The first table below looks at the demand for the Linux Administrator role in IT jobs advertised for the Kent 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 20 June 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 Kent region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux Administrator
Rank 92 69 -
Rank change year-on-year
-23 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Administrator 3 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 0.279% 0.405% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.288% 0.435% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 0
Average salary £30,000 £42,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-29.41% -
UK excluding London average salary £39,250 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.66% +7.14%
All Job Titles
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1042 689 1090
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 96.93% 93.11% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 899 616 1003
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
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 Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Linux Administrator Salary Trend

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 Kent region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Maidstone -4 3 £30,000 -25.00%
Sevenoaks - 3 £30,000 -
Linux Administrator
South East

Linux Administrator
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 7 (100.00%) Linux
2 5 (71.43%) MySQL
2 5 (71.43%) TCP/IP
3 4 (57.14%) Apache
4 3 (42.86%) Information Security
4 3 (42.86%) VoIP
4 3 (42.86%) WAN
4 3 (42.86%) DNS
5 2 (28.57%) HTTPS
5 2 (28.57%) SMTP
5 2 (28.57%) HTTP
5 2 (28.57%) Retail
5 2 (28.57%) IMAP
5 2 (28.57%) E-Commerce
5 2 (28.57%) JBoss
5 2 (28.57%) UNIX
5 2 (28.57%) PHP
6 1 (14.29%) Perl

Linux Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 Platforms
1 4 (57.14%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) TCP/IP
2 3 (42.86%) VoIP
2 3 (42.86%) WAN
2 3 (42.86%) DNS
3 2 (28.57%) HTTPS
3 2 (28.57%) SMTP
3 2 (28.57%) HTTP
3 2 (28.57%) IMAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) MySQL
General
1 2 (28.57%) Retail
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
2 2 (28.57%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Information Security
2 2 (28.57%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) PHP
2 1 (14.29%) Perl
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) JBoss