Linux Jobs in the West Midlands

Linux
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 81 72 46
Rank change year-on-year -9 -26 -20
Permanent jobs citing Linux 210 255 433
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.81% 4.08% 5.87%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.45% 33.77% 36.23%
Number of salaries quoted 156 166 235
10th Percentile £30,500 £39,125 £31,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £39,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +1.94%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,625 £80,000 £75,600
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +4.35%

All Operating Systems
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 859 755 1,195
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.50% 12.08% 16.20%
Number of salaries quoted 726 534 847
10th Percentile £24,813 £25,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +4.05% +6.79%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £55,694
90th Percentile £65,302 £70,000 £69,400
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the West Midlands

Linux
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Linux in the West Midlands

Linux
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Linux in the West Midlands

Linux
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham -22 66 £61,206 +6.45% 25
Staffordshire +3 45 £35,000 -24.09% 10
Worcestershire -5 35 £50,000 -4.76% 9
Coventry +28 17 £65,000 +18.18% 2
Warwickshire +20 16 £47,500 -32.14% 14
Solihull +1 4 £50,000 +1.01% 3
Shropshire -17 4 - -
Herefordshire -10 3 £60,000 -40.00% 5
Brierley Hill - 1 £55,000 -
Linux
England

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 16 (7.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (7.14%) nginx
3 9 (4.29%) Tomcat
4 8 (3.81%) Apache
4 8 (3.81%) IIS
4 8 (3.81%) WebSphere
5 7 (3.33%) SharePoint
6 3 (1.43%) MQSeries
6 3 (1.43%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.95%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.48%) JBoss
8 1 (0.48%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (3.81%) NEC Housing
2 4 (1.90%) NetSuite
3 3 (1.43%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 41 (19.52%) Azure
2 26 (12.38%) AWS
3 17 (8.10%) Entra ID
4 16 (7.62%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (6.67%) GitHub
6 11 (5.24%) GCP
7 9 (4.29%) Azure Logic Apps
8 7 (3.33%) IaaS
8 7 (3.33%) PaaS
8 7 (3.33%) SaaS
9 6 (2.86%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (2.38%) npm
10 5 (2.38%) Serverless
11 4 (1.90%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (1.90%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (1.43%) Amazon ECR
12 3 (1.43%) Amazon ECS
12 3 (1.43%) Amazon ELB
12 3 (1.43%) Amazon S3
13 2 (0.95%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 40 (19.05%) Firewall
2 15 (7.14%) SAN
3 13 (6.19%) DHCP
3 13 (6.19%) DNS
4 12 (5.71%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (5.24%) TCP/IP
6 10 (4.76%) LAN
6 10 (4.76%) VPN
7 8 (3.81%) WAN
8 7 (3.33%) Bluetooth
9 6 (2.86%) HTTP
10 5 (2.38%) RS-232
10 5 (2.38%) RS-485
10 5 (2.38%) Wireless
10 5 (2.38%) ZigBee
11 4 (1.90%) Fibre Channel
11 4 (1.90%) MQTT
11 4 (1.90%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (1.43%) Internet
12 3 (1.43%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (16.19%) MySQL
2 23 (10.95%) SQL Server
3 13 (6.19%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (3.81%) Oracle Database
5 7 (3.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (3.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (2.86%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.43%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (1.43%) DB2
7 3 (1.43%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.43%) InterSystems Cache
7 3 (1.43%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 22 (10.48%) Git
2 14 (6.67%) JIRA
3 13 (6.19%) Subversion
4 10 (4.76%) GNU Toolchain
5 5 (2.38%) webpack
6 3 (1.43%) IBM UrbanCode
6 3 (1.43%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.95%) CANoe
7 2 (0.95%) GCC
7 2 (0.95%) gulp
8 1 (0.48%) GitLab
General
1 65 (30.95%) Social Skills
2 38 (18.10%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (15.24%) Finance
4 14 (6.67%) Automotive
5 13 (6.19%) Electronics
5 13 (6.19%) Retail
6 12 (5.71%) Law
7 10 (4.76%) Local Government
8 9 (4.29%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.81%) Police
10 6 (2.86%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.90%) Marketing
12 3 (1.43%) Banking
12 3 (1.43%) Legal
12 3 (1.43%) Military
12 3 (1.43%) Multimedia
12 3 (1.43%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.95%) iGaming
13 2 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 54 (25.71%) Developer
2 38 (18.10%) Senior
3 23 (10.95%) Analyst
4 19 (9.05%) Embedded Engineer
5 16 (7.62%) Administrator
6 15 (7.14%) Full Stack Developer
6 15 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 15 (7.14%) Linux Engineer
7 14 (6.67%) IT Engineer
7 14 (6.67%) Lead
7 14 (6.67%) Senior Linux Engineer
7 14 (6.67%) Software Developer
8 13 (6.19%) Embedded Linux Engineer
8 13 (6.19%) IT Support
8 13 (6.19%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 12 (5.71%) Linux Developer
9 12 (5.71%) Software Engineer
10 11 (5.24%) Cloud Engineer
10 11 (5.24%) Senior Developer
10 11 (5.24%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.62%) HTML
1 16 (7.62%) Laravel
2 14 (6.67%) HTML5
2 14 (6.67%) Node.js
2 14 (6.67%) Yocto
3 13 (6.19%) CSS
4 12 (5.71%) Middleware
4 12 (5.71%) React
5 11 (5.24%) Web Services
6 10 (4.76%) jQuery
6 10 (4.76%) POSIX
7 9 (4.29%) PyTorch
7 9 (4.29%) TensorFlow
8 7 (3.33%) AngularJS
8 7 (3.33%) LAMP
8 7 (3.33%) Sass
9 6 (2.86%) .NET
10 5 (2.38%) LEMP Stack
10 5 (2.38%) LESS
10 5 (2.38%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.48%) IoT
2 16 (7.62%) Embedded Systems
3 14 (6.67%) Public Cloud
4 12 (5.71%) Data Centre
5 10 (4.76%) Linux Command Line
6 9 (4.29%) Algorithms
6 9 (4.29%) Cloud Native
6 9 (4.29%) CUDA
6 9 (4.29%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.29%) Replication
7 8 (3.81%) Security Operations Centre
8 6 (2.86%) PKI
9 5 (2.38%) Infotainment
9 5 (2.38%) Mobile App
9 5 (2.38%) Smart Home
10 3 (1.43%) CCTV
10 3 (1.43%) CMDB
10 3 (1.43%) iPad
10 3 (1.43%) Media Streaming
10 3 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 109 (51.90%) Windows
2 43 (20.48%) Windows Server
3 35 (16.67%) Unix
4 18 (8.57%) Embedded Linux
4 18 (8.57%) Ubuntu
5 15 (7.14%) Solaris
6 14 (6.67%) CentOS
7 11 (5.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (4.29%) Mac OS
8 9 (4.29%) Windows 10
9 7 (3.33%) SUSE
10 5 (2.38%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 3 (1.43%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.95%) Debian
12 2 (0.95%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.95%) VME
12 2 (0.95%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.48%) Android
13 1 (0.48%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.48%) Scientific Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (23.81%) Agile
2 48 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (19.05%) Software Engineering
4 34 (16.19%) Cybersecurity
5 28 (13.33%) Customer Service
6 25 (11.90%) Disaster Recovery
7 21 (10.00%) Server Management
8 20 (9.52%) Computer Science
8 20 (9.52%) Full Stack Development
8 20 (9.52%) Information Security
8 20 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 18 (8.57%) DevOps
10 17 (8.10%) User Experience
11 16 (7.62%) Cloud Security
11 16 (7.62%) IT Strategy
11 16 (7.62%) Task Automation
12 14 (6.67%) Embedded Software Development
13 13 (6.19%) Artificial Intelligence
13 13 (6.19%) Performance Monitoring
14 12 (5.71%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (16.19%) C++
2 33 (15.71%) C
3 32 (15.24%) SQL
4 26 (12.38%) Python
5 22 (10.48%) JavaScript
6 18 (8.57%) PHP
7 17 (8.10%) PowerShell
8 16 (7.62%) Bash
9 15 (7.14%) Java
10 14 (6.67%) C#
11 13 (6.19%) TypeScript
12 8 (3.81%) Shell Script
13 7 (3.33%) T-SQL
14 5 (2.38%) Embedded C
14 5 (2.38%) Go
15 3 (1.43%) R
15 3 (1.43%) Ruby
16 2 (0.95%) Bicep
16 2 (0.95%) COBOL
16 2 (0.95%) Micro Focus COBOL
Qualifications
1 48 (22.86%) Degree
2 22 (10.48%) Security Cleared
3 14 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (4.29%) Azure Certification
5 9 (4.29%) CCNA
6 8 (3.81%) AWS Certification
7 7 (3.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 7 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (3.33%) SC Cleared
8 6 (2.86%) DV Cleared
8 6 (2.86%) MCSE
9 5 (2.38%) Master's Degree
9 5 (2.38%) PhD
10 3 (1.43%) MCP
11 2 (0.95%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.95%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.48%) CCNP
12 1 (0.48%) MCSA
12 1 (0.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.76%) GDPR
2 8 (3.81%) Accessibility
2 8 (3.81%) NIST
3 5 (2.38%) MISRA
4 4 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.43%) JSP 440
6 2 (0.95%) AUTOSAR
6 2 (0.95%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.95%) QA
System Software
1 48 (22.86%) Active Directory
2 27 (12.86%) Hyper-V
3 23 (10.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (5.24%) Firmware
5 9 (4.29%) Docker
5 9 (4.29%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (3.33%) VMware Workstation
7 6 (2.86%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (2.38%) VMware NSX
8 5 (2.38%) vSphere
9 4 (1.90%) Embedded Firmware
9 4 (1.90%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.95%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.95%) pfSense
10 2 (0.95%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.95%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (3.81%) Terraform
2 6 (2.86%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.38%) Backup Exec
3 5 (2.38%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 5 (2.38%) vCenter Server
4 3 (1.43%) FortiGate
4 3 (1.43%) Functional Safety
4 3 (1.43%) Nagios
5 2 (0.95%) SCOM
5 2 (0.95%) Trend Micro Deep Security
6 1 (0.48%) Ansible
6 1 (0.48%) Grafana
6 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.48%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.48%) SCCM
6 1 (0.48%) WSUS
Vendors
1 60 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 35 (16.67%) VMware
3 27 (12.86%) Cisco
4 13 (6.19%) Citrix
4 13 (6.19%) Oracle
5 12 (5.71%) Remedy
6 11 (5.24%) IBM
7 9 (4.29%) NVIDIA
8 8 (3.81%) NEC
9 7 (3.33%) Dell
9 7 (3.33%) Veeam
10 6 (2.86%) QNX
11 4 (1.90%) Google
11 4 (1.90%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.90%) SonicWALL
12 3 (1.43%) HP
12 3 (1.43%) Infoblox
12 3 (1.43%) InterSystems
12 3 (1.43%) Sage
12 3 (1.43%) UiPath