The first table below looks at the demand for the Linux Support 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 Support Engineer 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux Support Engineer
Rank 192 164 171
Rank change year-on-year
-28 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Support Engineer 2 11 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.049% 0.303% 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.314% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 2 11 2
Average salary £33,750 £30,000 £21,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +37.93%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,950 £29,000 £21,550
10% offered a salary of more than £37,550 £35,000 £21,950
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year
-5.71% +9.37%
All Job Titles
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3875 3500 3791
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 95.49% 96.53% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 3350 3122 3469
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Linux Support Engineer
North West

Linux Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Linux Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Linux Support Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Linux Support Engineer across the Manchester region.

Manchester Linux Support Engineer Salary Trend

Linux Support Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Support Engineer within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Stockport -15 1 £29,000 -
Linux Support Engineer
North West

Linux Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region that cited Linux Support 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 Support Engineer in their job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Linux
2 10 (90.91%) UNIX
3 9 (81.82%) Java
4 8 (72.73%) Apache
4 8 (72.73%) Tomcat
4 8 (72.73%) Red Hat
5 6 (54.55%) Client/Server
5 6 (54.55%) LAN
5 6 (54.55%) WAN
6 3 (27.27%) Shell Script
6 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
6 3 (27.27%) Bash shell
7 2 (18.18%) Ubuntu
7 2 (18.18%) QA
7 2 (18.18%) CentOS
7 2 (18.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (18.18%) Fedora
7 2 (18.18%) Handset
7 2 (18.18%) Solaris
7 2 (18.18%) HTTP
8 1 (9.091%) DNS
8 1 (9.091%) HP
8 1 (9.091%) Dell
8 1 (9.091%) EMC
8 1 (9.091%) Intel
8 1 (9.091%) RHCE
8 1 (9.091%) SAN
8 1 (9.091%) NetApp
8 1 (9.091%) Python
8 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce

Linux Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region that cited Linux Support 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 Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 8 (72.73%) Apache
1 8 (72.73%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) LAN
1 6 (54.55%) WAN
2 2 (18.18%) HTTP
3 1 (9.091%) DNS
3 1 (9.091%) SAN
3 1 (9.091%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) MySQL
1 1 (9.091%) PostgreSQL
General
1 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Client/Server
2 2 (18.18%) Handset
3 1 (9.091%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Linux
2 10 (90.91%) UNIX
3 2 (18.18%) Solaris
3 2 (18.18%) Fedora
3 2 (18.18%) Ubuntu
3 2 (18.18%) CentOS
3 2 (18.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 9 (81.82%) Java
2 3 (27.27%) Shell Script
2 3 (27.27%) Bash shell
3 1 (9.091%) C
3 1 (9.091%) Perl
3 1 (9.091%) PHP
3 1 (9.091%) SQL
3 1 (9.091%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Red Hat
2 1 (9.091%) 3PAR
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle
2 1 (9.091%) HP
2 1 (9.091%) Dell
2 1 (9.091%) EMC
2 1 (9.091%) Intel
2 1 (9.091%) NetApp