Linux Jobs in Scotland

Linux
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 67 28 27
Rank change year-on-year -39 -1 -8
Permanent jobs citing Linux 353 376 530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 5.13% 8.73% 8.44%
As % of the Operating Systems category 45.14% 51.51% 53.81%
Number of salaries quoted 179 217 253
10th Percentile £38,750 £30,950 £36,500
25th Percentile £44,375 £40,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -7.60% +25.32%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,070 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

All Operating Systems
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 782 730 985
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 11.36% 16.95% 15.68%
Number of salaries quoted 423 408 551
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,125 £33,750 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +16.67%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £65,313
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,763 £73,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Scotland

Linux
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux in Scotland.

Salary trend for Linux in Scotland

Linux
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for Linux in Scotland

Linux
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Scotland 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
Glasgow -75 164 £50,000 -4.76% 16
Edinburgh +8 131 £60,000 +9.09% 34
West Lothian -1 23 £60,000 -11.11% 1
Dundee -6 10 £49,990 +33.31% 3
Aberdeen -15 8 £50,000 -23.08% 5
Aberdeenshire +3 4 £28,500 -56.15% 2
Lanarkshire -12 2 £27,500 -11.29% 4
Fife -13 1 - -
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £23,000 - 2
Linux
UK

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 19 (5.38%) Apache
2 10 (2.83%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.83%) Tomcat
3 9 (2.55%) WebSphere
4 8 (2.27%) WebLogic
5 6 (1.70%) ArcGIS
5 6 (1.70%) GeoServer
6 5 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (1.13%) Captiva
7 4 (1.13%) FileNet
7 4 (1.13%) IIS
7 4 (1.13%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.57%) WildFly
9 1 (0.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.28%) OrCAD
3 1 (0.28%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 11 (3.12%) Unit4 Business World
2 8 (2.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.28%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 82 (23.23%) Azure
2 65 (18.41%) AWS
3 31 (8.78%) GCP
4 21 (5.95%) IaaS
5 20 (5.67%) PaaS
6 19 (5.38%) Microsoft 365
7 18 (5.10%) SaaS
8 13 (3.68%) Cloud Computing
9 12 (3.40%) Amazon S3
10 9 (2.55%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (2.27%) Amazon SQS
12 7 (1.98%) Entra ID
13 6 (1.70%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (1.70%) GitHub
14 4 (1.13%) Google Docs
14 4 (1.13%) OpenShift
15 3 (0.85%) Asana
15 3 (0.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 3 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
15 3 (0.85%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 40 (11.33%) Firewall
2 29 (8.22%) Network Security
2 29 (8.22%) VPN
3 23 (6.52%) Wireless
4 18 (5.10%) TCP/IP
5 17 (4.82%) SD-WAN
5 17 (4.82%) WAN
6 16 (4.53%) Ethernet
6 16 (4.53%) Wi-Fi
7 14 (3.97%) DNS
7 14 (3.97%) RS-232
8 12 (3.40%) Internet
9 11 (3.12%) SNMP
10 10 (2.83%) IPsec
11 8 (2.27%) BGP
11 8 (2.27%) SSL
12 6 (1.70%) DHCP
13 4 (1.13%) LAN
14 3 (0.85%) Modbus
15 2 (0.57%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.93%) SQL Server
2 14 (3.97%) MongoDB
2 14 (3.97%) Relational Database
3 13 (3.68%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (3.12%) DB2
4 11 (3.12%) Elasticsearch
4 11 (3.12%) RDBMS
5 10 (2.83%) Oracle Database
6 8 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (2.27%) Big Data
7 7 (1.98%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (1.70%) GIS
8 6 (1.70%) QGIS
9 5 (1.42%) Pentaho
10 4 (1.13%) Hadoop
11 3 (0.85%) Ingres
11 3 (0.85%) MySQL
12 2 (0.57%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.57%) NoSQL
13 1 (0.28%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 18 (5.10%) JIRA
2 11 (3.12%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.27%) Git
4 7 (1.98%) GitLab
5 6 (1.70%) Maven
5 6 (1.70%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (1.42%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.42%) JUnit
6 5 (1.42%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.85%) IBM UrbanCode
8 1 (0.28%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.28%) GoCD
8 1 (0.28%) Gradle
8 1 (0.28%) Subversion
General
1 153 (43.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 133 (37.68%) Finance
3 87 (24.65%) Law
4 74 (20.96%) Social Skills
5 50 (14.16%) Marketing
6 38 (10.76%) Legal
7 22 (6.23%) Manufacturing
8 20 (5.67%) Banking
9 18 (5.10%) Analytical Skills
9 18 (5.10%) Public Sector
10 13 (3.68%) Aerospace
10 13 (3.68%) Military
11 7 (1.98%) Retail
11 7 (1.98%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.70%) Electronics
13 5 (1.42%) Automotive
13 5 (1.42%) Investment Banking
14 4 (1.13%) Aviation
14 4 (1.13%) Retail Banking
15 3 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 181 (51.27%) Software Engineer
2 66 (18.70%) Senior
3 55 (15.58%) Lead
4 43 (12.18%) Senior Software Engineer
5 41 (11.61%) Lead Software Engineer
6 26 (7.37%) Embedded Engineer
7 25 (7.08%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 22 (6.23%) Architect
9 21 (5.95%) Support Engineer
10 20 (5.67%) Cloud Engineer
11 17 (4.82%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 17 (4.82%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 15 (4.25%) Analyst
12 15 (4.25%) C Software Engineer
13 14 (3.97%) Consultant
13 14 (3.97%) Support Analyst
14 13 (3.68%) Java Engineer
14 13 (3.68%) Java Software Engineer
14 13 (3.68%) Solutions Architect
14 13 (3.68%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.38%) RabbitMQ
2 15 (4.25%) Spring Boot
3 14 (3.97%) Yocto
4 13 (3.68%) HTML
5 11 (3.12%) CSS
5 11 (3.12%) React
5 11 (3.12%) Web Services
6 10 (2.83%) .NET
6 10 (2.83%) YAML
7 8 (2.27%) RESTful
8 7 (1.98%) Spring
9 6 (1.70%) Django
9 6 (1.70%) Leaflet
9 6 (1.70%) OpenLayers
9 6 (1.70%) PostGIS
9 6 (1.70%) REST
9 6 (1.70%) SOAP
10 5 (1.42%) AngularJS
10 5 (1.42%) OpenCV
10 5 (1.42%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 46 (13.03%) Algorithms
2 33 (9.35%) Data Centre
3 31 (8.78%) Public Cloud
4 15 (4.25%) Device Driver
5 14 (3.97%) Cloud Native
5 14 (3.97%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (3.68%) Replication
7 10 (2.83%) Private Cloud
8 9 (2.55%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.70%) Driving Licence
10 5 (1.42%) Reference Data
10 5 (1.42%) Video\Live Streaming
11 4 (1.13%) DataPower
11 4 (1.13%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (0.85%) Embedded Systems
12 3 (0.85%) IoT
12 3 (0.85%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (0.85%) Management Information System
13 2 (0.57%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 129 (36.54%) Windows
2 53 (15.01%) Unix
3 47 (13.31%) Windows Server
4 16 (4.53%) Embedded Linux
5 13 (3.68%) Mac OS X
6 12 (3.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (2.83%) Data ONTAP
8 8 (2.27%) Ubuntu
9 7 (1.98%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (1.70%) CentOS
11 4 (1.13%) AIX
11 4 (1.13%) Debian
11 4 (1.13%) Mesosphere
11 4 (1.13%) Windows 10
11 4 (1.13%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (1.13%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.85%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.57%) Android
13 2 (0.57%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.57%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (52.41%) Software Engineering
2 141 (39.94%) Agile
3 105 (29.75%) SDLC
4 88 (24.93%) CI/CD
5 82 (23.23%) Community of Practice
6 66 (18.70%) DevOps
7 53 (15.01%) Artificial Intelligence
7 53 (15.01%) Machine Learning
8 52 (14.73%) Problem-Solving
9 48 (13.60%) Continuous Improvement
10 46 (13.03%) Operational Stability
11 45 (12.75%) Visualisation
12 42 (11.90%) Continuous Delivery
13 41 (11.61%) Architectural Design
13 41 (11.61%) Information Architecture
14 39 (11.05%) Actionable Insight
15 35 (9.92%) Risk Management
16 34 (9.63%) Mentoring
17 32 (9.07%) Project Management
18 30 (8.50%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 148 (41.93%) Python
2 129 (36.54%) Java
3 126 (35.69%) SQL
4 55 (15.58%) C
5 36 (10.20%) PL/SQL
6 35 (9.92%) C++
7 33 (9.35%) Embedded C
8 26 (7.37%) Bash
9 17 (4.82%) JavaScript
10 15 (4.25%) PowerShell
11 12 (3.40%) Shell Script
12 11 (3.12%) C#
13 5 (1.42%) Ruby
14 4 (1.13%) Embedded C++
14 4 (1.13%) T-SQL
14 4 (1.13%) VB
15 3 (0.85%) Groovy
15 3 (0.85%) Perl
15 3 (0.85%) PHP
16 2 (0.57%) Elixir
Qualifications
1 56 (15.86%) Degree
2 22 (6.23%) Cisco Certification
3 19 (5.38%) Security Cleared
4 18 (5.10%) CCNA
5 16 (4.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (4.53%) SC Cleared
6 15 (4.25%) CISSP
7 14 (3.97%) AWS Certification
8 13 (3.68%) CISM
8 13 (3.68%) GCIA
8 13 (3.68%) GCIH
8 13 (3.68%) GREM
9 12 (3.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (3.40%) Azure Certification
10 11 (3.12%) CISA
11 5 (1.42%) MCSA
11 5 (1.42%) MCSE
11 5 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.13%) CCDP
12 4 (1.13%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.12%) ITGC
1 11 (3.12%) PMO
2 6 (1.70%) QA
3 5 (1.42%) GDPR
4 2 (0.57%) DICOM
5 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.28%) JTAG
5 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 32 (9.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 29 (8.22%) Docker
3 17 (4.82%) Hyper-V
4 14 (3.97%) Active Directory
5 13 (3.68%) VMware NSX
6 6 (1.70%) Firmware
6 6 (1.70%) KVM
6 6 (1.70%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.57%) Xen
8 1 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 112 (31.73%) Kubernetes
2 43 (12.18%) Ansible
3 31 (8.78%) Terraform
4 15 (4.25%) Prometheus
5 13 (3.68%) FortiGate
6 12 (3.40%) Grafana
7 11 (3.12%) Progress Chef
8 10 (2.83%) vCenter Server
9 9 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (1.70%) Puppet
11 5 (1.42%) ITRS Geneos
12 4 (1.13%) Docker Swarm
13 3 (0.85%) ZABBIX
14 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
14 1 (0.28%) Kibana
Vendors
1 115 (32.58%) Oracle
2 52 (14.73%) VMware
3 29 (8.22%) Microsoft
4 24 (6.80%) Cisco
5 23 (6.52%) NetApp
6 16 (4.53%) SAP
7 14 (3.97%) Red Hat
8 13 (3.68%) Dell
8 13 (3.68%) ServiceNow
9 11 (3.12%) Sage
10 10 (2.83%) Google
10 10 (2.83%) Palo Alto
10 10 (2.83%) SolidFire
11 9 (2.55%) Splunk
12 8 (2.27%) Sparx
13 7 (1.98%) IBM
13 7 (1.98%) Sybase
14 6 (1.70%) ESRI
15 5 (1.42%) AppDynamics
15 5 (1.42%) CA