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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux System Administrator
Rank 88 98 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Systems Administrator 7 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 0.795% 0.321% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.824% 0.333% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 0
Average salary £32,500 £50,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-35.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+3.89% +10.00%
All Job Titles
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
850 1203 1114
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 96.59% 96.55% 94.49%
Number of salaries quoted 764 1029 970
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Linux Systems Administrator
South 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 Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Linux Systems Administrator Salary Trend

Linux Systems Administrator
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 17 (100.00%) C
1 17 (100.00%) Perl
1 17 (100.00%) UNIX
1 17 (100.00%) Linux
1 17 (100.00%) DHCP
1 17 (100.00%) DNS
1 17 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 17 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 17 (100.00%) Clustering
1 17 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 17 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 17 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 12 (70.59%) Root Cause Analysis

Linux Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

Communications & Networking
1 17 (100.00%) DHCP
1 17 (100.00%) DNS
Miscellaneous
1 17 (100.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 17 (100.00%) UNIX
1 17 (100.00%) Linux
1 17 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 17 (100.00%) C
1 17 (100.00%) Perl
1 17 (100.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 17 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) Red Hat
Gloucestershire
Strong shell scripting experience coupled with experience/exposure to one of the following: Bash, Perl, Python or Expect * Understanding of routing and switching protocols and associated Cisco/Juniper...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 21 May 2013