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The table below looks at the demand for the Linux Engineer role in IT jobs within the West Yorkshire 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Linux Engineer
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank172182
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching permanent IT job ads19
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.024 %0.156 %
Salaries quoted13
Average minimum salary£30,000£35,000
Average salary£32,500£37,500
% change on same period last year-13.33 %
Average maximum salary£35,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,911£34,229
% change on same period last year+4.91 %
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
West Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads41375763
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.767 %2.571 %
Salaries quoted35274889
Average minimum salary£30,952£30,688
Average salary£33,610£33,286
% change on same period last year+0.97 %
Average maximum salary£36,268£35,884
UK excluding London average salary£38,498£39,074
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
Linux Engineer YorkshireLinux Engineer
Yorkshire

Linux Engineer
Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
LeedsUp+171£32,500-13.33 %
Linux Engineer YorkshireLinux Engineer
Yorkshire

Linux Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

117 (100.00 %)Linux
216 (94.12 %)UNIX
311 (64.71 %)DNS
410 (58.82 %)Java
59 (52.94 %)TCP/IP
68 (47.06 %)Firewall
68 (47.06 %)Apache
68 (47.06 %)Perl
68 (47.06 %)MySQL
68 (47.06 %)Oracle
68 (47.06 %)XML
77 (41.18 %)SQL Server
77 (41.18 %)DB2
77 (41.18 %)Python
77 (41.18 %)JBoss
77 (41.18 %)RDBMS
77 (41.18 %)Ruby
77 (41.18 %)VLAN
77 (41.18 %)Load Balancing
86 (35.29 %)Red Hat Linux
86 (35.29 %)Red Hat
86 (35.29 %)Solaris
93 (17.65 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
93 (17.65 %)ITIL
93 (17.65 %)Windows
93 (17.65 %)Sun
102 (11.76 %)FTP
102 (11.76 %)Service Delivery
102 (11.76 %)Pensions
111 (5.882 %)Windows Server 2003

Linux Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (47.06 %)XML
21 (5.882 %)XSLT
21 (5.882 %)LAMP
21 (5.882 %)STL
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (47.06 %)Apache
27 (41.18 %)JBoss
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (64.71 %)DNS
29 (52.94 %)TCP/IP
38 (47.06 %)Firewall
47 (41.18 %)VLAN
52 (11.76 %)FTP
61 (5.882 %)HTTP
61 (5.882 %)SMTP
61 (5.882 %)Cisco PIX
61 (5.882 %)HTTPS
61 (5.882 %)ICMP
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (47.06 %)MySQL
27 (41.18 %)SQL Server
27 (41.18 %)DB2
27 (41.18 %)RDBMS
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (11.76 %)Pensions
21 (5.882 %)Electronics
21 (5.882 %)Telecoms
21 (5.882 %)Education
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
117 (100.00 %)Linux
216 (94.12 %)UNIX
36 (35.29 %)Red Hat Linux
36 (35.29 %)Solaris
43 (17.65 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
43 (17.65 %)Windows
51 (5.882 %)Windows 2000
51 (5.882 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (5.882 %)SUSE
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (41.18 %)Load Balancing
23 (17.65 %)ITIL
32 (11.76 %)Service Delivery
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (58.82 %)Java
28 (47.06 %)Perl
37 (41.18 %)Python
37 (41.18 %)Ruby
41 (5.882 %)Shell Script
41 (5.882 %)C
41 (5.882 %)C++
41 (5.882 %)PHP
41 (5.882 %)SQL
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (5.882 %)RHCE
11 (5.882 %)Sun Certification
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (5.882 %)Active Directory
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (47.06 %)Oracle
26 (35.29 %)Red Hat
33 (17.65 %)Sun
41 (5.882 %)Cisco