The first table below looks at the demand for the Linux Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux Specialist 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux Specialist
Rank 440 436 416
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -20
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Specialist 1 2 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.005% 0.008% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.009% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 2
Average salary £40,000 £50,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.79% +18.82%
UK excluding London average salary £43,750 £33,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year
+30.59% -12.98%
All Job Titles
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
21050 22607 21256
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 94.89% 95.23% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 17463 19538 18266
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Linux Specialist
England

Linux Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Linux Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Linux Specialist
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Linux Specialist across the South East region.

South East Linux Specialist Salary Trend

Linux Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Specialist within the South East 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
Berkshire +9 1 £40,000 -20.79%
Linux Specialist
England

Linux Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region that cited Linux Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) SUSE
3 2 (50.00%) Samba
3 2 (50.00%) Debian
3 2 (50.00%) Mac OS X Server
3 2 (50.00%) CentOS
3 2 (50.00%) LDAP
3 2 (50.00%) Windows
3 2 (50.00%) VoIP
3 2 (50.00%) Red Hat
3 2 (50.00%) Mac OS X
3 2 (50.00%) Apple
3 2 (50.00%) Internet
4 1 (25.00%) Shell Script
4 1 (25.00%) OSPF
4 1 (25.00%) BCP
4 1 (25.00%) BGP
4 1 (25.00%) VRRP
4 1 (25.00%) WAN
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco
4 1 (25.00%) SAN
4 1 (25.00%) UNIX
4 1 (25.00%) LAN
4 1 (25.00%) VLAN
4 1 (25.00%) Load Balancing
4 1 (25.00%) Investment Management
4 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (25.00%) IPsec
4 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity

Linux Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region that cited Linux Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) LDAP
1 2 (50.00%) VoIP
1 2 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (25.00%) OSPF
2 1 (25.00%) BGP
2 1 (25.00%) VRRP
2 1 (25.00%) WAN
2 1 (25.00%) SAN
2 1 (25.00%) LAN
2 1 (25.00%) VLAN
2 1 (25.00%) IPsec
General
1 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) SUSE
3 2 (50.00%) Debian
3 2 (50.00%) Mac OS X Server
3 2 (50.00%) CentOS
3 2 (50.00%) Windows
3 2 (50.00%) Mac OS X
4 1 (25.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) BCP
1 1 (25.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (25.00%) Investment Management
1 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Shell Script
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Samba
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Red Hat
1 2 (50.00%) Apple
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco