The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Altrincham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Altrincham region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 22 14 7
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -7
Permanent jobs citing Linux 7 14 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Altrincham 5.263% 16.47% 10.71%
As % of the Operating Systems category 21.88% 63.64% 46.15%
Number of salaries quoted 7 13 4
Average salary £28,500 £30,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.00% -9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £31,100
10% offered a salary of more than £34,400 £30,000 £39,800
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +4.00%
All Operating Systems
Altrincham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
32 22 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Altrincham 24.06% 25.88% 23.21%
Number of salaries quoted 30 21 11
Average salary £29,250 £27,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.36% -15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £19,250 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £31,050
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
Manchester

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Altrincham Linux Jobs Demand Trend

Linux
Salary Trend

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

Altrincham Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Altrincham region citing Linux also 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 that cited Linux.

1 17 (77.27%) Degree
2 16 (72.73%) Oracle
2 16 (72.73%) UNIX
3 12 (54.55%) Windows
3 12 (54.55%) AIX
4 7 (31.82%) ITIL
4 7 (31.82%) Oracle 8/8i
4 7 (31.82%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (27.27%) CSS
5 6 (27.27%) JavaScript
5 6 (27.27%) Finance
6 5 (22.73%) PHP
6 5 (22.73%) MySQL
7 4 (18.18%) OO
7 4 (18.18%) SQL
7 4 (18.18%) COBOL
7 4 (18.18%) HTML
7 4 (18.18%) QMS
8 3 (13.64%) Ajax
8 3 (13.64%) MVC
8 3 (13.64%) XML
8 3 (13.64%) IBM
9 2 (9.091%) Microsoft
9 2 (9.091%) Apache
9 2 (9.091%) MS Excel
9 2 (9.091%) HTML5
9 2 (9.091%) Subversion
10 1 (4.545%) Data Management
10 1 (4.545%) Computer Science
10 1 (4.545%) Zend

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Altrincham region citing Linux also 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 that cited Linux. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (27.27%) CSS
2 4 (18.18%) HTML
3 3 (13.64%) Ajax
3 3 (13.64%) XML
4 2 (9.091%) HTML5
5 1 (4.545%) jQuery
5 1 (4.545%) LAMP
5 1 (4.545%) ASP.NET
5 1 (4.545%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (9.091%) Apache
2 1 (4.545%) WordPress
2 1 (4.545%) CMS
2 1 (4.545%) Magento
Applications
1 2 (9.091%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.545%) HTTP
1 1 (4.545%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (31.82%) Oracle 8/8i
2 5 (22.73%) MySQL
3 1 (4.545%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (9.091%) Subversion
General
1 6 (27.27%) Finance
2 1 (4.545%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (59.09%) Consultant
2 9 (40.91%) Technical Consultant
3 6 (27.27%) Developer
4 5 (22.73%) DBA
5 4 (18.18%) IT Consultant
5 4 (18.18%) Oracle DBA
5 4 (18.18%) PHP Developer
5 4 (18.18%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 3 (13.64%) Support Analyst
6 3 (13.64%) Analyst
7 2 (9.091%) Oracle Consultant
7 2 (9.091%) Oracle Technical Consultant
7 2 (9.091%) IT Support Analyst
7 2 (9.091%) IT Support
8 1 (4.545%) C# Web Developer
8 1 (4.545%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 1 (4.545%) C# .NET Developer
8 1 (4.545%) ASP.NET Developer
8 1 (4.545%) Systems Support Analyst
8 1 (4.545%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.545%) Computer Science
1 1 (4.545%) Telematics
Operating Systems
1 16 (72.73%) UNIX
2 12 (54.55%) Windows
2 12 (54.55%) AIX
3 7 (31.82%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) ITIL
2 4 (18.18%) OO
2 4 (18.18%) QMS
3 3 (13.64%) MVC
4 1 (4.545%) Data Management
4 1 (4.545%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (4.545%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (4.545%) Web Development
4 1 (4.545%) Migration
4 1 (4.545%) E-Commerce
4 1 (4.545%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) JavaScript
2 5 (22.73%) PHP
3 4 (18.18%) SQL
3 4 (18.18%) COBOL
4 1 (4.545%) C
4 1 (4.545%) C#
4 1 (4.545%) Perl
Qualifications
1 17 (77.27%) Degree
Vendors
1 16 (72.73%) Oracle
2 3 (13.64%) IBM
3 2 (9.091%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.545%) Zend