The first table below looks at the demand for the Linux Systems Administrator role in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. 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 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux System Administrator
Rank 175 181 195
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Systems Administrator 38 35 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.697% 0.674% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.732% 0.696% 0.082%
Number of salaries quoted 27 26 1
Average salary £27,500 £35,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.42% -10.25%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+3.89% +10.00%
All Job Titles
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5193 5027 4862
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 95.20% 96.84% 96.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4117 4176 4119
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +3.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Linux Systems Administrator
England

Linux Systems Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire Linux Systems Administrator Jobs Demand Trend

Linux Systems Administrator
Salary Trend

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

Yorkshire Linux Systems Administrator Salary Trend

Linux Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram

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

Yorkshire Linux Systems Administrator Salary Histogram

Linux Systems Administrator
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Systems Administrator within the 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
West Yorkshire +2 22 £27,500 -31.25%
North Yorkshire +10 15 £36,000 -
South Yorkshire -2 1 £100,000 +185.71%
Linux Systems Administrator
England

Linux Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

1 80 (100.00%) Linux
2 46 (57.50%) UNIX
3 35 (43.75%) Debian
4 33 (41.25%) Red Hat
5 26 (32.50%) VMware
5 26 (32.50%) VMware Infrastructure
6 25 (31.25%) MSBuild
6 25 (31.25%) Maven
7 24 (30.00%) DNS
8 22 (27.50%) LAMP
9 21 (26.25%) FTP
10 20 (25.00%) Telecoms
11 18 (22.50%) SQL
12 17 (21.25%) Security Cleared
13 13 (16.25%) Cisco
14 11 (13.75%) Apache
15 8 (10.00%) Windows
15 8 (10.00%) Java
15 8 (10.00%) TCP/IP
16 7 (8.750%) Firewall
16 7 (8.750%) WebSphere
16 7 (8.750%) Shell Script
16 7 (8.750%) WebLogic
17 6 (7.500%) Tomcat
17 6 (7.500%) Juniper
18 5 (6.250%) MySQL
18 5 (6.250%) Bash shell
19 4 (5.000%) Puppet
19 4 (5.000%) Perl
19 4 (5.000%) IIS

Linux Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

Application Development
1 22 (27.50%) LAMP
2 7 (8.750%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.250%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 11 (13.75%) Apache
2 7 (8.750%) WebLogic
3 6 (7.500%) Tomcat
4 4 (5.000%) IIS
5 1 (1.250%) lighttpd
5 1 (1.250%) Amazon AWS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (30.00%) DNS
2 21 (26.25%) FTP
3 8 (10.00%) TCP/IP
4 7 (8.750%) Firewall
5 4 (5.000%) DHCP
6 3 (3.750%) Network Security
7 2 (2.500%) VPN
8 1 (1.250%) VoIP
8 1 (1.250%) Internet
8 1 (1.250%) Asterisk PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.250%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 25 (31.25%) MSBuild
1 25 (31.25%) Maven
2 1 (1.250%) Subversion
2 1 (1.250%) SVK
2 1 (1.250%) Trac
2 1 (1.250%) Bazaar
General
1 20 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.750%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.250%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 80 (100.00%) Linux
2 46 (57.50%) UNIX
3 35 (43.75%) Debian
4 8 (10.00%) Windows
5 4 (5.000%) Solaris
5 4 (5.000%) SUSE
6 3 (3.750%) Ubuntu
7 2 (2.500%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.250%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.250%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (1.250%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (5.000%) Load Balancing
1 4 (5.000%) Configuration Management
2 1 (1.250%) ITIL
2 1 (1.250%) Service Delivery
2 1 (1.250%) Change Management
2 1 (1.250%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (1.250%) E-business
2 1 (1.250%) Asset Management
2 1 (1.250%) Business Continuity
2 1 (1.250%) Network Architecture
2 1 (1.250%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 18 (22.50%) SQL
2 8 (10.00%) Java
3 7 (8.750%) Shell Script
4 5 (6.250%) Bash shell
5 4 (5.000%) Perl
5 4 (5.000%) Python
6 3 (3.750%) Ruby
7 1 (1.250%) PHP
Qualifications
1 17 (21.25%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.250%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.250%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (32.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.250%) NFS
2 1 (1.250%) Postfix
2 1 (1.250%) Sendmail
2 1 (1.250%) vSphere
2 1 (1.250%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (1.250%) SpamAssassin
Systems Management
1 4 (5.000%) Puppet
2 1 (1.250%) Nagios
2 1 (1.250%) Backup Exec
2 1 (1.250%) Cacti
Vendors
1 33 (41.25%) Red Hat
2 26 (32.50%) VMware
3 13 (16.25%) Cisco
4 6 (7.500%) Juniper
5 2 (2.500%) Oracle
6 1 (1.250%) HP
6 1 (1.250%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.250%) ArcSight
York, North Yorkshire
Linux / UNIX Systems Administrator required to work for highly successful organisation in North Yorkshire. The successful Linux / UNIX Systems Administrator will come from an extensive Linux / UNIX administration...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Posted: 22 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Linux Systems Administrator, Leeds This Award winning telecommunications company based in Leeds provide communications for many UK based ISPs... We are therefore looking for an additional Linux Systems...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 25,000 - 30,000 + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
North Yorkshire
Desirable: Load Balancing and patching experience... You should com from a background supporting either a Linux or Unix environment with some web experience ideally in Apache, Tomcat or...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £32000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 19 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Our client, a market leading organisation based in Leeds, is looking for Senior Linux Systems Administrator to manage and maintain servers within the company’s data centres.You...
Hotfoot Resourcing.
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 21 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
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...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £Excellent Salary + Benefits + On-Call
Posted: 21 May 2013