The first table below looks at the demand for the Linux Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Guildford 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 23 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 Guildford region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux Engineer
Rank 78 - 52
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Engineer 6 0 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 0.676% - 0.640%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.693% - 0.651%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 3
Average salary £36,250 - £25,000
UK excluding London average salary £44,500 £40,000 £34,500
% change year-on-year
+11.25% +15.94%
All Job Titles
Guildford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
866 702 461
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 97.52% 96.96% 98.29%
Number of salaries quoted 722 675 429
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Linux Engineer
Surrey

Linux Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford Linux Engineer Salary Trend

Linux Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 8 (100.00%) Linux
2 6 (75.00%) Apache
2 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 6 (75.00%) VMware
2 6 (75.00%) Red Hat
2 6 (75.00%) Nagios
2 6 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (75.00%) CentOS
2 6 (75.00%) Bash shell
3 5 (62.50%) Samba
3 5 (62.50%) Puppet
3 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 5 (62.50%) vSphere
4 4 (50.00%) DNS
4 4 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 4 (50.00%) YUM
4 4 (50.00%) Configuration Management
5 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Management
5 3 (37.50%) SMTP
6 1 (12.50%) Python
6 1 (12.50%) C
6 1 (12.50%) C++
6 1 (12.50%) UNIX
6 1 (12.50%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (12.50%) Degree
6 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
6 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
6 1 (12.50%) Migration
6 1 (12.50%) Device Driver

Linux Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 Platforms
1 6 (75.00%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) DNS
2 3 (37.50%) SMTP
General
1 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Linux
2 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 6 (75.00%) CentOS
3 1 (12.50%) UNIX
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Image Processing
3 1 (12.50%) Video Processing
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) Bash shell
2 1 (12.50%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) C
2 1 (12.50%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (62.50%) Samba
2 5 (62.50%) vSphere
3 4 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (75.00%) Nagios
2 5 (62.50%) Puppet
3 4 (50.00%) YUM
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) VMware
1 6 (75.00%) Red Hat
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft