The first table below looks at the demand for the Linux Support role in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux Support in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 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 West region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux Support
Rank 208 216 218
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Support 7 1 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.131% 0.018% 0.112%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.137% 0.018% 0.118%
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 6
Average salary £42,000 £25,000 £22,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+68.00% +9.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,127 £25,000 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £25,000 £27,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £35,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year
+14.28% +9.37%
All Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5123 5409 5938
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 96.15% 96.33% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 4525 4683 5106
Average salary £35,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.38% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Linux Support
England

Linux Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Linux Support Jobs Demand Trend

Linux Support
Salary Trend

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

South West Linux Support Salary Trend

Linux Support
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux Support across the South West region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

South West Linux Support Salary Histogram

Linux Support
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Support within the South West region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Vacancies
Devon - 3 £27,127 -
Gloucestershire - 3 £45,000 -
Dorset - 1 £45,000 -
Linux Support
England

Linux Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the South West region that cited Linux Support 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 in their job title.

1 17 (100.00%) Linux
2 14 (82.35%) Python
2 14 (82.35%) MS Exchange
2 14 (82.35%) Perl
2 14 (82.35%) DNS
2 14 (82.35%) Cisco
3 13 (76.47%) UNIX
4 10 (58.82%) Squid
4 10 (58.82%) Firewall
4 10 (58.82%) Load Balancing
4 10 (58.82%) qmail
4 10 (58.82%) Postfix
4 10 (58.82%) Sendmail
4 10 (58.82%) Bash shell
4 10 (58.82%) LDAP
4 10 (58.82%) Microsoft
4 10 (58.82%) Juniper
4 10 (58.82%) HTTP
4 10 (58.82%) Internet
4 10 (58.82%) ISA Server
4 10 (58.82%) Shell Script
4 10 (58.82%) SMTP
5 7 (41.18%) SaaS
6 6 (35.29%) Solaris
6 6 (35.29%) Windows
7 5 (29.41%) Red Hat
8 4 (23.53%) NFS
8 4 (23.53%) DHCP
8 4 (23.53%) FTP
8 4 (23.53%) Nagios

Linux Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the South West region that cited Linux Support 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 in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.882%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 14 (82.35%) MS Exchange
2 4 (23.53%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 14 (82.35%) DNS
2 10 (58.82%) Internet
2 10 (58.82%) Firewall
2 10 (58.82%) LDAP
2 10 (58.82%) SMTP
2 10 (58.82%) HTTP
3 4 (23.53%) VLAN
3 4 (23.53%) DHCP
3 4 (23.53%) FTP
4 1 (5.882%) IPsec
4 1 (5.882%) TCP/IP
4 1 (5.882%) VPN
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 17 (100.00%) Linux
2 13 (76.47%) UNIX
3 6 (35.29%) Windows
3 6 (35.29%) Solaris
4 4 (23.53%) Mac OS
4 4 (23.53%) Fedora
4 4 (23.53%) Ubuntu
4 4 (23.53%) CentOS
5 2 (11.76%) AIX
6 1 (5.882%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Load Balancing
2 3 (17.65%) ITIL
3 1 (5.882%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (82.35%) Perl
1 14 (82.35%) Python
2 10 (58.82%) Shell Script
2 10 (58.82%) Bash shell
3 4 (23.53%) Fortran
3 4 (23.53%) C
4 2 (11.76%) SQL
5 1 (5.882%) Java
System Software
1 10 (58.82%) ISA Server
1 10 (58.82%) Squid
1 10 (58.82%) qmail
1 10 (58.82%) Postfix
1 10 (58.82%) Sendmail
2 4 (23.53%) NFS
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) Nagios
1 4 (23.53%) Ganglia
Vendors
1 14 (82.35%) Cisco
2 10 (58.82%) Microsoft
2 10 (58.82%) Juniper
3 5 (29.41%) Red Hat
4 2 (11.76%) Oracle
5 1 (5.882%) VMware
Bath, South West
1st Line Linux Support Engineer - Bath - £18 - £21kMy award winning client are looking for a 1st Line Linux Support Engineer who has good knowledge of Linux and experience.....
People Source Consulting
Salary: £18000 - £21000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bath, Avon
People Source specialise in niche technology markets including Information Technology, Digital TV, Digital Marketing, Project and Programme Management, SAP, Digital and Consumer Electronics, Air Traffic Management, Management Consultancy,...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £18000 - £21000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
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