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This section looks at the demand for the Linux Systems Administrator role in IT jobs within the City of London 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 Systems Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Linux System Administrator
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank315291
Rank change on same period last yearDown-24
Matching permanent IT job ads3143
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.018 %
As % of the category below0.173 %0.239 %
Salaries quoted2634
Average minimum salary£47,654£45,324
Average salary£50,404£47,956
% change on same period last year+5.10 %
Average maximum salary£53,154£50,588
UK excluding London average salary£36,416£31,480
% change on same period last year+15.67 %
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads1795417955
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled9.665 %7.484 %
Salaries quoted1525113605
Average minimum salary£48,025£51,288
Average salary£52,842£55,870
% change on same period last year-5.42 %
Average maximum salary£57,659£60,452
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
Linux Systems Administrator LondonLinux Systems Administrator
London

Linux Systems Administrator
Demand Trend

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

City of London Linux Systems Administrator Demand Trend

Linux Systems Administrator
Salary Trend

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

City of London Linux Systems Administrator Salary Trend

Linux Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux Systems Administrator across the City of London region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

City of London Linux Systems Administrator Salary Histogram

Linux Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

182 (100.00 %)Linux
251 (62.20 %)UNIX
342 (51.22 %)Perl
439 (47.56 %)Red Hat
439 (47.56 %)Red Hat Linux
532 (39.02 %)Apache
629 (35.37 %)Windows
629 (35.37 %)Finance
725 (30.49 %)Solaris
823 (28.05 %)MySQL
922 (26.83 %)Python
1017 (20.73 %)Cisco
1115 (18.29 %)TCP/IP
1213 (15.85 %)Java
1312 (14.63 %)Debian
1411 (13.41 %)PostgreSQL
1411 (13.41 %)Firewall
1411 (13.41 %)PHP
1510 (12.20 %)Oracle
1510 (12.20 %)Banking
169 (10.98 %)CruiseControl
169 (10.98 %)Health
169 (10.98 %)SQL
169 (10.98 %)E-Commerce
169 (10.98 %)Eclipse
169 (10.98 %)DNS
169 (10.98 %)SAN
169 (10.98 %)Internet
178 (9.756 %)Shell Script
178 (9.756 %)Tomcat

Linux Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (2.439 %)HTML
12 (2.439 %)XML
City of London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
132 (39.02 %)Apache
28 (9.756 %)Tomcat
35 (6.098 %)IIS
41 (1.220 %)JBoss
City of London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (2.439 %)MS Excel
City of London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (1.220 %)RMDS
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (18.29 %)TCP/IP
211 (13.41 %)Firewall
39 (10.98 %)DNS
39 (10.98 %)SAN
39 (10.98 %)Internet
45 (6.098 %)FTP
53 (3.659 %)SNMP
62 (2.439 %)Ethernet
62 (2.439 %)Kerberos
71 (1.220 %)LDAP
71 (1.220 %)VoIP
71 (1.220 %)WAN
71 (1.220 %)Cisco PIX
71 (1.220 %)iSCSI
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
123 (28.05 %)MySQL
211 (13.41 %)PostgreSQL
36 (7.317 %)SQL Server
42 (2.439 %)Oracle 10g
City of London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (10.98 %)Eclipse
19 (10.98 %)CruiseControl
21 (1.220 %)Subversion
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
129 (35.37 %)Finance
210 (12.20 %)Banking
39 (10.98 %)Health
46 (7.317 %)Back Office
46 (7.317 %)Telecoms
54 (4.878 %)Front Office
54 (4.878 %)Investment Banking
54 (4.878 %)Pensions
63 (3.659 %)Financial Institution
72 (2.439 %)Insurance
81 (1.220 %)Auditing
81 (1.220 %)Publishing
81 (1.220 %)Games
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (6.098 %)N-Tier
22 (2.439 %)Derivative
31 (1.220 %)Equities
31 (1.220 %)Web 2.0
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
182 (100.00 %)Linux
251 (62.20 %)UNIX
339 (47.56 %)Red Hat Linux
429 (35.37 %)Windows
525 (30.49 %)Solaris
612 (14.63 %)Debian
78 (9.756 %)HPUX
86 (7.317 %)CentOS
93 (3.659 %)Windows Server 2003
102 (2.439 %)Windows NT
102 (2.439 %)Windows 2000
102 (2.439 %)Ubuntu
111 (1.220 %)FreeBSD
111 (1.220 %)OpenVMS
111 (1.220 %)SUSE
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (10.98 %)E-Commerce
28 (9.756 %)Load Balancing
35 (6.098 %)Electronic Trading
44 (4.878 %)ITIL
53 (3.659 %)Investment Management
53 (3.659 %)Change Management
53 (3.659 %)Disaster Recovery
53 (3.659 %)Asset Management
62 (2.439 %)Project Management
71 (1.220 %)Resource Management
71 (1.220 %)Problem Management
City of London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
142 (51.22 %)Perl
222 (26.83 %)Python
313 (15.85 %)Java
411 (13.41 %)PHP
59 (10.98 %)SQL
68 (9.756 %)Shell Script
73 (3.659 %)JavaScript
82 (2.439 %)Korn
91 (1.220 %)JCL
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (8.537 %)Cisco Certification
26 (7.317 %)Degree
33 (3.659 %)CCNP
42 (2.439 %)CCNA
42 (2.439 %)RHCE
51 (1.220 %)CCDP
City of London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (3.659 %)NFS
22 (2.439 %)VMware Infrastructure
City of London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (2.439 %)OpenView
21 (1.220 %)Nagios
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
139 (47.56 %)Red Hat
217 (20.73 %)Cisco
310 (12.20 %)Oracle
47 (8.537 %)HP
55 (6.098 %)EMC
55 (6.098 %)Sun
55 (6.098 %)Accenture
55 (6.098 %)VMware
55 (6.098 %)Fujitsu
64 (4.878 %)VERITAS
73 (3.659 %)Microsoft
82 (2.439 %)Fidessa
82 (2.439 %)Reuters
82 (2.439 %)Bloomberg
82 (2.439 %)EasyScreen
82 (2.439 %)Patsystems
82 (2.439 %)GL TRADE
91 (1.220 %)Brocade
91 (1.220 %)Remedy
91 (1.220 %)ION Trading