Linux/Unix Command Line Interface (CLI)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Linux Command Line in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Linux Command Line over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 730 670 514
Rank change year-on-year -60 -156 -40
Permanent jobs citing Linux Command Line 161 317 1,101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.32% 0.69%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.46% 0.75% 1.43%
Number of salaries quoted 130 206 320
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,250 £42,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,438 £74,375 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,250 £97,328 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

All Generic Skills
UK

Linux Command Line is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,145 42,330 76,975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.18% 42.69% 47.89%
Number of salaries quoted 23,044 23,098 33,984
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,427 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,719
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £109,865 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Linux Command Line
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Linux Command Line as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Linux Command Line in the UK

Linux Command Line
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Linux Command Line in the UK

Linux Command Line
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux Command Line over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux Command Line in the UK

Linux Command Line
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Command Line within the UK 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
England -26 156 £52,500 -12.50% 78
UK excluding London -107 102 £50,000 -4.76% 47
Work from Home -10 65 £67,500 +17.39% 37
London +52 54 £70,000 +7.69% 38
South East +11 39 £42,500 - 17
South West -19 28 £52,500 +40.00% 9
North of England -5 14 £50,000 -11.11% 5
Midlands -23 12 £50,000 -6.98% 6
West Midlands +8 10 £50,000 +17.65% 4
East of England +1 9 £43,500 -39.58% 4
Yorkshire +46 8 £61,250 -12.50% 3
North West -10 5 £50,000 -9.09% 2
East Midlands -14 2 £40,000 -23.81% 2
Wales +5 1 £50,000 +11.11% 2
North East -11 1 - -

Linux Command Line
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 12 (7.45%) SharePoint
2 11 (6.83%) nginx
3 10 (6.21%) IIS
3 10 (6.21%) WordPress
4 9 (5.59%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.86%) Confluence
6 2 (1.24%) Apache
7 1 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.62%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.62%) CMS
7 1 (0.62%) Drupal
7 1 (0.62%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.11%) GNU Octave
2 5 (3.11%) MS Visio
3 4 (2.48%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (4.35%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 55 (34.16%) AWS
2 43 (26.71%) Azure
3 26 (16.15%) OpenShift
4 18 (11.18%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (9.32%) Cloud Computing
6 14 (8.70%) Azure Monitor
7 13 (8.07%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (7.45%) Serverless
9 11 (6.83%) AWS Lambda
10 10 (6.21%) Amazon EC2
10 10 (6.21%) Amazon S3
11 9 (5.59%) Entra ID
11 9 (5.59%) OneDrive
12 8 (4.97%) Azure AKS
12 8 (4.97%) GitHub
13 7 (4.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 7 (4.35%) Azure Storage
13 7 (4.35%) Datadog
13 7 (4.35%) Pulumi
14 6 (3.73%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (28.57%) Firewall
2 15 (9.32%) Wireless
3 13 (8.07%) DNS
4 11 (6.83%) Network Security
4 11 (6.83%) TCP/IP
5 10 (6.21%) VPN
6 9 (5.59%) Fibre Channel
6 9 (5.59%) iSCSI
6 9 (5.59%) NAS
6 9 (5.59%) SAN
7 6 (3.73%) LAN
8 5 (3.11%) AMQP
8 5 (3.11%) SSH
8 5 (3.11%) WAN
9 4 (2.48%) Multicast
9 4 (2.48%) OSPF
9 4 (2.48%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (1.86%) DHCP
10 3 (1.86%) HTTP
10 3 (1.86%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (21.12%) MySQL
2 23 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (7.45%) SQL Server
4 10 (6.21%) Amazon RDS
4 10 (6.21%) MongoDB
5 8 (4.97%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (4.97%) MariaDB
6 7 (4.35%) Redis
7 6 (3.73%) Relational Database
8 5 (3.11%) InfluxDB
8 5 (3.11%) Power BI
9 4 (2.48%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (2.48%) NoSQL
10 3 (1.86%) Oracle Database
11 2 (1.24%) Apache Cassandra
11 2 (1.24%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (1.24%) Neo4j
11 2 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.62%) Big Data
12 1 (0.62%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 53 (32.92%) Git
2 30 (18.63%) Jenkins
3 23 (14.29%) JIRA
4 13 (8.07%) Robot Framework
5 12 (7.45%) Subversion
6 10 (6.21%) GNU Toolchain
7 9 (5.59%) GitLab
8 7 (4.35%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (3.11%) DTrace
9 5 (3.11%) GDB
10 4 (2.48%) Rational DOORS
11 3 (1.86%) Bitbucket
11 3 (1.86%) JUnit
12 2 (1.24%) Artifactory
12 2 (1.24%) Cucumber
12 2 (1.24%) Gradle
13 1 (0.62%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 1 (0.62%) CMake
13 1 (0.62%) Cypress.io
13 1 (0.62%) TeamCity
General
1 29 (18.01%) Social Skills
2 19 (11.80%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (11.18%) Aerospace
4 12 (7.45%) Finance
5 10 (6.21%) Law
6 8 (4.97%) Retail
7 5 (3.11%) Aviation
8 3 (1.86%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.24%) Banking
9 2 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.24%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.24%) Music Industry
9 2 (1.24%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.62%) Advertising
10 1 (0.62%) Back Office
10 1 (0.62%) Electronics
10 1 (0.62%) Games
10 1 (0.62%) Legal
10 1 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (20.50%) Azure Engineer
2 32 (19.88%) Developer
3 20 (12.42%) Platform Engineer
4 18 (11.18%) Cloud Engineer
5 17 (10.56%) Network Engineer
6 16 (9.94%) Linux Engineer
7 14 (8.70%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 14 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (8.70%) Support Engineer
8 13 (8.07%) Administrator
8 13 (8.07%) Consultant
8 13 (8.07%) Linux Administrator
8 13 (8.07%) Software Consultant
9 12 (7.45%) Automation Engineer
9 12 (7.45%) DevOps Engineer
10 11 (6.83%) AWS Engineer
11 10 (6.21%) Linux Developer
11 10 (6.21%) Linux Systems Administrator
11 10 (6.21%) Operations Engineer
11 10 (6.21%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (14.29%) HTML
2 17 (10.56%) Node.js
2 17 (10.56%) XML
3 11 (6.83%) React
4 10 (6.21%) CSS
4 10 (6.21%) LAMP
4 10 (6.21%) POSIX
5 8 (4.97%) ARM Templates
5 8 (4.97%) Laravel
5 8 (4.97%) RESTful
6 7 (4.35%) REST
7 6 (3.73%) JSON
8 5 (3.11%) NumPy
8 5 (3.11%) RabbitMQ
8 5 (3.11%) Vue
9 4 (2.48%) Akka
9 4 (2.48%) NETCONF
9 4 (2.48%) SOAP
9 4 (2.48%) Spring
10 3 (1.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.83%) Embedded Systems
1 11 (6.83%) Replication
2 8 (4.97%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (4.35%) Client/Server
3 7 (4.35%) Product Ownership
3 7 (4.35%) Public Cloud
4 6 (3.73%) Clustering
5 4 (2.48%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.24%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.24%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.24%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.62%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.62%) FPGA
8 1 (0.62%) Life Science
8 1 (0.62%) Music Streaming
8 1 (0.62%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.62%) PKI
8 1 (0.62%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 140 (86.96%) Linux
2 40 (24.84%) Windows
3 39 (24.22%) Unix
4 27 (16.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 21 (13.04%) CentOS
5 21 (13.04%) Windows Server
6 19 (11.80%) CoreOS
7 15 (9.32%) Windows Server 2016
8 12 (7.45%) Ubuntu
9 11 (6.83%) VMS
10 10 (6.21%) Windows Server 2019
11 8 (4.97%) Windows 10
12 2 (1.24%) Android
12 2 (1.24%) Apple iOS
12 2 (1.24%) Debian
12 2 (1.24%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.62%) Fedora
13 1 (0.62%) openSUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (42.24%) DevOps
2 45 (27.95%) CI/CD
3 42 (26.09%) Configuration Management
4 41 (25.47%) Agile
5 39 (24.22%) Problem-Solving
6 37 (22.98%) Time Management
7 27 (16.77%) Infrastructure as Code
8 25 (15.53%) Software Testing
9 24 (14.91%) Change Management
10 23 (14.29%) ITIL
11 21 (13.04%) Containerisation
11 21 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 21 (13.04%) Platform Engineering
12 20 (12.42%) Customer Service
13 19 (11.80%) Test Automation
14 17 (10.56%) Analytics
14 17 (10.56%) Collaborative Working
14 17 (10.56%) Continuous Improvement
14 17 (10.56%) Open Source
15 16 (9.94%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 87 (54.04%) Python
2 77 (47.83%) Bash
3 44 (27.33%) SQL
4 36 (22.36%) PowerShell
5 31 (19.25%) Java
6 22 (13.66%) PHP
7 19 (11.80%) JavaScript
8 16 (9.94%) C
9 15 (9.32%) Go
10 14 (8.70%) Shell Script
11 12 (7.45%) C++
11 12 (7.45%) Perl
12 10 (6.21%) C#
12 10 (6.21%) Ruby
12 10 (6.21%) TypeScript
13 8 (4.97%) PL/SQL
14 7 (4.35%) Groovy
15 5 (3.11%) MATLAB
15 5 (3.11%) OCaml
15 5 (3.11%) SystemTap
Qualifications
1 31 (19.25%) Degree
2 25 (15.53%) Security Cleared
3 15 (9.32%) Azure Certification
3 15 (9.32%) SC Cleared
4 7 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (4.35%) DV Cleared
5 5 (3.11%) AWS Certification
5 5 (3.11%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (2.48%) Chartered Engineer
6 4 (2.48%) HNC
6 4 (2.48%) HND
7 3 (1.86%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 3 (1.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.62%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 1 (0.62%) CCNA
9 1 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.62%) MCSA
9 1 (0.62%) MCSE
9 1 (0.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.48%) QA
2 2 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.62%) GDPR
3 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (0.62%) NIST
3 1 (0.62%) SLA
System Software
1 45 (27.95%) Docker
2 20 (12.42%) Active Directory
3 10 (6.21%) vSphere
4 3 (1.86%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.86%) VirtualBox
5 2 (1.24%) Firmware
6 1 (0.62%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.62%) Samba
6 1 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 49 (30.43%) Kubernetes
2 43 (26.71%) Ansible
3 39 (24.22%) Puppet
4 30 (18.63%) Terraform
5 21 (13.04%) Progress Chef
6 17 (10.56%) Grafana
7 13 (8.07%) Prometheus
8 10 (6.21%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (5.59%) SCCM
10 8 (4.97%) Salt
11 5 (3.11%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (1.86%) Kibana
13 2 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (1.24%) ZABBIX
14 1 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
14 1 (0.62%) logstash
14 1 (0.62%) Nmap
14 1 (0.62%) OpenNMS
14 1 (0.62%) SCOM
14 1 (0.62%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 26 (16.15%) Microsoft
2 23 (14.29%) Red Hat
3 14 (8.70%) ServiceNow
4 13 (8.07%) Palo Alto
5 12 (7.45%) Cisco
6 11 (6.83%) Remedy
7 10 (6.21%) Synology
7 10 (6.21%) Veeam
7 10 (6.21%) VMware
8 9 (5.59%) Aruba
8 9 (5.59%) ProCurve
8 9 (5.59%) Zerto
9 7 (4.35%) BMC
9 7 (4.35%) New Relic
9 7 (4.35%) SaltStack
10 5 (3.11%) Oracle
11 4 (2.48%) Google
11 4 (2.48%) SolarWinds
11 4 (2.48%) Thales
12 2 (1.24%) Blue Prism