Job market reports · Skill · September 2026
linux
2,190 live US technical postings name linux in September 2026. Here is which roles ask for it, what those roles pay, and where they are.
Which roles ask for it
Share of the 2,190 postings naming linux that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".
- 1Software Engineer57.8%
- 2DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineer28.4%
- 3Security Engineer5.9%
- 4Data Engineer1.9%
- 5Full-Stack Engineer1.8%
- 6Data Scientist1.1%
- 7Machine Learning Engineer1.1%
What postings asking for it pay
Across every role, for the postings that both name this skill and disclose a salary. A skill does not cause a salary — senior roles ask for more of everything — so read this as association, not as a raise.
Where those jobs are
Metro share of the postings naming this skill.
- 1Silicon Valley, CA10.8%
- 2Remote7.5%
- 3San Francisco, CA6.2%
- 4New York, NY5.8%
- 5Washington, DC4.3%
- 6Seattle, WA3.2%
- 7Los Angeles, CA2.7%
- 8Chicago, IL2.6%
How we counted
668,970 live US postings read directly from 79,892 employers’ own careers pages in September 2026 — not from a jobs aggregator, so a role reposted across several sites is counted once. Full methodology, limitations and external checks.