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This section looks at the demand for the Linux Engineer role in IT jobs within the Southampton 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
Rank5479
Rank change on same period last yearUp+25
Matching permanent IT job ads62
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.988 %0.213 %
Salaries quoted62
Average minimum salary£28,333£21,500
Average salary£31,083£24,500
% change on same period last year+26.87 %
Average maximum salary£33,833£27,500
UK excluding London average salary£36,677£38,142
% change on same period last year-3.84 %
Southampton IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Southampton
Matching permanent IT job ads607937
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.327 %0.391 %
Salaries quoted517833
Average minimum salary£31,106£30,897
Average salary£34,176£34,691
% change on same period last year-1.48 %
Average maximum salary£37,245£38,485
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
Linux Engineer HampshireLinux Engineer
Hampshire

Linux Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Linux Engineer Salary Trend

Linux Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux Engineer across the Southampton region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Southampton Linux Engineer Salary Histogram

Linux Engineer
Top 24 Related IT Skills

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

110 (100.00 %)C++
110 (100.00 %)Linux
29 (90.00 %)Perl
29 (90.00 %)C
35 (50.00 %)VC++
35 (50.00 %)MPEG
35 (50.00 %)Embedded C
35 (50.00 %)Assembly Language
35 (50.00 %)DVB
35 (50.00 %)Degree
44 (40.00 %)Pensions
44 (40.00 %)SSH
44 (40.00 %)Python
44 (40.00 %)Eclipse
44 (40.00 %)Health
44 (40.00 %)SUSE
44 (40.00 %)Debian
51 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
51 (10.00 %)SQL
51 (10.00 %)UNIX
51 (10.00 %)HPUX
51 (10.00 %)Solaris
51 (10.00 %)OO
51 (10.00 %)Java

Linux Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Southampton IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (50.00 %)DVB
24 (40.00 %)SSH
31 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
Southampton IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (40.00 %)Eclipse
Southampton IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (40.00 %)Health
14 (40.00 %)Pensions
Southampton IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (50.00 %)MPEG
Southampton IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (100.00 %)Linux
24 (40.00 %)SUSE
24 (40.00 %)Debian
31 (10.00 %)UNIX
31 (10.00 %)HPUX
31 (10.00 %)Solaris
Southampton IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (10.00 %)OO
Southampton IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (100.00 %)C++
29 (90.00 %)Perl
29 (90.00 %)C
35 (50.00 %)VC++
35 (50.00 %)Embedded C
35 (50.00 %)Assembly Language
44 (40.00 %)Python
51 (10.00 %)SQL
51 (10.00 %)Java
Southampton IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (50.00 %)Degree