The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Avon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Operating Systems category for the Avon region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank - 1 4
Permanent jobs citing Linux 0 2 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Avon - 66.67% 25.00%
As % of the Operating Systems category - 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 4
Average salary - £48,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +60.00%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.94%
All Operating Systems
Avon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
0 2 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Avon - 66.67% 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 4
Average salary - £48,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +60.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
South West

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Avon 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 Avon region.

Avon Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Avon 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 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) Perl
1 2 (100.00%) SOAP
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) POP3
1 2 (100.00%) SMTP
1 2 (100.00%) FTP
1 2 (100.00%) HTTP
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) WSDL
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) SSH
1 2 (100.00%) Derivative
1 2 (100.00%) Degree

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Avon 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 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) SOAP
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) WSDL
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) POP3
1 2 (100.00%) SMTP
1 2 (100.00%) FTP
1 2 (100.00%) HTTP
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) SSH
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Perl Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree