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

Location
3 months to
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank - - 5
Permanent jobs citing Linux 0 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bicester - - 14.29%
As % of the Operating Systems category - - 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Average salary - - £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
All Operating Systems
Bicester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
13 6 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bicester 31.71% 28.57% 28.57%
Number of salaries quoted 8 6 3
Average salary £30,000 £28,750 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.34% -17.85%
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 Bicester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Bicester 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 Bicester region.

Bicester Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bicester 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 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) CCNA
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 3 (100.00%) LAMP
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) EqualLogic
2 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (66.67%) Norton AntiVirus
2 2 (66.67%) SAN
2 2 (66.67%) Apache
2 2 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 2 (66.67%) VPN

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bicester 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 3 (100.00%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Apache
1 2 (66.67%) MS Exchange
1 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
2 2 (66.67%) VPN
2 2 (66.67%) SAN
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Administrator
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Systems Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Linux Systems Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Linux Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCNA
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat