The first table below looks at the demand for the Linux Administrator role in IT jobs advertised for the Leicestershire 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 17 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 Leicestershire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux Administrator
Rank - 70 60
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Administrator 0 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire - 0.283% 0.181%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.299% 0.195%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 1
Average salary - £25,000 £25,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,500 £37,250
% change year-on-year
+3.89% +3.35%
All Job Titles
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
659 670 512
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 96.63% 94.77% 92.59%
Number of salaries quoted 583 594 450
Average salary £37,000 £34,750 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.47% +6.92%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £24,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Linux Administrator
East Midlands

Linux Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Linux Administrator Salary Trend

Linux Administrator
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) SMTP
1 1 (100.00%) FTP
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) IMAP

Linux Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SMTP
1 1 (100.00%) FTP
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) IMAP
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Linux