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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux Engineer
Rank - 19 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Engineer 0 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newport - 3.478% -
As % of the Job Titles category - 3.478% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 0
Average salary - £32,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £44,250 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+10.62% +14.28%
All Job Titles
Newport
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
133 115 103
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newport 99.25% 100.00% 95.37%
Number of salaries quoted 118 107 100
Average salary £33,000 £36,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.33% +10.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,750 £50,000 £42,900
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Linux Engineer
South Wales

Linux Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newport 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 Newport region.

Newport Linux Engineer Salary Trend

Linux Engineer
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newport 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 8 (100.00%) Linux
1 8 (100.00%) UNIX
2 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 7 (87.50%) TCP/IP
3 1 (12.50%) vSphere
3 1 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (12.50%) Red Hat
3 1 (12.50%) Internet
3 1 (12.50%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) VMware ESX

Linux Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newport 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.

Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) Internet
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Linux
1 8 (100.00%) UNIX
2 7 (87.50%) Windows
3 1 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) vSphere
1 1 (12.50%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Red Hat
1 1 (12.50%) VMware