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The table below looks at the demand for the Linux Engineer role in IT jobs within the North West region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Linux Engineer
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank233270
Rank change on same period last yearUp+37
Matching permanent IT job ads1815
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.007 %
As % of the category below0.194 %0.122 %
Salaries quoted1615
Average minimum salary£27,750£31,067
Average salary£30,531£31,800
% change on same period last year-3.98 %
Average maximum salary£33,313£32,533
UK excluding London average salary£36,469£36,338
% change on same period last year+0.36 %
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads927912309
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled5.423 %5.408 %
Salaries quoted809310312
Average minimum salary£32,553£34,442
Average salary£36,433£38,259
% change on same period last year-4.77 %
Average maximum salary£40,313£42,077
UK excluding London average salary£38,166£39,195
% change on same period last year-2.62 %
Linux Engineer EnglandLinux Engineer
England

Linux Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Linux Engineer across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West Linux Engineer Demand Trend

Linux Engineer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Linux Engineer across the North West region.

North West Linux Engineer Salary Trend

Linux Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux Engineer across the North West region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

North West Linux Engineer Salary Histogram

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 North West region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ManchesterUp+5114£29,250-4.09 %
LancashireNew entry-2£33,750-
CheshireDown-52£35,000+9.37 %
Linux Engineer EnglandLinux Engineer
England

Linux Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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.

130 (100.00 %)Linux
220 (66.67 %)Shell Script
317 (56.67 %)UNIX
416 (53.33 %)Solaris
515 (50.00 %)Red Hat
515 (50.00 %)Perl
515 (50.00 %)Internet
515 (50.00 %)Red Hat Linux
613 (43.33 %)CentOS
613 (43.33 %)IMAP
613 (43.33 %)Debian
613 (43.33 %)Fedora
613 (43.33 %)MySQL
613 (43.33 %)Apache
613 (43.33 %)Tomcat
711 (36.67 %)Nagios
711 (36.67 %)SMTP
810 (33.33 %)C++
99 (30.00 %)Degree
108 (26.67 %)Health
117 (23.33 %)C
126 (20.00 %)Pensions
135 (16.67 %)Web Development
135 (16.67 %)Ruby
135 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
135 (16.67 %)JavaScript
144 (13.33 %)FTP
144 (13.33 %)HTTP
144 (13.33 %)SLA
153 (10.00 %)Software Engineering

Linux Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (6.667 %)Middleware
North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
113 (43.33 %)Apache
113 (43.33 %)Tomcat
22 (6.667 %)IIS
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (50.00 %)Internet
213 (43.33 %)IMAP
311 (36.67 %)SMTP
45 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
54 (13.33 %)FTP
54 (13.33 %)HTTP
63 (10.00 %)DNS
72 (6.667 %)HTTPS
72 (6.667 %)DMZ
72 (6.667 %)SNMP
72 (6.667 %)Broadband
81 (3.333 %)LAN
81 (3.333 %)WAN
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (43.33 %)MySQL
22 (6.667 %)PostgreSQL
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (26.67 %)Health
26 (20.00 %)Pensions
32 (6.667 %)Telecoms
41 (3.333 %)Electronics
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (6.667 %)Device Driver
21 (3.333 %)VHDL
21 (3.333 %)Verilog
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
130 (100.00 %)Linux
217 (56.67 %)UNIX
316 (53.33 %)Solaris
415 (50.00 %)Red Hat Linux
513 (43.33 %)Debian
513 (43.33 %)Fedora
513 (43.33 %)CentOS
62 (6.667 %)Windows
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (16.67 %)Web Development
23 (10.00 %)Software Engineering
32 (6.667 %)Load Balancing
32 (6.667 %)Configuration Management
41 (3.333 %)CAD
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
120 (66.67 %)Shell Script
215 (50.00 %)Perl
310 (33.33 %)C++
47 (23.33 %)C
55 (16.67 %)JavaScript
55 (16.67 %)Ruby
63 (10.00 %)Lisp
72 (6.667 %)PHP5
72 (6.667 %)PHP4
72 (6.667 %)PHP
North West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
19 (30.00 %)Degree
North West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (13.33 %)SLA
North West IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
111 (36.67 %)Nagios
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (50.00 %)Red Hat
22 (6.667 %)NetApp