The first table below looks at the demand for the Linux Administrator role in IT jobs advertised for the East Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux Administrator 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 Sussex region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux Administrator
Rank 66 43 68
Rank change year-on-year
-23 +25
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Administrator 24 50 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in East Sussex 2.691% 5.225% 0.901%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.775% 5.423% 0.957%
Number of salaries quoted 24 45 6
Average salary £33,500 £40,000 £20,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.25% +100.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,500 £37,250
% change year-on-year
+3.89% +3.35%
All Job Titles
East Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
865 922 627
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in East Sussex 96.97% 96.34% 94.14%
Number of salaries quoted 775 823 601
Average salary £36,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £49,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Linux Administrator
South East

Linux Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Sussex Linux Administrator Jobs Demand Trend

Linux Administrator
Salary Trend

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

East Sussex Linux Administrator Salary Trend

Linux Administrator
Salary Histogram

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

East Sussex Linux Administrator Salary Histogram

Linux Administrator
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Administrator within the East Sussex 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
Brighton -20 24 £33,500 -16.25%
Linux Administrator
South East

Linux Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Sussex region that cited Linux 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 Administrator in their job title.

1 74 (100.00%) Linux
2 51 (68.92%) Windows
3 50 (67.57%) Ubuntu
4 32 (43.24%) MySQL
4 32 (43.24%) CentOS
5 31 (41.89%) VMware
6 28 (37.84%) SQL Server
6 28 (37.84%) SQL
6 28 (37.84%) MS Excel
6 28 (37.84%) Windows Server 2008
6 28 (37.84%) VMware ESXi
7 27 (36.49%) VoIP
8 24 (32.43%) Samba
9 23 (31.08%) Mac OS X
10 21 (28.38%) LDAP
11 20 (27.03%) Asterisk PBX
11 20 (27.03%) VMware Infrastructure
12 17 (22.97%) Mac OS X Server
12 17 (22.97%) Project Planning
12 17 (22.97%) Web Development
13 16 (21.62%) Windows 7
14 15 (20.27%) ITIL
15 14 (18.92%) Red Hat
15 14 (18.92%) Puppet
15 14 (18.92%) Mac OS
16 13 (17.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
16 13 (17.57%) Information Security Management
16 13 (17.57%) Security Management
16 13 (17.57%) Information Security
17 12 (16.22%) Configuration Management

Linux Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Sussex region that cited Linux 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 Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (10.81%) LAMP
2 1 (1.351%) X-Windows
Application Platforms
1 3 (4.054%) Apache
2 1 (1.351%) Tomcat
2 1 (1.351%) WebLogic
Applications
1 28 (37.84%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 27 (36.49%) VoIP
2 21 (28.38%) LDAP
3 20 (27.03%) Asterisk PBX
4 5 (6.757%) TCP/IP
4 5 (6.757%) DNS
5 4 (5.405%) Ethernet
5 4 (5.405%) Firewall
5 4 (5.405%) SSH
5 4 (5.405%) Gigabit Ethernet
6 2 (2.703%) Internet
7 1 (1.351%) BGP
7 1 (1.351%) HTTP
7 1 (1.351%) SMTP
7 1 (1.351%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (43.24%) MySQL
2 28 (37.84%) SQL Server
3 7 (9.459%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (8.108%) Hadoop
4 6 (8.108%) HBase
4 6 (8.108%) RDBMS
General
1 5 (6.757%) Games
2 3 (4.054%) Marketing
3 2 (2.703%) German Language
4 1 (1.351%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.51%) Open Source
2 9 (12.16%) Clustering
3 8 (10.81%) Social Media
4 4 (5.405%) Replication
4 4 (5.405%) EqualLogic
5 1 (1.351%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 74 (100.00%) Linux
2 51 (68.92%) Windows
3 50 (67.57%) Ubuntu
4 32 (43.24%) CentOS
5 28 (37.84%) Windows Server 2008
6 23 (31.08%) Mac OS X
7 17 (22.97%) Mac OS X Server
8 16 (21.62%) Windows 7
9 14 (18.92%) Mac OS
10 4 (5.405%) Solaris
11 3 (4.054%) UNIX
11 3 (4.054%) Debian
12 2 (2.703%) SUSE
13 1 (1.351%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (22.97%) Project Planning
1 17 (22.97%) Web Development
2 15 (20.27%) ITIL
3 13 (17.57%) Information Security Management
3 13 (17.57%) Security Management
3 13 (17.57%) Information Security
4 12 (16.22%) Configuration Management
5 6 (8.108%) Load Balancing
5 6 (8.108%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (4.054%) Digital Marketing
7 1 (1.351%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (1.351%) Analytics
7 1 (1.351%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 28 (37.84%) SQL
2 10 (13.51%) Perl
3 9 (12.16%) PHP
4 8 (10.81%) Shell Script
4 8 (10.81%) Bash shell
5 7 (9.459%) Python
6 6 (8.108%) Java
7 2 (2.703%) C-shell
8 1 (1.351%) Ruby
8 1 (1.351%) C
8 1 (1.351%) C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (17.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 28 (37.84%) VMware ESXi
2 24 (32.43%) Samba
3 20 (27.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.703%) VMware Server
4 2 (2.703%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (1.351%) Xen
Systems Management
1 14 (18.92%) Puppet
2 6 (8.108%) Ganglia
3 4 (5.405%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.351%) Nagios
Vendors
1 31 (41.89%) VMware
2 14 (18.92%) Red Hat
3 5 (6.757%) Google
4 4 (5.405%) Veeam
4 4 (5.405%) FalconStor
Brighton, East Sussex
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Linux Systems Administrator to join an expanding team for a reputable organisation in Brighton. The Linux Systems Administrator shall be required...
ISL
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Brighton, East Sussex
Pure360 specialises in helping organisations get the best results from their digital marketing... We are looking for an additional Linux System Administrator to our growing team... As the...
Pure360
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
East Sussex
Pure360 specialises in helping organisations get the best results from their digital marketing. Our client list includes many well-known brands, like the Financial Times, Amnesty International, Seatwave...
Pure 360
Salary: £35k to £45K depending on experience
Posted: 19 May 2013
Brighton, East Sussex
In addition you will require the following: -DNS, SMTP, HTTP -Scripting: Either Shell, Perl, Ruby, Python -PostgreSQL or MySQL Working in a Java environment Additional experience of Puppet,...
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £32000 Per Annum £32,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013