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 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 69 74 46
Rank change year-on-year +5 -28 -17
Permanent jobs citing Linux 282 248 446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.34% 4.29% 5.74%
As % of the Operating Systems category 29.38% 34.21% 36.89%
Number of salaries quoted 163 171 238
10th Percentile £30,550 £39,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,125 £43,750 £40,399
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £64,688
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £76,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.70% +5.00% +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 960 725 1,209
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.37% 12.53% 15.55%
Number of salaries quoted 723 545 843
10th Percentile £25,049 £25,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £69,800
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 9 June 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 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
Birmingham -30 78 £62,500 +13.64% 14
Staffordshire -1 50 £36,250 -19.44% 9
Worcestershire -7 48 £50,000 -4.76% 10
Warwickshire +24 35 £41,250 -41.07% 16
Coventry +29 16 £65,000 +18.18% 1
Solihull 0 5 £50,000 +1.01% 3
Shropshire -18 4 - - 2
Herefordshire -9 3 £60,000 -40.00% 4
Walsall +12 2 - -
Brierley Hill - 2 £55,000 -
Wolverhampton +5 1 - -
Dudley +1 1 - - 1
West Bromwich -3 1 - -
Wednesbury -5 1 - -
Tipton -9 1 - -
Bilston - 1 - -
Willenhall - 1 - -
Halesowen - 1 - - 2
Kingswinford - 1 - -
Rowley Regis - 1 - -
Smethwick - 1 - -
Stourbridge - 1 - -
Sutton Coldfield - 1 - -
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 17 (6.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (4.96%) nginx
3 9 (3.19%) Tomcat
4 8 (2.84%) Apache
4 8 (2.84%) IIS
4 8 (2.84%) WebSphere
5 7 (2.48%) SharePoint
6 3 (1.06%) MQSeries
6 3 (1.06%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.35%) Confluence
8 1 (0.35%) JBoss
8 1 (0.35%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (2.84%) NEC Housing
2 4 (1.42%) NetSuite
3 3 (1.06%) Maximo
3 3 (1.06%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.06%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (1.06%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 45 (15.96%) Azure
2 33 (11.70%) AWS
3 22 (7.80%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (6.74%) Entra ID
5 17 (6.03%) GitHub
6 12 (4.26%) GCP
7 9 (3.19%) Azure Logic Apps
7 9 (3.19%) GitHub Actions
7 9 (3.19%) SaaS
8 8 (2.84%) IaaS
8 8 (2.84%) PaaS
9 5 (1.77%) npm
9 5 (1.77%) Serverless
10 4 (1.42%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (1.42%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (1.06%) Amazon ECR
11 3 (1.06%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (1.06%) Amazon ELB
11 3 (1.06%) Amazon S3
11 3 (1.06%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 56 (19.86%) Network Security
2 53 (18.79%) Internet
3 51 (18.09%) WLAN
4 38 (13.48%) Firewall
5 17 (6.03%) SAN
6 15 (5.32%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (4.61%) DHCP
7 13 (4.61%) DNS
7 13 (4.61%) LAN
7 13 (4.61%) VPN
8 11 (3.90%) TCP/IP
8 11 (3.90%) WAN
9 7 (2.48%) Bluetooth
10 6 (2.13%) HTTP
11 5 (1.77%) IPsec
11 5 (1.77%) RS-232
11 5 (1.77%) RS-485
11 5 (1.77%) Wireless
11 5 (1.77%) ZigBee
12 4 (1.42%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (14.18%) MySQL
2 27 (9.57%) SQL Server
3 13 (4.61%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (2.84%) Oracle Database
5 7 (2.48%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (2.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (2.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (1.42%) Amazon Aurora
6 4 (1.42%) DB2
6 4 (1.42%) DynamoDB
6 4 (1.42%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.06%) InterSystems Cache
8 1 (0.35%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (7.80%) Git
2 15 (5.32%) JIRA
3 12 (4.26%) Subversion
4 9 (3.19%) GNU Toolchain
5 7 (2.48%) GitLab
6 5 (1.77%) webpack
7 3 (1.06%) IBM UrbanCode
7 3 (1.06%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.71%) CANoe
8 2 (0.71%) GCC
8 2 (0.71%) gulp
General
1 68 (24.11%) Social Skills
2 36 (12.77%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (12.41%) Finance
4 18 (6.38%) Automotive
5 14 (4.96%) Electronics
6 13 (4.61%) Law
6 13 (4.61%) Retail
7 10 (3.55%) Local Government
8 9 (3.19%) Public Sector
9 8 (2.84%) Police
10 6 (2.13%) Legal
10 6 (2.13%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.42%) Marketing
12 3 (1.06%) Banking
12 3 (1.06%) Military
12 3 (1.06%) Multimedia
13 2 (0.71%) iGaming
13 2 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 66 (23.40%) IT Support
2 64 (22.70%) IT Engineer
3 61 (21.63%) Support Engineer
4 60 (21.28%) Developer
5 55 (19.50%) IT Support Engineer
6 44 (15.60%) Senior
7 25 (8.87%) Analyst
8 19 (6.74%) Software Engineer
9 17 (6.03%) Administrator
9 17 (6.03%) Embedded Engineer
9 17 (6.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 16 (5.67%) Full Stack Developer
11 15 (5.32%) Lead
12 14 (4.96%) Senior Developer
12 14 (4.96%) Software Developer
13 12 (4.26%) Linux Engineer
13 12 (4.26%) Senior Linux Engineer
14 11 (3.90%) Architect
14 11 (3.90%) DBA
14 11 (3.90%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (7.80%) HTML
2 19 (6.74%) Laravel
3 17 (6.03%) HTML5
4 16 (5.67%) CSS
5 13 (4.61%) Middleware
5 13 (4.61%) Node.js
6 12 (4.26%) React
6 12 (4.26%) Yocto
7 11 (3.90%) Web Services
8 10 (3.55%) jQuery
9 9 (3.19%) POSIX
9 9 (3.19%) PyTorch
9 9 (3.19%) TensorFlow
10 7 (2.48%) AngularJS
10 7 (2.48%) LAMP
10 7 (2.48%) Sass
11 6 (2.13%) .NET
12 5 (1.77%) LEMP Stack
12 5 (1.77%) LESS
12 5 (1.77%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 51 (18.09%) Driving Licence
2 50 (17.73%) Onboarding
3 20 (7.09%) IoT
4 15 (5.32%) Embedded Systems
5 14 (4.96%) Public Cloud
6 12 (4.26%) Linux Command Line
7 11 (3.90%) Data Centre
8 10 (3.55%) Cloud Native
8 10 (3.55%) Replication
9 9 (3.19%) Algorithms
9 9 (3.19%) CUDA
9 9 (3.19%) Management Information System
10 8 (2.84%) Security Operations Centre
11 6 (2.13%) PKI
12 5 (1.77%) Infotainment
12 5 (1.77%) Legacy Code
12 5 (1.77%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.77%) Smart Home
13 4 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
14 3 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 168 (59.57%) Windows
2 46 (16.31%) Windows Server
3 34 (12.06%) Unix
4 22 (7.80%) Ubuntu
5 17 (6.03%) Embedded Linux
6 16 (5.67%) Solaris
7 14 (4.96%) CentOS
8 9 (3.19%) Mac OS
8 9 (3.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (3.19%) Windows 10
9 7 (2.48%) SUSE
10 6 (2.13%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (1.77%) Oracle Linux
11 5 (1.77%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.71%) VME
12 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.35%) AIX
13 1 (0.35%) Debian
13 1 (0.35%) HPUX
13 1 (0.35%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (35.46%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (24.82%) Computer Science
3 64 (22.70%) Mentoring
4 62 (21.99%) ITIL
5 59 (20.92%) Agile
6 55 (19.50%) Asset Management
7 53 (18.79%) IT Asset Management
8 51 (18.09%) Network Management
9 46 (16.31%) Software Engineering
10 38 (13.48%) Cybersecurity
11 28 (9.93%) Customer Service
12 25 (8.87%) Disaster Recovery
12 25 (8.87%) Server Management
13 22 (7.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 21 (7.45%) Full Stack Development
14 21 (7.45%) Information Security
15 20 (7.09%) User Experience
16 19 (6.74%) IT Strategy
17 18 (6.38%) DevOps
17 18 (6.38%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 34 (12.06%) SQL
2 33 (11.70%) Python
3 32 (11.35%) C++
4 29 (10.28%) C
5 26 (9.22%) JavaScript
6 24 (8.51%) PHP
7 20 (7.09%) C#
8 19 (6.74%) PowerShell
9 17 (6.03%) TypeScript
10 15 (5.32%) Java
11 14 (4.96%) Bash
12 8 (2.84%) Shell Script
13 7 (2.48%) T-SQL
14 5 (1.77%) Embedded C
14 5 (1.77%) Go
15 3 (1.06%) R
15 3 (1.06%) Ruby
16 2 (0.71%) Bicep
16 2 (0.71%) COBOL
16 2 (0.71%) Micro Focus COBOL
Qualifications
1 100 (35.46%) Degree
2 65 (23.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 59 (20.92%) Cisco Certification
4 58 (20.57%) CCNA
5 57 (20.21%) Microsoft Certification
6 56 (19.86%) MCSE
7 53 (18.79%) MCP
8 51 (18.09%) CCNP
9 50 (17.73%) LPIC
10 31 (10.99%) Security Cleared
11 10 (3.55%) Azure Certification
12 9 (3.19%) AWS Certification
12 9 (3.19%) SC Cleared
13 8 (2.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 6 (2.13%) DV Cleared
15 5 (1.77%) Master's Degree
15 5 (1.77%) PhD
16 3 (1.06%) Oracle Certification
17 2 (0.71%) A+ Certification
17 2 (0.71%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.55%) GDPR
2 8 (2.84%) Accessibility
2 8 (2.84%) NIST
3 5 (1.77%) MISRA
4 4 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.06%) JSP 440
6 2 (0.71%) AUTOSAR
6 2 (0.71%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.71%) QA
7 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 52 (18.44%) Active Directory
2 27 (9.57%) Hyper-V
3 25 (8.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (4.26%) Firmware
5 9 (3.19%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (2.48%) Docker
6 7 (2.48%) VMware Workstation
6 7 (2.48%) vSphere
7 6 (2.13%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (1.77%) Embedded Firmware
8 5 (1.77%) VMware NSX
9 4 (1.42%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.71%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.71%) pfSense
10 2 (0.71%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.71%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 15 (5.32%) Terraform
2 7 (2.48%) vCenter Server
3 6 (2.13%) Ansible
4 5 (1.77%) Backup Exec
4 5 (1.77%) SCOM
4 5 (1.77%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 4 (1.42%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.06%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.06%) Functional Safety
6 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.71%) Nagios
7 2 (0.71%) Trend Micro Deep Security
8 1 (0.35%) Grafana
8 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.35%) WSUS
Vendors
1 116 (41.13%) Microsoft
2 75 (26.60%) Cisco
3 40 (14.18%) VMware
4 16 (5.67%) Oracle
5 15 (5.32%) Citrix
6 12 (4.26%) IBM
6 12 (4.26%) Remedy
7 9 (3.19%) NVIDIA
8 8 (2.84%) NEC
9 7 (2.48%) Dell
9 7 (2.48%) Veeam
10 6 (2.13%) QNX
11 4 (1.42%) Google
11 4 (1.42%) SonicWALL
12 3 (1.06%) HP
12 3 (1.06%) Hyperion
12 3 (1.06%) InterSystems
12 3 (1.06%) JD Edwards
12 3 (1.06%) Meraki
12 3 (1.06%) Red Hat