The first table below looks at the demand for the Linux Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. 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 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 South Wales region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux Engineer
Rank 86 81 85
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Engineer 1 9 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 0.096% 0.911% 0.110%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.097% 0.930% 0.116%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 1
Average salary £29,500 £32,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.23% +30.00%
UK excluding London average salary £44,500 £40,000 £34,500
% change year-on-year
+11.25% +15.94%
All Job Titles
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1026 968 864
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 98.09% 97.98% 94.84%
Number of salaries quoted 933 865 804
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Linux Engineer
Wales

Linux Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Linux Engineer
Salary Trend

This 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
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Engineer within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 24 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
Cardiff - 1 £29,500 -
Linux Engineer
Wales

Linux Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 13 (100.00%) Linux
2 11 (84.62%) TCP/IP
3 8 (61.54%) UNIX
4 7 (53.85%) Windows
5 4 (30.77%) IPTV
5 4 (30.77%) C
5 4 (30.77%) C++
6 3 (23.08%) DTV
7 2 (15.38%) vSphere
7 2 (15.38%) VMware
7 2 (15.38%) Red Hat
8 1 (7.692%) Firmware
8 1 (7.692%) Internet
8 1 (7.692%) Middleware
8 1 (7.692%) VPN
8 1 (7.692%) Microsoft
8 1 (7.692%) Embedded C
8 1 (7.692%) Embedded C++
8 1 (7.692%) Active Directory
8 1 (7.692%) SAN
8 1 (7.692%) UML
8 1 (7.692%) OO
8 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
8 1 (7.692%) OOD
8 1 (7.692%) VMware ESX
8 1 (7.692%) Ubuntu
8 1 (7.692%) Multimedia
8 1 (7.692%) STB
8 1 (7.692%) RTSP
8 1 (7.692%) Software Engineering

Linux Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 1 (7.692%) Middleware
1 1 (7.692%) GStreamer
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 11 (84.62%) TCP/IP
2 1 (7.692%) Internet
2 1 (7.692%) VPN
2 1 (7.692%) SAN
2 1 (7.692%) RTSP
2 1 (7.692%) RTP
2 1 (7.692%) Firewall
2 1 (7.692%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (7.692%) Wireless
General
1 1 (7.692%) Multimedia
1 1 (7.692%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) IPTV
2 3 (23.08%) DTV
3 1 (7.692%) Firmware
3 1 (7.692%) STB
3 1 (7.692%) Device Driver
3 1 (7.692%) Streaming Video
3 1 (7.692%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Linux
2 8 (61.54%) UNIX
3 7 (53.85%) Windows
4 1 (7.692%) Ubuntu
4 1 (7.692%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (7.692%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (7.692%) UML
1 1 (7.692%) OO
1 1 (7.692%) OOD
1 1 (7.692%) Software Engineering
1 1 (7.692%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) C
1 4 (30.77%) C++
2 1 (7.692%) Embedded C
2 1 (7.692%) Embedded C++
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) vSphere
2 1 (7.692%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.692%) VMware ESX
2 1 (7.692%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) VMware
1 2 (15.38%) Red Hat
2 1 (7.692%) Microsoft