The first table below looks at the demand for the Linux Systems Administrator role in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire 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 21 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux System Administrator
Rank 107 125 -
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Systems Administrator 11 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.610% 0.102% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.637% 0.107% -
Number of salaries quoted 11 2 0
Average salary £40,000 £29,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+37.93% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+3.89% +2.66%
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1728 1872 1542
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 95.84% 95.56% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1373 1646 1312
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Linux Systems Administrator
North West

Linux Systems Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Linux Systems Administrator Salary Trend

Linux Systems Administrator
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Systems Administrator within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Warrington +25 5 £40,000 +21.21%
Knutsford - 5 £40,000 -
Chester - 1 £35,000 -
Linux Systems Administrator
North West

Linux Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 48 (100.00%) Linux
2 47 (97.92%) Red Hat
3 45 (93.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 39 (81.25%) UNIX
4 39 (81.25%) AIX
5 22 (45.83%) IBM
5 22 (45.83%) HP
5 22 (45.83%) SAN
6 21 (43.75%) Configuration Management
6 21 (43.75%) Replication
6 21 (43.75%) Clustering
6 21 (43.75%) C
6 21 (43.75%) High Availability
6 21 (43.75%) Finance
7 20 (41.67%) WebSphere
7 20 (41.67%) Perl
7 20 (41.67%) PHP
7 20 (41.67%) WebSphere MQ
8 17 (35.42%) Service Delivery
9 16 (33.33%) Problem Management
10 14 (29.17%) Solaris
11 9 (18.75%) Dell
11 9 (18.75%) iSeries
11 9 (18.75%) Nimsoft
12 2 (4.167%) HTTP
12 2 (4.167%) Continuous Improvement
13 1 (2.083%) PowerShell
13 1 (2.083%) Product Management
13 1 (2.083%) RabbitMQ
13 1 (2.083%) Ubuntu

Linux Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 Development
1 20 (41.67%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 20 (41.67%) WebSphere MQ
2 1 (2.083%) RabbitMQ
Communications & Networking
1 22 (45.83%) SAN
2 2 (4.167%) HTTP
3 1 (2.083%) IMAP
3 1 (2.083%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.083%) LDAP
3 1 (2.083%) SMS
3 1 (2.083%) SMTP
General
1 21 (43.75%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 21 (43.75%) Replication
1 21 (43.75%) Clustering
2 9 (18.75%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 48 (100.00%) Linux
2 45 (93.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 39 (81.25%) UNIX
3 39 (81.25%) AIX
4 14 (29.17%) Solaris
5 1 (2.083%) Ubuntu
5 1 (2.083%) Debian
5 1 (2.083%) HPUX
5 1 (2.083%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (43.75%) Configuration Management
1 21 (43.75%) High Availability
2 17 (35.42%) Service Delivery
3 16 (33.33%) Problem Management
4 2 (4.167%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (2.083%) Product Management
5 1 (2.083%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (43.75%) C
2 20 (41.67%) Perl
2 20 (41.67%) PHP
3 1 (2.083%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.083%) VBScript
3 1 (2.083%) Java
Vendors
1 47 (97.92%) Red Hat
2 22 (45.83%) IBM
2 22 (45.83%) HP
3 9 (18.75%) Dell
3 9 (18.75%) Nimsoft
4 1 (2.083%) EMC
4 1 (2.083%) Sun
4 1 (2.083%) TIBCO
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