The first table below looks at the demand for the Linux Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux Specialist
Rank - - 153
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Specialist 0 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire - - 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category - - 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Average salary - - £40,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £33,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year
+26.86% -12.98%
All Job Titles
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3479 3157 2826
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 95.24% 97.38% 96.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2784 2642 2365
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 £49,750
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Linux Specialist
Yorkshire

Linux Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire Linux Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Linux Specialist
Salary Trend

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

West Yorkshire Linux Specialist Salary Trend

Linux Specialist
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited Linux Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Perl
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) VoIP
1 2 (100.00%) SMTP
1 2 (100.00%) HTTP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) IPv4
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 2 (100.00%) Open Source
1 2 (100.00%) Bash shell
1 2 (100.00%) YUM
1 2 (100.00%) Splunk

Linux Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) VoIP
1 2 (100.00%) SMTP
1 2 (100.00%) HTTP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) IPv4
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Perl
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Bash shell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) YUM
1 2 (100.00%) Splunk
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco