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This section looks at the demand for the Linux Systems Administrator role in IT jobs within the Hertfordshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Linux System Administrator
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank163176
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching permanent IT job ads97
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.217 %0.148 %
Salaries quoted86
Average minimum salary£34,875£19,800
Average salary£35,188£22,000
% change on same period last year+59.94 %
Average maximum salary£35,500£24,200
UK excluding London average salary£36,113£31,392
% change on same period last year+15.03 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads41434718
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.262 %1.981 %
Salaries quoted35274076
Average minimum salary£37,567£36,853
Average salary£41,410£40,217
% change on same period last year+2.96 %
Average maximum salary£45,252£43,581
UK excluding London average salary£38,060£39,458
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
Linux Systems Administrator East of EnglandLinux Systems Administrator
East of England

Linux Systems Administrator
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Linux Systems Administrator across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hertfordshire Linux Systems Administrator Demand Trend

Linux Systems Administrator
Salary Trend

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

Hertfordshire Linux Systems Administrator Salary Trend

Linux Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux Systems Administrator across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Hertfordshire Linux Systems Administrator Salary Histogram

Linux Systems Administrator
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Systems Administrator within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bishop's StortfordNew entry-3£27,000-
WatfordNew entry-1£38,000-
Linux Systems Administrator East of EnglandLinux Systems Administrator
East of England

Linux Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

120 (100.00 %)Linux
218 (90.00 %)Perl
312 (60.00 %)Red Hat
312 (60.00 %)Red Hat Linux
411 (55.00 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
510 (50.00 %)Shell Script
510 (50.00 %)Apache
69 (45.00 %)VMware
78 (40.00 %)SAN
87 (35.00 %)RHCE
87 (35.00 %)Debian
87 (35.00 %)MySQL
96 (30.00 %)Cisco
105 (25.00 %)HP
105 (25.00 %)Disaster Recovery
114 (20.00 %)Finance
114 (20.00 %)IBM
114 (20.00 %)Sun
114 (20.00 %)LDAP
114 (20.00 %)SNMP
114 (20.00 %)AIX
114 (20.00 %)Solaris
114 (20.00 %)Java
114 (20.00 %)LAMP
114 (20.00 %)Xen
114 (20.00 %)Degree
114 (20.00 %)Mathematics
114 (20.00 %)Computer Science
114 (20.00 %)Cisco IOS
114 (20.00 %)VMware Infrastructure

Linux Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (20.00 %)LAMP
23 (15.00 %)HTML
23 (15.00 %)CSS
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
110 (50.00 %)Apache
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (40.00 %)SAN
24 (20.00 %)LDAP
24 (20.00 %)SNMP
24 (20.00 %)Cisco IOS
33 (15.00 %)DNS
42 (10.00 %)Internet
42 (10.00 %)SSH
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (35.00 %)MySQL
21 (5.000 %)PostgreSQL
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (20.00 %)Finance
22 (10.00 %)Insurance
31 (5.000 %)Pensions
31 (5.000 %)Health
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (20.00 %)Mathematics
14 (20.00 %)Computer Science
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
120 (100.00 %)Linux
212 (60.00 %)Red Hat Linux
311 (55.00 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
47 (35.00 %)Debian
54 (20.00 %)AIX
54 (20.00 %)Solaris
61 (5.000 %)UNIX
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (25.00 %)Disaster Recovery
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
118 (90.00 %)Perl
210 (50.00 %)Shell Script
34 (20.00 %)Java
43 (15.00 %)PHP
43 (15.00 %)Python
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (35.00 %)RHCE
24 (20.00 %)Degree
32 (10.00 %)Cisco Certification
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (20.00 %)Xen
14 (20.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (60.00 %)Red Hat
29 (45.00 %)VMware
36 (30.00 %)Cisco
45 (25.00 %)HP
54 (20.00 %)IBM
54 (20.00 %)Sun