The first table below looks at the demand for the Linux Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Linux Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Bristol region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux Engineer
Rank 44 62 -
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Engineer 1 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.203% 0.228% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.215% 0.244% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £475 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £435 £350
% change year-on-year
-19.54% +24.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £32.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £52.50 £40.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year
+31.25% +15.94%
All Job Titles
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
466 821 641
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 94.52% 93.72% 92.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 528 352
Average daily rate £333 £338 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.48% +3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £195 £218 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £472 £451 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 33 37
Average hourly rate £16.00 £21.75 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-26.43% +45.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.30 £12.75 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £35.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Linux Engineer
South West

Linux Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Linux Engineer across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Bristol Linux Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Linux Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Linux Engineer across the Bristol region.

Bristol Linux Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Linux Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Linux Engineer across the Bristol region.

Bristol Linux Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Linux Engineer
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region that cited Linux Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Linux Engineer in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Maven
1 1 (100.00%) Git (software)
1 1 (100.00%) Bash shell
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins

Linux Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region that cited Linux Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Linux Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Maven
1 1 (100.00%) Git (software)
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Bash shell
Bristol, Avon
DevOps Engineer, Linux Systems Engineer... Required Skills: Experience operating consumer-facing distributed server systems involving hundreds of machines Deep understanding of Linux-based server systems, including a variety...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £450 to £500 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Bristol, South West
DevOps Engineer, Linux Systems EngineerAutomated Systems Engineer, Linux Systems Engineer My Client has an immediate requirement for an Automated Systems Engineer- Required Skills: Experience operating consumer-facing distributed...
OPUS
Rate: GBP450 to GBP500 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013