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Linux security jobs

The open security roles whose posting names Linux, read every hour from the employers' careers systems. An employer whose every posting names it is describing itself, so its roles are left out.

528
postings that name it
$149k–$302k
a year, typical
203
employers
203
remote
Postings read 15 Nov 2026, 17:08 UTC

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Postings asking for Linux

Top 150 here, 528 in all.

How often postings name Linux

Linux's row in What Cybersecurity Jobs Require, our research over 11 Nov 2026 to 14 Nov 2026, rebuilt every day. Every figure opens the roles it counts, and each table its place among the others in the report.

Tools, clouds, languages and frameworks named

Which tools, clouds, languages and frameworks do security job postings name?

Tool or skillPostings naming itShare of postings read
Linux530
17.5%
3,037 security postings open on 14 Nov 2026 whose employer's board publishes a full description (696 employers), 99.9% of all open roles. What Cybersecurity Jobs Require, figure 7, live data 11 Nov 2026 to 14 Nov 2026.

Questions

Linux in security hiring, from the postings

How common is Linux in security job postings?

528 of the 3,029 open security postings name it (17.4%), as a requirement or a preference; 203 of those roles are listed as remote.

What do security roles naming Linux pay?

They state a typical $149k–$302k/yr, middle $187k/yr, against $200k/yr for every security posting read. The difference reflects which roles ask for Linux as much as the skill itself.

Which kind of security work uses Linux most?

Security Engineering (143 postings, 20% of that specialty's), Security Operations & Incident Response (139 postings, 35% of that specialty's), Penetration Testing & Red Team (65 postings, 34% of that specialty's).

Which employers name Linux in their security postings?

Palo Alto Networks (28), Thales (21), CrowdStrike (17), Anduril Industries (16), Arctic Wolf (16), SpaceX (15) name it in the most open postings now.

Counted beside it: AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Terraform.

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