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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux Administrator
Rank 152 134 158
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +24
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Administrator 3 17 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.095% 0.487% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.100% 0.515% 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 3 16 1
Average salary £50,000 £35,000 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+42.85% +55.55%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
+3.89% +5.47%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3000 3304 3220
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 94.70% 94.70% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1791 2412 2426
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Linux Administrator
UK

Linux Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Linux Administrator Salary Trend

Linux Administrator
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux Administrator across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Scotland Linux Administrator Salary Histogram

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 Scotland 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
Edinburgh -3 3 £50,000 +42.85%
Linux Administrator
UK

Linux Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 5 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (60.00%) PHP
3 2 (40.00%) Games
3 2 (40.00%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (40.00%) Munin
3 2 (40.00%) Hadoop
3 2 (40.00%) MySQL
3 2 (40.00%) UNIX
3 2 (40.00%) Java
3 2 (40.00%) Python
3 2 (40.00%) Nagios
3 2 (40.00%) NoSQL
3 2 (40.00%) Redis
3 2 (40.00%) Big Data
4 1 (20.00%) TIBCO
4 1 (20.00%) Middleware
4 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) LAMP
4 1 (20.00%) Windows
4 1 (20.00%) Apache
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) Bash shell
4 1 (20.00%) Puppet
4 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (20.00%) VMware
4 1 (20.00%) Debian

Linux Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 1 (20.00%) Middleware
1 1 (20.00%) LAMP
1 1 (20.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Apache
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (40.00%) Hadoop
1 2 (40.00%) MySQL
1 2 (40.00%) NoSQL
1 2 (40.00%) Redis
1 2 (40.00%) Big Data
General
1 2 (40.00%) Games
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) UNIX
3 1 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) PHP
2 2 (40.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) Python
3 1 (20.00%) Bash shell
3 1 (20.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (20.00%) Xen
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Munin
1 2 (40.00%) Nagios
2 1 (20.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) TIBCO
1 1 (20.00%) VMware
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Tech Stack: - AWS - Apps written in Java/PHP/Python - Nagios, Munin, Graphite - MySQL/PostgreSQL - Sharding, Replicating Clustered - Hadoop / NoSQL - Redis - Continuous Integration This role pays to c£60k...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £40000.00 - £60000.00 per annum + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013