The first table below looks at the demand for the Linux Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester 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 19 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux Engineer
Rank 183 163 164
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Engineer 4 13 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.095% 0.346% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.100% 0.360% 0.026%
Number of salaries quoted 4 13 1
Average salary £23,750 £30,000 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.83% +15.38%
UK excluding London average salary £44,500 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+11.25% +14.28%
All Job Titles
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4013 3607 3819
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 95.43% 95.98% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3458 3202 3491
Average salary £35,000 £34,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Linux Engineer
North West

Linux Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Linux Engineer Salary Trend

Linux Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Engineer within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 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
Stockport -12 1 £29,000 -9.37%
Linux Engineer
North West

Linux Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 13 (100.00%) Linux
2 10 (76.92%) Apache
3 9 (69.23%) UNIX
4 8 (61.54%) Java
5 7 (53.85%) Tomcat
5 7 (53.85%) Red Hat
6 5 (38.46%) Client/Server
6 5 (38.46%) LAN
6 5 (38.46%) WAN
6 5 (38.46%) Ubuntu
6 5 (38.46%) CentOS
7 4 (30.77%) FTP
7 4 (30.77%) PHP
7 4 (30.77%) MySQL
8 3 (23.08%) Shell Script
8 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
8 3 (23.08%) Debian
8 3 (23.08%) Plesk
8 3 (23.08%) Bash shell
8 3 (23.08%) Xen
9 2 (15.38%) Fedora
9 2 (15.38%) QA
9 2 (15.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (15.38%) Handset
9 2 (15.38%) Solaris
9 2 (15.38%) HTTP
10 1 (7.692%) DNS
10 1 (7.692%) HP
10 1 (7.692%) Dell
10 1 (7.692%) EMC

Linux Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 10 (76.92%) Apache
2 7 (53.85%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) LAN
1 5 (38.46%) WAN
2 4 (30.77%) FTP
3 2 (15.38%) HTTP
4 1 (7.692%) DNS
4 1 (7.692%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) MySQL
2 1 (7.692%) PostgreSQL
General
1 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Client/Server
2 2 (15.38%) Handset
3 1 (7.692%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Linux
2 9 (69.23%) UNIX
3 5 (38.46%) Ubuntu
3 5 (38.46%) CentOS
4 3 (23.08%) Debian
5 2 (15.38%) Fedora
5 2 (15.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (15.38%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (7.692%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 8 (61.54%) Java
2 4 (30.77%) PHP
3 3 (23.08%) Shell Script
3 3 (23.08%) Bash shell
4 1 (7.692%) SQL
4 1 (7.692%) Perl
4 1 (7.692%) C
4 1 (7.692%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (7.692%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) QA
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Xen
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Plesk
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Red Hat
2 1 (7.692%) HP
2 1 (7.692%) Dell
2 1 (7.692%) EMC
2 1 (7.692%) Intel
2 1 (7.692%) NetApp
2 1 (7.692%) Oracle
2 1 (7.692%) 3PAR
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