The first table below looks at the demand for the Linux Administrator role in IT jobs advertised for the North East 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 20 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 North East region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux Administrator
Rank 50 70 67
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Administrator 18 3 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 2.663% 0.342% 0.140%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.817% 0.356% 0.144%
Number of salaries quoted 16 3 1
Average salary £40,000 £26,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+50.94% -18.46%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,500 £37,250
% change year-on-year
+3.89% +3.35%
All Job Titles
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
639 842 694
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 94.53% 96.12% 97.20%
Number of salaries quoted 555 693 589
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Linux Administrator
England

Linux Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 20 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
Tyne and Wear +13 18 £40,000 -8.04%
Linux Administrator
England

Linux Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 29 (100.00%) Linux
1 29 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 27 (93.10%) Firewall
2 27 (93.10%) Cisco
2 27 (93.10%) HP
2 27 (93.10%) CentOS
3 26 (89.66%) Apache
4 25 (86.21%) MySQL
4 25 (86.21%) DHCP
4 25 (86.21%) DNS
5 24 (82.76%) LDAP
6 20 (68.97%) Citrix
6 20 (68.97%) Internet
6 20 (68.97%) Wireless
6 20 (68.97%) Telecoms
7 18 (62.07%) XenServer
8 14 (48.28%) OSPF
8 14 (48.28%) BGP
9 13 (44.83%) Disaster Recovery
9 13 (44.83%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (44.83%) RHCE
10 12 (41.38%) VLAN
10 12 (41.38%) CCNA
11 10 (34.48%) Degree
12 7 (24.14%) Nagios
13 6 (20.69%) SAN
14 5 (17.24%) VPN
15 4 (13.79%) MS Visio
15 4 (13.79%) Validation
16 3 (10.34%) Identity Management

Linux Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 Platforms
1 26 (89.66%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (13.79%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 27 (93.10%) Firewall
2 25 (86.21%) DHCP
2 25 (86.21%) DNS
3 24 (82.76%) LDAP
4 20 (68.97%) Wireless
4 20 (68.97%) Internet
5 14 (48.28%) OSPF
5 14 (48.28%) BGP
6 12 (41.38%) VLAN
7 6 (20.69%) SAN
8 5 (17.24%) VPN
9 1 (3.448%) IPsec
9 1 (3.448%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (3.448%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (86.21%) MySQL
General
1 20 (68.97%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 29 (100.00%) Linux
2 27 (93.10%) CentOS
3 2 (6.897%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (3.448%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (44.83%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (13.79%) Validation
3 3 (10.34%) Identity Management
4 2 (6.897%) Time Management
4 2 (6.897%) Change Control
Qualifications
1 13 (44.83%) Cisco Certification
1 13 (44.83%) RHCE
2 12 (41.38%) CCNA
3 10 (34.48%) Degree
4 1 (3.448%) CCNP
System Software
1 18 (62.07%) XenServer
2 1 (3.448%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.448%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (24.14%) Nagios
Vendors
1 29 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 27 (93.10%) Cisco
2 27 (93.10%) HP
3 20 (68.97%) Citrix
4 1 (3.448%) VMware
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Innovative, rapidly expanding global leader in the provision of communication solutions to its target markets, delivering some of the most interesting and challenging systems projects around, requires a...
Catalyst
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
North East
Common Linux Technologies (CentOS, Ubuntu etc). Strong programming skills (Bash, Shell, Python, C, java etc) Databases: MySQL, & NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis, or similar) Automated monitoring systems. Automated software deployment...
AATOM Recruitment
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013