The first table below looks at the demand for the Linux Administrator role in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux Administrator 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 West Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux Administrator
Rank 146 153 149
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Administrator 28 18 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.770% 0.565% 0.167%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.810% 0.581% 0.173%
Number of salaries quoted 23 9 2
Average salary £27,500 £40,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-31.25% +9.58%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+3.89% +10.00%
All Job Titles
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3457 3099 2895
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 95.08% 97.24% 96.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2758 2585 2426
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £23,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Linux Administrator
Yorkshire

Linux Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire Linux Administrator Jobs Demand Trend

Linux Administrator
Salary Trend

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

West Yorkshire Linux Administrator Salary Trend

Linux Administrator
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux Administrator across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Yorkshire Linux Administrator Salary Histogram

Linux Administrator
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Administrator within the West Yorkshire 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
Leeds +8 23 £27,500 -
Linux Administrator
Yorkshire

Linux Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited Linux 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 Administrator in their job title.

1 40 (100.00%) Linux
2 28 (70.00%) Debian
2 28 (70.00%) DNS
3 27 (67.50%) Red Hat
4 21 (52.50%) LAMP
5 20 (50.00%) Telecoms
5 20 (50.00%) FTP
6 17 (42.50%) Security Cleared
7 10 (25.00%) Apache
8 9 (22.50%) Java
8 9 (22.50%) MySQL
9 8 (20.00%) UNIX
9 8 (20.00%) DHCP
9 8 (20.00%) VMware
10 7 (17.50%) VMware Infrastructure
10 7 (17.50%) Maven
10 7 (17.50%) Ubuntu
10 7 (17.50%) WebSphere
10 7 (17.50%) WebLogic
10 7 (17.50%) MSBuild
11 6 (15.00%) MS Excel
11 6 (15.00%) Configuration Management
11 6 (15.00%) Microsoft
12 5 (12.50%) Nagios
12 5 (12.50%) CA
12 5 (12.50%) MS Exchange
12 5 (12.50%) IMAP
12 5 (12.50%) VMware Server
12 5 (12.50%) PowerShell
12 5 (12.50%) ZABBIX

Linux Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited Linux 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 Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 21 (52.50%) LAMP
2 7 (17.50%) WebSphere
3 5 (12.50%) Memcached
4 1 (2.500%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 10 (25.00%) Apache
2 7 (17.50%) WebLogic
3 5 (12.50%) MS Exchange
4 2 (5.000%) Tomcat
5 1 (2.500%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 6 (15.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 28 (70.00%) DNS
2 20 (50.00%) FTP
3 8 (20.00%) DHCP
4 5 (12.50%) IMAP
5 4 (10.00%) Firewall
5 4 (10.00%) TCP/IP
6 3 (7.500%) Network Security
7 1 (2.500%) Internet
7 1 (2.500%) VPN
7 1 (2.500%) SAN
7 1 (2.500%) VoIP
7 1 (2.500%) Asterisk PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (22.50%) MySQL
2 5 (12.50%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (17.50%) Maven
1 7 (17.50%) MSBuild
General
1 20 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.500%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.500%) Replication
1 1 (2.500%) SaaS
1 1 (2.500%) HP StorageWorks
Operating Systems
1 40 (100.00%) Linux
2 28 (70.00%) Debian
3 8 (20.00%) UNIX
4 7 (17.50%) Ubuntu
5 3 (7.500%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (5.000%) Windows
7 1 (2.500%) HPUX
7 1 (2.500%) Windows 7
7 1 (2.500%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (2.500%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (15.00%) Configuration Management
2 2 (5.000%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (5.000%) Business Continuity
3 1 (2.500%) ITIL
3 1 (2.500%) E-business
3 1 (2.500%) Service Delivery
3 1 (2.500%) Change Management
3 1 (2.500%) Asset Management
3 1 (2.500%) Capacity Management
3 1 (2.500%) Network Architecture
3 1 (2.500%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 9 (22.50%) Java
2 5 (12.50%) PowerShell
3 4 (10.00%) Shell Script
4 2 (5.000%) PHP
5 1 (2.500%) Python
5 1 (2.500%) SQL
5 1 (2.500%) Perl
5 1 (2.500%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 17 (42.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.500%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.500%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (17.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (12.50%) VMware Server
3 2 (5.000%) VMware ESX
4 1 (2.500%) vSphere
4 1 (2.500%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (12.50%) Nagios
1 5 (12.50%) ZABBIX
1 5 (12.50%) Sysprep
1 5 (12.50%) Puppet
2 1 (2.500%) OpenView
2 1 (2.500%) Backup Exec
2 1 (2.500%) HP NNM
2 1 (2.500%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 27 (67.50%) Red Hat
2 8 (20.00%) VMware
3 6 (15.00%) Microsoft
4 5 (12.50%) CA
5 3 (7.500%) Oracle
6 2 (5.000%) Cisco
7 1 (2.500%) CheckPoint
7 1 (2.500%) HP
7 1 (2.500%) Juniper
7 1 (2.500%) Brocade
7 1 (2.500%) ArcSight
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Posted: 23 May 2013
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Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 21 May 2013
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The successful Systems Administrator will come from an extensive Windows Server and UNIX/Linux background, with excellent experience of large virtual server environments, understanding of networking principles and...
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Salary: £Excellent Salary + Benefits + On-Call
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