Which roles ask for Linux at tech companies · 160 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
160 roles counted that list Linux, one per company, title and level; 419 postings in the window.
In short
Linux: listed in 160 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 141 and preferred in 19. The largest group is software engineer roles: 54 of 160 (34%).
- Required
- 141 of 160 (88%)
- Of the roles that list Linux
- Preferred
- 19 of 160 (12%)
- Of the roles that list Linux
- Largest group
- 54 of 160 (34%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for Linux
Roles listing Linux, by title family. Where the role has a page, the count is also out of that role's roles whose requirements we read.
| Role | Roles | Of the role's roles we read |
|---|---|---|
| Software engineer | 54 | 54 of 719 (8%) |
| Site reliability engineer | 25 | 25 of 70 (36%) |
| DevOps engineer | 20 | 20 of 58 (34%) |
| Platform engineer | 20 | 20 of 57 (35%) |
| QA engineer | 12 | 12 of 63 (19%) |
| Security engineer | 11 | 11 of 126 (9%) |
| Forward deployed engineer | 6 | 6 of 63 (10%) |
| Machine learning engineer | 6 | 6 of 79 (8%) |
| Data engineer | 3 | 3 of 99 (3%) |
| AI engineer | 2 | 2 of 70 (3%) |
Companies that ask for it most
- Akamai Technologies6 roles
- Crusoe5 roles
- Lambda5 roles
- Zscaler5 roles
- Palantir4 roles
- CoreWeave3 roles
- Netskope3 roles
- Okta3 roles
- OpenAI3 roles
- TASQ Staffing Solutions3 roles
Asked alongside
Out of the 160 Linux roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Python | 93 of 160 (58%) |
| CI/CD | 61 of 160 (38%) |
| Docker | 57 of 160 (36%) |
| AWS | 56 of 160 (35%) |
| Kubernetes | 56 of 160 (35%) |
| Go | 52 of 160 (33%) |
| Shell Scripting | 51 of 160 (32%) |
| Networking | 50 of 160 (31%) |
| Terraform | 44 of 160 (28%) |
| GCP | 38 of 160 (24%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Terraform | 25 of 160 (16%) |
| Kubernetes | 22 of 160 (14%) |
| Infrastructure as Code | 19 of 160 (12%) |
| Observability | 18 of 160 (11%) |
| CI/CD | 16 of 160 (10%) |
| Python | 16 of 160 (10%) |
| Open Source | 15 of 160 (9%) |
| AI | 14 of 160 (9%) |
| Agile | 13 of 160 (8%) |
| Ansible | 13 of 160 (8%) |
Experience
Of the 79 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 79 of 79 (100%)
- 2+ years
- 78 of 79 (99%)
- 3+ years
- 70 of 79 (89%)
- 5+ years
- 55 of 79 (70%)
- 8+ years
- 13 of 79 (16%)
- 10+ years
- 5 of 79 (6%)
Degree
Of the 108 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 11 of 108 (10%)
- Required, or experience instead
- 26 of 108 (24%)
- Preferred
- 4 of 108 (4%)
- Not mentioned
- 67 of 108 (62%)
Pay and remote work
Of the 160 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Median stated pay
- $173.6k a year
- Roles stating pay
- 62 of 160 (39%)
- Remote roles
- 114 of 160 (71%)
How we count: 160 roles from 115 employers in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Skills are counted out of the roles whose requirements we read. Roles are not filtered by country. Methodology