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This section looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank5128
Rank change on same period last yearDown-23
Matching permanent IT job ads106142
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.052 %0.063 %
As % of the category below19.49 %23.59 %
Salaries quoted7468
Average minimum salary£34,346£32,897
Average salary£37,224£35,684
% change on same period last year+4.31 %
Average maximum salary£40,103£38,471
UK excluding London average salary£36,756£35,929
% change on same period last year+2.30 %
Operating Systems BirminghamOperating Systems
Birmingham
Matching permanent IT job ads544602
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.267 %0.267 %
Salaries quoted478464
Average minimum salary£30,295£30,476
Average salary£33,059£32,535
% change on same period last year+1.61 %
Average maximum salary£35,824£34,595
UK excluding London average salary£34,651£34,981
% change on same period last year-0.94 %
Linux West MidlandsLinux
West Midlands

Linux
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Linux across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Birmingham Linux Demand Trend

Linux
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Birmingham region over the past 3 months.

Birmingham Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing Linux also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Linux.

1154 (68.14 %)Unix
2103 (45.58 %)Windows
381 (35.84 %)Solaris
453 (23.45 %)Oracle
548 (21.24 %)Red Hat
646 (20.35 %)HPUX
739 (17.26 %)AIX
837 (16.37 %)OO
936 (15.93 %)HP
936 (15.93 %)Telecoms
1034 (15.04 %)SAN
1133 (14.60 %)SQL
1133 (14.60 %)Perl
1232 (14.16 %)Java
1331 (13.72 %)C++
1331 (13.72 %)XML
1430 (13.27 %)Windows 2000
1527 (11.95 %)Clustering
1626 (11.50 %)Firewall
1626 (11.50 %)HTML
1724 (10.62 %)Microsoft
1823 (10.18 %)JavaScript
1823 (10.18 %)SQL Server
1823 (10.18 %)ITIL
1922 (9.735 %)Health
1922 (9.735 %)TCP/IP
2021 (9.292 %)Cisco
2021 (9.292 %)PHP
2120 (8.850 %)Active Directory
2120 (8.850 %)Oracle 10g

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing Linux also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Linux. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
131 (13.72 %)XML
226 (11.50 %)HTML
316 (7.080 %)CSS
414 (6.195 %).NET
513 (5.752 %)J2EE
513 (5.752 %)XHTML
612 (5.310 %)AJAX
612 (5.310 %)ASP
612 (5.310 %)JSP
710 (4.425 %)SOAP
88 (3.540 %)ASP.NET
97 (3.097 %)JDBC
97 (3.097 %)CakePHP
106 (2.655 %)ODBC
106 (2.655 %)CGI
106 (2.655 %)SAP XI
115 (2.212 %)SAP Basis
115 (2.212 %)Web Dynpro
115 (2.212 %)XSLT
115 (2.212 %)Servlets
Application Platforms
118 (7.965 %)Apache
211 (4.867 %)IIS
310 (4.425 %)Exchange Server 2003
49 (3.982 %)Oracle 10gAS
49 (3.982 %)Tomcat
49 (3.982 %)CMS
57 (3.097 %)MS Exchange
65 (2.212 %)WebLogic
74 (1.770 %)SharePoint
74 (1.770 %)JBoss
74 (1.770 %)ColdFusion
74 (1.770 %)Oracle Workflow
83 (1.327 %)Lotus Notes
83 (1.327 %)Lotus Domino
83 (1.327 %)Live Communications Server
83 (1.327 %)Exchange Server 2000
92 (0.885 %)Oracle Application Server
92 (0.885 %)iPlanet
101 (0.442 %)Tamino
101 (0.442 %)WPS
Applications
115 (6.637 %)Photoshop
211 (4.867 %)MS Excel
35 (2.212 %)MS Office
44 (1.770 %)MS Visio
44 (1.770 %)Fireworks
44 (1.770 %)MS Project
Business Applications
111 (4.867 %)Oracle EBS
22 (0.885 %)Oracle Applications
22 (0.885 %)SAP CRM
22 (0.885 %)Remedy ITSM
22 (0.885 %)Remedy AR System
31 (0.442 %)Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
134 (15.04 %)SAN
226 (11.50 %)Firewall
322 (9.735 %)TCP/IP
418 (7.965 %)SNMP
516 (7.080 %)DSL
615 (6.637 %)VoIP
714 (6.195 %)LDAP
813 (5.752 %)VPN
911 (4.867 %)LAN
911 (4.867 %)SDH
109 (3.982 %)ATM
109 (3.982 %)ISDN
118 (3.540 %)WAN
118 (3.540 %)Ethernet
127 (3.097 %)DNS
136 (2.655 %)Intranet
136 (2.655 %)Internet
145 (2.212 %)HTTPS
154 (1.770 %)NetScreen
154 (1.770 %)Megaco
Database & Business Intelligence
123 (10.18 %)SQL Server
220 (8.850 %)Oracle 10g
315 (6.637 %)Oracle 9i
315 (6.637 %)MySQL
49 (3.982 %)SQL Server 2000
57 (3.097 %)Oracle 8/8i
57 (3.097 %)SQL Server 2005
66 (2.655 %)Informix
73 (1.327 %)PostgreSQL
82 (0.885 %)RDBMS
91 (0.442 %)Oracle 11g
91 (0.442 %)Ingres
Development Applications
110 (4.425 %)ClearCase
110 (4.425 %)ClearQuest
28 (3.540 %)Flash
37 (3.097 %)WinRunner
37 (3.097 %)QuickTest Pro
45 (2.212 %)LoadRunner
54 (1.770 %)InterDev
54 (1.770 %)GoLive
54 (1.770 %)Eclipse
54 (1.770 %)Dreamweaver
54 (1.770 %)Visual Studio
54 (1.770 %)VSS/SourceSafe
63 (1.327 %)LSMW
General
136 (15.93 %)Telecoms
222 (9.735 %)Health
317 (7.522 %)Pensions
410 (4.425 %)Finance
59 (3.982 %)Government
65 (2.212 %)Online Games
65 (2.212 %)Games
73 (1.327 %)Retail
73 (1.327 %)Construction
82 (0.885 %)Marketing
91 (0.442 %)Advertising
91 (0.442 %)Investment Banking
91 (0.442 %)Insurance
91 (0.442 %)Banking
Job Titles
145 (19.91 %)Administrator
223 (10.18 %)Analyst
322 (9.735 %)Software Engineer
322 (9.735 %)Developer
418 (7.965 %)UNIX Administrator
517 (7.522 %)Technical Specialist
616 (7.080 %)Systems Administrator
715 (6.637 %)Consultant
715 (6.637 %)Web Developer
715 (6.637 %)UNIX Specialist
814 (6.195 %)DBA
912 (5.310 %)Oracle DBA
1011 (4.867 %)Systems Engineer
1011 (4.867 %)Architect
1011 (4.867 %)Embedded C Engineer
1011 (4.867 %)Embedded C++ Engineer
1011 (4.867 %)Embedded C/C++ Engineer
1110 (4.425 %)UNIX Technical Specialist
1110 (4.425 %)C++ Software Engineer
1110 (4.425 %)Team Leader
Miscellaneous
127 (11.95 %)Clustering
27 (3.097 %)Mainframe
36 (2.655 %)SecurID
36 (2.655 %)IBM Mainframe
44 (1.770 %)Device Driver
44 (1.770 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
44 (1.770 %)ASIC
53 (1.327 %)Computer Science
53 (1.327 %)e-Health
62 (0.885 %)Multithreading
62 (0.885 %)Management Information System
71 (0.442 %)Thin Client
71 (0.442 %)Fat Client
Operating Systems
1154 (68.14 %)Unix
2103 (45.58 %)Windows
381 (35.84 %)Solaris
446 (20.35 %)HPUX
539 (17.26 %)AIX
630 (13.27 %)Windows 2000
718 (7.965 %)Tru64
813 (5.752 %)Windows XP
911 (4.867 %)Windows Server 2003
911 (4.867 %)VxWorks
911 (4.867 %)Embedded Linux
911 (4.867 %)pSOS
911 (4.867 %)Windows NT
1010 (4.425 %)SUSE
115 (2.212 %)Debian
Processes & Methodologies
137 (16.37 %)OO
223 (10.18 %)ITIL
39 (3.982 %)PRINCE2
48 (3.540 %)Service Delivery
57 (3.097 %)Project Management
57 (3.097 %)Security Management
57 (3.097 %)Web Design
57 (3.097 %)Content Management
57 (3.097 %)Software Testing
57 (3.097 %)Web Development
57 (3.097 %)Problem Management
66 (2.655 %)Service Management
66 (2.655 %)CRM
66 (2.655 %)OOD
75 (2.212 %)E-Commerce
75 (2.212 %)Knowledge Management
84 (1.770 %)Workflow
84 (1.770 %)UML
84 (1.770 %)RAD
84 (1.770 %)RUP
Programming Languages
133 (14.60 %)Perl
133 (14.60 %)SQL
232 (14.16 %)Java
331 (13.72 %)C++
423 (10.18 %)JavaScript
521 (9.292 %)PHP
617 (7.522 %)C
715 (6.637 %)Embedded C
813 (5.752 %)C#
911 (4.867 %)Embedded C++
1010 (4.425 %)Shell Script
1010 (4.425 %)VB
118 (3.540 %)Tcl
126 (2.655 %)VB.NET
135 (2.212 %)ABAP
135 (2.212 %)Python
144 (1.770 %)VBScript
144 (1.770 %)VB6
152 (0.885 %)Korn
152 (0.885 %)PowerHouse
Qualifications
17 (3.097 %)ISEB
17 (3.097 %)PRINCE2 Certification
17 (3.097 %)ITIL Certification
26 (2.655 %)Degree
26 (2.655 %)Microsoft Certification
26 (2.655 %)MCSE
33 (1.327 %)MCP
33 (1.327 %)CISSP
33 (1.327 %)Oracle Certification
33 (1.327 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
42 (0.885 %)CISMP
42 (0.885 %)Cisco Certification
42 (0.885 %)OCP
42 (0.885 %)CCNA
51 (0.442 %)MCSA
51 (0.442 %)RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
17 (3.097 %)ISO27001
26 (2.655 %)SLA
33 (1.327 %)QA
System Software
120 (8.850 %)Active Directory
219 (8.407 %)NetBackup
39 (3.982 %)Terminal Server
47 (3.097 %)Citrix Presentation Server
53 (1.327 %)ISA Server
62 (0.885 %)Terminal Services
62 (0.885 %)Oracle RAC
71 (0.442 %)Backup Exec
71 (0.442 %)VMware ESX
Systems Management
114 (6.195 %)Legato
27 (3.097 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
27 (3.097 %)BMC PATROL
27 (3.097 %)Norton AntiVirus
36 (2.655 %)EMC NetWorker
44 (1.770 %)BMC Performance Manager
53 (1.327 %)ARCserve
53 (1.327 %)WSUS
53 (1.327 %)MOM
53 (1.327 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
62 (0.885 %)Tivoli
71 (0.442 %)Nagios
Vendors
153 (23.45 %)Oracle
248 (21.24 %)Red Hat
336 (15.93 %)HP
424 (10.62 %)Microsoft
521 (9.292 %)Cisco
618 (7.965 %)Sun
717 (7.522 %)IBM
813 (5.752 %)VMware
912 (5.310 %)Citrix
1011 (4.867 %)BMC
1011 (4.867 %)Dell
1011 (4.867 %)VERITAS
1011 (4.867 %)Remedy
119 (3.982 %)Hyperion
127 (3.097 %)Symantec
127 (3.097 %)SAP
136 (2.655 %)CommVault
144 (1.770 %)Adobe
144 (1.770 %)Altiris
144 (1.770 %)Fujitsu
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