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This section looks at the demand for the Linux Engineer role in IT jobs within the South Wales region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Linux Engineer
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank87103
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching permanent IT job ads11
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.079 %0.063 %
Salaries quoted11
Average minimum salary£35,000£30,000
Average salary£37,500£37,500
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£40,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,677£38,142
% change on same period last year-3.84 %
South Wales IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
South Wales
Matching permanent IT job ads12721596
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.685 %0.665 %
Salaries quoted12001460
Average minimum salary£31,122£30,071
Average salary£34,496£33,823
% change on same period last year+1.99 %
Average maximum salary£37,870£37,575
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
Linux Engineer WalesLinux Engineer
Wales

Linux Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Linux Engineer across the South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South Wales Linux Engineer Demand Trend

Linux Engineer
Salary Trend

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

South Wales Linux Engineer Salary Trend

Linux Engineer
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the South Wales 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.

12 (100.00 %)Linux
21 (50.00 %)Embedded C
21 (50.00 %)DVB
21 (50.00 %)Electronics
21 (50.00 %)STB
21 (50.00 %)Embedded Linux
21 (50.00 %)C
21 (50.00 %)C++

Linux Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the South Wales 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.

South Wales IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)DVB
South Wales IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Electronics
South Wales IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)STB
South Wales IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)Linux
21 (50.00 %)Embedded Linux
South Wales IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)C
11 (50.00 %)C++
11 (50.00 %)Embedded C