Linux Jobs with Work from Home Options

Linux
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 5 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 31 36
Rank change year-on-year -1 +5 -9
Permanent jobs citing Linux 2,259 3,025 6,733
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.46% 7.96% 9.00%
As % of the Operating Systems category 48.28% 51.35% 50.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,443 2,059 3,491
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,679 5,891 13,351
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.38% 15.50% 17.85%
Number of salaries quoted 3,541 4,340 7,488
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £93,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Linux
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Linux trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Linux.

Linux salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Linux over the 6 months to 5 June 2024.

Linux salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 130 (5.75%) Apache
2 69 (3.05%) IIS
3 59 (2.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 57 (2.52%) nginx
5 51 (2.26%) WebLogic
6 49 (2.17%) ArcGIS
7 48 (2.12%) GeoServer
8 33 (1.46%) OpenStack
8 33 (1.46%) Tomcat
9 29 (1.28%) SharePoint
10 16 (0.71%) Confluence
11 6 (0.27%) CMS
11 6 (0.27%) WebSphere
11 6 (0.27%) WordPress
12 4 (0.18%) Apache Spark
13 3 (0.13%) CloudStack
13 3 (0.13%) GlassFish
13 3 (0.13%) JBoss
14 2 (0.089%) Oracle Workflow
14 2 (0.089%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 44 (1.95%) Simulink
2 25 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (0.35%) GNU Octave
5 5 (0.22%) OrCAD
5 5 (0.22%) SOLIDWORKS
5 5 (0.22%) Trello
6 4 (0.18%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.089%) CATIA
8 2 (0.089%) NASTRAN
9 1 (0.044%) 1Password
9 1 (0.044%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.044%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.044%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 47 (2.08%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 27 (1.20%) NEC Housing
3 13 (0.58%) Unit4 Business World
4 11 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
5 5 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.13%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 2 (0.089%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.089%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.044%) Endur
8 1 (0.044%) Findur
8 1 (0.044%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.044%) Shopify
8 1 (0.044%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 794 (35.15%) Azure
2 692 (30.63%) AWS
3 271 (12.00%) Entra ID
4 128 (5.67%) Microsoft 365
5 100 (4.43%) Amazon S3
6 93 (4.12%) GCP
7 88 (3.90%) GitHub
8 83 (3.67%) SaaS
9 81 (3.59%) Amazon EKS
10 48 (2.12%) Amazon SQS
10 48 (2.12%) Cloud Computing
11 45 (1.99%) Serverless
12 43 (1.90%) Amazon EC2
13 39 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
14 36 (1.59%) OpenShift
15 30 (1.33%) AWS CloudFormation
15 30 (1.33%) Power Platform
16 29 (1.28%) AWS Lambda
16 29 (1.28%) Azure Monitor
17 26 (1.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 336 (14.87%) Firewall
2 237 (10.49%) 5G
3 222 (9.83%) Broadband
4 213 (9.43%) DNS
5 163 (7.22%) TCP/IP
6 162 (7.17%) VPN
7 124 (5.49%) Internet
8 117 (5.18%) DHCP
9 88 (3.90%) WAN
10 82 (3.63%) SAN
11 74 (3.28%) LAN
12 67 (2.97%) IPsec
12 67 (2.97%) SNMP
13 64 (2.83%) Network Security
14 60 (2.66%) BGP
15 59 (2.61%) SSL
16 58 (2.57%) Wireless
17 43 (1.90%) Wi-Fi
18 40 (1.77%) RS-232
19 39 (1.73%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (6.99%) SQL Server
2 150 (6.64%) PostgreSQL
3 141 (6.24%) MongoDB
4 119 (5.27%) MySQL
5 107 (4.74%) Oracle Database
6 101 (4.47%) Amazon RDS
7 97 (4.29%) Relational Database
8 75 (3.32%) Elasticsearch
9 64 (2.83%) NoSQL
10 63 (2.79%) RDBMS
11 59 (2.61%) GIS
12 48 (2.12%) QGIS
13 46 (2.04%) DB2
14 32 (1.42%) Redis
15 24 (1.06%) Power BI
16 18 (0.80%) BigQuery
17 17 (0.75%) Amazon Aurora
18 14 (0.62%) Tableau
19 12 (0.53%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
19 12 (0.53%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 185 (8.19%) Git
2 136 (6.02%) JIRA
3 132 (5.84%) Jenkins
4 77 (3.41%) GitLab
5 40 (1.77%) Subversion
6 29 (1.28%) Vagrant
7 23 (1.02%) Artifactory
8 18 (0.80%) Eclipse
9 16 (0.71%) IBM UrbanCode
10 15 (0.66%) CMake
10 15 (0.66%) TeamCity
11 14 (0.62%) Visual Studio
12 12 (0.53%) webpack
13 10 (0.44%) Bitbucket
13 10 (0.44%) Trac
14 9 (0.40%) IntelliJ
15 7 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
16 6 (0.27%) GDB
16 6 (0.27%) Rational Rhapsody
16 6 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 552 (24.44%) Social Skills
2 402 (17.80%) Finance
3 365 (16.16%) Analytical Skills
4 315 (13.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 126 (5.58%) Public Sector
6 113 (5.00%) Aerospace
7 96 (4.25%) Telecoms
8 87 (3.85%) Banking
9 77 (3.41%) Electronics
10 70 (3.10%) Manufacturing
11 61 (2.70%) Retail
12 48 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
13 45 (1.99%) Automotive
14 40 (1.77%) Law
15 38 (1.68%) Military
16 37 (1.64%) Marketing
17 29 (1.28%) Financial Institution
17 29 (1.28%) Police
18 27 (1.20%) Local Government
19 20 (0.89%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 563 (24.92%) Senior
2 406 (17.97%) Software Engineer
3 240 (10.62%) Developer
4 213 (9.43%) Linux Specialist
4 213 (9.43%) Technical Specialist
5 196 (8.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 188 (8.32%) DevOps Engineer
7 176 (7.79%) Senior Software Engineer
8 157 (6.95%) Lead
9 151 (6.68%) Embedded Engineer
10 136 (6.02%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 135 (5.98%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 128 (5.67%) Senior Linux Specialist
12 128 (5.67%) Senior Technical Specialist
12 128 (5.67%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
13 124 (5.49%) Architect
13 124 (5.49%) Linux Engineer
14 106 (4.69%) Consultant
15 86 (3.81%) Cloud Engineer
15 86 (3.81%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (5.36%) RabbitMQ
2 118 (5.22%) React
3 85 (3.76%) HTML
4 79 (3.50%) REST
5 72 (3.19%) .NET
6 68 (3.01%) Web Services
6 68 (3.01%) YAML
7 66 (2.92%) Django
8 64 (2.83%) CSS
9 53 (2.35%) Middleware
10 49 (2.17%) Leaflet
10 49 (2.17%) OpenLayers
10 49 (2.17%) PostGIS
10 49 (2.17%) Spring Boot
11 46 (2.04%) Node.js
12 43 (1.90%) SOAP
13 40 (1.77%) Yocto
14 35 (1.55%) Kafka
14 35 (1.55%) Laravel
15 32 (1.42%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 210 (9.30%) Social Media
2 176 (7.79%) Data Centre
3 159 (7.04%) Public Cloud
4 85 (3.76%) IoT
4 85 (3.76%) Self-Motivation
5 76 (3.36%) Enterprise Software
6 54 (2.39%) Management Information System
7 53 (2.35%) Linux Command Line
8 45 (1.99%) Embedded Systems
9 44 (1.95%) Client/Server
9 44 (1.95%) FPGA
10 39 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
11 38 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
12 37 (1.64%) Algorithms
12 37 (1.64%) Device Driver
12 37 (1.64%) PKI
13 29 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
14 28 (1.24%) Clustering
15 27 (1.20%) Cyberattack
15 27 (1.20%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 836 (37.01%) Windows
2 407 (18.02%) Ubuntu
3 235 (10.40%) Unix
4 230 (10.18%) Windows Server
5 188 (8.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 155 (6.86%) Embedded Linux
7 94 (4.16%) CentOS
8 66 (2.92%) Windows Server 2016
9 59 (2.61%) Solaris
10 54 (2.39%) Data ONTAP
11 52 (2.30%) Android
12 47 (2.08%) AIX
12 47 (2.08%) VMS
13 40 (1.77%) Debian
14 37 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
15 25 (1.11%) zOS
16 23 (1.02%) Apple iOS
17 22 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
18 21 (0.93%) Oracle Linux
18 21 (0.93%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 556 (24.61%) Software Engineering
2 531 (23.51%) DevOps
3 514 (22.75%) Agile
4 370 (16.38%) Problem-Solving
5 362 (16.02%) Cybersecurity
6 328 (14.52%) Artificial Intelligence
7 311 (13.77%) CI/CD
8 283 (12.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 278 (12.31%) Actionable Insight
10 226 (10.00%) CRM
11 224 (9.92%) IT Strategy
12 215 (9.52%) Technology Strategy
13 209 (9.25%) Infrastructure as Code
14 207 (9.16%) Computer Science
15 189 (8.37%) Mentoring
16 186 (8.23%) Project Management
17 174 (7.70%) Scrum
18 165 (7.30%) Open Source
19 160 (7.08%) Collaborative Working
20 152 (6.73%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 682 (30.19%) Python
2 439 (19.43%) Bash
3 349 (15.45%) C
4 290 (12.84%) SQL
5 252 (11.16%) Java
6 236 (10.45%) C++
7 203 (8.99%) PowerShell
8 196 (8.68%) JavaScript
9 135 (5.98%) C#
10 127 (5.62%) Embedded C
11 79 (3.50%) Shell Script
12 78 (3.45%) PHP
13 76 (3.36%) Rust
14 55 (2.43%) TypeScript
15 50 (2.21%) Perl
16 43 (1.90%) VB
17 37 (1.64%) Ruby
18 35 (1.55%) Go
19 31 (1.37%) VBScript
20 22 (0.97%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 577 (25.54%) Security Cleared
2 409 (18.11%) Degree
3 287 (12.70%) SC Cleared
4 162 (7.17%) DV Cleared
5 149 (6.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 90 (3.98%) AWS Certification
7 83 (3.67%) Azure Certification
8 57 (2.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 37 (1.64%) Master's Degree
10 33 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
11 32 (1.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 30 (1.33%) CISSP
13 28 (1.24%) CCNA
13 28 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
14 25 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
15 23 (1.02%) CISM
16 18 (0.80%) CISA
17 17 (0.75%) MCSE
17 17 (0.75%) PMI Certification
18 16 (0.71%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (1.90%) QA
2 30 (1.33%) SLA
3 29 (1.28%) Accessibility
4 26 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (0.75%) NIST
6 13 (0.58%) ITGC
6 13 (0.58%) MISRA
6 13 (0.58%) PMO
7 11 (0.49%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.31%) Data Quality
9 6 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.27%) Def Stans
9 6 (0.27%) ISO 9000
9 6 (0.27%) SOC 2
10 5 (0.22%) GDPR
10 5 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 5 (0.22%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.13%) GRC
11 3 (0.13%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 470 (20.81%) Active Directory
2 418 (18.50%) Docker
3 222 (9.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 113 (5.00%) Hyper-V
5 70 (3.10%) Virtual Machines
6 54 (2.39%) Firmware
7 47 (2.08%) vSphere
8 30 (1.33%) VMware ESXi
9 23 (1.02%) Virtual Servers
10 20 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
11 18 (0.80%) Embedded Firmware
12 17 (0.75%) pfSense
13 16 (0.71%) NFS
14 13 (0.58%) KVM
15 11 (0.49%) VMware Workstation
16 9 (0.40%) Forefront TMG
17 5 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
17 5 (0.22%) VMware Server
18 4 (0.18%) Ceph
19 3 (0.13%) oVirt
Systems Management
1 443 (19.61%) Ansible
2 398 (17.62%) Kubernetes
3 325 (14.39%) Terraform
4 260 (11.51%) Microsoft Intune
5 210 (9.30%) Jamf Pro
6 88 (3.90%) Prometheus
7 85 (3.76%) vCenter Server
8 79 (3.50%) Puppet
9 69 (3.05%) Grafana
10 54 (2.39%) Progress Chef
11 46 (2.04%) SCCM
12 45 (1.99%) ZABBIX
13 42 (1.86%) SCOM
13 42 (1.86%) WSUS
14 35 (1.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 33 (1.46%) Nagios
16 24 (1.06%) Docker Swarm
17 17 (0.75%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
18 15 (0.66%) FortiGate
19 13 (0.58%) VxRail
Vendors
1 569 (25.19%) Microsoft
2 330 (14.61%) VMware
3 249 (11.02%) Oracle
4 210 (9.30%) CyberArk
4 210 (9.30%) Tanium
5 167 (7.39%) Red Hat
6 91 (4.03%) NetApp
7 73 (3.23%) Cisco
8 62 (2.74%) Palo Alto
9 59 (2.61%) IBM
10 54 (2.39%) SolidFire
11 49 (2.17%) ESRI
12 47 (2.08%) Sparx
13 43 (1.90%) Juniper
14 40 (1.77%) Xilinx
15 39 (1.73%) Dell
15 39 (1.73%) SAP
16 37 (1.64%) Veeam
17 36 (1.59%) Google
18 33 (1.46%) Citrix