The first table below looks at the demand for the Linux Support Engineer 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 Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux Support Engineer
Rank 400 412 410
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Support Engineer 26 24 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.119% 0.101% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.125% 0.106% 0.057%
Number of salaries quoted 23 22 12
Average salary £25,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.57% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £30,000 £26,100
10% offered a salary of more than £58,000 £45,650 £37,150
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year
-5.71% +9.37%
All Job Titles
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
20815 22625 21200
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 94.89% 95.21% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 17267 19553 18212
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 Support Engineer
England

Linux Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Linux Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Linux Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

South East Linux Support Engineer Salary Trend

Linux Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux Support Engineer across the South East region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

South East Linux Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Linux Support Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Support Engineer within the South East region over the 3 months to 20 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 +20 19 £23,000 -45.88%
Surrey +10 3 £36,500 -14.11%
Hampshire +4 2 £25,000 -16.66%
Oxfordshire -23 2 £35,000 -
Linux Support Engineer
England

Linux Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region that cited Linux Support 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 Support Engineer in their job title.

1 49 (100.00%) Linux
2 26 (53.06%) Windows
3 22 (44.90%) Red Hat
3 22 (44.90%) Ubuntu
4 19 (38.78%) CentOS
5 16 (32.65%) Debian
6 15 (30.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 14 (28.57%) VMware
8 13 (26.53%) TCP/IP
9 11 (22.45%) Apache
10 10 (20.41%) SUSE
11 7 (14.29%) Microsoft
11 7 (14.29%) SLA
12 6 (12.24%) VPN
12 6 (12.24%) DNS
12 6 (12.24%) SMTP
12 6 (12.24%) MySQL
12 6 (12.24%) Firewall
13 5 (10.20%) Perl
13 5 (10.20%) Cisco
13 5 (10.20%) Windows 8
13 5 (10.20%) VMware Infrastructure
13 5 (10.20%) Windows 7
13 5 (10.20%) vSphere
14 4 (8.163%) Plesk
14 4 (8.163%) HP
14 4 (8.163%) Clustering
15 3 (6.122%) CMS
15 3 (6.122%) VMware ESX
15 3 (6.122%) NetApp

Linux Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (2.041%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 11 (22.45%) Apache
2 3 (6.122%) Tomcat
2 3 (6.122%) CMS
2 3 (6.122%) Drupal
2 3 (6.122%) GlassFish
2 3 (6.122%) Alfresco
2 3 (6.122%) WordPress
2 3 (6.122%) nginx
2 3 (6.122%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (6.122%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 13 (26.53%) TCP/IP
2 6 (12.24%) VPN
2 6 (12.24%) DNS
2 6 (12.24%) SMTP
2 6 (12.24%) Firewall
3 3 (6.122%) Internet
3 3 (6.122%) IMAP
3 3 (6.122%) iSCSI
3 3 (6.122%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (6.122%) POP3
3 3 (6.122%) DHCP
3 3 (6.122%) FTP
3 3 (6.122%) HTTP
4 2 (4.082%) SNMP
4 2 (4.082%) TELNET
4 2 (4.082%) SSH
5 1 (2.041%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.24%) MySQL
2 3 (6.122%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.122%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (6.122%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (2.041%) French Language
1 1 (2.041%) German Language
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.163%) Clustering
2 3 (6.122%) Open Source
2 3 (6.122%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.041%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 49 (100.00%) Linux
2 26 (53.06%) Windows
3 22 (44.90%) Ubuntu
4 19 (38.78%) CentOS
5 16 (32.65%) Debian
6 15 (30.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (20.41%) SUSE
8 5 (10.20%) Windows 7
8 5 (10.20%) Windows 8
9 1 (2.041%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (6.122%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.122%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.20%) Perl
2 3 (6.122%) PHP
2 3 (6.122%) Python
2 3 (6.122%) Shell Script
3 1 (2.041%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (6.122%) HND
2 1 (2.041%) RHCE
2 1 (2.041%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (10.20%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (10.20%) vSphere
2 3 (6.122%) Varnish
2 3 (6.122%) NFS
2 3 (6.122%) VMware ESX
3 2 (4.082%) Nmap
4 1 (2.041%) qmail
4 1 (2.041%) Postfix
4 1 (2.041%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 4 (8.163%) Plesk
2 2 (4.082%) WSUS
Vendors
1 22 (44.90%) Red Hat
2 14 (28.57%) VMware
3 7 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 5 (10.20%) Cisco
5 4 (8.163%) HP
6 3 (6.122%) Intel
6 3 (6.122%) NetApp
6 3 (6.122%) CheckPoint
6 3 (6.122%) F5
7 2 (4.082%) Juniper
Surrey
The right candidate will have basic experience within a Linux support environment, providing technical support across CentOS, Redhat, Ubuntu & Debian flavours. The organisation is going through vast change...
GCS IT Recruitment Specialists
Salary: £25000 - £28000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Technical-Mandatory *Working knowledge of internet based messaging *Competent with Linux and Windows technology. *Scripting *Understanding of the fundamentals of IP networking, including DNS and IP addressing Desirable *...
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Salary: £30,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013