The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Banbury region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 17 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 Banbury region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 3 1 23
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +22
Permanent jobs citing Linux 6 16 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Banbury 17.14% 50.00% 2.273%
As % of the Operating Systems category 54.55% 72.73% 5.556%
Number of salaries quoted 5 15 3
Average salary £28,500 £39,000 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-26.92% +50.00%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +8.33%
All Operating Systems
Banbury
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
11 22 54
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Banbury 31.43% 68.75% 40.91%
Number of salaries quoted 10 21 53
Average salary £28,500 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.75% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £32,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £36,950 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
Oxfordshire

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Banbury 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 Banbury region.

Banbury Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Banbury region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Banbury Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Banbury 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 5 (41.67%) C++
1 5 (41.67%) Java
1 5 (41.67%) OO
1 5 (41.67%) Telecoms
2 4 (33.33%) Apache
2 4 (33.33%) PHP
2 4 (33.33%) MySQL
2 4 (33.33%) XML
2 4 (33.33%) Windows
3 3 (25.00%) Oracle
3 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (25.00%) Photoshop
3 3 (25.00%) CSS
3 3 (25.00%) Web Services
3 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (25.00%) Perl
3 3 (25.00%) HTML
3 3 (25.00%) C
3 3 (25.00%) XHTML
3 3 (25.00%) CRM
3 3 (25.00%) HTTP
3 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (25.00%) OOP
3 3 (25.00%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (25.00%) Subversion
3 3 (25.00%) Zend
3 3 (25.00%) Zend Framework
3 3 (25.00%) jQuery
4 2 (16.67%) POSIX
4 2 (16.67%) VxWorks

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Banbury 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 4 (33.33%) XML
2 3 (25.00%) XHTML
2 3 (25.00%) HTML
2 3 (25.00%) CSS
2 3 (25.00%) Web Services
2 3 (25.00%) Zend Framework
2 3 (25.00%) jQuery
3 2 (16.67%) POSIX
4 1 (8.333%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) Apache
2 1 (8.333%) SharePoint
2 1 (8.333%) MS Exchange
2 1 (8.333%) Alfresco
2 1 (8.333%) Moodle
2 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Photoshop
1 3 (25.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) HTTP
2 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (8.333%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) MySQL
2 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Subversion
2 1 (8.333%) GDB
General
1 5 (41.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Software Engineer
1 5 (41.67%) Developer
2 4 (33.33%) Software Developer
3 3 (25.00%) Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Web Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Systems Administrator
4 2 (16.67%) Security Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) Applications Support Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Systems Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Linux Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) Linux Support
5 1 (8.333%) Software Programmer
5 1 (8.333%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) Support Technician
5 1 (8.333%) Programmer
5 1 (8.333%) Support Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Applications Support
5 1 (8.333%) Administrator
5 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) E-Learning
1 1 (8.333%) Open Source
1 1 (8.333%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (16.67%) Solaris
2 2 (16.67%) VxWorks
2 2 (16.67%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (8.333%) Windows XP
3 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) OO
2 3 (25.00%) CRM
2 3 (25.00%) OOP
3 2 (16.67%) UML
4 1 (8.333%) Workflow
4 1 (8.333%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (8.333%) Software Testing
4 1 (8.333%) Multithreading
4 1 (8.333%) Reverse Engineering
4 1 (8.333%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) C++
1 5 (41.67%) Java
2 4 (33.33%) PHP
3 3 (25.00%) C
3 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (25.00%) Perl
4 2 (16.67%) Python
5 1 (8.333%) Embedded C++
5 1 (8.333%) C#
5 1 (8.333%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) CCNA
1 1 (8.333%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (8.333%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Oracle
1 3 (25.00%) Zend
2 1 (8.333%) Cisco
2 1 (8.333%) Salesforce.com
2 1 (8.333%) VMware
Banbury, Oxfordshire
The Application Support Analyst should be a keen “open source” technologist and should have a good understanding of Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP, (LAMP)... * Moodle... Skills and Experience:- *...
Haybrook IT Resourcing Ltd
Salary: Up to £24,000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013