The first table below looks at the demand for the Linux Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge 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 24 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux Engineer
Rank 109 88 100
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Engineer 14 37 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.771% 1.841% 1.120%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.810% 1.911% 1.183%
Number of salaries quoted 12 31 24
Average salary £50,000 £52,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% +50.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £40,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £79,750 £57,500 £51,500
UK excluding London average salary £44,500 £40,000 £34,500
% change year-on-year
+11.25% +15.94%
All Job Titles
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1728 1936 2029
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 95.21% 96.32% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1538 1644 1847
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £49,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Linux Engineer
Cambridgeshire

Linux Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Linux Engineer Salary Trend

Linux Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux Engineer across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cambridge Linux Engineer Salary Histogram

Linux Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 27 (100.00%) Linux
2 12 (44.44%) Red Hat
3 10 (37.04%) C
4 9 (33.33%) Ubuntu
5 8 (29.63%) Windows
5 8 (29.63%) Degree
5 8 (29.63%) CentOS
6 7 (25.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (25.93%) Apache
6 7 (25.93%) Python
7 6 (22.22%) MySQL
7 6 (22.22%) Device Driver
7 6 (22.22%) Debian
8 5 (18.52%) Shell Script
8 5 (18.52%) Embedded Linux
8 5 (18.52%) SAN
9 4 (14.81%) DNS
9 4 (14.81%) Mac OS X
9 4 (14.81%) DHCP
9 4 (14.81%) Ethernet
9 4 (14.81%) NFS
9 4 (14.81%) Embedded C
9 4 (14.81%) Active Directory
9 4 (14.81%) ITIL
9 4 (14.81%) Postgraduate
9 4 (14.81%) SSH
9 4 (14.81%) Samba
9 4 (14.81%) Firewall
9 4 (14.81%) VLAN
9 4 (14.81%) Wiki

Linux Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 2 (7.407%) LAMP
2 1 (3.704%) FastCGI
Application Platforms
1 7 (25.93%) Apache
2 2 (7.407%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (3.704%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (18.52%) SAN
2 4 (14.81%) DNS
2 4 (14.81%) DHCP
2 4 (14.81%) Ethernet
2 4 (14.81%) SSH
2 4 (14.81%) Firewall
2 4 (14.81%) VLAN
2 4 (14.81%) Network Security
3 1 (3.704%) LAN
3 1 (3.704%) VoIP
3 1 (3.704%) WAN
3 1 (3.704%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (22.22%) MySQL
2 4 (14.81%) Big Data
3 3 (11.11%) Text Mining
4 2 (7.407%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (3.704%) Subversion
General
1 2 (7.407%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Device Driver
2 4 (14.81%) Wiki
3 3 (11.11%) Open Source
4 2 (7.407%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (7.407%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 27 (100.00%) Linux
2 9 (33.33%) Ubuntu
3 8 (29.63%) Windows
3 8 (29.63%) CentOS
4 7 (25.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (22.22%) Debian
6 5 (18.52%) Embedded Linux
7 4 (14.81%) Mac OS X
8 3 (11.11%) Windows XP
8 3 (11.11%) UNIX
9 1 (3.704%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (14.81%) ITIL
2 3 (11.11%) Memory Management
2 3 (11.11%) Data Protection
2 3 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (11.11%) Software Engineering
3 1 (3.704%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (37.04%) C
2 7 (25.93%) Python
3 5 (18.52%) Shell Script
4 4 (14.81%) Embedded C
4 4 (14.81%) Bash shell
5 3 (11.11%) C++
6 2 (7.407%) Assembly Language
7 1 (3.704%) Perl
7 1 (3.704%) PHP
Qualifications
1 8 (29.63%) Degree
2 4 (14.81%) Postgraduate
3 1 (3.704%) RHCA
3 1 (3.704%) RHCE
3 1 (3.704%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 4 (14.81%) NFS
1 4 (14.81%) Active Directory
1 4 (14.81%) Samba
2 2 (7.407%) Xen
2 2 (7.407%) Postfix
Vendors
1 12 (44.44%) Red Hat
2 3 (11.11%) NetApp
3 2 (7.407%) HP
4 1 (3.704%) VMware
4 1 (3.704%) EMC
4 1 (3.704%) Cisco
4 1 (3.704%) Microsoft
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
A profitable Cambridge company require software engineers to design and develop network software that is utilised worldwide by end users for video on demand subsection based services (eg...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Good benefits package
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
A well funded Cambridge start up require software engineers to design and develop network software that is utilised worldwide by end users for video on demand subsection based...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Good benefits package
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
A leading software company based in Cambridge require a Systems Administrator with Linux experience and solid networking knowledge... Experience required The ideal candidate will have a broad experience...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: Excellent salary and Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
This is a hands on role where you will be taking responsibility at the early stages of a company working on some complex real world problems A well...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Good Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
I am currently resourcing for a Linux Kernel engineer to work with a fast growing Tech company in Cambridge. Ideally you should be a skilled and enthusiastic x86...
Optimus Search Ltd
Salary: Up to £80,000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Requirement specifications: - 1st / 2.1 in computer science (or other STEM discipline) degree from a top university... - Strong systems level programming in C / C++. - Experience in scripting languages (...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £Excellent + benefits
Posted: 29 April 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Main Responsibilities: To demonstrate Software Engineering excellence. Continuously improving the code base Providing input into the estimation process Review designs and architecture Input into the technical strategy of...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £55000 per annum + Good benefits package
Posted: 20 May 2013