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Survey: Linux Pros In High Demand Among Employers

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 21, 2013

Using Linux may make you a geek’stereotypically speaking, at least???but it could also mean you have a great shot at landing a job (or getting a better one). That’s according to a survey out this week that has produced some startling findings concerning demand for Linux IT talent’such as that salary for Linux admins is growing nearly twice as fast as compensation pan-industry. For rewards like that, I???d happily embrace geekiness in all its glory.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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