The first table below looks at the demand for the Linux Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the East of England 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 17 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux Engineer
Rank 203 219 211
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Engineer 66 53 50
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.798% 0.609% 0.527%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.836% 0.630% 0.556%
Number of salaries quoted 64 42 50
Average salary £47,500 £50,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.00% +42.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,300 £32,500 £23,900
10% offered a salary of more than £54,250 £57,500 £51,500
UK excluding London average salary £44,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+10.00% +14.28%
All Job Titles
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7891 8411 8993
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 95.43% 96.72% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 6875 7028 7682
Average salary £39,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Linux Engineer
England

Linux Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Linux Engineer Salary Trend

Linux Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux Engineer across the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East of England Linux Engineer Salary Histogram

Linux Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Engineer within the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 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
Bedfordshire - 38 £48,500 -
Cambridgeshire -26 14 £41,000 -20.00%
Essex +38 9 £30,000 -14.28%
Hertfordshire +5 4 £41,250 -2.94%
Suffolk -11 1 £37,500 +7.14%
Linux Engineer
England

Linux Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

1 123 (100.00%) Linux
2 86 (69.92%) Apache
3 81 (65.85%) MySQL
4 65 (52.85%) TCP/IP
5 59 (47.97%) Windows
6 58 (47.15%) VMware
7 53 (43.09%) Cisco
8 52 (42.28%) vSphere
9 51 (41.46%) SaaS
9 51 (41.46%) VMware ESX
10 46 (37.40%) ITIL
11 42 (34.15%) IIS
11 42 (34.15%) iSCSI
12 39 (31.71%) Problem Management
13 38 (30.89%) Service Management
13 38 (30.89%) Change Management
14 35 (28.46%) SAN
15 34 (27.64%) Red Hat
16 27 (21.95%) SQL
17 26 (21.14%) Oracle
17 26 (21.14%) Microsoft
18 22 (17.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
19 20 (16.26%) Degree
20 19 (15.45%) C
21 18 (14.63%) Debian
21 18 (14.63%) Root Cause Analysis
22 17 (13.82%) Fibre Channel
23 15 (12.20%) Supplier Management
24 13 (10.57%) Firewall
25 12 (9.756%) Embedded Linux

Linux Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 8 (6.504%) LAMP
2 4 (3.252%) Qt
3 3 (2.439%) HTML
3 3 (2.439%) CGI
4 1 (0.813%) OpenGL
4 1 (0.813%) COM
4 1 (0.813%) FastCGI
Application Platforms
1 86 (69.92%) Apache
2 42 (34.15%) IIS
3 6 (4.878%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (2.439%) Quicktime
2 1 (0.813%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 65 (52.85%) TCP/IP
2 42 (34.15%) iSCSI
3 35 (28.46%) SAN
4 17 (13.82%) Fibre Channel
5 13 (10.57%) Firewall
6 10 (8.130%) DNS
7 9 (7.317%) HTTP
8 8 (6.504%) DHCP
9 5 (4.065%) Ethernet
9 5 (4.065%) Kerberos
9 5 (4.065%) LDAP
9 5 (4.065%) VPN
9 5 (4.065%) SSH
9 5 (4.065%) VLAN
10 4 (3.252%) Network Security
10 4 (3.252%) WAN
11 3 (2.439%) 802.11
11 3 (2.439%) DSL
11 3 (2.439%) DVB
11 3 (2.439%) TELNET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (65.85%) MySQL
2 4 (3.252%) Big Data
3 3 (2.439%) Text Mining
4 2 (1.626%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (4.065%) Subversion
2 3 (2.439%) JIRA
2 3 (2.439%) Trac
2 3 (2.439%) ClearCase
General
1 5 (4.065%) Electronics
2 4 (3.252%) Automotive
3 3 (2.439%) Finance
4 2 (1.626%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 51 (41.46%) SaaS
2 11 (8.943%) Computer Science
3 5 (4.065%) Open Source
4 4 (3.252%) Wiki
4 4 (3.252%) Telematics
4 4 (3.252%) Device Driver
5 3 (2.439%) MPEG
5 3 (2.439%) DTV
5 3 (2.439%) Streaming Video
6 2 (1.626%) Online Games
7 1 (0.813%) 3D Graphics
7 1 (0.813%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.813%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 123 (100.00%) Linux
2 59 (47.97%) Windows
3 22 (17.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 18 (14.63%) Debian
5 12 (9.756%) Embedded Linux
6 10 (8.130%) Ubuntu
7 9 (7.317%) CentOS
8 7 (5.691%) UNIX
9 4 (3.252%) Mac OS X
10 3 (2.439%) Windows XP
10 3 (2.439%) Android
11 2 (1.626%) AIX
12 1 (0.813%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.813%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (37.40%) ITIL
2 39 (31.71%) Problem Management
3 38 (30.89%) Service Management
3 38 (30.89%) Change Management
4 18 (14.63%) Root Cause Analysis
5 15 (12.20%) Supplier Management
6 6 (4.878%) Software Engineering
7 5 (4.065%) Content Management
7 5 (4.065%) Document Management
8 4 (3.252%) Validation
8 4 (3.252%) CMMI
8 4 (3.252%) OO
8 4 (3.252%) OOD
8 4 (3.252%) Incident Management
9 3 (2.439%) Configuration Management
9 3 (2.439%) Disaster Recovery
9 3 (2.439%) Data Protection
10 2 (1.626%) Memory Management
10 2 (1.626%) Change Control
10 2 (1.626%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 27 (21.95%) SQL
2 19 (15.45%) C
3 11 (8.943%) Shell Script
4 10 (8.130%) C++
4 10 (8.130%) Python
5 8 (6.504%) PHP
6 4 (3.252%) Perl
6 4 (3.252%) Embedded C
6 4 (3.252%) Bash shell
7 3 (2.439%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.626%) VB
8 2 (1.626%) Korn
9 1 (0.813%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 20 (16.26%) Degree
2 4 (3.252%) Postgraduate
3 1 (0.813%) RHCE
3 1 (0.813%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (0.813%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.691%) SLA
System Software
1 52 (42.28%) vSphere
2 51 (41.46%) VMware ESX
3 5 (4.065%) Active Directory
4 4 (3.252%) Samba
4 4 (3.252%) NFS
5 2 (1.626%) Xen
5 2 (1.626%) Postfix
Vendors
1 58 (47.15%) VMware
2 53 (43.09%) Cisco
3 34 (27.64%) Red Hat
4 26 (21.14%) Oracle
4 26 (21.14%) Microsoft
5 3 (2.439%) NetApp
6 2 (1.626%) HP
6 2 (1.626%) JBoss
7 1 (0.813%) Salesforce.com
7 1 (0.813%) EMC
7 1 (0.813%) Juniper
7 1 (0.813%) Twitter
Luton, Bedfordshire
Ideally commercial data-centre experience working with Apache and MySQL. * Exposure to and knowledge of Storage Area Networks (SAN) and Cisco networking elements... * Experience of working within ITIL...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £49000 per annum + bonus, pension, health
Posted: 13 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
The right Red Hat Specialist / Linux Systems Engineer will have solid datacenter experience, working with Linux server (including Apache & MySQL), SAN (including FC & iSCSI switching) and TCP/IP...
Gregory James
Salary: £50000 to £55000 per annum - excellent benefits
Posted: 17 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: 13 May 2013
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: 13 May 2013
Cambridgeshire
This is an exceptional opportunity to join a fantastic company, near Saffron Walden, whose cloud products and services are used by clients around the globe.The role of...
set2recruit
Salary: Up to £75,000 per hour
Posted: 16 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: 13 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
The right Linux Systems Administrator / Systems Engineer will have solid datacenter experience, working with Linux server (including Apache & MySQL), SAN (including FC & iSCSI switching) and TCP/IP networking.
Gregory James
Salary: £45000 to £52000 per annum - 10% annual bonus, pension, healthcare
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bedfordshire
Linux Engineer / Linux Systems Administrator ( redhat, RHEL ) required for our client based on Herts/Beds border... Apache, mySQL) Storage Area Networks, including FC and iSCSI switching TCP/IP...
Vadis People
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + 10% bonus plus benefits
Posted: 13 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: 13 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: 14 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: 13 May 2013