over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux in the North West

Linux
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the North West region over the 6 months to 18 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
Manchester +27 384 £54,424 -6.99% 53
Cheshire +29 67 £55,000 - 7
Lancashire +3 38 £50,000 +5.26% 8
Merseyside -35 25 £33,500 -33.00% 5
Cumbria -14 10 £70,000 +55.56% 1
Linux
England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 41 (7.79%) Apache
2 20 (3.80%) IIS
3 18 (3.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (2.85%) ArcGIS
5 14 (2.66%) Apache Spark
6 8 (1.52%) GeoServer
6 8 (1.52%) Tomcat
6 8 (1.52%) WebLogic
7 5 (0.95%) SharePoint
8 4 (0.76%) CloudStack
8 4 (0.76%) nginx
9 3 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.57%) Captiva
9 3 (0.57%) FileNet
9 3 (0.57%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.38%) SAS
11 1 (0.19%) CMS
11 1 (0.19%) Confluence
11 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.19%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 8 (1.52%) NEC Housing
1 8 (1.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (0.95%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 197 (37.45%) Azure
2 149 (28.33%) AWS
3 78 (14.83%) IBM Cloud
4 70 (13.31%) Serverless
5 48 (9.13%) Azure DevOps
6 45 (8.56%) GCP
7 42 (7.98%) Microsoft 365
8 41 (7.79%) Azure API Management
8 41 (7.79%) Azure Functions
8 41 (7.79%) Azure Logic Apps
8 41 (7.79%) Azure Service Bus
9 27 (5.13%) Amazon EKS
10 22 (4.18%) GitHub
11 20 (3.80%) AWS Lambda
12 16 (3.04%) AWS CloudFormation
13 15 (2.85%) OpenShift
14 14 (2.66%) Amazon SQS
15 12 (2.28%) Amazon S3
15 12 (2.28%) SaaS
16 10 (1.90%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 56 (10.65%) Firewall
2 37 (7.03%) WAN
3 36 (6.84%) DNS
4 27 (5.13%) LAN
5 26 (4.94%) DHCP
6 25 (4.75%) SAN
6 25 (4.75%) VPN
7 24 (4.56%) Network Security
7 24 (4.56%) TCP/IP
8 21 (3.99%) SSL
9 15 (2.85%) Internet
10 13 (2.47%) SD-WAN
11 12 (2.28%) iSCSI
12 11 (2.09%) AMQP
12 11 (2.09%) Wireless
13 10 (1.90%) BGP
13 10 (1.90%) IPsec
13 10 (1.90%) SNMP
13 10 (1.90%) Wi-Fi
14 9 (1.71%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (19.96%) PostgreSQL
2 103 (19.58%) MongoDB
3 97 (18.44%) NoSQL
4 78 (14.83%) DB2
5 67 (12.74%) Relational Database
6 50 (9.51%) SQL Server
7 48 (9.13%) MySQL
8 18 (3.42%) Big Data
8 18 (3.42%) Oracle Database
9 15 (2.85%) GIS
10 13 (2.47%) RDBMS
10 13 (2.47%) Redis
11 11 (2.09%) Amazon RDS
11 11 (2.09%) Cloudera CDH
11 11 (2.09%) Elasticsearch
11 11 (2.09%) Hadoop
12 8 (1.52%) QGIS
13 7 (1.33%) DynamoDB
13 7 (1.33%) Geospatial Data
14 6 (1.14%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 40 (7.60%) JIRA
2 37 (7.03%) Git
3 30 (5.70%) Jenkins
4 13 (2.47%) GitLab
5 9 (1.71%) Subversion
6 7 (1.33%) Artifactory
6 7 (1.33%) PHPUnit
6 7 (1.33%) Rational DOORS
7 6 (1.14%) GDB
8 5 (0.95%) Clang
9 4 (0.76%) CMake
9 4 (0.76%) GCC
10 3 (0.57%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.57%) IBM UrbanCode
10 3 (0.57%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.38%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.38%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.38%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.38%) LabVIEW
11 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 99 (18.82%) Public Sector
2 83 (15.78%) Social Skills
3 63 (11.98%) Finance
4 42 (7.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (5.70%) Aerospace
6 20 (3.80%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (2.66%) Retail
7 14 (2.66%) Telecoms
8 13 (2.47%) Manufacturing
9 10 (1.90%) Automotive
9 10 (1.90%) Electronics
10 8 (1.52%) Banking
10 8 (1.52%) Local Government
10 8 (1.52%) Military
10 8 (1.52%) Police
11 7 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.14%) Games
12 6 (1.14%) Health Technology
13 4 (0.76%) Law
13 4 (0.76%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 125 (23.76%) Developer
2 119 (22.62%) Software Engineer
3 114 (21.67%) Senior
4 48 (9.13%) Full Stack Developer
5 44 (8.37%) Lead
6 43 (8.17%) Full Stack Engineer
7 41 (7.79%) Azure Developer
8 38 (7.22%) Azure Engineer
9 33 (6.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 32 (6.08%) DevOps Engineer
11 31 (5.89%) Embedded Engineer
11 31 (5.89%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 28 (5.32%) Senior Software Engineer
13 21 (3.99%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 21 (3.99%) Software Developer
14 20 (3.80%) Senior Developer
15 18 (3.42%) Architect
16 17 (3.23%) Cloud Engineer
17 16 (3.04%) Consultant
18 14 (2.66%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (24.71%) React
2 121 (23.00%) CSS
3 114 (21.67%) HTML
4 102 (19.39%) AngularJS
5 99 (18.82%) REST
6 95 (18.06%) .NET
7 93 (17.68%) Vue
8 90 (17.11%) Web Services
9 89 (16.92%) jQuery
9 89 (16.92%) Node.js
10 86 (16.35%) ASP.NET
11 78 (14.83%) ASP.NET Core
11 78 (14.83%) Backbone.js
11 78 (14.83%) Ember.js
11 78 (14.83%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 31 (5.89%) RabbitMQ
13 20 (3.80%) Spring Boot
14 16 (3.04%) HTML5
14 16 (3.04%) Laravel
15 15 (2.85%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 85 (16.16%) Hybrid Cloud
2 79 (15.02%) Algorithms
3 78 (14.83%) Blockchain
3 78 (14.83%) Data Structures
4 37 (7.03%) e-Learning
5 33 (6.27%) Data Centre
6 27 (5.13%) Public Cloud
7 24 (4.56%) Embedded Systems
8 22 (4.18%) IoT
9 18 (3.42%) Management Information System
10 15 (2.85%) Cloud Native
10 15 (2.85%) PMI
11 10 (1.90%) Device Driver
12 9 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (1.71%) Replication
13 8 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
14 7 (1.33%) Smart Energy
15 6 (1.14%) Cyberattack
15 6 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
15 6 (1.14%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 265 (50.38%) Windows
2 84 (15.97%) Android
2 84 (15.97%) Apple iOS
3 49 (9.32%) Windows Server
4 38 (7.22%) Unix
5 32 (6.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 32 (6.08%) Ubuntu
6 16 (3.04%) Embedded Linux
7 15 (2.85%) Debian
7 15 (2.85%) Mac OS
8 12 (2.28%) CentOS
9 10 (1.90%) Data ONTAP
9 10 (1.90%) Solaris
10 9 (1.71%) Windows Server 2016
11 7 (1.33%) Windows Server 2012
12 6 (1.14%) Windows 10
13 5 (0.95%) Windows Server 2019
14 4 (0.76%) FreeRTOS
14 4 (0.76%) Kali Linux
14 4 (0.76%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (30.61%) Agile
2 138 (26.24%) Software Engineering
3 125 (23.76%) DevOps
4 109 (20.72%) Full Stack Development
5 100 (19.01%) Mentoring
6 98 (18.63%) OO
6 98 (18.63%) OOP
7 96 (18.25%) Web Development
8 92 (17.49%) MVC
8 92 (17.49%) User Experience
9 90 (17.11%) Design Patterns
9 90 (17.11%) MVVM
10 88 (16.73%) Artificial Intelligence
11 78 (14.83%) Co-Creation
11 78 (14.83%) Design Thinking
11 78 (14.83%) Responsive Web Design
11 78 (14.83%) SOLID
12 77 (14.64%) Problem-Solving
13 71 (13.50%) Coaching
14 62 (11.79%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 174 (33.08%) Python
2 140 (26.62%) JavaScript
3 122 (23.19%) Java
4 121 (23.00%) SQL
5 94 (17.87%) C#
6 69 (13.12%) C
7 38 (7.22%) C++
8 27 (5.13%) PowerShell
9 25 (4.75%) PHP
10 21 (3.99%) Rust
11 15 (2.85%) Embedded C
12 13 (2.47%) Bash
13 11 (2.09%) Delphi
13 11 (2.09%) Perl
13 11 (2.09%) Shell Script
14 9 (1.71%) Ruby
14 9 (1.71%) TypeScript
15 8 (1.52%) Go
16 5 (0.95%) ABAP
16 5 (0.95%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 76 (14.45%) Security Cleared
2 75 (14.26%) Degree
3 46 (8.75%) SC Cleared
4 37 (7.03%) DV Cleared
5 24 (4.56%) AWS Certification
6 19 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (2.85%) PMI Certification
8 11 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (1.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 10 (1.90%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (1.14%) CCNP
12 5 (0.95%) Citrix Certification
12 5 (0.95%) HND
12 5 (0.95%) JNCIA
12 5 (0.95%) VCAP
13 4 (0.76%) Chartered Engineer
13 4 (0.76%) HNC
14 2 (0.38%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 2 (0.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.09%) Accessibility
2 9 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.52%) GDPR
4 7 (1.33%) ISO 9000
4 7 (1.33%) SLA
5 5 (0.95%) NIST
6 4 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.19%) GRC
7 1 (0.19%) NCSC
7 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.19%) QA
System Software
1 73 (13.88%) Docker
2 55 (10.46%) Active Directory
3 49 (9.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (4.37%) Firmware
5 13 (2.47%) Embedded Firmware
5 13 (2.47%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.76%) Terminal Services
7 3 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.57%) vSphere
8 2 (0.38%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.19%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.19%) Lustre
9 1 (0.19%) Postfix
9 1 (0.19%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 75 (14.26%) Ansible
2 72 (13.69%) Kubernetes
3 61 (11.60%) Terraform
4 17 (3.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 14 (2.66%) Progress Chef
5 14 (2.66%) Puppet
6 13 (2.47%) Prometheus
7 12 (2.28%) Opsgenie
7 12 (2.28%) VxRail
7 12 (2.28%) ZABBIX
8 10 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
8 10 (1.90%) vCenter Server
9 7 (1.33%) WSUS
10 5 (0.95%) Plesk
11 4 (0.76%) cPanel
11 4 (0.76%) Grafana
12 3 (0.57%) Podman
12 3 (0.57%) SELinux
13 1 (0.19%) Icinga
13 1 (0.19%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 111 (21.10%) Red Hat
2 89 (16.92%) IBM
3 83 (15.78%) Microsoft
4 66 (12.55%) VMware
5 44 (8.37%) Cisco
6 40 (7.60%) Oracle
7 25 (4.75%) NetApp
8 23 (4.37%) Google
9 21 (3.99%) Veeam
10 15 (2.85%) ESRI
11 14 (2.66%) Fortinet
12 13 (2.47%) Dell
12 13 (2.47%) F5
13 12 (2.28%) SolarWinds
14 11 (2.09%) Palo Alto
14 11 (2.09%) SaltStack
15 10 (1.90%) Facebook
15 10 (1.90%) SolidFire
16 9 (1.71%) SAP
17 8 (1.52%) Citrix