Linux Jobs in the South West

Linux
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 17 20 16
Rank change year-on-year +3 -4 +1
Permanent jobs citing Linux 855 705 1,138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 9.12% 10.55% 13.92%
As % of the Operating Systems category 51.79% 56.18% 60.34%
Number of salaries quoted 540 307 621
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,842 £31,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,175 £73,675
90th Percentile £82,505 £77,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +4.35%

All Operating Systems
South 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 South West with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,651 1,255 1,886
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 17.62% 18.78% 23.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,249 727 1,177
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,400
25th Percentile £33,750 £32,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £60,025 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £76,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the South West

Linux
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Linux in the South West

Linux
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Linux in the South West

Linux
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the South 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
Gloucestershire +3 336 £55,000 -3.08% 43
Wiltshire +8 166 £50,000 -28.57% 35
Bristol 0 156 £61,250 +2.08% 74
Devon +10 78 £37,500 -16.67% 11
Dorset -26 60 £50,000 - 3
Somerset +5 45 £45,125 -17.95% 19
Cornwall -13 4 £55,000 - 3
Linux
England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 67 (7.84%) Apache
2 33 (3.86%) Apache Spark
3 23 (2.69%) nginx
4 21 (2.46%) Jupyter
5 14 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (1.29%) Confluence
7 7 (0.82%) SharePoint
8 6 (0.70%) IIS
8 6 (0.70%) JBoss
9 4 (0.47%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.47%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.47%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.35%) CloudStack
10 3 (0.35%) GlassFish
10 3 (0.35%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.23%) Captiva
11 2 (0.23%) FileNet
11 2 (0.23%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.23%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (2.34%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.58%) OrCAD
2 5 (0.58%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (0.23%) GNU Octave
3 2 (0.23%) Simulink
4 1 (0.12%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 6 (0.70%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 249 (29.12%) AWS
2 189 (22.11%) Azure
3 107 (12.51%) OpenShift
4 43 (5.03%) SaaS
5 40 (4.68%) GCP
6 39 (4.56%) Microsoft 365
7 33 (3.86%) Amazon S3
8 24 (2.81%) IaaS
8 24 (2.81%) PaaS
9 22 (2.57%) AWS CloudFormation
10 21 (2.46%) AWS Lambda
10 21 (2.46%) Serverless
11 20 (2.34%) Amazon EKS
12 17 (1.99%) MinIO
13 12 (1.40%) Nutanix
14 9 (1.05%) GitHub
15 8 (0.94%) Amazon EC2
15 8 (0.94%) Power Platform
16 7 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
16 7 (0.82%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 72 (8.42%) Firewall
2 70 (8.19%) TCP/IP
3 63 (7.37%) DNS
4 45 (5.26%) HTTP
5 42 (4.91%) DHCP
6 31 (3.63%) Internet
7 28 (3.27%) VSAN
8 22 (2.57%) WAN
9 21 (2.46%) AMQP
10 18 (2.11%) SAN
11 17 (1.99%) Ethernet
12 16 (1.87%) Wireless
13 15 (1.75%) iSCSI
14 13 (1.52%) 5G
14 13 (1.52%) LAN
14 13 (1.52%) NAS
15 12 (1.40%) Network Security
16 11 (1.29%) RS-232
17 9 (1.05%) Fibre Channel
17 9 (1.05%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (5.61%) Big Data
2 45 (5.26%) MongoDB
3 37 (4.33%) SQL Server
4 33 (3.86%) Hadoop
5 32 (3.74%) MySQL
6 19 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
7 17 (1.99%) Presto
8 16 (1.87%) Cloudera CDH
9 11 (1.29%) Relational Database
10 10 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (0.94%) NoSQL
11 8 (0.94%) Oracle Database
11 8 (0.94%) Power BI
12 7 (0.82%) Data Lake
12 7 (0.82%) SQLite
13 6 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (0.58%) InfluxDB
14 5 (0.58%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.47%) GIS
15 4 (0.47%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 68 (7.95%) JIRA
2 61 (7.13%) Git
3 55 (6.43%) Jenkins
4 26 (3.04%) Subversion
5 20 (2.34%) Visual Studio
6 17 (1.99%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 14 (1.64%) Eclipse
8 12 (1.40%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.70%) Postman
9 6 (0.70%) RStudio
10 5 (0.58%) LabVIEW
10 5 (0.58%) TeamCity
11 4 (0.47%) Gradle
11 4 (0.47%) IntelliJ
11 4 (0.47%) Maven
11 4 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
12 3 (0.35%) GitLab
12 3 (0.35%) Rational Rhapsody
12 3 (0.35%) Robot Framework
13 2 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 146 (17.08%) Social Skills
2 139 (16.26%) Aerospace
3 66 (7.72%) Finance
4 64 (7.49%) Analytical Skills
5 52 (6.08%) Public Sector
6 36 (4.21%) Electronics
7 31 (3.63%) Manufacturing
8 29 (3.39%) Marketing
9 27 (3.16%) Telecoms
10 26 (3.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 19 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
12 16 (1.87%) Retail
13 10 (1.17%) Aviation
14 8 (0.94%) Automotive
15 7 (0.82%) Avionics
16 6 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (0.70%) Military
16 6 (0.70%) Tech for Good
17 5 (0.58%) Games
17 5 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 169 (19.77%) Software Engineer
2 161 (18.83%) Senior
3 138 (16.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 90 (10.53%) DevOps Engineer
5 88 (10.29%) Administrator
6 70 (8.19%) Embedded Engineer
7 69 (8.07%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 62 (7.25%) Senior Software Engineer
9 59 (6.90%) Linux Engineer
10 52 (6.08%) Systems Engineer
11 51 (5.96%) Developer
12 44 (5.15%) Lead
13 40 (4.68%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 40 (4.68%) Systems Administrator
14 36 (4.21%) Architect
15 35 (4.09%) DBA
16 31 (3.63%) Consultant
17 29 (3.39%) DV Cleared DBA
17 29 (3.39%) Linux Administrator
18 28 (3.27%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (5.50%) React
2 46 (5.38%) RabbitMQ
3 33 (3.86%) HTML
4 31 (3.63%) REST
5 28 (3.27%) Apache NiFi
6 26 (3.04%) AngularJS
6 26 (3.04%) CSS
7 25 (2.92%) Qt
8 23 (2.69%) Spring Boot
9 22 (2.57%) Swagger
10 21 (2.46%) JSON
10 21 (2.46%) Spring
10 21 (2.46%) STL
10 21 (2.46%) XML
10 21 (2.46%) YAML
11 20 (2.34%) Elastic Stack
12 19 (2.22%) Node.js
13 17 (1.99%) ActiveMQ
13 17 (1.99%) jQuery
14 16 (1.87%) Material-UI
Miscellaneous
1 47 (5.50%) Public Cloud
2 37 (4.33%) Cloud Native
3 31 (3.63%) Data Centre
3 31 (3.63%) Hybrid Cloud
4 28 (3.27%) GNSS
4 28 (3.27%) Linux Command Line
4 28 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
5 25 (2.92%) Cyber Defence
6 19 (2.22%) FPGA
7 17 (1.99%) Enterprise Cloud
8 16 (1.87%) Management Information System
8 16 (1.87%) PKI
9 14 (1.64%) EMC VNX
9 14 (1.64%) VHDL
10 11 (1.29%) Analogue Electronics
10 11 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
10 11 (1.29%) Device Driver
10 11 (1.29%) Operational Technology
11 9 (1.05%) Replication
12 8 (0.94%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 332 (38.83%) Windows
2 125 (14.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 83 (9.71%) CentOS
4 65 (7.60%) Embedded Linux
5 62 (7.25%) Unix
6 52 (6.08%) Windows Server 2016
7 51 (5.96%) Ubuntu
8 49 (5.73%) Windows Server
9 44 (5.15%) Windows Server 2019
10 38 (4.44%) Debian
11 37 (4.33%) Windows Server 2012
12 23 (2.69%) Windows 10
13 19 (2.22%) CoreOS
14 11 (1.29%) Solaris
15 10 (1.17%) AIX
16 9 (1.05%) Android
17 8 (0.94%) VMS
18 7 (0.82%) Apple iOS
18 7 (0.82%) Windows 7
18 7 (0.82%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (25.26%) Software Engineering
2 200 (23.39%) DevOps
3 173 (20.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 147 (17.19%) Agile
5 131 (15.32%) Actionable Insight
6 128 (14.97%) Problem-Solving
7 101 (11.81%) Collaborative Working
7 101 (11.81%) Cybersecurity
8 93 (10.88%) Containerisation
9 91 (10.64%) Infrastructure as Code
10 88 (10.29%) Configuration Management
11 84 (9.82%) CI/CD
12 82 (9.59%) Computer Science
13 80 (9.36%) Mentoring
14 74 (8.65%) Validation
15 62 (7.25%) B2B
16 60 (7.02%) Scrum
16 60 (7.02%) SDLC
17 54 (6.32%) Kanban
18 53 (6.20%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 359 (41.99%) Python
2 268 (31.35%) Bash
3 131 (15.32%) C
4 128 (14.97%) PowerShell
5 117 (13.68%) Java
6 107 (12.51%) SQL
7 76 (8.89%) C++
8 69 (8.07%) JavaScript
9 57 (6.67%) Embedded C
10 55 (6.43%) Rust
11 40 (4.68%) Shell Script
12 30 (3.51%) Perl
13 21 (2.46%) PHP
14 17 (1.99%) C#
15 13 (1.52%) TypeScript
16 12 (1.40%) Tcl
16 12 (1.40%) T-SQL
17 11 (1.29%) Go
17 11 (1.29%) MATLAB
17 11 (1.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 442 (51.70%) Security Cleared
2 227 (26.55%) DV Cleared
3 128 (14.97%) Degree
4 126 (14.74%) SC Cleared
5 35 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (1.99%) HND
7 15 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (1.52%) CCNA
9 13 (1.52%) ISTQB
10 10 (1.17%) CCNP
10 10 (1.17%) RHCE
10 10 (1.17%) RHCSA
11 9 (1.05%) AWS Certification
11 9 (1.05%) PMP
12 7 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (0.58%) Azure Certification
13 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.58%) Network+ Certification
13 5 (0.58%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (2.34%) PMO
2 13 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (1.40%) QA
4 10 (1.17%) SLA
5 9 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.70%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.70%) NCSC
7 3 (0.35%) Def Stans
7 3 (0.35%) GDPR
7 3 (0.35%) MISRA
8 2 (0.23%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.12%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.12%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.12%) NIST
System Software
1 144 (16.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 142 (16.61%) Docker
3 58 (6.78%) Active Directory
4 56 (6.55%) Hyper-V
5 42 (4.91%) VMware ESXi
6 33 (3.86%) Firmware
7 30 (3.51%) vSphere
8 23 (2.69%) Virtual Machines
9 18 (2.11%) Embedded Firmware
10 12 (1.40%) VMware NSX
11 7 (0.82%) KVM
11 7 (0.82%) XenApp
12 4 (0.47%) NFS
12 4 (0.47%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 3 (0.35%) Ceph
13 3 (0.35%) Forefront TMG
13 3 (0.35%) Gluster
13 3 (0.35%) oVirt
13 3 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
13 3 (0.35%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 258 (30.18%) Ansible
2 182 (21.29%) Kubernetes
3 133 (15.56%) Puppet
4 121 (14.15%) Terraform
5 42 (4.91%) vCenter Server
6 33 (3.86%) Prometheus
7 30 (3.51%) Nagios
8 27 (3.16%) Grafana
8 27 (3.16%) Progress Chef
9 17 (1.99%) EMC NetWorker
9 17 (1.99%) HAProxy
10 11 (1.29%) ZABBIX
11 10 (1.17%) SCCM
12 7 (0.82%) EMC VPLEX
13 6 (0.70%) Failover Clustering
13 6 (0.70%) Icinga
13 6 (0.70%) Opsgenie
13 6 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
14 5 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
14 5 (0.58%) Rancher
Vendors
1 184 (21.52%) VMware
2 162 (18.95%) Red Hat
3 127 (14.85%) Microsoft
4 54 (6.32%) Oracle
5 40 (4.68%) Cisco
6 27 (3.16%) Veeam
7 24 (2.81%) EMC
7 24 (2.81%) SolarWinds
8 20 (2.34%) Google
8 20 (2.34%) SaltStack
9 14 (1.64%) Citrix
10 13 (1.52%) NetApp
11 12 (1.40%) Brocade
11 12 (1.40%) SAP
12 10 (1.17%) Xilinx
13 9 (1.05%) Atlassian
14 8 (0.94%) Altera
14 8 (0.94%) Green Hills
14 8 (0.94%) Motorola
14 8 (0.94%) Salesforce