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 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 86 74 45
Rank change year-on-year -12 -29 -18
Permanent jobs citing Linux 207 267 434
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.81% 4.18% 5.95%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.21% 34.14% 36.05%
Number of salaries quoted 156 173 244
10th Percentile £30,500 £39,050 £31,625
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £62,813
90th Percentile £73,495 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £56,504 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.07% +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 855 782 1,204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.59% 12.23% 16.52%
Number of salaries quoted 728 553 868
10th Percentile £24,734 £25,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% +2.79%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £70,900
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 11 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 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
Birmingham -19 65 £60,603 +1.01% 25
Staffordshire +3 45 £35,000 -24.09% 9
Worcestershire -7 35 £50,000 -4.76% 3
Coventry +35 18 £65,000 +18.18% 3
Warwickshire +16 12 £47,500 -32.14% 4
Shropshire -15 5 £30,000 -57.14% 2
Solihull -1 4 £50,000 +1.01% 2
Herefordshire -11 3 £60,000 -40.00% 4
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 17 (8.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (7.25%) nginx
3 8 (3.86%) IIS
3 8 (3.86%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.86%) Tomcat
3 8 (3.86%) WebSphere
4 7 (3.38%) Apache
5 3 (1.45%) MQSeries
5 3 (1.45%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (0.97%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.48%) JBoss
7 1 (0.48%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (3.38%) NEC Housing
2 4 (1.93%) NetSuite
3 3 (1.45%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 42 (20.29%) Azure
2 26 (12.56%) AWS
3 17 (8.21%) Entra ID
4 15 (7.25%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (6.28%) GitHub
6 12 (5.80%) GCP
7 9 (4.35%) Azure Logic Apps
8 6 (2.90%) IaaS
8 6 (2.90%) PaaS
8 6 (2.90%) SaaS
8 6 (2.90%) Serverless
9 5 (2.42%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (2.42%) npm
10 4 (1.93%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (1.93%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (1.45%) Amazon ECR
11 3 (1.45%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (1.45%) Amazon ELB
11 3 (1.45%) Amazon S3
11 3 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 39 (18.84%) Firewall
2 15 (7.25%) SAN
3 14 (6.76%) DHCP
3 14 (6.76%) DNS
4 11 (5.31%) TCP/IP
5 10 (4.83%) VPN
5 10 (4.83%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (3.86%) LAN
7 7 (3.38%) Bluetooth
7 7 (3.38%) HTTP
8 6 (2.90%) WAN
9 5 (2.42%) RS-232
9 5 (2.42%) RS-485
9 5 (2.42%) Wireless
9 5 (2.42%) ZigBee
10 4 (1.93%) Fibre Channel
10 4 (1.93%) MQTT
10 4 (1.93%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (1.45%) Network Security
11 3 (1.45%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (15.46%) MySQL
2 22 (10.63%) SQL Server
3 13 (6.28%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (3.38%) Oracle Database
4 7 (3.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (3.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (2.90%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (1.93%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.45%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (1.45%) DB2
7 3 (1.45%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.45%) InterSystems Cache
8 1 (0.48%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 22 (10.63%) Git
2 14 (6.76%) JIRA
3 13 (6.28%) Subversion
4 10 (4.83%) GNU Toolchain
5 5 (2.42%) webpack
6 3 (1.45%) IBM UrbanCode
6 3 (1.45%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.97%) CANoe
7 2 (0.97%) GCC
7 2 (0.97%) gulp
8 1 (0.48%) GitLab
8 1 (0.48%) MSBuild
General
1 63 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 39 (18.84%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (14.98%) Finance
4 13 (6.28%) Electronics
4 13 (6.28%) Retail
5 12 (5.80%) Automotive
5 12 (5.80%) Law
6 9 (4.35%) Local Government
7 8 (3.86%) Public Sector
8 7 (3.38%) Police
9 6 (2.90%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.93%) Marketing
11 3 (1.45%) Banking
11 3 (1.45%) Legal
11 3 (1.45%) Military
11 3 (1.45%) Multimedia
11 3 (1.45%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.97%) iGaming
12 2 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 52 (25.12%) Developer
2 37 (17.87%) Senior
3 21 (10.14%) Analyst
4 20 (9.66%) Embedded Engineer
5 16 (7.73%) Administrator
5 16 (7.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 16 (7.73%) Linux Engineer
6 15 (7.25%) Full Stack Developer
6 15 (7.25%) Senior Linux Engineer
7 14 (6.76%) Embedded Linux Engineer
7 14 (6.76%) IT Engineer
7 14 (6.76%) Lead
7 14 (6.76%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 14 (6.76%) Software Developer
8 12 (5.80%) Linux Developer
8 12 (5.80%) Software Engineer
8 12 (5.80%) Support Engineer
9 11 (5.31%) Cloud Engineer
9 11 (5.31%) IT Support
10 10 (4.83%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.25%) Laravel
1 15 (7.25%) Yocto
2 14 (6.76%) Node.js
3 13 (6.28%) HTML
3 13 (6.28%) HTML5
4 12 (5.80%) CSS
4 12 (5.80%) React
5 11 (5.31%) Middleware
6 10 (4.83%) jQuery
6 10 (4.83%) POSIX
6 10 (4.83%) Web Services
7 9 (4.35%) PyTorch
7 9 (4.35%) TensorFlow
8 7 (3.38%) .NET
8 7 (3.38%) AngularJS
8 7 (3.38%) LAMP
8 7 (3.38%) Sass
9 5 (2.42%) LEMP Stack
9 5 (2.42%) LESS
9 5 (2.42%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 23 (11.11%) IoT
2 16 (7.73%) Embedded Systems
3 13 (6.28%) Public Cloud
4 12 (5.80%) Data Centre
5 10 (4.83%) Linux Command Line
6 9 (4.35%) Algorithms
6 9 (4.35%) CUDA
6 9 (4.35%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.35%) Replication
7 8 (3.86%) Cloud Native
7 8 (3.86%) Security Operations Centre
8 6 (2.90%) PKI
9 5 (2.42%) Infotainment
9 5 (2.42%) Mobile App
9 5 (2.42%) Smart Home
10 3 (1.45%) CCTV
10 3 (1.45%) Clustering
10 3 (1.45%) iPad
10 3 (1.45%) Media Streaming
10 3 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 104 (50.24%) Windows
2 42 (20.29%) Windows Server
3 33 (15.94%) Unix
4 19 (9.18%) Embedded Linux
5 17 (8.21%) Ubuntu
6 14 (6.76%) CentOS
7 13 (6.28%) Solaris
8 11 (5.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 9 (4.35%) Mac OS
9 9 (4.35%) Windows 10
10 7 (3.38%) SUSE
11 5 (2.42%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.97%) Debian
12 2 (0.97%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.97%) VME
12 2 (0.97%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.48%) Android
13 1 (0.48%) HPUX
13 1 (0.48%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.48%) Scientific Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (24.15%) Agile
2 48 (23.19%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (20.29%) Software Engineering
4 30 (14.49%) Cybersecurity
5 28 (13.53%) Customer Service
6 25 (12.08%) Disaster Recovery
7 21 (10.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 20 (9.66%) Computer Science
8 20 (9.66%) Full Stack Development
9 19 (9.18%) DevOps
9 19 (9.18%) Information Security
9 19 (9.18%) Server Management
10 16 (7.73%) User Experience
11 15 (7.25%) Cloud Security
11 15 (7.25%) Embedded Software Development
11 15 (7.25%) IT Strategy
11 15 (7.25%) Task Automation
12 13 (6.28%) Artificial Intelligence
12 13 (6.28%) Performance Monitoring
13 12 (5.80%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (16.91%) C++
2 33 (15.94%) C
2 33 (15.94%) SQL
3 26 (12.56%) Python
4 21 (10.14%) JavaScript
5 19 (9.18%) PowerShell
6 16 (7.73%) Bash
6 16 (7.73%) PHP
7 15 (7.25%) C#
7 15 (7.25%) Java
8 12 (5.80%) TypeScript
9 7 (3.38%) Shell Script
9 7 (3.38%) T-SQL
10 5 (2.42%) Embedded C
10 5 (2.42%) Go
11 3 (1.45%) R
11 3 (1.45%) Ruby
12 2 (0.97%) Bicep
12 2 (0.97%) COBOL
12 2 (0.97%) Micro Focus COBOL
Qualifications
1 48 (23.19%) Degree
2 21 (10.14%) Security Cleared
3 14 (6.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (3.86%) Azure Certification
5 8 (3.86%) CCNA
5 8 (3.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (3.38%) AWS Certification
6 7 (3.38%) MCSE
7 6 (2.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 6 (2.90%) DV Cleared
7 6 (2.90%) SC Cleared
8 5 (2.42%) Master's Degree
8 5 (2.42%) PhD
9 3 (1.45%) MCP
10 2 (0.97%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.97%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.48%) CCNP
11 1 (0.48%) HNC
11 1 (0.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.83%) GDPR
2 8 (3.86%) NIST
3 7 (3.38%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.42%) MISRA
5 4 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.45%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.97%) AUTOSAR
7 2 (0.97%) ISO 26262
7 2 (0.97%) QA
System Software
1 49 (23.67%) Active Directory
2 27 (13.04%) Hyper-V
3 24 (11.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (5.31%) Firmware
5 9 (4.35%) Docker
5 9 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (3.38%) VMware Workstation
7 6 (2.90%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (2.42%) VMware NSX
8 5 (2.42%) vSphere
9 4 (1.93%) Embedded Firmware
9 4 (1.93%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.97%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.97%) pfSense
10 2 (0.97%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.97%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (3.38%) Terraform
2 6 (2.90%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.42%) Backup Exec
3 5 (2.42%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 5 (2.42%) vCenter Server
4 3 (1.45%) FortiGate
4 3 (1.45%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.97%) Ansible
5 2 (0.97%) Nagios
5 2 (0.97%) Trend Micro Deep Security
5 2 (0.97%) WSUS
6 1 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
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%) SCOM
Vendors
1 59 (28.50%) Microsoft
2 34 (16.43%) VMware
3 26 (12.56%) Cisco
4 14 (6.76%) Citrix
5 13 (6.28%) Remedy
6 12 (5.80%) Oracle
7 11 (5.31%) IBM
8 9 (4.35%) NVIDIA
9 7 (3.38%) Dell
9 7 (3.38%) NEC
9 7 (3.38%) Veeam
10 6 (2.90%) QNX
11 4 (1.93%) Google
11 4 (1.93%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.93%) SonicWALL
12 3 (1.45%) HP
12 3 (1.45%) InterSystems
12 3 (1.45%) Meraki
12 3 (1.45%) Sage
12 3 (1.45%) SolarWinds