The first table below looks at the demand for the Linux Administrator role in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside 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 21 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux Administrator
Rank 58 65 65
Rank change year-on-year
+7 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Administrator 1 14 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 0.217% 2.090% 0.220%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.224% 2.157% 0.227%
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 1
Average salary £35,000 £39,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.25% -35.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
+3.89% +5.47%
All Job Titles
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
446 649 440
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 96.96% 96.87% 96.70%
Number of salaries quoted 376 582 355
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Linux Administrator
North West

Linux Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 21 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
Liverpool 0 1 £35,000 -10.25%
Linux Administrator
North West

Linux Administrator
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 4 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) WebSphere
2 3 (75.00%) Apache
2 3 (75.00%) Tomcat
2 3 (75.00%) LDAP
2 3 (75.00%) MySQL
2 3 (75.00%) Red Hat
2 3 (75.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (50.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (50.00%) Mitel
4 1 (25.00%) SQL
4 1 (25.00%) Load Balancing
4 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (25.00%) Clustering
4 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (25.00%) Replication
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) Database Security

Linux Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 Development
1 3 (75.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) Apache
1 3 (75.00%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) MySQL
2 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Clustering
1 1 (25.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (25.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Database Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) VMware
1 3 (75.00%) Red Hat
2 2 (50.00%) Mitel
Liverpool, North West
Identify trouble queries and guide SQL optimisation 4... Help design future PostgreSQL architecture 6. Familiarity with PostgreSQL replication technologies (such as Slony-I or native ) 7. Familiarity with...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
Identify trouble queries and guide SQL optimisation 4... Help design future PostgreSQL architecture 6. Familiarity with PostgreSQL replication technologies (such as Slony-I or native ) 7. Familiarity with...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013