Linux Jobs in the Thames Valley

Linux
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 36 21 11
Rank change year-on-year -15 -10 +20
Permanent jobs citing Linux 419 496 1,075
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.71% 8.86% 14.33%
As % of the Operating Systems category 43.02% 47.33% 62.17%
Number of salaries quoted 337 302 471
10th Percentile £34,750 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,938 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 974 1,048 1,729
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.28% 18.72% 23.04%
Number of salaries quoted 810 665 994
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,638 £26,989
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £34,990
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £51,422
Median % change year-on-year - -17.35% -6.51%
75th Percentile £57,500 £64,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £80,000 £84,625
South East median annual salary £45,000 £43,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% -8.42% -

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the Thames Valley

Linux
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Linux in the Thames Valley

Linux
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Salary histogram for Linux in the Thames Valley

Linux
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire -3 225 £59,000 -15.71% 49
Oxfordshire +10 121 £51,000 +20.00% 17
Buckinghamshire -41 73 £45,000 -5.26% 19
Linux
South East

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 27 (6.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (4.06%) WebLogic
3 13 (3.10%) IIS
3 13 (3.10%) Oracle Service Bus
4 11 (2.63%) OpenStack
5 10 (2.39%) nginx
6 8 (1.91%) Apache
7 6 (1.43%) SharePoint
8 4 (0.95%) WordPress
9 3 (0.72%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.72%) Confluence
9 3 (0.72%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.24%) CMS
10 1 (0.24%) Kinematics
10 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
Applications
1 20 (4.77%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (3.10%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (3.10%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.95%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 130 (31.03%) Azure
2 71 (16.95%) AWS
3 48 (11.46%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (5.73%) Entra ID
5 19 (4.53%) Azure Monitor
5 19 (4.53%) Azure Storage
6 13 (3.10%) GitHub
7 12 (2.86%) OCI
8 11 (2.63%) Amazon S3
8 11 (2.63%) GCP
9 8 (1.91%) IaaS
9 8 (1.91%) SaaS
10 7 (1.67%) Amazon EC2
11 6 (1.43%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 5 (1.19%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (1.19%) Power Platform
13 4 (0.95%) Azure Pipelines
13 4 (0.95%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 84 (20.05%) Firewall
2 77 (18.38%) DNS
3 56 (13.37%) DHCP
4 33 (7.88%) SAN
5 30 (7.16%) TCP/IP
6 29 (6.92%) VPN
7 20 (4.77%) NAS
7 20 (4.77%) Wireless
8 16 (3.82%) SNMP
8 16 (3.82%) WAN
9 15 (3.58%) LAN
10 12 (2.86%) HTTP
10 12 (2.86%) SMTP
10 12 (2.86%) VoIP
11 10 (2.39%) BGP
11 10 (2.39%) Internet
12 7 (1.67%) VLAN
13 6 (1.43%) IPsec
13 6 (1.43%) Network Security
13 6 (1.43%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (7.16%) MySQL
2 21 (5.01%) Oracle Database
3 15 (3.58%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (3.58%) SQL Server
4 13 (3.10%) Oracle Database 10g
4 13 (3.10%) Oracle Database 11g
4 13 (3.10%) VLDB
5 9 (2.15%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (1.91%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.43%) GIS
7 6 (1.43%) MariaDB
8 5 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (1.19%) InfluxDB
8 5 (1.19%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.19%) Power BI
8 5 (1.19%) RDBMS
9 4 (0.95%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.95%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.72%) DB2
10 3 (0.72%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 16 (3.82%) Git
1 16 (3.82%) Jenkins
2 10 (2.39%) JIRA
3 5 (1.19%) GitLab
4 3 (0.72%) IntelliJ
5 2 (0.48%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.24%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.24%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.24%) Gradle
6 1 (0.24%) JUnit
6 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
General
1 96 (22.91%) Social Skills
2 38 (9.07%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (4.06%) Aerospace
4 13 (3.10%) Finance
5 11 (2.63%) Electronics
6 9 (2.15%) Manufacturing
7 7 (1.67%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.19%) Public Sector
9 4 (0.95%) Aeronautics
10 2 (0.48%) Advertising
10 2 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.24%) Legal
11 1 (0.24%) Marketing
11 1 (0.24%) Retail
Job Titles
1 83 (19.81%) Senior
2 79 (18.85%) Software Engineer
3 62 (14.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 36 (8.59%) Senior Software Engineer
5 34 (8.11%) Support Engineer
6 33 (7.88%) Applications Support
7 28 (6.68%) Embedded Engineer
8 24 (5.73%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 23 (5.49%) Linux Engineer
9 23 (5.49%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 23 (5.49%) Systems Engineer
10 21 (5.01%) Analyst
10 21 (5.01%) DevOps Engineer
10 21 (5.01%) IT Support
10 21 (5.01%) Lead
11 20 (4.77%) Applications Engineer
11 20 (4.77%) Developer
11 20 (4.77%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 18 (4.30%) Active Directory Specialist
12 18 (4.30%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.77%) OpenMP
1 20 (4.77%) WPF
2 19 (4.53%) ARM Templates
3 14 (3.34%) OpenACC
4 13 (3.10%) Web Services
5 11 (2.63%) React
6 10 (2.39%) RabbitMQ
7 8 (1.91%) CSS
7 8 (1.91%) HTML
8 7 (1.67%) .NET
9 6 (1.43%) Yocto
10 5 (1.19%) Django
10 5 (1.19%) Elastic Stack
10 5 (1.19%) Qt
10 5 (1.19%) YAML
11 4 (0.95%) JSON
11 4 (0.95%) LAMP
11 4 (0.95%) Node.js
11 4 (0.95%) Rendezvous
11 4 (0.95%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 51 (12.17%) Algorithms
2 46 (10.98%) Data Centre
3 31 (7.40%) Self-Motivation
4 27 (6.44%) PKI
5 20 (4.77%) CUDA
6 19 (4.53%) IoT
7 14 (3.34%) Linux Command Line
8 11 (2.63%) Product Ownership
9 9 (2.15%) CMDB
10 7 (1.67%) Embedded Systems
10 7 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.67%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.67%) Replication
11 6 (1.43%) Life Science
12 5 (1.19%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.19%) Raspberry Pi
13 4 (0.95%) EMC VNX
14 3 (0.72%) Arduino
14 3 (0.72%) Molecular Biology
14 3 (0.72%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 176 (42.00%) Windows
2 69 (16.47%) Unix
3 66 (15.75%) Windows Server
4 47 (11.22%) Windows Server 2016
5 45 (10.74%) Windows Server 2019
6 28 (6.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 25 (5.97%) Windows Server 2012
8 22 (5.25%) Embedded Linux
9 21 (5.01%) Windows 10
10 17 (4.06%) CentOS
10 17 (4.06%) Ubuntu
11 13 (3.10%) Solaris
12 12 (2.86%) Windows XP
13 7 (1.67%) Mac OS
14 5 (1.19%) Data ONTAP
14 5 (1.19%) VMS
15 4 (0.95%) AIX
15 4 (0.95%) Rocky
16 3 (0.72%) Debian
16 3 (0.72%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (23.15%) Software Engineering
2 86 (20.53%) Problem-Solving
3 70 (16.71%) Agile
3 70 (16.71%) DevOps
4 66 (15.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 61 (14.56%) Computer Science
6 53 (12.65%) Physics
7 51 (12.17%) Mathematics
8 47 (11.22%) Software Testing
9 46 (10.98%) CI/CD
10 43 (10.26%) Open Source
11 42 (10.02%) ITIL
12 40 (9.55%) Release Management
13 33 (7.88%) Parallel Programming
14 28 (6.68%) Actionable Insight
14 28 (6.68%) Analytics
14 28 (6.68%) Containerisation
15 27 (6.44%) Configuration Management
15 27 (6.44%) Performance Monitoring
15 27 (6.44%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 125 (29.83%) Python
2 93 (22.20%) C
3 71 (16.95%) C++
4 63 (15.04%) Bash
5 56 (13.37%) SQL
6 49 (11.69%) C#
7 47 (11.22%) PowerShell
8 44 (10.50%) Fortran
9 26 (6.21%) PL/SQL
10 20 (4.77%) XAML
11 19 (4.53%) Java
12 18 (4.30%) Bicep
12 18 (4.30%) VB
12 18 (4.30%) VBScript
13 16 (3.82%) JavaScript
14 15 (3.58%) Embedded C
15 12 (2.86%) Perl
16 9 (2.15%) Groovy
17 7 (1.67%) Embedded C++
18 6 (1.43%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 139 (33.17%) Security Cleared
2 136 (32.46%) Degree
3 78 (18.62%) SC Cleared
4 54 (12.89%) PhD
5 50 (11.93%) DV Cleared
6 49 (11.69%) Master's Degree
7 24 (5.73%) Cisco Certification
8 22 (5.25%) CCNA
9 18 (4.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 17 (4.06%) Computer Science Degree
11 15 (3.58%) CCNP
12 12 (2.86%) AWS Certification
12 12 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (2.39%) MCSE
14 4 (0.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.95%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.95%) OCP
14 4 (0.95%) Oracle Certification
15 2 (0.48%) DBS Check
15 2 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.97%) SLA
2 7 (1.67%) QA
3 3 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.24%) GDPR
4 1 (0.24%) NIST
System Software
1 78 (18.62%) Active Directory
2 53 (12.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 50 (11.93%) Docker
4 28 (6.68%) Hyper-V
5 20 (4.77%) Virtual Machines
6 18 (4.30%) Virtual Desktop
7 17 (4.06%) VMware ESXi
8 13 (3.10%) Oracle RAC
9 12 (2.86%) vSphere
10 10 (2.39%) Firmware
11 5 (1.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 4 (0.95%) Embedded Firmware
13 2 (0.48%) KVM
13 2 (0.48%) QEMU
13 2 (0.48%) Xen
14 1 (0.24%) GPFS
14 1 (0.24%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 65 (15.51%) Kubernetes
2 41 (9.79%) Ansible
3 39 (9.31%) SCOM
4 37 (8.83%) SCCM
5 31 (7.40%) WSUS
6 30 (7.16%) Microsoft Intune
7 29 (6.92%) Terraform
8 23 (5.49%) vCenter Server
9 18 (4.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 17 (4.06%) Oracle RMAN
11 16 (3.82%) EMC NetWorker
12 14 (3.34%) NetBackup
13 13 (3.10%) Data Guard
14 6 (1.43%) Docker Swarm
14 6 (1.43%) Rancher
15 5 (1.19%) Nagios
15 5 (1.19%) Prometheus
15 5 (1.19%) Puppet
15 5 (1.19%) Red Hat Spacewalk
16 4 (0.95%) Kibana
Vendors
1 127 (30.31%) Microsoft
2 82 (19.57%) VMware
3 39 (9.31%) Oracle
4 23 (5.49%) Cisco
4 23 (5.49%) Veeam
5 21 (5.01%) Juniper
5 21 (5.01%) Palo Alto
6 20 (4.77%) EMC
6 20 (4.77%) Red Hat
7 18 (4.30%) Dell
8 15 (3.58%) Sun
9 13 (3.10%) 3PAR
9 13 (3.10%) HP
9 13 (3.10%) Remedy
10 12 (2.86%) Extreme Networks
10 12 (2.86%) Symantec
11 11 (2.63%) Dynatrace
12 8 (1.91%) Aruba
12 8 (1.91%) Fortinet
13 6 (1.43%) SolarWinds