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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux Engineer
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Engineer 18 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 4.865% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.114% - -
Number of salaries quoted 18 0 0
Average salary £44,750 - -
UK excluding London average salary £44,500 £40,000 £34,500
% change year-on-year
+11.25% +15.94%
All Job Titles
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
352 362 244
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 95.14% 96.53% 94.94%
Number of salaries quoted 298 281 216
Average salary £45,000 £41,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.75% +17.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,750 £27,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £48,800 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Linux Engineer
Bedfordshire

Linux Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton Linux Engineer Salary Trend

Linux Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux Engineer across the Luton region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Luton Linux Engineer Salary Histogram

Linux Engineer
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 26 (100.00%) MySQL
1 26 (100.00%) ITIL
1 26 (100.00%) Linux
1 26 (100.00%) Apache
2 25 (96.15%) VMware
3 23 (88.46%) Cisco
4 21 (80.77%) vSphere
5 20 (76.92%) Service Management
5 20 (76.92%) VMware ESX
6 15 (57.69%) SAN
7 13 (50.00%) TCP/IP
8 12 (46.15%) Problem Management
9 11 (42.31%) iSCSI
9 11 (42.31%) Windows
9 11 (42.31%) Change Management
10 10 (38.46%) Oracle
10 10 (38.46%) IIS
10 10 (38.46%) SQL
11 9 (34.62%) Microsoft
11 9 (34.62%) Degree
11 9 (34.62%) Computer Science
11 9 (34.62%) SaaS
12 2 (7.692%) Fibre Channel
12 2 (7.692%) Root Cause Analysis
13 1 (3.846%) Enterprise Software
13 1 (3.846%) Incident Management
13 1 (3.846%) Tomcat

Linux Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 26 (100.00%) Apache
2 10 (38.46%) IIS
3 1 (3.846%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 15 (57.69%) SAN
2 13 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 11 (42.31%) iSCSI
4 2 (7.692%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (100.00%) MySQL
Miscellaneous
1 9 (34.62%) Computer Science
1 9 (34.62%) SaaS
2 1 (3.846%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 26 (100.00%) Linux
2 11 (42.31%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (100.00%) ITIL
2 20 (76.92%) Service Management
3 12 (46.15%) Problem Management
4 11 (42.31%) Change Management
5 2 (7.692%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (3.846%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (38.46%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (34.62%) Degree
System Software
1 21 (80.77%) vSphere
2 20 (76.92%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 25 (96.15%) VMware
2 23 (88.46%) Cisco
3 10 (38.46%) Oracle
4 9 (34.62%) Microsoft
Luton, Bedfordshire
Ideally commercial data-centre experience working with Apache and MySQL. * Exposure to and knowledge of Storage Area Networks (SAN) and Cisco networking elements... * Experience of working within ITIL...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £49000 per annum + bonus, pension, health
Posted: 19 May 2013