The first table below looks at the demand for the Linux Systems Administrator role in IT jobs advertised for the Sheffield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux Systems Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Sheffield region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux System Administrator
Rank 56 47 -
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Systems Administrator 1 16 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 0.191% 2.606% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.197% 2.707% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 16 0
Average salary £100,000 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+185.71% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+3.89% +10.00%
All Job Titles
Sheffield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
508 591 561
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 96.95% 96.25% 97.57%
Number of salaries quoted 444 509 477
Average salary £34,500 £34,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.47% +3.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Linux Systems Administrator
South Yorkshire

Linux Systems Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sheffield Linux Systems Administrator Jobs Demand Trend

Linux Systems Administrator
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Linux Systems Administrator across the Sheffield region.

Sheffield Linux Systems Administrator Salary Trend

Linux Systems Administrator
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield region that cited Linux Systems 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 Systems Administrator in their job title.

1 4 (100.00%) UNIX
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Perl
1 4 (100.00%) Bash shell
1 4 (100.00%) Puppet
2 3 (75.00%) Ruby
2 3 (75.00%) Apache
2 3 (75.00%) Python
2 3 (75.00%) Shell Script
2 3 (75.00%) Configuration Management
2 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (25.00%) Debian
3 1 (25.00%) SLA
3 1 (25.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (25.00%) Ubuntu
3 1 (25.00%) MySQL

Linux Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield region that cited Linux Systems 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 Systems Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) MySQL
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) UNIX
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Debian
2 1 (25.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Perl
1 4 (100.00%) Bash shell
2 3 (75.00%) Ruby
2 3 (75.00%) Python
2 3 (75.00%) Shell Script
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Red Hat