The first table below looks at the demand for the Linux Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 22 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 Oxfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux Engineer
Rank 113 95 -
Rank change year-on-year
-18 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Engineer 8 11 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.435% 0.746% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.462% 0.767% -
Number of salaries quoted 8 11 0
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
UK excluding London average salary £44,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+10.00% +14.28%
All Job Titles
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1732 1435 1526
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 94.13% 97.35% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1502 1290 1375
Average salary £40,000 £39,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.26% -1.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £26,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £56,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Linux Engineer
South East

Linux Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Linux Engineer Salary Trend

Linux Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux Engineer across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Oxford -18 4 £42,750 -2.28%
Abingdon - 4 £30,000 -
Linux Engineer
South East

Linux Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 38 (100.00%) Linux
2 22 (57.89%) Python
3 16 (42.11%) C
4 14 (36.84%) Open Source
5 12 (31.58%) UNIX
5 12 (31.58%) Configuration Management
6 11 (28.95%) Windows
6 11 (28.95%) Stress Testing
7 10 (26.32%) C++
8 9 (23.68%) Disaster Recovery
8 9 (23.68%) Investment Management
9 7 (18.42%) Shell Script
9 7 (18.42%) Ubuntu
10 6 (15.79%) Microsoft
10 6 (15.79%) MS Excel
10 6 (15.79%) Puppet
11 5 (13.16%) Windows 7
11 5 (13.16%) Computer Security
11 5 (13.16%) Windows 8
11 5 (13.16%) Perl
11 5 (13.16%) BCP
11 5 (13.16%) Ruby
11 5 (13.16%) Debian
11 5 (13.16%) Business Continuity
12 4 (10.53%) Asset Management
12 4 (10.53%) SAN
12 4 (10.53%) Infrastructure Management
12 4 (10.53%) Unit Testing
12 4 (10.53%) NAS
13 3 (7.895%) Bash shell

Linux Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Application Development
1 2 (5.263%) STL
1 2 (5.263%) POSIX
2 1 (2.632%) Memcached
2 1 (2.632%) XML
2 1 (2.632%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.632%) Kafka
1 1 (2.632%) nginx
1 1 (2.632%) Apache
1 1 (2.632%) Mathematica
Applications
1 6 (15.79%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.53%) SAN
1 4 (10.53%) NAS
2 1 (2.632%) AMQP
2 1 (2.632%) DHCP
2 1 (2.632%) Kerberos
2 1 (2.632%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.632%) DNS
2 1 (2.632%) SSL
2 1 (2.632%) LDAP
2 1 (2.632%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.632%) Big Data
1 1 (2.632%) SQLite
1 1 (2.632%) Hadoop
1 1 (2.632%) Redis
1 1 (2.632%) MySQL
1 1 (2.632%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (5.263%) GDB
2 1 (2.632%) Git (software)
2 1 (2.632%) GCC
2 1 (2.632%) Subversion
Miscellaneous
1 14 (36.84%) Open Source
2 2 (5.263%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (2.632%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (2.632%) Replication
3 1 (2.632%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 38 (100.00%) Linux
2 12 (31.58%) UNIX
3 11 (28.95%) Windows
4 7 (18.42%) Ubuntu
5 5 (13.16%) Windows 7
5 5 (13.16%) Windows 8
5 5 (13.16%) Debian
6 2 (5.263%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (5.263%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (31.58%) Configuration Management
2 11 (28.95%) Stress Testing
3 9 (23.68%) Disaster Recovery
3 9 (23.68%) Investment Management
4 5 (13.16%) Computer Security
4 5 (13.16%) BCP
4 5 (13.16%) Business Continuity
5 4 (10.53%) Asset Management
5 4 (10.53%) Infrastructure Management
5 4 (10.53%) Unit Testing
6 3 (7.895%) Software Engineering
7 2 (5.263%) Automated Testing
7 2 (5.263%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (5.263%) UML
7 2 (5.263%) Multithreading
8 1 (2.632%) Continuous Integration
8 1 (2.632%) OO
8 1 (2.632%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 22 (57.89%) Python
2 16 (42.11%) C
3 10 (26.32%) C++
4 7 (18.42%) Shell Script
5 5 (13.16%) Perl
5 5 (13.16%) Ruby
6 3 (7.895%) Bash shell
7 2 (5.263%) AWK
7 2 (5.263%) Java
7 2 (5.263%) sed
8 1 (2.632%) Scala
8 1 (2.632%) tcsh
8 1 (2.632%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (2.632%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.263%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.263%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.632%) qmail
2 1 (2.632%) Postfix
2 1 (2.632%) Sendmail
2 1 (2.632%) Apache ZooKeeper
2 1 (2.632%) Xen
Systems Management
1 6 (15.79%) Puppet
2 1 (2.632%) Red Hat Spacewalk
2 1 (2.632%) Cobbler
2 1 (2.632%) YUM
Vendors
1 6 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.895%) Red Hat
3 2 (5.263%) VMware