Linux Jobs in Scotland

Linux
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 30 22
Rank change year-on-year -39 -8 0
Permanent jobs citing Linux 360 384 533
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 5.37% 8.32% 9.19%
As % of the Operating Systems category 44.94% 51.27% 55.23%
Number of salaries quoted 169 215 251
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,227 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,500 £80,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

All Operating Systems
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 801 749 965
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 11.94% 16.23% 16.64%
Number of salaries quoted 418 420 558
10th Percentile £26,175 £27,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% +13.33%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,475
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in Scotland

Linux
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Linux in Scotland

Linux
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux in Scotland over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux in Scotland

Linux
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 11 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
Glasgow -72 173 £50,000 -9.09% 13
Edinburgh +8 139 £60,000 +9.09% 29
West Lothian -1 21 £60,000 -5.88% 1
Dundee -6 11 £49,990 +33.31% 2
Aberdeen -17 4 £52,500 -19.23% 2
Aberdeenshire +5 3 £28,500 -56.15% 2
Lanarkshire -8 2 £27,500 -11.29% 3
Fife -9 2 - - 1
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £23,000 - 2
Linux
UK

Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 21 (5.83%) Apache
2 12 (3.33%) WebSphere
3 10 (2.78%) Tomcat
4 8 (2.22%) ArcGIS
4 8 (2.22%) GeoServer
4 8 (2.22%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.22%) WebLogic
5 7 (1.94%) Captiva
5 7 (1.94%) FileNet
6 5 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (1.11%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.83%) IIS
9 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.28%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 11 (3.06%) Unit4 Business World
2 8 (2.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 84 (23.33%) Azure
2 63 (17.50%) AWS
3 32 (8.89%) GCP
4 27 (7.50%) SaaS
5 21 (5.83%) IaaS
6 20 (5.56%) PaaS
7 19 (5.28%) Microsoft 365
8 12 (3.33%) Amazon S3
8 12 (3.33%) Cloud Computing
9 9 (2.50%) Amazon EKS
9 9 (2.50%) Entra ID
9 9 (2.50%) GitHub
10 8 (2.22%) Amazon SQS
10 8 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.67%) OpenShift
12 5 (1.39%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (1.11%) Google Docs
14 3 (0.83%) Asana
14 3 (0.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 3 (0.83%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 40 (11.11%) Firewall
2 29 (8.06%) VPN
3 24 (6.67%) Wireless
4 22 (6.11%) Network Security
5 18 (5.00%) TCP/IP
6 17 (4.72%) SD-WAN
6 17 (4.72%) WAN
6 17 (4.72%) Wi-Fi
7 16 (4.44%) Ethernet
8 14 (3.89%) Internet
8 14 (3.89%) RS-232
9 13 (3.61%) DNS
10 11 (3.06%) SNMP
11 10 (2.78%) IPsec
12 8 (2.22%) BGP
12 8 (2.22%) SSL
13 5 (1.39%) DHCP
14 4 (1.11%) LAN
15 3 (0.83%) Modbus
16 2 (0.56%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 15 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (3.89%) MongoDB
3 14 (3.89%) Relational Database
4 13 (3.61%) Oracle Database
4 13 (3.61%) RDBMS
5 11 (3.06%) DB2
5 11 (3.06%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (2.50%) Big Data
7 8 (2.22%) Amazon RDS
7 8 (2.22%) GIS
7 8 (2.22%) QGIS
8 7 (1.94%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (1.39%) Pentaho
10 4 (1.11%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.83%) Ingres
11 3 (0.83%) MySQL
12 2 (0.56%) Data Lake
13 1 (0.28%) Flink
13 1 (0.28%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 21 (5.83%) JIRA
2 12 (3.33%) Oracle Forms
3 11 (3.06%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.22%) Git
4 8 (2.22%) IBM UrbanCode
5 7 (1.94%) GitLab
6 6 (1.67%) JUnit
6 6 (1.67%) Maven
7 5 (1.39%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.39%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.28%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.28%) GoCD
8 1 (0.28%) Gradle
8 1 (0.28%) Protractor
8 1 (0.28%) Selenium
8 1 (0.28%) Subversion
General
1 151 (41.94%) Finance
2 149 (41.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 96 (26.67%) Law
4 78 (21.67%) Social Skills
5 58 (16.11%) Marketing
6 38 (10.56%) Legal
7 28 (7.78%) Banking
8 21 (5.83%) Manufacturing
9 17 (4.72%) Public Sector
10 14 (3.89%) Military
11 12 (3.33%) Aerospace
12 11 (3.06%) Analytical Skills
13 6 (1.67%) Retail
13 6 (1.67%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.39%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.11%) Retail Banking
16 3 (0.83%) Electronics
17 2 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
17 2 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 189 (52.50%) Software Engineer
2 77 (21.39%) Senior
3 61 (16.94%) Lead
4 50 (13.89%) Senior Software Engineer
5 47 (13.06%) Lead Software Engineer
6 24 (6.67%) Embedded Engineer
7 23 (6.39%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 22 (6.11%) Architect
8 22 (6.11%) Support Engineer
9 19 (5.28%) Cloud Engineer
10 16 (4.44%) Analyst
11 15 (4.17%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 15 (4.17%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 15 (4.17%) Support Analyst
12 14 (3.89%) C Software Engineer
12 14 (3.89%) Consultant
12 14 (3.89%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
13 13 (3.61%) Solutions Architect
14 12 (3.33%) IT Manager
14 12 (3.33%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.28%) RabbitMQ
2 14 (3.89%) Yocto
3 13 (3.61%) Spring Boot
4 12 (3.33%) React
4 12 (3.33%) Web Services
5 10 (2.78%) YAML
6 9 (2.50%) .NET
7 8 (2.22%) Django
7 8 (2.22%) HTML
7 8 (2.22%) Leaflet
7 8 (2.22%) OpenLayers
7 8 (2.22%) PostGIS
7 8 (2.22%) RESTful
8 6 (1.67%) CSS
8 6 (1.67%) Kafka
9 5 (1.39%) LDAP
9 5 (1.39%) Spring
9 5 (1.39%) Spring Cloud
10 4 (1.11%) OpenCV
10 4 (1.11%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 48 (13.33%) Algorithms
2 33 (9.17%) Data Centre
2 33 (9.17%) Public Cloud
3 23 (6.39%) Cloud Native
4 15 (4.17%) Device Driver
5 14 (3.89%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (3.61%) Private Cloud
6 13 (3.61%) Replication
7 9 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (2.22%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.94%) DataPower
10 6 (1.67%) Driving Licence
11 5 (1.39%) Reference Data
11 5 (1.39%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 4 (1.11%) Product Ownership
12 4 (1.11%) Video\Live Streaming
13 3 (0.83%) Embedded Systems
13 3 (0.83%) IoT
13 3 (0.83%) Management Information System
14 2 (0.56%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 130 (36.11%) Windows
2 52 (14.44%) Unix
3 43 (11.94%) Windows Server
4 16 (4.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 15 (4.17%) Embedded Linux
6 14 (3.89%) Mac OS X
7 10 (2.78%) Data ONTAP
7 10 (2.78%) Mac OS
7 10 (2.78%) Ubuntu
8 7 (1.94%) CentOS
9 6 (1.67%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (1.11%) AIX
10 4 (1.11%) Mesosphere
10 4 (1.11%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.83%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.83%) Debian
11 3 (0.83%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.56%) Android
12 2 (0.56%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (53.06%) Software Engineering
2 169 (46.94%) Agile
3 112 (31.11%) SDLC
4 98 (27.22%) CI/CD
5 91 (25.28%) Community of Practice
6 77 (21.39%) DevOps
7 59 (16.39%) Machine Learning
8 58 (16.11%) Artificial Intelligence
9 52 (14.44%) Operational Stability
10 50 (13.89%) Continuous Improvement
11 48 (13.33%) Continuous Delivery
12 47 (13.06%) Architectural Design
12 47 (13.06%) Information Architecture
13 44 (12.22%) Visualisation
14 43 (11.94%) Problem-Solving
15 42 (11.67%) Actionable Insight
16 40 (11.11%) Mentoring
17 37 (10.28%) Cybersecurity
18 35 (9.72%) ITIL
19 34 (9.44%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 156 (43.33%) Python
2 142 (39.44%) SQL
3 140 (38.89%) Java
4 55 (15.28%) C
5 39 (10.83%) PL/SQL
6 31 (8.61%) Embedded C
7 29 (8.06%) C++
8 28 (7.78%) Bash
9 17 (4.72%) JavaScript
9 17 (4.72%) PowerShell
10 12 (3.33%) Shell Script
11 11 (3.06%) C#
12 5 (1.39%) Groovy
13 4 (1.11%) Ruby
13 4 (1.11%) T-SQL
13 4 (1.11%) VB
14 3 (0.83%) PHP
15 2 (0.56%) Perl
15 2 (0.56%) TypeScript
16 1 (0.28%) Go
Qualifications
1 56 (15.56%) Degree
2 21 (5.83%) Cisco Certification
3 20 (5.56%) Security Cleared
4 18 (5.00%) SC Cleared
5 17 (4.72%) CCNA
6 16 (4.44%) CISSP
7 14 (3.89%) AWS Certification
7 14 (3.89%) CISM
7 14 (3.89%) GCIA
7 14 (3.89%) GCIH
7 14 (3.89%) GREM
8 13 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (3.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (3.33%) Azure Certification
10 11 (3.06%) CISA
11 4 (1.11%) CCDP
11 4 (1.11%) CCNP
11 4 (1.11%) CCSP
11 4 (1.11%) MCSE
11 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.06%) ITGC
1 11 (3.06%) PMO
2 8 (2.22%) GDPR
3 6 (1.67%) QA
4 2 (0.56%) DICOM
5 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 31 (8.61%) VMware Infrastructure
2 27 (7.50%) Docker
3 15 (4.17%) Hyper-V
4 14 (3.89%) Active Directory
5 13 (3.61%) VMware NSX
6 8 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (1.39%) KVM
8 3 (0.83%) Firmware
9 2 (0.56%) Xen
Systems Management
1 120 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 46 (12.78%) Ansible
3 32 (8.89%) Terraform
4 15 (4.17%) Prometheus
5 13 (3.61%) FortiGate
5 13 (3.61%) Progress Chef
6 12 (3.33%) Grafana
7 10 (2.78%) vCenter Server
8 9 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (1.67%) Puppet
10 5 (1.39%) ITRS Geneos
11 4 (1.11%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (0.83%) ZABBIX
13 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.28%) Kibana
13 1 (0.28%) Rancher
Vendors
1 130 (36.11%) Oracle
2 50 (13.89%) VMware
3 32 (8.89%) Microsoft
4 23 (6.39%) Dell
4 23 (6.39%) NetApp
5 22 (6.11%) Cisco
6 18 (5.00%) SAP
7 16 (4.44%) ServiceNow
8 15 (4.17%) IBM
8 15 (4.17%) Red Hat
9 13 (3.61%) Google
10 11 (3.06%) Sage
11 10 (2.78%) Palo Alto
11 10 (2.78%) SolidFire
12 8 (2.22%) ESRI
12 8 (2.22%) Sparx
13 7 (1.94%) Kofax
13 7 (1.94%) Pega
14 5 (1.39%) AppDynamics
14 5 (1.39%) Splunk