The first table below looks at the demand for the Linux Systems Administrator role in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux Systems Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 23 May 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 Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux System Administrator
Rank 44 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Systems Administrator 5 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 2.008% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.058% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
Average salary £48,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,500 £36,250
% change year-on-year
+3.89% +6.20%
All Job Titles
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
243 195 166
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 97.59% 97.50% 99.40%
Number of salaries quoted 237 185 161
Average salary £42,500 £41,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.65% +9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £25,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Linux Systems Administrator
Bedfordshire

Linux Systems Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Linux Systems Administrator across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Bedford Linux Systems Administrator Jobs Demand Trend

Linux Systems Administrator
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Linux Systems Administrator across the Bedford region.

Bedford Linux Systems Administrator Salary Trend

Linux Systems Administrator
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region that cited Linux Systems Administrator 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 IT job ads sampled with Linux Systems Administrator in their job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Linux
1 9 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 5 (55.56%) Supplier Management
2 5 (55.56%) SAN
2 5 (55.56%) Apache
2 5 (55.56%) MySQL
2 5 (55.56%) IIS
2 5 (55.56%) VMware
2 5 (55.56%) VMware ESX
2 5 (55.56%) iSCSI
2 5 (55.56%) vSphere
2 5 (55.56%) SaaS
2 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) Fibre Channel
3 4 (44.44%) C-shell
3 4 (44.44%) Bash shell
3 4 (44.44%) NAS
3 4 (44.44%) UNIX
3 4 (44.44%) NFS
3 4 (44.44%) Shell Script
3 4 (44.44%) DNS
3 4 (44.44%) RHCE
3 4 (44.44%) Samba
3 4 (44.44%) Degree
3 4 (44.44%) Computer Science

Linux Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region that cited Linux Systems Administrator 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 IT job ads sampled with Linux Systems Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 5 (55.56%) Apache
1 5 (55.56%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 5 (55.56%) SAN
2 5 (55.56%) iSCSI
2 5 (55.56%) Fibre Channel
3 4 (44.44%) NAS
3 4 (44.44%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) MySQL
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) SaaS
2 4 (44.44%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Linux
2 5 (55.56%) Windows
3 4 (44.44%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) C-shell
1 4 (44.44%) Bash shell
1 4 (44.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) RHCE
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) VMware ESX
1 5 (55.56%) vSphere
2 4 (44.44%) NFS
2 4 (44.44%) Samba
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) VMware
Bedford, Bedfordshire
The right Linux Systems Administrator / Systems Engineer will have solid datacenter experience, working with Linux server (including Apache & MySQL), SAN (including FC & iSCSI switching) and TCP/IP networking.
Gregory James
Salary: £45000 to £52000 per annum - 10% annual bonus, pension, healthcare
Posted: 17 May 2013