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The table below looks at the demand for the Linux Administrator role in IT jobs within the Berkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Linux Administrator
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank208276
Rank change on same period last yearUp+68
Matching permanent IT job ads3210
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.420 %0.088 %
Salaries quoted2810
Average minimum salary£34,071£37,200
Average salary£37,679£39,450
% change on same period last year-4.49 %
Average maximum salary£41,286£41,700
UK excluding London average salary£37,402£33,318
% change on same period last year+12.25 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads761011412
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.910 %5.108 %
Salaries quoted63699337
Average minimum salary£38,871£38,405
Average salary£42,272£42,054
% change on same period last year+0.51 %
Average maximum salary£45,673£45,703
UK excluding London average salary£38,468£39,125
% change on same period last year-1.68 %
Linux Administrator South EastLinux Administrator
South East

Linux Administrator
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Linux Administrator across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Berkshire Linux Administrator Demand Trend

Linux Administrator
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire Linux Administrator Salary Trend

Linux Administrator
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux Administrator across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Berkshire Linux Administrator Salary Histogram

Linux Administrator
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Administrator within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingUp+3313£38,192-19.59 %
SloughNew entry-9£35,400-
NewburyDown-92£33,250-7.63 %
Linux Administrator South EastLinux Administrator
South East

Linux Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Linux 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 Administrator in their job title.

141 (100.00 %)Linux
235 (85.37 %)UNIX
325 (60.98 %)Windows
417 (41.46 %)Perl
515 (36.59 %)Solaris
515 (36.59 %)DNS
614 (34.15 %)MySQL
711 (26.83 %)Apache
711 (26.83 %)Windows Server 2003
810 (24.39 %)NFS
99 (21.95 %)Oracle
108 (19.51 %)Sun
108 (19.51 %)Red Hat
108 (19.51 %)LDAP
108 (19.51 %)Red Hat Linux
117 (17.07 %)TCP/IP
117 (17.07 %)Java
117 (17.07 %)Validation
117 (17.07 %)Change Management
126 (14.63 %)Shell Script
126 (14.63 %)VBScript
126 (14.63 %)RDBMS
126 (14.63 %)SSL
126 (14.63 %)Tomcat
126 (14.63 %)Python
126 (14.63 %)Problem Management
135 (12.20 %)Degree
144 (9.756 %)Active Directory
144 (9.756 %)HP
144 (9.756 %)Firewall

Linux Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Linux 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 Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (7.317 %)XML
21 (2.439 %)Middleware
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (26.83 %)Apache
26 (14.63 %)Tomcat
31 (2.439 %)IIS
Berkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (2.439 %)MS Excel
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (36.59 %)DNS
28 (19.51 %)LDAP
37 (17.07 %)TCP/IP
46 (14.63 %)SSL
54 (9.756 %)VPN
54 (9.756 %)Firewall
54 (9.756 %)Wireless
63 (7.317 %)SSH
63 (7.317 %)Cisco IOS
63 (7.317 %)DHCP
63 (7.317 %)Internet
71 (2.439 %)SAN
71 (2.439 %)SMTP
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (34.15 %)MySQL
26 (14.63 %)RDBMS
32 (4.878 %)Informix
41 (2.439 %)PostgreSQL
Berkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (4.878 %)Subversion
Berkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (2.439 %)Finance
11 (2.439 %)Games
11 (2.439 %)Banking
11 (2.439 %)Pensions
Berkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (2.439 %)Clustering
11 (2.439 %)Contract for Difference
11 (2.439 %)Computer Science
11 (2.439 %)Social Network
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
141 (100.00 %)Linux
235 (85.37 %)UNIX
325 (60.98 %)Windows
415 (36.59 %)Solaris
511 (26.83 %)Windows Server 2003
68 (19.51 %)Red Hat Linux
74 (9.756 %)HPUX
74 (9.756 %)IRIX
83 (7.317 %)Windows 2000
83 (7.317 %)Windows XP
83 (7.317 %)VMS
91 (2.439 %)SUSE
91 (2.439 %)Debian
91 (2.439 %)Ubuntu
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (17.07 %)Change Management
17 (17.07 %)Validation
26 (14.63 %)Problem Management
33 (7.317 %)Performance Management
41 (2.439 %)ITIL
41 (2.439 %)Service Delivery
41 (2.439 %)Release Management
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (41.46 %)Perl
27 (17.07 %)Java
36 (14.63 %)VBScript
36 (14.63 %)Python
36 (14.63 %)Shell Script
43 (7.317 %)AWK
43 (7.317 %)Ruby
43 (7.317 %)JavaScript
43 (7.317 %)C
43 (7.317 %)C++
43 (7.317 %)SQL
51 (2.439 %)PHP
51 (2.439 %)Korn
Berkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (12.20 %)Degree
24 (9.756 %)HNC
Berkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.439 %)SLA
Berkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
110 (24.39 %)NFS
24 (9.756 %)Active Directory
33 (7.317 %)Squid
41 (2.439 %)NetBackup
Berkshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (2.439 %)Nagios
Berkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (21.95 %)Oracle
28 (19.51 %)Sun
28 (19.51 %)Red Hat
34 (9.756 %)SGI
34 (9.756 %)HP
43 (7.317 %)Sybase
43 (7.317 %)Cisco
52 (4.878 %)VERITAS
61 (2.439 %)VMware
61 (2.439 %)Microsoft