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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux Specialist
Rank 138 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Specialist 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.081% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £46,250 - -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £33,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year
+26.86% -12.98%
All Job Titles
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2312 2427 3148
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 93.79% 96.35% 93.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1877 1966 2555
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £59,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Linux Specialist
East of England

Linux Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Linux Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Linux Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Hertfordshire Linux Specialist Salary Trend

Linux Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Specialist within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Welwyn Garden City - 1 £50,000 -
Welwyn - 1 £42,500 -
Linux Specialist
East of England

Linux Specialist
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Linux Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Linux
2 12 (85.71%) Internet
2 12 (85.71%) Debian
2 12 (85.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 8 (57.14%) RHCE
3 8 (57.14%) Red Hat
4 7 (50.00%) Samba
5 6 (42.86%) Bash shell
5 6 (42.86%) Puppet
5 6 (42.86%) Munin
5 6 (42.86%) Postfix
5 6 (42.86%) Degree
5 6 (42.86%) Nagios
5 6 (42.86%) LAMP
5 6 (42.86%) VMware
5 6 (42.86%) Apache
5 6 (42.86%) Python
5 6 (42.86%) SMTP
5 6 (42.86%) NFS
5 6 (42.86%) DNS
5 6 (42.86%) Perl
5 6 (42.86%) MySQL
5 6 (42.86%) ITIL
6 2 (14.29%) XenServer
6 2 (14.29%) RHCA
7 1 (7.143%) Cobbler
7 1 (7.143%) Windows
7 1 (7.143%) Citrix
7 1 (7.143%) Retail

Linux Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Linux Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (42.86%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 6 (42.86%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 12 (85.71%) Internet
2 6 (42.86%) SMTP
2 6 (42.86%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (42.86%) MySQL
General
1 1 (7.143%) Retail
Operating Systems
1 14 (100.00%) Linux
2 12 (85.71%) Debian
2 12 (85.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (7.143%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) Bash shell
1 6 (42.86%) Python
1 6 (42.86%) Perl
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) RHCE
2 6 (42.86%) Degree
3 2 (14.29%) RHCA
System Software
1 7 (50.00%) Samba
2 6 (42.86%) Postfix
2 6 (42.86%) NFS
3 2 (14.29%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 6 (42.86%) Puppet
1 6 (42.86%) Munin
1 6 (42.86%) Nagios
2 1 (7.143%) Cobbler
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Red Hat
2 6 (42.86%) VMware
3 1 (7.143%) Citrix
Hertfordshire
Key skills: Expertise in Solaris version 10 and Red Hat Linux Stong business applications experience around Oracle, J2EE applications containers Demonstrable experience of working within a ITIL environment.
Robert Walters
Salary: £350 - £375 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013