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This section looks at the demand for the Linux Systems Administrator role in IT jobs within the West Midlands 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 Systems Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Linux System Administrator
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank217218
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads916
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.007 %
As % of the category below0.112 %0.192 %
Salaries quoted914
Average minimum salary£38,800£30,357
Average salary£39,400£32,357
% change on same period last year+21.76 %
Average maximum salary£40,000£34,357
UK excluding London average salary£36,416£31,480
% change on same period last year+15.67 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads80038352
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.308 %3.481 %
Salaries quoted68457254
Average minimum salary£32,827£33,784
Average salary£35,731£36,559
% change on same period last year-2.26 %
Average maximum salary£38,635£39,334
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
Linux Systems Administrator EnglandLinux Systems Administrator
England

Linux Systems Administrator
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Linux Systems Administrator Demand Trend

Linux Systems Administrator
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Linux Systems Administrator across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Linux Systems Administrator Salary Trend

Linux Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux Systems Administrator across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

West Midlands Linux Systems Administrator Salary Histogram

Linux Systems Administrator
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Systems Administrator within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
HerefordshireDown-106£39,000+36.15 %
BirminghamDown-92£25,000-20.63 %
WarwickshireDown-41£55,000+44.73 %
CoventryNew entry-1£55,000-
Linux Systems Administrator EnglandLinux Systems Administrator
England

Linux Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Linux Systems Administrator 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 Systems Administrator in their job title.

117 (100.00 %)Linux
214 (82.35 %)Red Hat Linux
214 (82.35 %)Red Hat
312 (70.59 %)SAN
411 (64.71 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
59 (52.94 %)Finance
59 (52.94 %)Perl
65 (29.41 %)UNIX
65 (29.41 %)HP
65 (29.41 %)Shell Script
73 (17.65 %)Disaster Recovery
73 (17.65 %)VMware
73 (17.65 %)MySQL
73 (17.65 %)Apache
73 (17.65 %)DNS
82 (11.76 %)Insurance
82 (11.76 %)Web Development
82 (11.76 %)DHCP
82 (11.76 %)TCP/IP
82 (11.76 %)VPN
82 (11.76 %)XHTML
82 (11.76 %)Oracle
82 (11.76 %)XML
82 (11.76 %)PHP
82 (11.76 %)SUSE
82 (11.76 %)Samba
82 (11.76 %)Debian
82 (11.76 %)Firewall
82 (11.76 %)LAMP
82 (11.76 %)Internet

Linux Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Linux Systems Administrator 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 Systems Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (11.76 %)XML
12 (11.76 %)XHTML
12 (11.76 %)LAMP
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (17.65 %)Apache
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (70.59 %)SAN
23 (17.65 %)DNS
32 (11.76 %)DHCP
32 (11.76 %)TCP/IP
32 (11.76 %)VPN
32 (11.76 %)Internet
32 (11.76 %)Firewall
41 (5.882 %)SMTP
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (17.65 %)MySQL
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (52.94 %)Finance
22 (11.76 %)Insurance
31 (5.882 %)Games
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.882 %)French Language
11 (5.882 %)Spanish Language
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
117 (100.00 %)Linux
214 (82.35 %)Red Hat Linux
311 (64.71 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
45 (29.41 %)UNIX
52 (11.76 %)SUSE
52 (11.76 %)Debian
61 (5.882 %)IRIX
61 (5.882 %)AIX
61 (5.882 %)HPUX
61 (5.882 %)Solaris
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (17.65 %)Disaster Recovery
22 (11.76 %)Web Development
31 (5.882 %)Load Balancing
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (52.94 %)Perl
25 (29.41 %)Shell Script
32 (11.76 %)PHP
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (5.882 %)Cisco Certification
11 (5.882 %)RHCE
West Midlands IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (11.76 %)Samba
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
114 (82.35 %)Red Hat
25 (29.41 %)HP
33 (17.65 %)VMware
42 (11.76 %)Oracle
51 (5.882 %)Cisco