The first table below looks at the demand for the Linux Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux Engineer
Rank 92 110 99
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Engineer 31 5 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 1.789% 0.284% 0.734%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.840% 0.299% 0.784%
Number of salaries quoted 31 3 11
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £45,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £44,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+10.00% +14.28%
All Job Titles
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1685 1671 1658
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 97.23% 94.84% 93.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1467 1473 1351
Average salary £37,500 £36,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Linux Engineer
South West

Linux Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT 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
Salary Trend

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

Bristol Linux Engineer Salary Trend

Linux Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux Engineer across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Bristol Linux Engineer Salary Histogram

Linux Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT 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 IT job ads sampled with Linux Engineer in their job title.

1 35 (100.00%) Linux
2 18 (51.43%) Red Hat
2 18 (51.43%) Security Cleared
2 18 (51.43%) Bash shell
3 17 (48.57%) C
4 15 (42.86%) Puppet
5 12 (34.29%) Telecoms
6 10 (28.57%) Java
6 10 (28.57%) Windows
6 10 (28.57%) Embedded Linux
7 9 (25.71%) Ubuntu
7 9 (25.71%) Device Driver
7 9 (25.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (25.71%) SC Cleared
7 9 (25.71%) Visual Studio
7 9 (25.71%) C#
7 9 (25.71%) SQL
7 9 (25.71%) Embedded C
7 9 (25.71%) Digital Media
8 7 (20.00%) Multithreading
9 6 (17.14%) SQL Server 2008
9 6 (17.14%) F5
9 6 (17.14%) REST
9 6 (17.14%) ArcSight
9 6 (17.14%) SIEM
9 6 (17.14%) Subversion
9 6 (17.14%) SSL
9 6 (17.14%) Oracle 8/8i
9 6 (17.14%) SharePoint
9 6 (17.14%) .NET

Linux Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT 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 IT job ads sampled with Linux Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (17.14%) HTML
1 6 (17.14%) .NET
1 6 (17.14%) CSS
1 6 (17.14%) XML
1 6 (17.14%) REST
2 1 (2.857%) POSIX
Application Platforms
1 6 (17.14%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (8.571%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 6 (17.14%) SSL
2 1 (2.857%) NAS
2 1 (2.857%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.14%) MySQL
1 6 (17.14%) SQL Server
1 6 (17.14%) Oracle 8/8i
1 6 (17.14%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 9 (25.71%) Visual Studio
2 6 (17.14%) Subversion
3 1 (2.857%) GDB
General
1 12 (34.29%) Telecoms
2 3 (8.571%) Finance
2 3 (8.571%) Manufacturing
2 3 (8.571%) Marketing
2 3 (8.571%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.71%) Device Driver
1 9 (25.71%) Digital Media
2 3 (8.571%) DTV
3 1 (2.857%) Mathematics
3 1 (2.857%) Physics
3 1 (2.857%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 35 (100.00%) Linux
2 10 (28.57%) Embedded Linux
2 10 (28.57%) Windows
3 9 (25.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 9 (25.71%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (20.00%) Multithreading
2 6 (17.14%) SIEM
3 3 (8.571%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (8.571%) Programme Management
3 3 (8.571%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (2.857%) UML
4 1 (2.857%) OO
4 1 (2.857%) Digital Signal Processing
4 1 (2.857%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 18 (51.43%) Bash shell
2 17 (48.57%) C
3 10 (28.57%) Java
4 9 (25.71%) C#
4 9 (25.71%) SQL
4 9 (25.71%) Embedded C
5 6 (17.14%) JavaScript
6 2 (5.714%) C++
7 1 (2.857%) Ruby
7 1 (2.857%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (51.43%) Security Cleared
2 9 (25.71%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.714%) Degree
Systems Management
1 15 (42.86%) Puppet
Vendors
1 18 (51.43%) Red Hat
2 6 (17.14%) F5
2 6 (17.14%) ArcSight
2 6 (17.14%) Oracle
3 3 (8.571%) SAP
Bristol, Avon
Windows 2000/2003/2008 server platform - Proven substantial experience Unix / Linux technologies - Extensive experience in VM and physical server troubleshooting, dealing with performance issues, firmware updates and hardware...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum + Bonus & Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013